The Detroit Lions (6-3) face the Eagles (7-2) on Sunday night at Lincoln Financial Field in a game with significant NFC playoff seeding implications. Lions coach Dan Campbell knows the hostile environment that awaits his team, and he’s ready to embrace it.

During his weekly telephone interview on Detroit sports station 97.1 The Ticket , Campbell shared stories about when he was a member of the visiting team, including one in which a Giants legend ended up covered in tobacco juice.

Campbell recounted an Eagles-Giants game Oct. 31, 1999, at the now-demolished Veterans Stadium. Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan had just returned Eagles quarterback Doug Pederson ’s interception 44 yards for a touchdown . Campbell, who was a rookie that season, explained wh

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