Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Before leaving for Los Angeles next month, quarterback Matthew Stafford and wife Kelly have one last gift for the city of Detroit. On Thursday, the couple announced they’re donating $1 million to fund the Kelly and Matthew Stafford and Friends Education Center for the SAY Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park. The
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The new Detroit Lions coaching staff threw Matt Patricia under the bus, unintentionally or not. When new Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn looked at the tape of the roster they inherited, they were not fans of how poorly they were coached under Matt Patricia. As Patricia has returned to Foxborough
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JANUARY 03: Matthew Stafford #9 of the Detroit Lions drops back to pass during the third quarter of the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field on January 03, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. Minnesota defeated Detroit 37-35. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) Did Andrew Benintendi just take a shot at the
Slone Terranella | Detroit Free Press As NFL quarterback Matthew Stafford prepares to leave the Detroit Lions and join his new team in Los Angeles, the Stafford family couldn’t depart Detroit without leaving a piece of them here. Stafford and his wife, Kelly, pledged $1 million to help build a new education center with SAY Detroit, a nonprofit
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Anthony Lynn had two winning records in his four seasons as Los Angeles Chargers coach. He made the playoffs in 2018 and won a wild-card game — on the road. And last season, he won seven games, including four straight to end the year, with a rookie quarterback. The Chargers fired
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press They tried the Tampa 2 and the wide nine and whatever the hell that was the past three seasons, all with limited success. Now, new Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is taking a different approach to building a defense, one that’s not totally unique and might actually work.
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez answers three questions after the Detroit Lions‘ new coordinators met with the media on Wednesday: What was your first impressions of the top four assistant coaches? They were colorful and enthusiastic, following the example set by head coach Dan Campbell — minus any
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News More than two decades later, it remains one of the more memorable Detroit Lions moments in franchise history. In the 1997 regular-season finale against the New York Jets, the Lions needed a win to get into the playoffs, while superstar running back Barry Sanders needed 131 yards to become the
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News When the Detroit Lions announced Dan Campbell as the team’s next head coach, team president Rod Wood shared a conversation with Mickey Loomis. The Saints general manager, who had spent the past five seasons working with Campbell in New Orleans, told Wood, “Dan is the kind of head coach that
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions signed tight end Alize Mack to a futures deal Thursday. Mack was a seventh-round pick by the New Orleans Saints in 2019, where he played briefly for new Lions coach Dan Campbell. He was waived at the end of training camp, spent three weeks on the
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press When Aaron Glenn first arrived in New Orleans, he inherited a secondary that was not very good and quickly got worse. The Saints ranked last in the league against the pass in Glenn’s first season as defensive backs coach in 2016, then improved to a middle-of-the-pack pass defense in Year
Mitch Albom | Detroit Free Press As Matthew Stafford headed into the meeting that would change his life, he texted his wife, Kelly, and wrote, “Well, here we go.” The Detroit Lions president, Rod Wood, was waiting in the room. The Lions owner, Sheila Ford Hamp, was on speaker phone. Stafford, who freely admits, “I
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions’ quarterback swap, Matthew Stafford for Jared Goff, won’t be official until the middle of March. Until then, no one employed by either team is allowed to publicly acknowledge it, per league protocols. And while Goff is considered a downgrade from Stafford, illustrated by the trio of draft
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News In his first comments since the Detroit Lions agreed to trade him to the Los Angeles Rams, quarterback Matthew Stafford said the conversations with the team prior to the deal were the most difficult of his life. Speaking with close family friend and WDIV reporter Hank Winchester in a segment
John Niyo | The Detroit News Unable to read the whole story? Sign in or subscribe here. They saw what you saw. So we’re all on the same page to start with, at least, when it comes to the Lions’ defense. And that’s more than we’ve been able to say here in a while. Because it
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions have holes all over the roster, but none bigger than at receiver, where Kenny Golladay, Marvin Jones, Danny Amendola and Jamal Agnew are all scheduled to be unrestricted free agents next month. And while the Lions might find a way to keep Golladay in the fold,
There are many reasons Anthony Lynn isn’t the Chargers head coach anymore, but he has proven he hasn’t learned from his biggest mistake. During the 2020 offseason, the Los Angeles Chargers were faced with replacing quarterback Philip Rivers. Head coach Anthony Lynn remained committed to Tyrod Taylor over rookie Justin Herbert, with the lack of
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Duce Staley was coaching running backs for the Philadelphia Eagles when the team’s longtime vice president of security, Dom DiSandro, invited him to a high school football game years ago. DiSandro was friends with the father of a top running back recruit at nearby St. Joseph’s Prep, and he asked
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press If the Detroit Lions select a quarterback with the No. 7 pick in the NFL draft, don’t expect him to play much this year. At least not if Anthony Lynn has his way. The Lions’ new offensive coordinator said Wednesday he wants the best player to play, but he