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The Detroit Lions Win A Big Game Thanks To Grit And Knowing Who They Are.
Playing in the national spotlight to kick off the new NFL season, the Detroit Lions toughed it out to pull off an overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams Sunday night. Running back David Montgomery took control of the game in overtime, gutting it out for 45 yards in the final drive and breaking through the defense to score the decisive touchdown.
Montgomery personified who the Lions, one of the NFL’s doormats since they last won a title in 1957, have become under Coach Dan Campbell. Since Campbell took over in 2021, the Lions have repeatedly shown who they are to the rest of the NFL: a team not afraid to bunch you in the mouth, showing grit every week.
When Campbell started as coach, he memorably put the rest of the league on notice that his team would reflect the character of the city they call home.
“Here’s what I do know, is that this team is going to take on the identity of this city. And, this city’s been down, and it found a way to get up. It’s found a way to overcome adversity,” said Campbell during what is the most memorable opening press conference for any coach in history. “So, this team’s going to be built on: we’re going to kick you in the teeth, all right, and when you punch us back, we’re going to smile at you and when you knock us down, we’re going to get up. And, on the way up, we’re going to bite a kneecap off.”
While his rhetoric might have raised some hackles, nobody’s laughing now as the Lions are one of the early favorites to contend for the Super Bowl, thanks to the moxie they show on both sides of the ball. That attitude has proven contagious throughout the entire Lions organization. GM Brad Holmes told NBC that the Lions were “gritty.” Last month, Assistant GM Ray Agnew talked to the New York Times about safety Loren Strickland and why he was a natural fit to play in Detroit.
“Strickland just showed up every week,” Agnew said. “He wasn’t a guy that was talked about a lot early. He just kept coming, kept going, every day, every practice. Kept making plays, special teams-wise. And the guy was tough, he was gritty. He’s a Lion.”
