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For better or worse, long drives like the one the Detroit Lions mounted in the first quarter of their preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills last week might be commonplace this fall. The Lions ran an 18-play, 75-yard drive on the second possession with their first-team offense Friday. The drive covered nearly 10 minutes, which is

The Detroit Lions made a pair of moves ahead of Tuesday’s roster cut deadline, waiving tight end Charlie Taumoepeau with a non-football injury designation and placing offensive lineman Evan Boehm on injured reserve. The Lions, who cut cornerback Alex Brown on Sunday, now have 87 players on their roster. They must be down to 85 by

D’Andre Swift is nearing a return to practice. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said Swift will not practice Monday, but should be back on the field for the team’s final public practice of training camp Tuesday. Swift has missed most of camp with a sore groin, though Campbell said after Friday’s preseason-opening loss to the

Bobby Price has quite the challenge — and quite the opportunity. Price, the Detroit Lions’ second-year defensive back, is a few days into a position change that head coach Dan Campbell said could unlock his massive potential. Price, who signed with the Lions as undrafted free agent last spring, played safety in college and spent

Five lingering thoughts I have from the Detroit Lions’ preseason-opening 16-15 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Friday at Ford Field: Julian Okwara will play significant pass rush role That’s the most obvious conclusion I can come to after Okwara played a whopping 49 of a possible 63 defensive snaps Friday, or 78%. A third-round

From Day 1, Dan Campbell has emphasized the need for his team to give itself a chance to win football games. Despite a sluggish offensive start and a few defensive mistakes late, the Detroit Lions did that Friday. The Lions lost their preseason opener, 16-15, to the Buffalo Bills on Tyler Bass’ 44-yard field goal

The Detroit Lions made a rare in-season move to their training staff Friday, firing head athletic trainer Dave Granito. First-year Lions coach Dan Campbell confirmed the move after Friday’s preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills. Campbell said the decision to fire Granito, who was hired in 2019, was not based on one incident. “Really it’s

It didn’t register at first. Jack Fox was back home in Missouri, studying for an upcoming exam at the local library, the day after his grandfather’s funeral, when one of his college teammates, Trey Martin, called with tragic news. Rice defensive lineman Blain Padgett had not shown up for that morning’s workout, something totally out

The Detroit Lions open the preseason Friday against the Buffalo Bills. Lions starters are expected to play about a quarter, though some key players may not see time at all. For players on the roster bubble, Lions coach Dan Campbell said their performance in preseason games will factor heavily into their chances of making the

The tattoo on his lower left leg is hard to miss: NBA legend Kobe Bryant, in his No. 24 jersey, with a halo over his head. And for Detroit Lions linebacker Austin Bryant, getting it was about more than honoring the Los Angeles Lakers star after he was killed in a helicopter crash last year.

They have been on the receiving end of regular slander for months now. Pro Football Focus ranked them 31st out of 32 units. Yahoo called them “clearly” the worst group in the NFL. And locally, the perception is about the same. But Detroit Lions receivers coach Antwaan Randle El insisted Wednesday he has not heard

Back when he was a player-analyst for Detroit’s WXYZ-TV (Channel 7), Nate Burleson seemed destined for bigger broadcasing roles. Now, the former Detroit Lions wide receiver is joining Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil as one of the anchors of “CBS This Morning.” Burleson will replace current co-host Anthony Mason. He’ll officially start next month. Burleson talked about

Coming off a physical practice Tuesday and with their first preseason game on tap Friday, the Detroit Lions dialed back the intensity of practice Wednesday. They practiced without pads and ran most of their team periods at half-speed, which made for fewer meaningful observations than usual. One player worth mentioning, though, is fullback Jason Cabinda.

While one of the Detroit Lions’ highly drafted rookie defensive linemen has been an early star of training camp, the other has been nowhere to be seen. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Wednesday second-round pick Levi Onwuzurike has missed practice time this summer because of a back injury he dealt with in college. The Lions recently

Kalif Raymond’s football career was at a bit of a crossroads in 2018 when he decided to spend 24 days abroad reprioritizing his life. Raymond, who bounced between four teams in his first three NFL seasons and spent just a few weeks on the Tennessee Titans practice squad that year, traveled to Australia to visit

From Matt Prater to a big question mark. That’s where the Detroit Lions stand at kicker two weeks into training camp after making a much-needed move at the position Tuesday. The Lions signed kicker Zane Gonzalez to a one-year deal, his agent Mike McCartney said on Twitter, and will have him compete with Randy Bullock

Dan Campbell will be looking for players with one trait in particular as he whittles the Detroit Lions roster down to 53 players in the coming weeks. “It’s grit is No. 1,” Campbell said Tuesday. “It’s always been from Day 1. It’s grit.” LIONS TRAINING CAMP OBSERVATIONS: Offense struggles in two-minute; Da’Shawn Hand hurt A

The Detroit Lions‘ new-look offense will have its public unveiling in Friday’s preseason opener against the Buffalo Bills, and let’s hope things go smoother than they did at the end of practice Tuesday. The Lions closed Day 13 of training camp with a two-minute period that pitted ones-on-ones and twos-on-twos. Neither offense had any success

Evan Heim thought his football career was over. As he stood in the shower a couple hours after the end of this spring’s NFL draft, when no teams had so much as called to check on his status, Heim “had probably some of the worst thoughts of my life.” “I was like, ‘I can’t believe

Rookie running back Jermar Jefferson suffered a sprained ankle in practice Monday, but Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said the injury does not to be severe. “He’ll be out of practice today, but we do not think it’s serious,” Campbell said before practice Tuesday. “It doesn’t look like a high ankle, it’s low, so I