The Detroit Lions’ commanding win over the Dallas Cowboys was one of the hallmark victories of the Dan Campbell era. With their playoff lives on the ropes, they gut-checked themselves and responded with an uppercut to the Cowboys—and another to the media narratives of their demise that lingered all week.

Campbell’s unit took down one of the hottest teams in football, pouring points on the board without their two-deep at left guard, two-deep at tight end, Kalif Raymond, Terrion Arnold, and Kerby Joseph—and with both Thomas Harper and Brian Branch going down in-game—and still won by two touchdowns.

Slowly, the Lions regained control of their postseason destiny with an emphatic triumph at Ford Field. It was a fitting game for the regime, and a testament to the success stories they’ve built–

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