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To the best of her recollection, Kristal Vaughn saw her father, ex-Detroit Lions safety Tommy Vaughn, hit her mother, Cynthia, a half-dozen or so times over the course of their life. Each time, Kristal chalked the incident up to some stress her father was under. Tommy was an assistant coach for several pro and college

Former Detroit Lions offensive lineman Hessley Hempstead is reportedly dead at 49. The Upland, California, native’s death was reported by the NFLPA Alumni via Twitter on Monday morning: We are saddened to learn of the passing of Hess Hempstead. After retiring from the Detroit Lions, he was a fixture at events and Charlotte Chapter activities,

The Detroit Lions dropped a lengthy behind-the-scenes look at their 2021 NFL draft on Sunday when they debuted Episode 3 of their YouTube series “Inside the Den.” The episode lasts more than 37 minutes, and while it does not contain any huge revelations, there were several interesting moments. Here are five that caught my eye. You

Minicamp is in the books and summer is almost here, so it’s time for one final mailbag before vacation. The Detroit Lions have another set of practices this week, but the 50 or so players expected to attend are primarily rookies and first- and second-year players competing for roster spots. We’ve seen five well-attended workouts

The Detroit Grand Prix gave new Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes the opportunity to immerse themselves and engage with the Detroit community. “I want to inject myself into this community in this city,” Campbell, the Grand Marshal for Dual I, said Saturday at Belle Isle. “I wanted to be part of this, and

Tyrell Williams got a chance to see Jared Goff up close the past four seasons. Their teams practiced together one preseason and squared off in exhibition and regular season games the other years, but it wasn’t until Williams joined Goff as a teammate with the Detroit Lions this spring that he realized how competitive Goff

I’m going to make a bold prediction about the Detroit Lions: They won’t make the playoffs this season. Yes, it’s not easy being this brave. Here’s another bold prediction about the Lions: They won’t make the playoff next season, either. The Lions wrapped up a three-day minicamp that concluded their spring practices and they headed

Jonah Jackson has high expectations for the Detroit Lions offensive line this fall. “I think we can be the best (in the NFL),” Jackson said on the final day of mandatory minicamp Thursday. “It’s just a matter of how far we want to go and how we attack each week.” Statistically, there are few measures

If Dan Campbell is being honest, the Detroit Lions are not exactly where he thought they would be when he was named head coach in January. “We thought we were going to get extra time being a new staff,” Campbell said Thursday. “We were going to have an extra vet minicamp, we would be going full-team

The Detroit Lions have reached 100% vaccination among their coaching staff. Head coach Dan Campbell made that revelation Thursday, on the final day of mandatory minicamp. Two Lions assistants, running backs coach/assistant head coach Duce Staley and receivers coach Antwaan Randle El, have been wearing masks at practice this week. Campbell said both are fully

They have the worst offense in the league by at least one estimation, in part because they went dumpster-diving to round out their receiving corps. But as the formal offseason program approaches its end next week, the Detroit Lions are cautiously optimistic that two spring standouts can be contributors for them this fall. Victor Bolden,

Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions OTAs early observations: How they look under new coach Dan Campbell Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez share their thoughts after seeing the Detroit Lions in OTAs on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions are still interested in Todd Gurley, but

I have a message for new Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell: You do you. Go ahead. Put on that racing helmet. Bite some kneecaps. If this really is who you are, stick with it regardless of what any critics say. Be yourself, be authentic. Just as long as Campbell and everyone else understands the culture

For six seasons, the Patriot Way was the only way he knew. Now, in his first spring under a non-New England coaching staff, Trey Flowers is reinventing himself as a football player. Flowers, who is switching from defensive end to outside linebacker in new Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn’s scheme, said on Day 2 of

One of the best punters in the NFL has spent a large part of his offseason working on holding. Pro Bowl punter Jack Fox said on Day 2 of Detroit Lions minicamp Wednesday that he changed his holding stance this spring to hold kicks from more of a side angle. “I think I’ve gotten to

It’s closer to something that every coach does than it is reinventing the wheel, but Dan Campbell has made competition a staple of his practices as Detroit Lions coach. There’s the usual ways: One-on-one drills between receivers and defensive backs, and seven-on-seven sessions of offense vs. defense. But Campbell (or his assistants) also have devised games

The Detroit Lions open the 2021 season in 95 days, but the last thing on head coach Dan Campbell’s mind for now is their Week 1 opponent, the San Francisco 49ers. “We have to get our house in order before we can think about San Francisco, I know that,” Campbell said Wednesday before the Lions’

Jared Goff dropped back to pass for the Detroit Lions — OK, wait a second. Yes, that sounds weird. And it looked even stranger, not seeing Matthew Stafford back there. It’s going to take some time to get used to this. Anyhow, Goff dropped back to pass during a seven-on-seven drill in the red zone

Jared Goff took the Los Angeles Rams to the Super Bowl running Sean McVay’s offense, then crashed and burned badly enough that two years later he was shipped out of town. Given a clean slate and the chance to resurrect his career with the Detroit Lions, Goff is saddling up a new offense this spring,

Day 1 went to the defense. The Detroit Lions held their first of three mandatory minicamp practices Tuesday, and head coach Dan Campbell’s quest for competition led to a banner day from the defense. The Lions devoted a good chunk of Tuesday’s practice to red zone work and they finished the session with 17 snaps of