Dan Campbell expressed after winning NFC North Detroit Lions must battle complacency.
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00:00 John, is there such a thing as battling complacency now for the Lions with the division already
00:04 having been clinched? A lot of people are talking about that at this very point. What do you make
00:09 of that potentially being the case for the Lions? Yeah, Vito, real interesting. Dan Campbell, when
00:15 he first addressed the media this week ahead of the Cowboys game, said that the Lions really have two
00:20 opponents. It's complacency and satisfaction. He does not obviously want everybody to keep harping
00:26 on the fact that it's been 30 years since they last won the division, celebrating his team. Any
00:30 football coach definitely deploys the 24-hour rule where you're allowed to celebrate a victory,
00:36 but then you got to turn the page quickly to focus on your next opponent. And I think the
00:39 Lions must do that this week, especially when a significant matchup looms large on the road
00:46 against the Dallas Cowboy team that has played significantly well at home. You look at the
00:51 Detroit Lions, and yeah, it's a young roster. I don't think complacency will set in when you look
00:56 at the veterans that are on that roster. You realize Jared Goff has won multiple divisions.
01:01 CJ Garner Johnson, his entire career, has been a division winner. So you look at the leaders in that
01:06 locker room, and I think they understand too. I think a saving grace that may prevent this football
01:11 team from resting on their laurels is there's still more goals ahead to achieve. This football
01:16 team can still battle for the number one seat in the NFC. Now, that would take some help from
01:21 the 49ers, but there is still a lot the Lions can control themselves, and that's if they went out,
01:27 and if everything goes to plan and they went out, they can even move up to the number two seat from
01:33 the number three spot that they currently sit. So this football team still has more to accomplish.
01:37 The goal this year was not simply to win the division. Yeah, it's great. Yeah, they celebrated
01:42 that afternoon and that evening, but now you got to turn the page because there's much more
01:47 significant goals ahead. It starts with the next opponent, but this football team, Vito,
01:52 can position themselves to have more than just one home playoff game. Should they end up with
01:57 the number two seat? That would be really advantageous if the team is looking to make
02:02 a deep playoff push. So while Dan Campbell definitely will bring it up, I don't think
02:06 this football team will be complacent in any kind of way. Just keep winning, Detroit Lions. John,
02:12 thanks for all the time.