Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell knows that the path to next year's NFC Championship game will be much more difficult to reach than this year's.
After the Lions loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Campbell was candid about the reality of winning once you've already done it.
"I told those guys, this may have been our only shot," Campbell said after the game. "Do I think that? No. Do I believe that? No. However, I know how hard it is to get here. I'm well aware. It's going to be twice as hard to get to this point next year as it was this year.