Quotes from the Detroit Lions locker room after the win over the Tennessee Titans

Here are the notable quotes from Detroit Lions players and coaches following their 52-14 win over the Tennessee Titans in Week 8.

Dan Campbell

On the defense taking over the offense.

“Yeah, it's bittersweet because you know you weren't at your best and so there's a bit of that feeling of emptiness. But the positive is what we talked about. Well, yeah, but when your special forces team is playing so well and being so productive and then you're doing those little things, the red zone offensively and the takeaways defensively, then you don't need that. You didn't have to give your best. You want to and we should, but it's just another reminder. When we play, because we're playing with three units here, and if a few of them cook at the right time, that can save one of your units. And if you get all three of them playing at the right time, I think you're very hard to beat. So I like where we are, we're in a good place. It's win number six, it's a perfect setup. We get to go to Lambeau this week, I'm really excited. I know the boys are and that's why it was good. This is a good win.”

Jared Goff

On David Montgomery's touchdown pass to Sam LaPorta.

“That was a real blast and his dancing was good afterwards too. We've been cooking this for a few years now. A good moment for that too. Sam wasn't that open, he was open, but that.” “It had to be a good throw and that was an absolutely well thrown ball.”

Caliph Raymond

About recovering from the low points at the start of his career.

“I remember in 2017, my goodness, I was struggling. I had a lot of fear, a lot of doubts last NFL game.' I actually told myself during that time that I had a choice: “I can either go into the tank and quit, or I can give it everything I've got.” That summer I trained so hard, you could say I had so much help and I had a lot of people who helped me keep going. Thank God I'm here today and I can keep doing what I do.

Taylor Decker

About the early pass protection struggles.

“On the first play we had a play-action pass. On D-End, he played the whole pass and went straight down the field, so that's on me. I have to get better at that.” I can't remember the other situation, but we have to protect him better when he has some time. It doesn't correspond to our current standard.

Trevor Nowaske

On overcoming the Titans' hot start and creating takeaways.

“I feel like we just have a 'curve, don't break' mentality. Obviously we need to work on some things. Some things need to be cleaned up, but we had some good stops in the red zone, a lot of turnovers, a lot of takeaways, which kind of helped us in the end. But yeah, I feel like at the end of the day we have a “bend, don’t break” mentality on defense. ”

Jahmyr Gibbs

On his 70-yard touchdown run.

“I don’t really do anything too much. It's really the line. I was unaffected on both long touchdowns I've had in the last two weeks. Kudos to her again. “They do a great job every week to support my and D-Mo’s (David Montgomery) job is easy.”

Amik Robertson

About where this year's Lions offense is one of the best offenses he's ever seen.

“I’ve been in the league for four years and have never been part of an offense like this. On defense, we just try to keep up with the energy, man. We try to go out and give them a chance. “They already give us a spark, so we just try to give them the same spark that they give us.

Khalil Dorsey

About the special teams performance in Sunday's game.

“It makes me happy because we have been training all these days, especially in the training camp and until now. I'm happy for (Calif Raymond) 'Leaf', he almost broke that record. I'm happy for everyone. I feel like we still did some work here and there, but I think we did a great job.

On his 72-yard kickoff return.

“The game before, when they threw it to me, I saw the kicker was mad because I didn't take it out. It was borderline, right on the edge, I thought, “Either you need to make it a little shorter” or whatever, but hopefully he'll give me the green light from now on. But when I caught it, we were double-teamed on the left. I wasn't worried about anyone at the front, I know they won't get me. I thought, 'Okay, let's get started right now.' Isaiah (Williams) had a great one-on-one block and I just took it. The rest was kind of a blur, I was just trying to beat everyone. I saw the kicker right there, took it outside and there was another guy there. I'm one step ahead of him, but he was able to push me out. All I know is that my father will torment me once I get upstairs.

Amon-Ra St. Brown

About the goal in five games in a row and the overall offensive performance.

“It's great. It's a sport where of course every receiver wants to score and have 100 yards every week, but that's not the reality. The biggest thing is winning. As long as we win, I'm like the rest. That's what we did, collecting points and executing. I feel like we could have done a lot better on offense today, it's the way the game went and we were doing well in the red zone, but we could have done a better team, who wasn’t a pushover like most people thought, and who had good defense, and we scored some points.”

Brock Wright

On offense, he scored 52 points despite Jared Goff only throwing for 85 yards.

“It was weird. And Sam said at one point, 'It kind of feels like it's going to take a while.' And that's because we sat on the bench for a while and lost the ball to get ourselves into great field position. But it's great. It's fun to see how you collect points like that and distribute the ball.

Kerby Joseph

About how the defense is able to get takeaways.

“Of course, to be honest, part of it is watching films and reading the keywords. But I feel like the coaching just did a great job. (Safeties coach) Jim O'Neil (defensive backs coach). ) Deshea (Townsend), (Defensive Coordinator Aaron Glenn) “AG”, (Defensive Quality Control Assistant Dre Thompson) “DT”, they all put us in a position to make plays if we all trust the game plan. Nobody can compete with us.”

On the defense, which functions without Aidan Hutchinson.

“We miss Hutch, but you know, this team is built on adversity, the next man up mentality. We have Hutch, we will close the gap for him. We will do it for him.” ”