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Dan Campbell news conference updates: What Detroit Lions HC said
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Dan Campbell spoke Monday morning in Allen Park at his news conference for the final time of the season, after the Detroit Lions squandered homefield advantage Saturday night in the NFC playoffs in an upset 45-31 divisional round loss to the Washington Commanders at Ford Field.
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"We got to where we wanted to get to and then we did not perform," Campbell said. "Credit Washington, they did what they needed to do and they played a good game. But a little bit for us, when you feel like, 'hey you gotta bring your A game,' I think if we bring our B game we got a chance to win that game. And we didn't bring that."
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Campbell also said he has run the range of emotions from feeling like he lost a family member to anger but is now ready to move on, after a franchise-best 15-2 regular season ended in massive disappointment leaving fans in disbelief .
"I can look in the mirror and say 'you know what, 'you fell man, what are you going to do about it?' So that's where we're at and move forward man."
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Campbell confirmed he expects to lose both coordinators in OC Ben Johnson and DE Aaron Glenn to head-coaching jobs .
"I haven't been told anything, I've got a feeling, but I'm prepared to lose both," he said.
Campbell said he will remain heavily involved in the offense because he wants to keep terminology and continuity in place to make sure Jared Goff "is comfortable, because he's playing at a high level."
Goff will have "a lot of input" in the next coordinator if Johnson does leave , Campbell added.
He lamented the five turnovers against Washington , saying "we couldn't overcome it" and on defense could not "apply enough pressure" against rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels to force him into a mistake.
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"If only turn it over three (times) we may have a chance. I mean that's crazy, we're talking about three. And I don't want to take anything away from Washington, I don't man they earned that win, they earned it. But yet, man, we shot ourselves in the foot. And we haven't done it and we did it that game, we just did."
Campbell was asked about positions to improve and highlighted defensive depth, saying "we were loaded, you don't think about losing 1s and 2s in every group damn near but you only have 53 spots. We're going to look at everything, but his is one of those bizarre, freakish years. You do the same thing you did a year ago and you're pretty healthy and then this year, it just, it was one of those years.
"We want to bring in more competition and that competition has got to be right, it's got to match the guys who are in that room, I already told 'em, I owe 'em that. I'm not gonna bring in somebody that doesn't belong here or doesn't endear themselves to their teammates or doesn't believe in what we believe in."
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