The Lions halted a seven-game losing streak in the annual holiday game by narrowly topping the Bears and reached 11-1, their best start in franchise history.
— Thanksgiving Day in Dan Campbell’s household wasn’t the greatest experience the past few years.
After suffering three straight Thanksgiving losses as coach of the Detroit Lions, Campbell described himself as a «bear» to be around and said his wife, Holly, was praying for a victory over the Chicago Bears on Thursday.
«It’d be nice to feel good about it when you’re with everybody because it’s just not real fun. It’s not real fun to be around», Campbell said beforehand. «Ask my wife, she’ll tell you.»
Campbell and the Lions delivered Thursday, halting a seven-game losing streak in the annual holiday game by narrowly topping the Bears, 23-20.
At 11-1, the Lions are off to their best start in franchise history.
Prior to Thursday, the Lions hadn’t won on Thanksgiving since 2016. Although it came down to the wire, Campbell said he’ll «take this W and I’m not going to lose sleep over it.»
He described his mood as being «good» before heading home to his family.
«Listen, much better. Much better. I’ll take a W. Look, that’s division win No. 3, which is huge, especially in the race we’re in right now and that’s win 11 and it’s another conference win», Campbell said.
