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1 simple Dan Campbell quote totally backfired and motivated the Rams

Oct 20, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell and Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell shakes hands after the game at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images
Oct 20, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell and Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell shakes hands after the game at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images

Here's a headline our Prince Grimes wrote a week ago: "Dan Campbell inadvertently gave the Rams playoff bulletin board material for the Vikings (and Lions)."

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He was prescient. Because the Detroit Lions did indeed motivate the Los Angeles Rams to beat the Minnesota Vikings, all because he told Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell "I'll see you in two weeks" after their Week 18 game. That meant Campbell assumed the Vikings would beat the Rams.

Nope! And here we are, with the Rams absolutely blowing out the Vikings. Oops!

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