Detroit Free Press

It’s almost the end of Week 5 in the 2022 NFL season and the most competitive division in football is … the NFC East? After years of uneven play, three teams – the New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles – all have records of 4-1 or better. Philadelphia, in fact, is the lone

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Five games into this season, the Detroit Lions are irrelevant. A punchline to an old, familiar joke. Before the freakin’ Halloween decorations are even up. Again. “It’s just about as bad as it gets,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said Sunday after the New England Patriots punked the Lions, 29-0. “I believe we

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Amon-Ra St. Brown slipped a black brace over his right ankle, then white socks over both his feet as he got dressed in the Detroit Lions locker room after Sunday’s 29-0 loss to the New England Patriots. The second-year wide receiver caught four passes for 18 yards in his return from a

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When DeShon Elliott saw an ambulance drive onto the field at Gillette Stadium, a shot of fear ran through his body. Detroit Lions safety Saivion Smith was knocked unconscious in the first quarter of Sunday’s 29-0 loss to the New England Patriots when he collided with Patriots tight end Hunter Henry. Smith

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It’s all gone. Any sense of progress for the Detroit Lions has disappeared. All the smiles and laughs that came from “Hard Knocks” have turned into disgust and disappointment. And any belief that things will change seem based in nothing but foolish hope. Yes, we have seen this before. For more than

Detroit Lions defensive back Saivion Smith suffered a neck injury in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots and was taken to a local hospital by ambulance. Smith, making his first start with the Lions, was injured just under five minutes into the game, when he tried to jam Patriots tight

FOXBORO, Mass. — The Detroit Lions will have one of their best offensive weapons back for today’s game against the New England Patriots, and are making a major change on defense. Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown is active after testing his sprained left ankle with an extensive running program during pre-game warmups, and the Lions

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In the bowels of Gillette Stadium, the New England Patriots’ locker room is a mostly serious place when it’s open to media. Unlike many NFL locker rooms, there is no music, just the din of players, staff and reporters bustling about the confines of the long, narrow room. Lockers have handsome, dark-wood

Mike Tupa Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise Detroit inks Parker from practice squad in time for Sunday’s game against the Patriots Bartlesville’s A.J. Parker could be in line to see some action Sunday for the Detroit Lions. The Lions announced Saturday they have signed the Bartlesville High School graduate back to the active roster from the practice squad.

Detroit Lions (1-3) at New England Patriots (1-3) The coaches: Lions — Dan Campbell (9-23-1 overall, 4-16-1 with Lions); Patriots — Bill Belichick (291-146 overall, 255-102 with Patriots). Last game: Lions lost to Seattle Seahawks, 48-45; Patriots lost to Green Bay Packers, 27-24 (OT). Last meeting: Sept. 23, 2018: Lions won, 26-10. Key matchups Lions DC Aaron

Bailey Zappe has attempted 15 passes in his NFL career, but the Detroit Lions have a meaty scouting report on the New England Patriots’ presumptive starting quarterback for Sunday’s game at Gillette Stadium, thanks to their time coaching Zappe in the Senior Bowl. “Highly intelligent,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said this week. “I mean, he

Ifeatu “Iffy” Melifonwu grew up in South Grafton dreaming of playing in the NFL. The former Grafton High and Syracuse University standout achieved that goal last year as a rookie for the Detroit Lions. And on Sunday afternoon, he’ll find himself playing against the helmeted heroes he grew up rooting for when the Lions take

A day after their special teams coordinator professed his faith in Austin Seibert as the answer to their kicking woes, the Detroit Lions waived the fourth-year kicker and handed the job to Michael Badgley. Badgley signed with the Lions practice squad Tuesday after kicking last week for the Chicago Bears. He scored every Bears point

The Detroit Lions could be getting one starting wide receiver back for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots, but another will be out. DJ Chark will miss his second straight game Sunday with soreness in his surgically-repaired left ankle. Chark missed last week’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks, but told the Free Press on

FOXBORO — The story of how Tom Kennedy was discovered by the NFL is as remarkable as his journey itself. A dual-sport athlete at Bryant, Kennedy starred in Smithfield as a midfielder on the lacrosse team and as a receiver on the football team. His performance on the gridiron was extraordinary as Kennedy left Bryant’s

Yeah, yeah, the defense is bad — historically so — and it’s the story of the Detroit Lions season. Oh, and the reason they are 1-3 heading into Sunday’s game at New England. Now that we’ve got that cleared up, let’s consider another story that’s percolatin’ over in Allen Park, where a quarterback who once