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Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Breaking down where Detroit Lions go after deflating loss to Colts Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett, Shawn Windsor assess the damage after the Detroit Lions’ loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Filmed Nov. 2, 2020. I don’t get it. I don’t understand why every Detroit

Bob McManaman   | Arizona Republic Show Caption Hide Caption Cardinals bye week update With the Cardinals on their bye week, we look ahead to the rest of the season and what areas the team needs to improve upon to stay competitive in the NFC West. Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury confirmed on Monday that two of

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions‘ 41-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts and looks at three players who helped and hurt their stock Sunday. 3 up S Miles Killebrew: Killebrew has been one of the Lions’ best special teams players for three seasons, and he

Jeff Seidel   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Insiders – Colts stomp Lions 41-21 Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Jim Ayello recap the Indianapolis Colts’ 41-21 win over the Detroit Lions. The real Detroit Lions revealed a painful truth Sunday afternoon. They are nothing but frauds. That deceiving two-game winning streak was a

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions after Sunday’s 41-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts: Quarterback A week after he played his best game of the season, Matthew Stafford played one of his worst. Stafford completed 24 of 42 passes for 336 yards, but he lost

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Insiders – Colts stomp Lions 41-21 Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Jim Ayello recap the Indianapolis Colts’ 41-21 win over the Detroit Lions. Reggie Ragland stopped a reporter dead in his Zoom tracks. The Detroit Lions lost their seventh straight home game Sunday, 41-21, to

Shawn Windsor   | Detroit Free Press There are mistakes to point at after a loss, after every loss, actually, but then you know that. And mistakes surely contributed to the Detroit Lions’ most dispiriting loss Sunday afternoon to the Indianapolis Colts.  But mistakes weren’t why the Lions lost their fourth game of the season, falling below .500 again,

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press The unnecessary roughness penalty called on Detroit Lions defensive tackle Danny Shelton midway through the second quarter was by no means the only reason the Lions lost to the Indianapolis Colts, 41-21, on Sunday at Ford Field. But the questionable call, on a late flag, continued a scoring drive

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Marvin Jones picked quite the time to have two of his best games of the season, and now the Detroit Lions have quite the decision to make about his future. Jones was one of the few bright spots in the Lions’ 41-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday,

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Kirkland Crawford   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Lions (3-3) vs. Indianapolis Colts (4-2) When: 1 p.m., Sunday. Where: Ford Field. TV: CBS (Channel 62

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford played great against the Atlanta Falcons. In fact, he played

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Oday Aboushi was never much into politics, so in some ways, he is an unlikely

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. As expected, the Detroit Lions are getting help for their secondary in time for Sunday’s

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Lions (3-3) vs. Indianapolis Colts (4-2) The coaches: Matt Patricia (12-25-1 overall, 12-25-1 with

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. The Detroit Lions are dealing with another injury on

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. The NFL trade deadline is less than a week

Chris Solari   | Detroit Free Press Herb Adderley, one of three former Michigan State players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Friday. He was 81. A two-way player for Duffy Daugherty from 1958-60, Adderley ran for 813 yards and four touchdowns and caught 28 passes for 519 yards and four scores during his

Kirkland Crawford   | Detroit Free Press There’ll be no college bowl game in Detroit this year.  The Quick Lane Bowl has been bumped from this season’s schedule, according to Bowl Season, the new branding for the Football Bowl Association.  The Detroit Lions and Quick Lane, the two entities that run the bowl game at Ford

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. To Reggie Ragland, the reason behind the Detroit Lions‘