Lions head coach Dan Campbell joined 97.1 the Ticket on Tuesday to discuss how he feels heading into Detroit’s Week 11 matchup in Philly.
“It’s electric,” he thinks back to his time playing in the late 90s/early 2000s. Philadelphia is famous for having a different air about it. A «hostile place to play», as Campbell refers to it. Fans are relentless and Campbell predicts this weekend will be no different.
He even recalls having a massive jug of tobacco spit dumped on him at one point, but the guys in Detroit are built for this type of relentless behavior. “They’ll love it,” he goes on to add. “It gets you fired up.” Easy to say for the environment, but what about the team itself?
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On offense, Campbell is feeling pretty good. With play calling in his hands, and him and Jared Goff seeing the game in a similar fashion, it should be fairly easy to move the chains and adjust when something doesn’t quite go their way. He refers to their relationship as “tight”, giving the utmost confidence in Goff’s ability to get the job done. As for the defense, they have their work cut out of them. Detroit is fully expecting the ever-controversial Tush Push to make at least one appearance and the guys are as ready as they can be. While it’s difficult to practice for the play at full speed, Campbell has confidence in his guys to defend with technique. DJ Reader, Roy Lopez, and Alim McNeil understand how to play with leverage, which they’ll use to their advantage should the Eagles decide to send Jalen Hurts out with their specialized quarterback sneak. But according to Campbell, the Tush Push is the least of Detroit’s worries and there’s plenty they’ll have to defend before they make it to that play.
