ALLEN PARK -- Monday night has come and gone, and the Detroit Lions are not apologizing for how things turned out. Still, the game plan for Alim McNeill’s usage veered away from Dan Campbell’s initial plans.

Leading into the Week 7 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Campbell shared that ideally, McNeill would see around 20 to 25 snaps in his season debut.

While McNeill looked like his usual self and was causing havoc in practice, the Lions didn’t want to overload the fifth-year defender in his first game back.

As it turned out, McNeill not only played more than Campbell envisioned but also in situations the coach hadn’t originally planned for.

“Yeah, it was a little more than we wanted to give him for his first time out,” Campbell told reporters on Tuesday. “We were shooting for

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