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Taylor Decker is off the injured reserve, but it remains to be seen when he might play this year. The Detroit Lions activated Decker and Kevin Strong, the team announced Tuesday. Tommy Kraemer, a backup offensive guard, was waived as well. As the Freep’s Dave Birkett reported last week, the Lions had to take Decker off the

Week 8 was a brutal one in the NFL as two playoff contenders suffered significant injuries that threw their seasons — and these power rankings — into a tizzy. The Tennessee Titans lost leading rusher Derrick Henry to a season-ending foot injury, and the New Orleans Saints will be without quarterback Jameis Winston for the

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is an honest man, never one to sugarcoat anything. When he made a public admission last month he needed more from quarterback Jared Goff, he did so only after telling Goff the same thing in private. When his eyes welled up after a last-second loss to the Minnesota Vikings, that

Jermar Jefferson slammed into his own blocker and barreled across the goal line midway through the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles when his mind went briefly blank. A seventh-round pick out of Oregon State, Jefferson dropped the ball as he stood up to celebrate his first career touchdown and was

The Detroit Lions might not be buyers or sellers at Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline. They might stand pat. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday he does not expect the team to be active in the trade market this week given the discussions they’ve had so far. “I don’t see anything right now that I could

Any hope Detroit Lions will avoid 0-17? We break it down Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez share their thoughts after the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Eagles on Oct. 31, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press Update: Detroit Lions’ Dan Campbell on NFL trade deadline: ‘We’re open

Michael Brockers said it best. After his team was humiliated, dragged around Ford Field by the hair in Sunday’s 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Detroit Lions defensive lineman spoke these words: “The coaches can’t want it more than the players. We have to want it more than the coaches.” He’s absolutely right. Anything

The Detroit Lions were driving me bananas, playing pathetic, uninspired, mistake-filled, what-a-waste-of-a-day football against a bad, boring team. This has to be rock bottom, right? This horrible, unacceptable, dumpster-fire of a game? “That was brutal,” said Lions coach Dan Campbell after Philadelphia demolished the Lions, 44-6. “We got out-coached today; we got outplayed.” Yep. That covers

Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, and looks at players who helped and hurt their stock Sunday at Ford Field: Three up WR Amon-Ra St. Brown: A rookie fourth-round pick out of USC, St. Brown was the only Lions receiver to catch a pass Sunday.

Thirteen years ago, the Detroit Lions became the first team in NFL history to go 0-16. If they don’t stop making self-inflicted mistakes in all three phases of the game, one player said the organization is headed for an even more shameful finish this season. CARLOS MONARREZ: Lions’ humiliating loss to Eagles is their worst

Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions in their 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at Ford Field. Quarterback Jared Goff catches a lot of arrows for the Lions’ offensive ineptitude, many of them deserved. As quarterback, he must do more for this team to have a chance. The truth, though, is

Dan Campbell is easy to like. He’s honest, raw, empathetic and serious. Clearly, he cares. As much as anyone who has held his seat. Right now, though, the Detroit Lions’ head coach is lost. What’s worse, he’s got nowhere to go. About the only thing he doesn’t have to worry about is going winless for the season. That’s already

The Detroit Lions are a bad football team, but for most of the season’s first seven weeks they had an endearing quality about them, that they would do everything short of biting off kneecaps to get a win. That narrative no longer applies after the Lions put on an embarrassing display for the second time

Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez answers three questions from the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at Ford Field. SUNDAY STRUGGLES: Detroit Lions, Dan Campbell looked lost Sunday. They’re not far from finding 0-17 finish How bad was this loss? No way to sugarcoat this one, even though it happened on Halloween.

The Detroit Lions are a bad football team, but for most of the season’s first seven weeks they had an endearing quality about them, that they would do everything short of biting off kneecaps to get a win. That narrative no longer applies after the Lions put on an embarrassing display of football for the

D’Andre Swift, by design, has hovered around the 20-touch mark most of the season. Swift has battled a groin injury since the start of training camp, and the Detroit Lions, wary of overworking their No. 1 running back, have split their rushing workload between Swift and Jamaal Williams. But with Williams inactive for today’s game against

When the Detroit Lions traveled to Atlanta to open the 2008 season, they did so with unrealistically high hopes. Not only were the Lions coming off a 4-0 preseason that included a win over the reigning Super Bowl champion New York Giants, but a season earlier they went 7-9 in what marked the high point

Free Press sports writers make their predictions for the Detroit Lions‘ game Sunday at Ford Field against the Philadelphia Eagles (1 p.m., Fox). The Lions are 0-7. The Eagles are 2-5. Jeff Seidel So far this season has been a kick in the pants to the Lions. One of them was an NFL record that bounced through

The Detroit Lions activated Da’Shawn Hand from injured reserve Saturday, clearing him to play in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Hand suffered a groin injury in training camp and has not played this season. He has missed 29 of a possible 55 games in his three-plus-year career, but his return gives the Lions (0-7)

Show Caption Hide Caption Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez, Shawn Windsor talk Detroit Lions at 0-7 The Detroit Lions fell to 0-7 with their loss to the L.A. Rams on Sunday. But are they better than most 0-7 teams? 3 Freep writers discuss. Dave Birkett, Shawn Windsor and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press D’Andre Swift leads