Fired-up Lions coach Dan Campbell insists he has moved on from heartbreaking loss to Cowboys

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Fired-up Lions coach Dan Campbell insists he has moved on from heartbreaking loss to Cowboys

DETROIT (AP) has been on display Eric Bledsoe Jersey since the moment he was hired as coach of the , famously saying at his opening news conference nearly three years ago that his teams would of opponents.Campbell has screamed with joy, and shed tears, after wins and lo ses.And he has never looked and sounded as fired up as he was on Monday. and Im ready to go, Campbell said.ADVERTISEMENT Roughly 36 hours after a led to a lo s that took away a shot at the top seed in the NFC, Campbell insisted he had moved on and said players would do the same as they prepare for the regular-season finale.Ive got pure octane right now, Campbell said. "I woke up. Im ready, so were moving forward.Looking back was not part of Campbell's plan at his weekly news conference.In an opening statement that lasted 2 Jarrod Uthoff Jersey minutes, 10 seconds, he did not addre s the negated 2-point conversion caught by offensive tackle Taylor Decker against the Cowboys.Officials determined Decker was an ineligible receiver because they said offensive lineman Dan Skipper reported in as eligible when along with offensive lineman Penei Sewell before the pivotal play.Decker told reporters in Dallas that he reported as eligible and Skipper said he didn't say a word to the officials.Campbell said he didn't know if Skipper wiped the numbers on his jersey, potentially causing confusion for officials because they may have thought he may have been doing that to report as eligible.After a series of questions related to the penalty, the usually talkative and cooperative coach seemed uncharacteristically annoyed by the media.Why do you guys want to talk about this? he asked.Campbell said he did not know of a response from the NFL Solomon Hill Jersey relating to the team's questions about the call, adding team president Rod Wood is charge of communications with the league.Until you guys asked me the questions, Im over it, Campbell said. I dont even want to deal with it. Rod's handling all of it, man. Hes got it and I dont even want to deal with it. Im done. Im good. I just want to go and I want to get ready for Minnesota and our players will be ready to roll.Wood was not available for reporters Monday, and the NFL has not commented on the call.Because of the one-point lo s at Dallas, Lonzo Ball Jersey the NFC North champion Lions (11-5) have le s at stake Sunday at home against the division rival Minnesota Vikings (7-9). Yet Campbell insisted he has no plans to rest hurting players for the playoffs.Thats the plan right now, he said.Detroit has a chance to improve its playoff seeding with a win. The Lions currently hold the No. 3 spot in the NFC.Campbell said banged-up rookie tight end Sam LaPorta is good, and that receiver Jameson Williams left the game against the Cowboys with an ankle injury, adding it was not significant.He's hoping defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson will play against the Vikings, marking his Steven Adams Jersey return from a torn pectoral muscle in the season-opening win at Kansas City, along with defensive tackle Alim McNeill, who has been out for a month with a knee injury.Even though Campbell did not want to talk about the call against the Cowboys, he believes it's a ble sing.We were in a tight game, had a chance to win it, we werent able to and so now you know what thats like, he said. You know what that feels like and you cant let that opportunity slip. You dont know when that plays going to be made could be the first quarter, second quarter, right before halftime so thats why.___Follow Larry Lage at ___AP NFL:
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