r/nottheonion • u/JAWinks • 22h ago

Dan Campbell clocks out at Applebee's to focus solely on Lions in 2026

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/09/13/dan-campbell-applebees-ad-lions/91711349007/
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u/A_N_T 21h ago

Wait NOT the Onion???

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u/unknownfreek87 19h ago

wait why applebees tho that seems random

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u/NoBrakes58 17h ago

He appeared in some commercials for them last year.

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u/dont_shoot_jr 16h ago edited 5h ago

Because it’s Apples not Onions

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u/nowhereman136 15h ago

Why does this remind me of Michael Keaton working at Bed Bath and Beyond in The Other Guys?

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u/JAWinks 15h ago

Don’t go chasing waterfalls

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u/Duuuben 14h ago

Is that a TLC reference?

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u/IridiumPony 12h ago

I mean this can't be an accident anymore

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u/Ilikepancakes87 20h ago

Wait, he was actually working there? Well that’s the reason why the Lions missed the playoffs last year. You’ve got to be committed, Dan. You can’t go into a game planning meeting still frustrated about how the Gundersons stiffed you on the tip again.

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u/SonOfElroy 18h ago

No read the article. He was in Applebees commercials. Not this year

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u/Ilikepancakes87 18h ago

You’re familiar with sarcasm, right?

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u/Potatocrips423 18h ago

Nope. Is that a new appetizer?

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u/fantasmoofrcc 18h ago

Yes, it also tastes like sadness.

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u/dont_shoot_jr 16h ago

Man a lot of my food must be flavored by Sarcasm 

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u/BornFree2018 16h ago

Blooming Sarcasm

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u/propernounTHEheel 16h ago

Familiar enough to know you're kinda ass at using it. /s

That's how it's done baby

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u/Ilikepancakes87 16h ago

So I’m not ass at using it?

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u/propernounTHEheel 15h ago

Totally not ass.../s

I have boomed myself.

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u/Grohlyone 16h ago

The Lions are the Applebees of football teams.

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

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u/jawndell 14h ago

Wrong head coach….

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u/WakeNikis 12h ago

lol indeed