Campbell shoulders blame after Lions' 41-31 loss to Bills — SkimNews
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- Jack Campbell fought back tears in the visitors' locker room at new Highmark Stadium and took full accountability: "It starts with me… I played terrible," after finishing with six tackles and a QB hit in the 41-31 loss.
- Detroit's defense has now allowed at least 30 points in consecutive games, marking the first time the Lions have given up 30-plus in the first two regular-season contests since 2021 — the start of the Dan Campbell era.
- Josh Allen accounted for five total touchdowns against a Lions secondary that surrendered 63 first downs through two games, tied with the 1985 Indianapolis Colts for the second-most through two games in NFL history (per ESPN Research).
- Aidan Hutchinson logged three tackles, a sack and two QB hits and promised changes are coming: "We're not going to keep banging our head against the wall," though he didn't specify what.
- Dan Campbell was visibly furious on live television at halftime with Detroit trailing 27-10, saying "the little s--- is killing us," while still insisting afterward the team now "knows what it looks like."
- The Lions have allowed 30-plus points in five of their past eight regular-season games dating to last season, a trend that frames Thursday's blowout less as an aberration than as a worsening pattern.
- Thursday's game was the first regular-season contest at the Bills' new Highmark Stadium, a debut Buffalo marked with an emphatic 21-0 first-quarter run.
Why it matters: Detroit entered the season with Super Bowl expectations after last year's NFC title game run, but surrendering 30-plus points in five of eight regular-season games — and tying a 40-year-old defensive futility mark — reframes the Lions' early slide as a systemic issue rather than a Week 2 hiccup, putting coordinator Aaron Glenn and the coaching staff squarely under pressure heading into a home game against the Jets.
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