Dan Campbell gives absent Jack the Lions' first game ball
FOX 2 Detroit's locker room footage shows a team celebrating its Dolphins win with its hospitalized linebacker at the center of the moment.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 38,893 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (2,227).
Dan Campbell postgame locker room speech after Lions win over Dolphins
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- 0:11Dan Campbell credits the Lions' perseverance, defense and offensive execution after the win over Miami.
- 1:27Campbell awards the first game ball to absent linebacker Jack Campbell.
- 1:45Campbell reviews the defensive performance and gives another game ball to Kelvin Sheppard, who then thanks the players.
- 2:59Sheila Ford Hamp expresses pride in the team and acknowledges Jack.
- 3:33Jared Goff holds Jack's jersey while leading the closing huddle and calling for unity.
Jared Goff holds Jack Campbell's jersey as the Lions gather for their final huddle. Their teammate is missing from the locker room, but not from the celebration.
FOX 2 Detroit's footage follows a 19-9 victory over the Dolphins. The station reports that Jack remained in the hospital after suffering a neck injury the previous week, giving Dan Campbell's postgame address a focus beyond the result.
The coach praises the team's perseverance, then announces: "Listen, game ball's going to Jack Campbell."
Another game ball goes to defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard after Detroit held Miami to single-digit scoring. Sheppard turns the recognition back toward the people in front of him: "It's about the players, man. And I just want to say, I appreciate y'all."
The segment drew roughly 38,000 views before its first full day, far beyond the station's usual start for regular videos. It offers something the scoreboard cannot: the coach, players and principal owner Sheila Ford Hamp each taking a turn to acknowledge what this win meant inside the room.
Hamp tells them how proud she is of everyone there. Goff then brings the team together, holding Jack's jersey as he calls on the players to stick together.
Quarterback for the Detroit Lions in the NFL. He was the first overall pick in the 2016 draft.
More on Wikipedia ›Linebacker for the Detroit Lions in the NFL. The team selected him in the first round of the 2023 draft.
More on Wikipedia ›Detroit's professional American football team, competing in the NFL's NFC North division. Their home stadium is Ford Field.
More on Wikipedia ›Head coach of the Detroit Lions and a former NFL tight end who played for 11 seasons.
More on Wikipedia ›Defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions and a former NFL linebacker who played for eight seasons.
More on Wikipedia ›Principal owner and chairwoman of the Detroit Lions. She succeeded her mother, Martha Firestone Ford, as principal owner in 2020.
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- Channel
- FOX 2 Detroit
- Subscribers
- 508,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,671,023
- Channel views, pace per day
- 297,300 (on a normal day: 288,386)
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 38,489 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 38,893
The numbers
The locker room segment drew a much larger first-day audience than FOX 2 Detroit's regular videos usually receive.


