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Week 1 win at Chiefs 'verification' of 'resilient' Lions, coach Dan Campbell says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- While the football world might've been stunned by the Detroit Lions' 21-20 win over the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, there was one person who wasn't: Dan Campbell.

The third-year Lions head coach prepared his squad for Thursday's upset at Arrowhead Stadium, as they opened the regular season 1-0 for the first time since 2017.

"I didn't learn anything, I got verification on what I already knew, and this is a resilient team," Campbell said. "It already was a resilient team and we added pieces to that resilient team, so we're built to handle some stuff and we did that today against a very good opponent.