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The Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders have released their injury designations ahead of the Saturday night matchup in the Divisional round of the NFL Playoffs. Let’s take a look at Thursday’s injury report and get you up to date with what we know. Note that any changes from Tuesday’s report will be bolded.

For the second consecutive year, the Detroit Lions will have a home Divisional Round game, and their challenger this time around is fittingly the Washington Commanders. For a team that continually has been slaying their franchise’s demons, the Lions’ ability to beat a Washington franchise, which embarrassingly blew them out in the 1991 NFC Championship…

Detroit Lions fans are getting another chance at snagging playoff tickets and even better, the proceeds go toward a good cause. Holly Campbell, wife of coach Dan Campbell, and Kathy Agnew, wife of assistant general manager Ray Agnew, are teaming up with Downtown Boxing Gym to host a playoff ticket auction. The DBG is a…

There are some similarities between the Washington Commanders this season and the Detroit Lions of last year. Both had expectations, nothing big but an improvement from the year before. When both made the playoffs, their fanbase just wanted a win to call the season a success. The Lions got two wins and were just a…

The Detroit Lions will take on the Washington Commanders in the Divisional Round of the 2024-25 NFL playoffs. They have a brand new coaching staff in 2024, but it’s full of a lot of familiar faces. “I’ve got a lot of respect for Dan Quinn,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said on Monday. “I’ve known Dan—from…

This week, the Detroit Lions are expected to get running back David Montgomery back, and according to the veteran player, he’s not going to be physically limited in any way. Montgomery has missed the past three games with a torn MCL, leaving the bulk of the workload to second-year back Jahmyr Gibbs.

The Detroit Lions coordinators were in the spotlight on Wednesday as the team prepares for their Saturday night showdown with the Washington Commanders in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. With both Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn also in the midst of NFL coaching searches, we pulled their quotes about that situation for a different…

The Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders will square off in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs, and both teams were on the practice field on Wednesday. Let’s take a look at Wednesday’s injury report and get you up to date with what we know. Note that any changes from Tuesday’s report will be bolded.

Both Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn spoke to the media on Wednesday. While both were eager to talk about the upcoming Divisional Round game against the Washington Commanders, they knew they were going to face questions about the head coaching interviews both took last week during the team’s postseason…

The NFL changed its kickoff rules this year in an effort to increase the rate of returns. On a very basic level, it worked. Per ESPN, the percentage of touchbacks dropped from 73% in 2023 to 64.3% this season. However, that is still a higher touchback rate than any other season since at least 2000.…

It’s no secret that a big part of the Washington Commanders’ success this year is due to historic play from rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels. The second overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Daniels set the rookie quarterback record for rushing yards in a season (891), and he finished the season 11th among all NFL…

Over the weekend, a text exchange and video went viral, appearing to display a couple of kids tricking Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams into thinking they were Detroit Lions coordinator Ben Johnson and he was the Bears’ next coach. The video shows—from the kids’ point of view—Williams eventually hopping on a FaceTime to confirm their…

When David Montgomery and one of his trainers looked back at the video of his latest injury, they were in amazement that it wasn’t far worse. “We looked at when the hit happened and the way it happened, there’s no way—if you look at the hit the way it happened—I didn’t tear my ACL,” Montgomery…

The No. 1 seeded Detroit Lions will host the No. 6 seed Washington Commanders in the Divisional Round of the 2024-25 NFL playoffs, which will be played on Saturday night. While the Lions received a bye week during the Wild Card round of the playoffs, they did get in a few practices before allowing their…

For those hoping to get in on the Detroit Lions playoff action but are reeling at the price, a few Metro Detroit businesses are offering a fans a chance at playoff tickets. As Jeremy outlines here, Detroit Lions tickets are the hottest in the NFL, with the get-in price for the Lions-Commanders game Saturday higher…

The Detroit Lions watched from the sidelines on Wild Card weekend, and some of those sights were better than others. We’ll leave the AFC to their meandering, listless and tepid. The NFC’s got the juice, and the Commanders didn’t disappoint in their quest to surge into the pirate ship of Tampa Bay and escape with…

They say it’s hard to beat a team three times in a season in the NFL. That trope, while logical considering the familiarity divisional teams have with each other, doesn’t really hold up to statistical evidence. For the Detroit Lions, it won’t matter this year. Detroit swept the difficult NFC North in 2024, but both…

Welcome to the beginning of the end of the 2024 season. The 2024 NFL postseason began last week and the Detroit Lions were at home, kicking back and watching the games like you and I. They earned the top seed after going 15-2 and winning the NFC North, giving them the bye week to rest…

The Wild Card round of the 2024-25 NFL Playoffs will come to a close on Monday night as the NFC No. 5 Minnesota Vikings (14-3) and No. 4 Los Angeles Rams (10-7) square off in Glendale, Arizona. Originally scheduled to be played in LA, the ongoing wildfires in Southern California moved this game to Arizona…

Detroit Lions tickets remain the hottest in the NFL. Now that the Lions’ Divisional Round matchup with the Washington Commanders is set for Saturday, January 20 at 8 p.m. ET at Ford Field, secondary ticket markets are starting to settle. And if they stick to what prices are looking like on Monday morning, Lions tickets…