Will Dan Campbell continue calling plays? Will he make any staff changes? What will the Lions do with their pending free agents?

Unfortunately, that win just a small consolation prize for a team that entered the season with legitimate Super Bowl aspirations. The Lions went 15-2 a season ago and won the NFC North in 2023 and 2024. Instead of building off those campaigns, Detroit fell to 9-8 this year and last in the division.

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell put a cap on the team’s 2026 season on Monday afternoon with a relatively brief press conference. In an 11-minute session, Campbell expressed his frustrations about what went wrong this year, talked about some vague plans for what’s next, and gave himself a very harsh grade for how he handled the year.

Cameras caught an interesting handshake between Ben Johnson and Dan Campbell. The Lions defeated the Bears at Soldier Field.