Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Calvin Johnson is a Hall of Famer. The former Detroit Lions star becomes just the seventh wide receiver to be enshrined his first year on the ballot, joining Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Steve Largent, Paul Warfield, Lance Alworth and Raymond Berry. Johnson, fighting back tears, was informed of his selection by David
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Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Lions make a huge statement, sending Stafford to Rams for Goff, picks Dave Birkett, Shawn Windsor and Carlos Monarrez break down the Detroit Lions’ trade, sending Matthew Stafford to the Rams for Jared Goff and draft picks. Dave Birkett, Shawn Windsor and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News In the five years since he’s retired, up until the announcement he’d been selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday evening, former wide receiver Calvin Johnson has had a strained relationship with his former team, the Detroit Lions. But, for the first time in a while, there
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Here’s who Detroit Lions will play in 2021 NFL season A look at the Detroit Lions’ 2021 opponents, home and away, in what is expected to be the NFL’s first 17-game regular season. Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press After five years of being estranged from
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR and current NFL Network and CBS TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson was announced Saturday night as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021. The selection comes in his first year of eligibility for the Hall, and he’s the first modern Lion elected to the Hall since Barry Sanders in
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Any Lions fan who watched Calvin Johnson play over his nine seasons in Detroit couldn’t have been surprised the wide receiver was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Of course, Johnson was too busy playing to watch himself, which explains his reaction to football’s highest honor,
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Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News There was uncertainty as to whether Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson was going to make the Hall-of-Fame in his first turn on the ballot. Now that the speculation is over, allow us to say: How? The second-overall pick in 2007, Johnson survived the Detroit Lions experience for nine
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR and current NFL Network and CBS TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Calvin Johnson is a Hall of Famer. The former Detroit Lions star becomes just the seventh wide receiver to be enshrined his first year on the ballot, joining Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Steve Largent, Paul Warfield, Lance Alworth and Raymond Berry. Johnson, fighting back tears, was informed of his selection Saturday
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Detroit shone in the NFL spotlight when it hosted Super Bowl XL 15 years ago, on Feb. 5, 2006. Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be the 15th Super Bowl since that ’06 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks. Here’s a
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press I wanted to believe him. I really did. “He’s the guy here,” Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola said. It was my fourth season covering the Lions in 2009. They had won 10 games total in my first three years on the beat, and 2009 was looking like another disaster. Matthew Stafford
John Niyo | The Detroit News We’re talking about the Super Bowl here, so we might as well start with the food. And begin with what the two coaches are bringing to the party as the Chiefs and Buccaneers meet Sunday in Super Bowl LV in Tampa. On one side, you’ve got Andy Reid, Kansas
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR and current NFL Network and CBS TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit
Barry Wilner | Associated Press More than two decades ago, Charles Woodson beat out Peyton Manning for a prestigious college award. Something called the Heisman Trophy. On Saturday, they likely will share an even more impressive football honor: entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Manning and Woodson, two of the most dominant players at
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Today marks the 15th anniversary of Super Bowl XL, when the NFL’s biggest spectacle visited the city that was home to a franchise which had never qualified for it. (And, yes, still hasn’t.) On Feb. 5, 2006, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10, in front of 68,206
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR & NFL Network TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press The
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Those Super Bowl squares are fun and all, but they’re so last year. An estimated $6 billion was gambled in the United States on last year’s Super Bowl, according to the American Gaming Association, but barely 5% of that was wagered legally. This year, 25 states, plus Washington D.C., have
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR & NFL Network TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press Michael