Detroit Free Press

Dan Campbell is looking to someone new to spark the Detroit Lions’ struggling offense — himself. Campbell said Wednesday he is taking a larger role in the offensive planning ahead of Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I would say just it involves spending a lot more time with the offense than maybe the other
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The Marines were in a truck, performing convoy security about 250 yards off a road, churning through soft sand in the Iraqi desert. “Stop!” screamed Rod Richards, a gunnery sergeant. Richards saw hundreds of discs spread across the sand. We had driven into a landmine field. Richards thought some were antitank mines. Others he called “toe
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A day after they passed on Odell Beckham Jr., the Detroit Lions found help for their middling receiving corps on the waiver wire Wednesday. The Lions, with top waiver priority, claimed ex-Tennessee Titans receiver Josh Reynolds on waivers and placed defensive lineman Jashon Cornell on the reserve/non-football illness list. Reynolds played his first four NFL
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It’s November and the Detroit Lions are winless, so naturally it’s draft season here in Detroit. I figured I’d get a lot of questions about next offseason and the 2022 NFL draft for this week’s mailbag and you all did not disappoint. Reader questions edited for clarity: Dave, don’t you feel like the Lions have
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The Detroit Lions have top priority on the NFL waiver wire, but Lions coach Dan Campbell said they will not use that position to upgrade their receiving corps when Odell Beckham Jr. hits waivers later today. Beckham, the talented but mercurial soon-to-be ex-Cleveland Browns receiver, wisely agreed to a restructured contract that should allow him
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For everyone who preached a “wait and see” attitude toward Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff before the season began … well, we have waited, and we have seen Goff prove he’s not the answer. While the sixth-year QB is ninth in passing yards (1,995) and 14th in completion percentage (66.9%), he has struggled at stretching the
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