Dan Campbell: The Commanders got that win, the Lions didn’t

After a season in which the Lions were the best team in the NFL for most of the year, they were eliminated from the playoffs by the underdog Leaders. Lions coach Dan Campbell said that the team that deserved to win was the one that won.

“They deserved to win and we didn’t,” Campbell said.

The Lions went 15-2 and had one of their best seasons in franchise history, but Campbell said after the game it’s hard to take any solace in that.

Campbell said: “After all this, today’s loss, I love and respect the players and appreciate everything they did in this match.” “But this is not the time to talk about the great year or the number of wins. Because at this moment I don’t think any of us feel that way. The whole point of doing what you’re doing is to get to the show. That’s why you play this game. And we fell short.”

“At the end of the day, I didn’t prepare them,” Campbell said, pointing the finger at himself.