Here is everything Dan Campbell said in his postgame press conference after the Lions defeated the Indianapolis Colts 24-6 to improve to 10-1 on the season.
Opening Statement:
“Good win. They got us to 10 (wins). No, that was good. We came and did what we had to do. I thought that team fought. We knew they would. I think (Colts coach) Shane (Steichen) does a great job. I think Gus (Bradley) always has done a great job. His defense played hard and they’re physical, and they never batted an eye. They were in it until the end and fought our ass. So, credit to them. I would highlight our defense first. Again, this is, whatever it is, 10 quarters without allowing a touchdown in the three last games the second half not allowing it. We talk about it all the time, limiting points, played physical style, shut down the run. We were able to do that. We knew Jonathan Taylor was going to be the guy we needed to shut down. We did that. The quarterback runs. It got us on a couple but for overall, we did what we needed to do, and we kept them out of that game. Offense – so much of it was really the way it went down early in the game. We were able to kind of get that lead. Two of those drives went down and scored touchdowns, which was big, and then just kind of kept them at arm’s length, to where they couldn’t quite get to us and a lot of that was field position. We talked about it going into the game. Field position was going to be big. We were going to lean on Jack Fox, and boy, he came through for us. What a monster day pinning those guys inside of the 20 (yard line) numerous times. So, overall team effort. Good win. That’s 10 and now we got to get ready for Chicago, short week back home.”
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