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What made Dan Campbell impressive in Detroit Lions coaching debut

Portrait of Jeff Seidel Jeff Seidel
Detroit Free Press

Everybody was going crazy.

OK. Stop. That’s deceiving. Let me rephrase: The few fans left in Ford Field were going crazy on Sunday afternoon.

Near the end of his <Detroit> Lions head coaching debut, Dan Campbell stood on the sideline, watching intently, slowly chewing gum. Campbell did not come across as a crazed, over-caffeinated, fist-pumping, vocal-cord bursting head coach. He emitted a steady, focused intensity, as the Lions fought back from a 28-point deficit against the San Francisco 49ers.

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