Dan Campbell envisioned Detroit Lions would compete with top NFL teams in playoffs in three seasons.
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00:07 I envisioned that we would have a chance to compete with the big boys, and
00:11 that's where we're at.
00:12 All you gotta do is get in, and
00:14 it's about placing yourself the very best position to where you can move.
00:20 You get a home game, and then maybe you get a second home game, and
00:22 now all of a sudden it gets a little easier.
00:24 If you're able to get a one seed, you only gotta win two games, right?
00:28 And so that's always the objective, but ultimately, once you get in,
00:32 then it's about matchups, and you find a way to win.
00:34 And you may have to win two to nothing, and it's okay.
00:37 It's okay, a win's a win in the playoffs.
00:40 So here we are, and now we get to go to San Francisco,
00:45 and we know what kind of team that is, but we're in a great position.
00:50 We got a great opportunity.
00:52 >> Yeah, and that first press conference has kind of become a legend.
00:56 The recaps, all that.
00:57 Initially, though, there was a lot of what if a lie is higher with this guy.
01:01 How do you hear that then, and what do you think?
01:03 >> You're probably one of them.
01:04 >> [LAUGH] >> To each his own.
01:10 We're going to the NSC Championship game with that group of guys, all right?
01:15 And they love football, they play football, and that's what they respect.
01:19 They respect their teammates, and not anything else.
01:21 And when you're able to care more about the person next to you than your own,
01:30 about yourself, you can do some pretty special things,
01:37 and that's where we're at with this group.
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