Dan Campbell: Lions not in 'panic mode' after turnover-filled loss to Packers

The Detroit Lions got bullied in a 29-22 Thanksgiving Day loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Head coach Dan Campbell shouldered the blame for the loss but noted his 8-3 Lions aren't ready to panic after another turnover-stuffed contest.

"The easy thing is to get in panic mode," he said via the team's official transcript. "I know what it looks like, and we've been good enough out there, but I'm not panicked. We got the right guys who know how to play. We're going to clean some things up, and we'll have six (games) to go when we get back. And the fight is on now. I mean, they think these are going to be some cruise control. We're going to have to fight and scratch and fight and claw for everything, man. We have to. That's the type of team we are. That's where we're at."

Campbell's crew got beat in the trenches on both sides of the ball, with the offense allowing pressures to bamboozle Jared Goff and the defense doing little to rattle Jordan Love.

The Lions' famous aggressive nature under Campbell didn't work out, as Detroit went 1 of 5 on fourth downs, including an ill-fated fake punt at their own 23-yard-line in the third quarter.

"Yeah, look, that's a bad call on me, that's a bad call," Campbell said of the fake punt. "I shouldn't have done that to those guys. That's a bad call."

The biggest issue for Detroit in the past two games has been turnovers. Sunday against Chicago, the Lions overcame three Goff interceptions. Thursday against Green Bay, they couldn't bounce back from three Goff fumbles -- including one scooped up for a first-quarter score.

The three fumbles were a career-high in a game for Goff, who compiled six turnovers in five days. He had not lost a fumble in 2023 prior to Thursday afternoon. The QB finished 29 of 44