The Detroit Lions finished the 2023 NFL regular season with a 12-5 record.
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00:00 The Lions finished the 2023 season 12 and 5 a very successful season for Dan Campbell and the Lions.
00:06 John, what do you make of the success for the Lions in the 2023 regular season?
00:11 Yeah, Vito coming off the heels of a 9-8 season in which the Lions did not make the playoffs.
00:17 I think the season was quite successful. I mean a 30 to 20 victory against the Vikings.
00:22 I know that it was marred because of a couple injuries, key injuries to key offensive players.
00:28 But for the Detroit Lions, you look at it and you say a real successful season.
00:33 12 wins out of 17 games. Really establishing a culture.
00:38 Dan Campbell, when you look at it, really delivered for a football team that dealt with a variety of things.
00:44 He said it in the postgame after defeating the Minnesota Vikings.
00:48 This team is perfectly scarred. Meaning they've been through adversity. They've been through the ups and downs.
00:53 They've dealt with significant injuries.
00:56 You realize that many people discussed and debated whether Dan Campbell should have rested his starters in the finale.
01:03 But you look at it in that contest, the Lions still had something to play for.
01:08 And even though Nick Mullens was able to still torch the Lions secondary,
01:13 when you have good players like Jordan Addison and Justin Jefferson, the Vikings offense has some talent.
01:19 But in the end, Vito, like all year long, that game against the Vikings was a microcosm of the Lions season.
01:26 When you look at it, yeah, the Vikings were able to make some plays.
01:30 But when the moment was the most critical, the Lions stepped up.
01:34 A returning CJ Gardner-Johnson secures an interception.
01:37 Cam Sutton, who battled and was beat on a couple occasions, still was able to force a turnover.
01:43 You realize Aiden Hutchinson had a stellar performance. Jared Goff and Amon Ross St. Brom.
01:48 So you look at the Detroit Lions football team, this regular season should help them
01:54 when it comes to their potential to succeed in the postseason.
01:58 I think everything that they've been through, even dating back three years ago for this core group,
02:02 is going to really bode well. A 12-5 season should not go unnoticed by anyone,
02:07 especially supporters of the Detroit Lions.
02:09 John, thanks for all the time.