The Detroit Lions dominated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-9 on Monday Night Football, with their undermanned defense delivering a historic performance at Ford Field despite missing four starting defensive backs .

Head coach Dan Campbell heaped praise on defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard following the impressive victory. The Lions' defense held Tampa Bay to just 58 yards in the first half and 251 total yards for the game.

“Defense played lights-out,” Campbell said, according to Nolan Bianchi of The Detroit News.

“Those DBs, man. … I just thought those guys…competed, they challenged, and then our front came alive.”

The Lions coach expressed full confidence in his first-year defensive coordinator.

“This is what I expected out of Kelvin Sheppard. This doesn't surprise me,” Cam

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