Lions' Dan Campbell hilariously recalls moment when player punched him as he walked through team headquarters

Dan Campbell has experienced his stock of memorable moments during much than 3 years arsenic the Detroit Lions' caput coach 

This week, Campbell recalled a lighthearted infinitesimal erstwhile helium was connected the receiving extremity of a mates of punches from a Lions player. Three-time Pro Bowl violative lineman Frank Ragnow missed the Lions' caller crippled against the Seattle Seahawks owed to an injury.

The Lions entered their bye week aft a 42-29 triumph implicit the Seahawks, giving Ragnow much clip to retrieve from a partially torn pectoral.

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Detroit Lions caput manager Dan Campbell during the 2nd fractional against the Arizona Cardinals astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Ariz., Sept. 22, 2024. (Matt Kartozian/Imagn Images)

Despite the team's determination to beryllium him for the game, Ragnow appeared anxious to suit up. Campbell revealed the violative lineman's enthusiasm resulted successful immoderate punches being thrown.

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Campbell said helium was punched 1 time erstwhile helium was astatine the Lions' office successful Allen Park, Michigan.

"Someone punches maine against the wall, past I get punched again. And I recognize that it’s Frank trying to amusement maine that his pec is great," Campbell said via Detroit sports vigor 97.1 The Ticket. "That’s his mode of telling me, ‘Look however beardown I am. It’s good.'"

Campbell seemed to instrumentality the hits successful stride. He is credited with transforming the Lions' locker country during his clip arsenic the caput coach. 

Campbell's clip arsenic an NFL player seems to person helped him make beardown relationships with galore of the Lions' players.

Detroit Lions caput manager Dan Campbell Sept. 30, 2024, successful Detroit.  (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

After finishing with conscionable 3 wins successful Campbell's archetypal twelvemonth successful Detroit, the Lions went 9-8 successful 2022. Last play proved to beryllium a memorable 1 for Detroit. The Lions won 12 regular play games and precocious to the NFC title game for the archetypal clip since 1991.

Detroit Lions caput manager Dan Campbell watches warmups earlier a preseason crippled against Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Ford Field successful Detroit Aug. 24, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network)

While the Lions' storybook play ended successful January successful a 34-31 nonaccomplishment to the San Francisco 49ers, Campbell helped respire caller beingness into the franchise.

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This year, the Lions entered the play with expectations to vie for a championship. In January, the team's rubric hopes received a boost erstwhile violative coordinator Ben Johnson decided to extremity his pursuit of caput coaching opportunities and instrumentality to Detroit. The 38-year-old adjunct manager was the designer of 1 of the champion offenses successful the NFL successful 2023. 

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