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Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams is nearing his return from a torn ACL and could be on the practice field for the first time later in November. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Wednesday the team is hoping to start Williams’ practice clock sometime after Thanksgiving. Williams, the No. 12 pick of April’s draft, is

Spent another Tuesday answering mail, and even after two straight wins a lot of your questions are about the Detroit Lions’ plans for the offseason. My sense is there’s not a lot of buy-in on the last two weeks and the Lions turning this season around, but hope is percolating again for the not-too-distant future.

Two weeks is an eternity in a football season, especially when a team is losing. Two weeks ago, things were bleak for two of our state’s most prominent football teams. Michigan State football fell to 3-5 after it lost to its archrival in Ann Arbor and then the Spartans not only looked like they lost

“We are one play away,” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell kept saying. “We are so close.” It was hard to stomach — or even believe — as the Lions kept losing. But you know what? They got that play on Sunday. More than once in a come-from-behind win. “It was a good team win,” Campbell

The Detroit Lions have the most fourth down conversion attempts in the NFL through 10 weeks, but Lions coach Dan Campbell broke character in Sunday’s win over the Chicago Bears when he kicked an early field goal rather than try and convert on fourth-and-4. Campbell said Monday he “felt like that was the right move

Squint hard enough and you can see a few flickering embers of playoff hope on the pile of kindling that looked to be the Detroit Lions season two weeks ago. At 1-6 and with the mighty Green Bay Packers coming to town, the Lions were one loss away from giving fans another holiday season of

Coming off his first road win as head coach of the Detroit Lions, head coach Dan Campbell speaks with the media following the crazy 31-30 victory over the Chicago Bears. Up next for the Lions is a trip to New Jersey as Campbell faces his former team, the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium (1

CHICAGO — Jeff Okudah was sprinting to the tunnel to celebrate with his teammates in the locker room at Soldier Field when he paused in the north end zone. Photographers spotted the pose and captured the moment that will frame the Detroit Lions’ 31-30 win over the Bears, and could well frame Okudah’s NFL journey

CHICAGO — The Detroit Lions offense has been at its best when Amon-Ra St. Brown is involved, and offensive coordinator Ben Johnson made sure to feature St. Brown early in Sunday’s 31-30 win over the Chicago Bears. St. Brown touched the ball four times on the Lions’ 14-play opening drive and finished with a season-high

From the first play to the last, it was apparent Justin Fields was by far the best player on either team Sunday at Soldier Field. From his opening 28-yard rush to his 1-yard escape-routine touchdown run to his 67-yard fourth-quarter scoring scramble, the Chicago Bears constantly punctured the Detroit Lions’ defense and punctuated the same

CHICAGO — Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions‘ 31-30 win over the Chicago Bears and looks at players and coaches who helped and hurt their stock Sunday at Soldier Field: Stock up WR Amon-Ra St. Brown: Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson made a concerted effort to get St. Brown the ball

CHICAGO — Tick, tick, tick. The clock in Julian Okwara’s head was ticking faster and faster as Justin Fields spun out of one tackle, then another, and looked for a moment like he might take off running downfield. The Detroit Lions had rallied from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to take a one-point lead against the

CHICAGO — Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions in their 31-30 win over the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field: Quarterback I’ve dinged Jared Goff for his crucial mistakes in crunch time in some of the Lions’ losses this season, so it’s only right to give him credit for delivering with the

Free Press columnist Carlos Monarrez tackles the tough questions after the Detroit Lions‘ 31-30 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field: What did this win mean? What it means is that, right now — as you’re reading this — the echoes of the Lions euphorically screaming at the tops of their lungs

CHICAGO – Detroit Lions rookie linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez will not play Sunday against the Chicago Bears because of an elbow injury he suffered last week. Rodriguez hurt his right elbow in the first quarter of the Lions’ Week 9 win over the Green Bay Packers when he was hit by teammate Kerby Joseph. Rodriguez returned

Free Press sports writers predict the Detroit Lions’ game vs. the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field (1 p.m., Fox): Dave Birkett The Lions got a much-needed morale boost with their win over the Packers last week, and they’re counting on that momentum to springboard them to their first road victory under Campbell on Sunday.

Dan Campbell was brimming with hope when the Detroit Lions opened training camp in late July. “We got the pieces here to mix it up with just about anybody,” Campbell said in his first news conference of the summer. “Now it’s on us to find a way to win.” How many of the right pieces

A little over a week after trading T.J. Hockenson to the Minnesota Vikings, the Detroit Lions are getting help at tight end. The Lions promoted tight end Shane Zylstra from the practice squad to the 53-man roster Saturday and activated fullback/tight end Jason Cabinda from the physically unable to perform list in time for Sunday’s

Detroit Lions (2-6) at Chicago Bears (3-6) The coaches: Lions-Dan Campbell (10-26-1 overall, 5-19-1 with Lions); Bears-Matt Eberflus (3-6 overall, 3-6 with Bears). Last game: Lions beat Green Bay Packers, 15-9. Bears lost to Miami Dolphins, 35-32. Last meeting: Nov. 25, 2021: Bears won, 16-14. Key matchups Bears QB Justin Fields vs. Lions pass rush: Fields has

The mass hypnosis event afflicting metro Detroit after the first four weeks of the NFL season — namely, that Jared Goff was something more than a placeholder in the Detroit Lions’ seemingly everlasting search for a franchise quarterback* — appears to have passed as the Lions settle securely into at least the top 10 of