There was a ton of great video following the Detroit Lions' first-ever NFC North crown. There's Dan Campbell's postgame speech honoring the team's veterans who have been through a lot with this organization. Or Dan Miller's amazing call of Ifeatu Melifonwu's game-winning interception. Or a compilation of locker room celebration videos from the players' Instagram page.
But the best of all, as always, came from the Detroit Lions' official multimedia team: One Pride Productions.
On Sunday night, they released a video titled, “Build Our Legacy Now: Detroit Lions Win Team's First NFC North Title” and it will probably make you cry, or at least laugh.
The video begins with a Lions team meeting on the first official day of the 2023 season: September 1st. In the behind-the-scenes video, we see Campbell outline the goals for the season. As the editors tie together excerpts from the season – the highs, lows and everything in between – we finally end up back with Campbell about two-thirds of the way through the video.
He asks the entire team to turn around and look at the wall. There, the Lions' frustrating history is laid out for all to see. No playoff wins since 1992. No division championships since 1993. No championship since 1957.
“We’re building our legacy now,” Campbell said. “We are now building our legacy. We are in a unique position with this team. We are able to do something that not many teams are able to do, which is build a legacy.”
One down. Two more left.
These four minutes are worth your time. Bring tissues.