Lions coordinator gained’t let household journey to Philadelphia for Eagles matchup

ALLEN PARK — Detroit Lions particular groups coordinator Dave Fipp drew the road on his household making the journey with him this weekend in his return to Philadelphia.

Before becoming a member of Dan Campbell’s employees in 2021, Fipp, 51, spent eight seasons because the Philadelphia Eagles’ particular groups coordinator (2013–2020) — the staff the Lions will face in Week 11. During his tenure, he discovered nice success, serving on Doug Pederson’s Super Bowl LII-winning employees.

“It’ll be incredible. I mean, I love the place,” Fipp advised reporters when discussing his return. “It was an incredible experience there. I was there for eight years. We have a lot of friends, and my kids spent a lot of their childhood years growing up there. They love it, they’ve got a lot of friends there. We had a lot of success as a team, individually, and also on special teams, so that was good.

“And then obviously winning the Super Bowl, incredible. So, going back there will be epic, I can’t wait. I’m fired up. I look forward to being on the other side of it, just to see that side of it too. Those fans are incredible, they’re very fanatic and passionate about the game, and they’re very manageable too. So, it’ll be fun.”

But whereas Fipp is worked up to be again, he’ll be doing so in Honolulu blue and silver — and with out his household. As a lot as Philadelphia means to them, he made an government resolution about bringing them into what’s widely known as one of many NFL’s most hostile fan environments.

“Oh no. They’ll stay here,” Fipp stated when requested if his household would be part of him. “You don’t go there with the wrong color jersey.”

Earlier this week, Dan Campbell recalled on 97.1 The Ticket that he as soon as had batteries thrown at him and was spit on whereas taking part in at Lincoln Financial Field. Keeping that in thoughts, it’s comprehensible Fipp wouldn’t need his spouse or youngsters uncovered to that setting.

Still, Fipp holds his Super Bowl LII expertise shut. It stays one of the vital significant chapters of his profession — each professionally and personally — and he hopes his gamers in Detroit will ultimately style that very same form of glory.

“I think those people will appreciate you forever no matter what there when you win it. That’s what we’ve got to make sure we find a way to get done here,” Fipp stated. “But yeah, I mean, it was great. I don’t know if it changes a whole lot for me individually, other than you know, deep down at the end of the day, it’s probably a reward, maybe more than anything, for my parents, the sacrifices and commitment that they made to help get me through high school and junior high school and all that stuff.

“Maybe they feel like, ‘Hey, he actually did something.’ And it was worth all the struggle that they went through. Other than that, I have one ring. So, I have three kids, one of them gets it. We’ve got to get two more so we can give them each one.”