The NFL’s Most Irresistible Team in Years

Shortly before he began his first season coaching the Detroit Lions, in 2021, Dan Campbell gave one of the great run-through-a-brick-wall quotes in football history. Usually, NFL coaches talk about their jobs a certain way. They praise the team’s owner and organizational culture. They talk about how, so far, the city has been just so darn welcoming. They explain their plans for the future. Campbell, though, took a different route.