Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell takes full responsibility for his team's loss on Saturday vs the Commanders.

The Lions won a franchise-record 15 games in the regular season – tied for most in the NFL – and earned the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. They were fresh and rested coming off a first-round bye, and yet they had no answer for rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and a Commanders team that played a lot like the Lions.

The Lions saved their ugliest performance of the 2024 season for their most consequential game of the campaign: Saturday night's divisional-round playoff clash with the Washington Commanders. Dan Campbell's squad committed five turnovers (four of which were the byproduct of Jared Goff) and allowed 45 points,

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell got emotional after his team was stunned at home by the Washington Commanders. Campbell took the blame for the Lions’ 45-31 upset loss in the divisional round of the playoffs.

Dan Miller, the Lions’ play-by-play radio commentator, captured the essence of the Lions' 45-31 playoff loss to the Washington Commanders with one candid statement: “This loss isn’t about shortcomings.

Fresh off a disheartening 45-31 loss to the Washington Commanders in the NFC divisional round on Saturday night, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell was emotional in illustrating his club's 15-win season,

Lions fans were glum as they watched the winningest season in team history come crashing to an end in the first game of the post season. Five turnovers and other mistakes were enough to sink the Lions and the spirits of a crowd that had many thinking that maybe this was their year.

The Detroit Lions turned the ball 5 times, with 4 by Jared Goff, in a stunning 45-31 loss to Washington Commanders in NFL divisional playoff game.