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DETROIT — This was what Dan Campbell was talking about. Not just three years ago, when he was introduced as the Lions’ new head coach and promised Detroit a team that would fight like the city it represented. But also on the first morning of the 2023 regular season, when Campbell stood at the front of the auditorium in Allen Park on Sept. 1 and asked his players a simple question. “I want to do something special,” he said. “Do you?” On Sunday afternoon, we all heard the answer, amid the roar of 66,201 screaming fans inside Ford Field. The Lions did something special, all right, powering past T…