DETROIT -- Even coach Dan Campbell could admit after the Detroit Lions ' 31-24 Thanksgiving Day loss to the Green Bay Packers that "we've dug ourselves a little bit of a hole" at 7-5.

Campbell was honest in his overall assessment of the group as he addressed the team inside the locker room at Ford Field with their chances of winning the NFC North for a third consecutive season now being significantly slim.

"Like I told the team, 'It's frustrating, I know. We've got a lot to be thankful for even after a loss.' And look, we've dug ourselves a little bit of a hole, that's the bottom line," Campbell said. "We are in a little bit of a hole, but that's just what it is. There's nothing more than that.

"So all we've got to do is worry about cleaning up this and then getting to the next ga

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