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The Cincinnati Bengals had the most impressive win of Week 7, beating a good Baltimore Ravens team, in Baltimore, 41-17. The Bengals’ success, though should not come as a major surprise. I did not expect them to be maybe the best team in the AFC, but I wrote back in May they would be better this

Seven thoughts on the Detroit Lions‘ 0-7 start: You are who you are There are no moral victories in the NFL and there is no good spin anyone can put on being winless at what is nearly the midpoint of the season. Yes, the Lions are talent-deprived. And yes, anyone with realistic expectations knew this

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Detroit Lions are not an 0-7 team They don’t look like an 0-7 team. They don’t play like an 0-7 team. And they don’t feel like an 0-7 team, especially if you speak with their opponents. Especially if you watch their games. Especially if you watched Sunday’s 28-19 loss to the

The Detroit Lions were in their hurry-up offense, trying to preserve precious time late in the first half of Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams, when Jared Goff ran to the line of scrimmage and spiked the ball with 18 seconds on the clock. The Lions had enough time for a shot or two

The Detroit Lions enter Week 8 still the only winless team in the NFL. At 0-7, the Lions look to turn their fortunes around when they host the Philadelphia Eagles (2-5) on Sunday at 1 p.m. on Fox. Before the Lions and Birds link, Lions head coach Dan Campbell will speak with the media putting

The Detroit Lions are 0-7. But you wouldn’t know it by the way fans have reacted toward the team in recent weeks, especially after Sunday’s 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. The Lions made noise across the NFL-verse when, after scoring a touchdown on their opening drive, they took the ball back on a surprise

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Sean McVay made a beeline to find him. Andrew Whitworth gave him a long embrace. And a line of ex-teammates lingered near midfield waiting to shake hands and say good luck. Jared Goff’s return to Los Angeles did not go exactly as planned Sunday in the Detroit Lions’ 28-19 loss to the

Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions‘ 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, and looks at players who helped and hurt their stock Sunday at SoFi Stadium. Stock up Special teams coordinator Dave Fipp: The Lions have gotten good play all season on special teams, and those units were exceptional Sunday.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — After spending a week trying to dodge questions and all the unwanted attention that came with facing his longtime former team, Matthew Stafford came clean on Sunday. “Am I happy it’s over with? Yeah,” the Los Angeles Rams quarterback admitted after a 28-19 victory over the Detroit Lions. “I’ve got a lot

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Moral victories are for losers. Which makes me a loser, I suppose, because I believe in them, at least I believe in what people mean when they use the phrase, even though I’m not sure what a moral victory is. I know what folks mean by it. I know I’ve heard it tossed around in locker rooms and postgame

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Well, that’s show biz. The Detroit Lions tried to follow a Hollywood script on Sunday. Come out and dazzle ‘em. Shake ‘em up early. A quick touchdown. An onside kick. A fake punt. All that was missing was the dancing elephants. The Lions started Sunday’s game with so much pixie dust, Disney signed

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Detroit Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions in their 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Sunday: Quarterback Goff was not spectacular, but coming off his worst game of the season, he gave the Lions a chance to win. He finished 22 of 36

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — So last week was an aberration. Had to be. The weight of too many gut-punch losses and, frankly, too many losses. And when the game got away and the talented and hungry young Cincinnati Bengals began to pull away, well … it was hard to blame the Detroit Lions for losing focus. Not that Dan Campbell

Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes against his former team as the Detroit Lions lost to the Los Angeles Rams, 28-19, on Sunday in California. In his first game against the Lions since being traded last offseason, Stafford found Cooper Kupp for 10 catches and 156 yards and two touchdowns. Stafford was 28-for-41 for 334

Revenge. It’s a dish best served cold, or so we’ve been told, even in sunny Los Angeles. That’s where Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford will get a chance to ladle out some revenge of his own on Sunday against the Detroit Lions, who employed him for the better part — or at least as “better” as

The boos were merciless, to the point even Calvin Johnson felt uncomfortable. But as the Hall-of-Fame receiver tried to quell the jeering at his Ford Field ring ceremony last month, Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp said she understood why fans took that moment to voice their displeasure with her and the team. “Obviously, no one

LOS ANGELES – You know those movies where the couple splits up and next time you see them, the guy has a hot wife, a new sports car and a big job — while the woman has three screaming kids and a broken-down Ford Escape? That’s pretty much the Detroit Lions-Los Angeles Rams game today. Matthew

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — In the sprawling region known as Greater Los Angeles that stretches from the desert to the ocean, from the mountains to the valleys, where nearly 19 million people live and work in communities as diverse as their topography, there is one person who may be uniquely qualified to make a true

Free Press sports writers make predictions for the Sunday’s Detroit Lions‘ game, as they make their first trip to SoFi Stadium to face Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams in Inglewood, Calif. in Week 7 of the NFL season (4:05 p.m. Fox). If you’re not yet a Free Press subscriber, here is how you can support our staff

Bill Dow |  Special to Detroit Free Press On a gloomy, damp afternoon 50 years ago Sunday, 54,418 excited football fans made their pilgrimage to Tiger Stadium to see if the Detroit Lions, sporting a four-game winning streak and tied for first place with Minnesota in the NFC Central Division, could defeat the “Monsters of