No one believed deluded Dan Campbell, who has crazed Detroit on Super Bowl doorstep
LA TimesThree years later, Lions coach Dan Campbell can take his bows for his predictions when hired. Precisely three years after newly hired coach Dan Campbell delivered his introductory news conference — widely dismissed as just another deluded dreamer thinking he could fix a hopelessly fractured franchise — the reborn Lions barged into the NFC championship game. Whereas the other three teams in this weekend’s conference championship games have a combined 10 Super Bowl wins — San Francisco, Kansas City and Baltimore — Detroit is one of four NFL franchises that has yet to reach football’s biggest stage. They play hard.’ And so, I feel like we’ve done that.” The next round, to determine who plays in the Super Bowl, features two Sunday games: Kansas City at Baltimore at noon PST, followed by Detroit at San Francisco at 3:30. 1 overall selections in the first two rounds — Stafford and Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield — the Lions will address the other end of the spectrum, as San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy, a most-valuable-player candidate this season, was the last player chosen in the 2022 NFL draft.