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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) Trey Flowers should be in Alabama right

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) All is quiet on the Kenny Golladay

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) In the aftermath of last week’s loss

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) In the aftermath of last week’s loss

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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) Last week, the Detroit Lions cracked the

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) Last week, the Detroit Lions cracked the

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) Detroit Lions safety Duron Harmon had strong

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) Matt Patricia took a thinly veiled shot

Kirkland Crawford   | Detroit Free Press When Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn fired coach Jim Caldwell after the 2017 season, Quinn said that 9-7 isn’t good enough.  After Sunday’s 35-29 loss to the Saints, head coach Matt Patricia, the man brought in to replace Caldwell, fell to 10-25-1 in Detroit.  And among the head-scratching

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Martha Firestone Ford had the best of intentions in mind when she marched into the Detroit Lions’ Allen Park practice facility one November morning five years ago and fired Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewand. But with all due respect to the Lions’ then-90-year-old owner, Ford didn’t know what she

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions’ 35-29 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at Ford Field, and looks at three players who helped their stock and three who hurt their stock: Stock up RB D’Andre Swift: A week after he played six of

Mitch Albom   | Detroit Free Press It’s probably a good thing the Lions didn’t have fans inside Ford Field on Sunday. The fewer witnesses, the better. This was sad, lifeless, sometimes cringeworthy defensive football, bad tackling, no tackling, low resistance, no resistance. Please don’t let the 35-29 score fool you. It wasn’t that close. Let

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press One week after they quieted talk of Matt Patricia losing his job with a win over the Arizona Cardinals, the Detroit Lions were answering questions about the future of their head coach again after Sunday’s 35-29 loss to the New Orleans Saints. “We all believe in the plan that’s

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Are Detroit Lions as bad off as we thought? Breaking down Cards win Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down what we learned about the Detroit Lions after their win over the Cardinals on Sept. 27, 2020. The Detroit Lions will not have fans at

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Are Detroit Lions as bad off as we thought? Breaking down Cards win Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down what we learned about the Detroit Lions after their win over the Cardinals on Sept. 27, 2020. Adrian Peterson is a dinosaur. At least by

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Are Detroit Lions as bad off as we thought? Breaking down Cards win Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down what we learned about the Detroit Lions after their win over the Cardinals on Sept. 27, 2020. Detroit Lions punter Jack Fox tries not to get too wrapped

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Are Detroit Lions as bad off as we thought? Breaking down Cards win Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down what we learned about the Detroit Lions after their win over the Cardinals on Sept. 27, 2020. The Detroit Lions welcomed safety Jayron Kearse back

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Are Detroit Lions as bad off as we thought? Breaking down Cards win Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down what we learned about the Detroit Lions after their win over the Cardinals on Sept. 27, 2020. Kyle Caskey swears it’s coming, and when it

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Are Detroit Lions as bad off as we thought? Breaking down Cards win Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down what we learned about the Detroit Lions after their win over the Cardinals on Sept. 27, 2020. Few punters in NFL history have had a