DETROIT -- The Detroit Lions came out of the bye week looking like they needed more time to get things right.

Detroit lost 27-24 to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday from Ford Field. The loss snapped the team’s five-game winning streak over their divisional rival, and tightened the picture inside the NFC North.

The Vikings took away Detroit’s rushing attacked, created unrelenting pressure, dominated on special teams and took advantage of the Lions’ season-worst 10 penalties in Week 9 action.

Here are some notable quotes from the Lions and Vikings players and coaches:

Lions HC Dan Campbell, on their inability to handle Minnesota’s blitz: “Self-induced. Oh yeah. Very disappointing. We knew what we were going to get going into this. We knew there would be some wrinkles, but there was nothi

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