Despite loss to Rams, winless Lions show signs of progress
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Despite loss to Rams, winless Lions show signs of progress

Associated Press  

DETROIT — There were a lot of positives for Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell to take out of Sunday’s 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. “That gives me motivation and driven anger to get things right and help these guys as much as I can.” Knowing the Lions’ young, banged-up secondary wasn’t going to be able to stop Matthew Stafford, Campbell went deep into his bag of tricks to give Jared Goff as many opportunities to put up points. After Goff threw a 2-yard screen pass that D’Andre Swift turned into a 63-yard touchdown on the first drive of the game, Campbell called for an onside kick. “We’ve had some slow starts in the last couple weeks, and we knew we needed to change that this week, especially getting the ball first,” Lions guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai said. It didn’t last — the Lions never got back into the end zone — but Detroit’s young defense kept the team in the game until the final moments.

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