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Despite the Detroit Lions emphatically blowing out the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6, not everything was a celebration in Arlington last Sunday. In victory, the Lions also suffered a huge loss when Aidan Hutchinson, the most vital player to Detroit’s pass rush, suffered a broken tibia and fibula in the third quarter.

Had it not been for one single play, the Detroit Lions’ win over the Dallas Cowboys would have unanimously put Detroit in the “best team in football” conversation. A 47-9 victory on Jerry Jones’ birthday, on FOX’s Game of the Week no less, would certainly grab that national media’s attention.

Here comes some defensive end help for the Detroit Lions. According to a report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Lions are planning to sign Isaiah Thomas off of the Bengals’ practice squad. Thomas was a seventh-round pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2022. He spent the first two years of his career there in Cleveland,…

The Detroit Lions came out of the bye week with a vengeance in their 47-9 road win against the Dallas Cowboys. They showed up to Jerry Jones’ birthday party, blew out his candles, ate his cake, and took all his presents. It was the worst home loss for the Cowboys since Jones took over as…

The Buffalo Bills and New York Jets will close out Week 6 with an AFC East battle on “Monday Night Football.” These two teams have met 127 times in their histories, with the Bills holding a 68-58 regular season edge, including winning the only time these two teams met in the playoffs.

Let’s take a detailed look at the Detroit Lions Week 6 snap counts against the Dallas Cowboys. Of note for this game, because of the lopsided score (47-9), the Lions offense played their starters around 57 snaps and their backups 11 snaps, while the defense began a heavier reserve rotation at around 51 snaps.

Many—including us—have begun to speculate which players the Detroit Lions could trade for in the wake of Aidan Hutchinson’s injury. But coach Dan Campbell said on Monday afternoon that he and general manager Brand Holmes aren’t going to rush into things, and they’re first going to look internally at their own players.

The Aidan Hutchinson injury news keeps coming in, and on Monday afternoon Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell gave the most definitive update yet. Per Campbell, Hutchinson’s injury—a fractured tibia and fibula—will take four to six months to recover from. That said, he isn’t counting out a late return from Hutchinson this season.

Last Detroit Lions game, coach Dan Campbell forgot to give quarterback Jared Goff a game ball, as he hadn’t realized Goff finished the game a perfect 18-of-18 against the Seattle Seahawks. He wasn’t going to make the same mistake this week after the Lions’ 47-9 spanking of the Dallas Cowboys.

It was a beatdown for the ages. The Detroit Lions absolutely demolished the Dallas Cowboys in their own stadium — and many people seemed to be here for it. In a whopping 47-9 smackdown, the Lions just started to have fun with it at some point, leading to some of the funniest posts. Enjoy!

In their first meeting since Week 17 of last year, the Detroit Lions revisited AT&T Stadium for a Week 6 matchup with the Dallas Cowboys. The bye week played a factor into this one for both teams: the Lions fresh from their week off and the Cowboys nursing a host of injuries to key players…

The Detroit Lions were having one hell of a game against the Dallas Cowboys, jumping out to a 28-point lead early in the second half. However, the fun came to a screeching halt. Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson picked up a sack on Dak Prescott, but in the process, his leg bent in an awkward…

Coming off the bye week and a “Monday Night Football” win over the Seattle Seahawks, the Detroit Lions are back in action. They headed down to Texas to play the Dallas Cowboys, another opponent they have struggled with the past decade. The Lions last win against the Cowboys was in 2013, and their last win…

Last week, the NFC North won all three of their games. Thus far through Week 6, they have done the same. Meanwhile, the Detroit Lions have had no choice. but to sit on their hands and watch. Detroit is at 3-1 on the season, but since their Week 4 bye, they’ve seen the division tighten…

Wow, wasn’t that London game great and/or terrible? It’s awesome that the Bears lost, or terrible that they won. What a crappy team and/or lucky team. Anyways, as we continue to wait for our Detroit Lions to take on the Dallas Cowboys, NFL Week 6 continues with an intriguing set of 1 p.m. ET games.…

The Detroit Lions (3-1) will take on the Dallas Cowboys (3-2) in Week 6, with the game being played in Arlington, Texas for the third time in as many seasons. While the Cowboys have won the previous two battles, the most recent was drenched in controversy, the Lions are confident they can keep their emotions…

The Detroit Lions announced on Saturday afternoon that rookie defensive lineman Isaac Ukwu is being temporarily elevated from the practice squad this week. He’ll be part of the active squad and is eligible to play this Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. After the game, he will revert back to the practice squad.

It’s time for another Detroit Lions mailbag. As always, you can submit questions via Twitter using the hashtag #AskPOD or by keeping an eye out for our weekly calls for questions. In addition to these written mailbags, we also do a weekly mailbag podcast. You can catch this week’s episode here.

The Detroit Lions entered their Week 4 win against the Seattle Seahawks ranking near the bottom of the league averaging only 26 snaps of nickel personnel per game on defense. Against the Seahawks, the Lions defense played in nickel a season-high of 43 snaps. Coincidentally, Amik Robertson recorded season-highs with both 52 defensive snaps played…

It’s about time for another one of our 2024 Detroit Lions Madden simulations! For the uninitiated, our Madden sims are live streaming broadcasts of the Madden 25 game. Prior to the game, we set the lineups as close to what we think they will be on Sunday, pick and choose our own favorite uniform matchup,…