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It’s one of those surreal moments in life few can understand or even hope to experience; a dream literally decades in the making just a few nights of sleep away from becoming reality. Aidan Hutchinson has never played his home football games more than half-an-hour away from the Detroit Lions headquarters at Allen Park. A

Free Press sports columnists make their predictions on how many wins the Detroit Lions manage in 2022, and whether they’ll qualify for the NFL playoffs: Carlos Monarrez: 6-11 The reason: In Year 2 of the rebuild, the Lions will make modest progress under a new offensive coordinator and a defense that will be better up front but highly

Frank Ragnow was bracing for the worst. The Detroit Lions’ Pro Bowl center heard his groin pop midway through practice Wednesday and feared his bad run of injury luck was about to continue. Ragnow missed 13 games with a foot injury last season and two games with fractured throat cartilage late in 2020, so he

Frank Ragnow returned to practice Friday, two days after suffering a groin injury, leading to optimism he will play in the Detroit Lions‘ season-opener Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. “I think we’ll know a lot post-practice,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said. “I think it’ll tell us a ton, but I know he wants to give

Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ 2022 opponents: Which games are most intriguing? A look at the Detroit Lions’ 2022 opponents, featuring 9 home games and 8 road games, and the benefit of a last-place schedule. Marlowe Alter, Wochit The Detroit Lions went 3-13-1 last season and lost three games on field goals as time

The Detroit Lions went 3-13-1 last season and lost three games on field goals as time expired. They are a better team this year, and their record should reflect it with a more favorable schedule. If they stay healthy, they could challenge for their first wild card berth since 2016. Here is my annual game-by-game

It was a haunting Halloween for the Detroit Lions in 2021 for so many reasons. The Philadelphia Eagles came to Ford Field and met little resistance when they ran over, around and through the Lions’ defense in a 44-6 victory. The Eagles ran the ball 46 times (with just 16 pass attempts) for 236 yards

Fresh off their run as the preseason stars of HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” the Detroit Lions hope a rejuvenated defense can get them back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Led by the energetic antics of head coach Dan Campbell, the Lions look to bounce back from last year’s record (3-13-1) with a

The strength of the Detroit Lions offense has quickly turned into a question mark. Already without starting right guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai for at least the first month of the season, the Lions could be without Pro Bowl center Frank Ragnow for Sunday’s season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. Ragnow did not practice Thursday because of

Former NFL player Damian Gregory is among a class of seven individuals and one team set to join the Sexton High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Gregory joins Robert Campbell, Floyd Eaton, Chuck Ginther, Janice Norris, Jackie Burton and Angela Swain-Stepter as part of the class being inducted on Sept. 16. The 1982 girls track

Confidence is a funny thing. One minute you’re quarterbacking in the Super Bowl, the next you’re traded to the NFL’s dungeon. Wait … what? How’d I get here?  Jared Goff never asked that publicly, but the whiplash he must’ve felt last year could’ve catapulted a rocket. He went from golden-armed conveyor of Sean McVay’s offense

Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn declined to name his starting linebackers for Sunday’s season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, but Glenn said Thursday rookie sixth-round pick Malcolm Rodriguez will play “a pretty big role” on defense. One of the surprise standouts of training camp, Rodriguez started two of the Lions’ three preseason games and

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor (@shawnwindsor) and Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) • Producer: Andrew Hammond • Editor: Cary Junior • Guest: Dave Birkett, Free Press Lions beat writer • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys are joined by Free Press Lions beat writer Dave

Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ 2022 opponents: Which games are most intriguing? A look at the Detroit Lions’ 2022 opponents, featuring 9 home games and 8 road games, and the benefit of a last-place schedule. Marlowe Alter, Wochit He never played a snap of offensive guard in high school or college. In fact, it’s

The NFL has always been a league of haves and have-nots, with a hearty middle tier of teams capable of joining either group. Get some good luck on the injury or schedule front and those middle-tier teams can make the playoffs. Get some bad luck and they end up with a top-10 pick. The Lions,

Physically, Ifeatu Melifonwu still has work to do to get in game shape after missing more than a month with a hamstring injury. Mentally, the second-year Detroit Lions safety “seems like he’s in a good place” in his transition to a new position after sitting out nearly all of training camp. “He’s very active in

The Detroit Lions have more injury concerns on their offensive line than right guard. Pro Bowl center Frank Ragnow was a limited participant in practice Wednesday because of a groin injury. Lions coach Dan Campbell said before practice that moving Ragnow to right guard was one of the options the team was considering to replace

The Detroit Lions are discussing several different options to replace injured right guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai in their starting lineup, including moving two first-round picks off their primary positions. Lions coach Dan Campbell said he will use Wednesday’s practice to experiment with different lineups across the offensive line. One possibility, he said, is moving right tackle

The Detroit Lions are discussing several different options to replace injured right guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai in their starting lineup, including moving two first-round picks off their primary positions. Lions coach Dan Campbell said he will use Wednesday’s practice to experiment with different lineups across the offensive line. One possibility, he said, is moving right tackle

The Detroit Lions open the regular season Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. Here is a position by position look at the Lions’ defense and special teams for 2022: Defensive line Lions defensive line coach Todd Wash offered an easy-to-understand explanation of the Lions’ transition to an even-man defensive front and what it means for the