DENVER — He had plenty of excuses. Valid ones, too.
Their lack of practice time. Their mounting COVID cases. Their shorthanded roster.
But as Dan Campbell brooded over another lopsided loss, 38-10 to the Denver Broncos on Sunday at Empower Field, all the first-year Detroit Lions coach could think about was his team's sloppy second half.
"You know what I think about honestly?" Campbell said. "We come out of halftime and we got momentum and we just ran it two plays in a row and did really good, and we fumbled the ball. And I'm like, 'We may take that all the way down and score a touchdown, then what?