The Detroit Lions were challenged by their head coach.

Dan Campbell wanted to move past the narrative that he was squaring off against his former offensive coordinator in new Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson.

Early in the week, the fifth-year head coach emphasized how important it was to win, and all but guaranteed his team would leave Ford Field with the victory. He understood the loud and negative reaction to the team’s loss to the Green Bay Packers.

“That’s where the standards are at now. So, that’s the nature of what we’re in right now. That’s a good thing, that means we’ve risen above what we were at one time. That’s our world, man,” said Campbell. “That’s our world. But I know that if we felt that way and acted that way, we’d be in trouble. So, we can’t worry about all that.

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