GREEN BAY, Wis. — Beginning 0-1 is a less-than-ideal start for the Detroit Lions, but head coach Dan Campbell reminded his players after Sunday's loss that it's also «not what it appears to be» inside the visitor's locker room.
After suffering a 27-13 loss to the Packers, snapping their three-game winning streak at Lambeau Field, the Lions' offense failed to score a touchdown through three quarters for the first time since 2023 in Week 7 at Baltimore, per ESPN Research.
After leading the league in points per game (33.2) last season, Campbell says they never got in a rhythm offensively and it showed.
«I thought we would be cleaner than we were. I thought we'd be much cleaner than we were,» Campbell said. «And it wasn't as clean, but there again, you're talking about a few plays that were critical. But, like I told the team, these are so correctable. Everything that showed up is so correctable and we will hit it head on.»
They'll have to continue to work through the kinks of acclimating new offensive coordinator John Morton as well as a revamped offensive line, with new starting guards Christian Mahogany and rookie Tate Ratledge in the mix. The Lions struggled on both sides from the start of the game, trailing 17-3 at halftime, and never recovered.
«So, like I told them, let's clean up the tape. We made some critical errors at the worst times possible and if you don't do those, you take those out of the equation, it looks different,» Campbell said. «You feel like it could be a totally different scenario, but we did make those critical errors at the worst time. So, we're gonna learn from it.
»We'll clean it up. It gives us a little barometer of where we're at Game 1 and that's OK. It's always about improving no matter what.
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