Dan Campbell is mastering what so many coaches spend their entire lives never understanding.

You cannot manually stick that syringe of motivation into a player.

Professional football players must be innately obsessed. Campbell knows exactly what he’s looking for with GM Brad Holmes in building this team. Miss our two-part deep dive on the Lions?

* DNA of the Lions, Part I: Vanquishing 'bad juju'

* DNA of the Lions, Part II: The obsessed ones

We now take the conversation to the podcast with co-host Jim Monos.

Audio’s above with video below.

The Lions were broken both physically and spiritually by Matt Patricia. How did Campbell put a team together in his vision? Is the hype for real? You can listen to the Go Long Podcast everywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple, Spotify and, of course, right at GoLongTD.com.

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