Players will play in the Super Bowl in 2024, Dan Campbell informs them.
Dan Campbell might have unintentionally given the Detroit Lions supporters the wrong impression following the team’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
Following a heartbreaking defeat, Campbell reminded his squad in public that it might be their last chance to compete in the Super Bowl.
Players on the team questioned whether their one and only shot to win a Lombardi Trophy had already passed, even though he clarified that he did not genuinely think so.
Speaking on Pro Football Talk on the radio, Aidan Hutchinson said that Detroit’s head coach quickly shifted his position in farewell interviews.
The former No. 2 overall selection said that Campbell was driven and that the club would stop at nothing to make it to the 2024 Super Bowl.
Hutchinson stated, I think he was emotional after that game, as we all were. We’re going to the Super Bowl next year!’ He said that in our exit meetings the day after, so I’m not sure whether he meant those things entirely.
Like, screw it! Like, whatever it takes, I don’t care! After the game, you kind of hear that and become a little dejected, asking yourself, Do you think that was our only shot? I believe it was purely emotional. I understand; it’s as though you have this 22-week season, and even though you’re so close, you simply lose out.
You think, ‘Oh my goodness, it took a long time to get here,’ but I get it. Hutchinson said, He kind of came in and gave us this lecture the next day, and we were like, ‘We’re all ready to play again right now.
I felt like that on that Monday, and I really do believe it too, since we have so many more years to play together as all of the fantastic players on our team are so young.