Lions quarterback Jared Goff stood at the podium trying not
Lions quarterback Jared Goff stood at the podium trying not to get emotional.Detroit had picked up its first win of the season, sealed on a last-second touchdown pa s from Goff, as the team honored the victims of the Oxford High School shooting. Wearing an Oxford hat, Goff said he hoped his team
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Jabrill Peppers Jersey was 42, the same as Elliott's number.The win by the Lions comes a day after Michigan won the Big Ten Championship against Iowa, winning by a final score of 42-3."We talked about this yesterday morning, I mean we just really kinda dove into it, kinda the depth of all this and just wanted them to know exactly what we were going to represent today," Campbell said. "The shirts, the hats, the decals, the people that are affected. And some of our players know of someone that was affected and so yeah I mean I think there was some of that and I think all of them as well like to me, I just my thought was, 'Hey man, if we can for three hours just ease their suffering a little bit, that's worth it. That's worth it.' So that's kinda how I thought of this and
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