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WESTFIELD, Ind. — Aidan Hutchinson stood just outside a media tent after the Detroit Lions‘ second joint practice with the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday, talking with Colts defensive end Kwity Paye as a “Hard Knocks” camera crew held a boom mic overhead. Hutchinson and Paye, teammates at Michigan in 2018-20, were having their second long conversation in

INDIANAPOLIS — After getting good work in joint practices this week, the Detroit Lions will sit most of their starters for Saturday’s preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts. Lions coach Dan Campbell said he wants to use the game to get his young players reps and to continue evaluating key position battles. Here are five

INDIANAPOLIS — After getting good work in joint practices this week, the Detroit Lions will sit most of their starters for Saturday’s preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts. Lions coach Dan Campbell said he wants to use the game to get his young players reps and to continue evaluating key position battles. Here are five

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell paced in front of his team while introducing the man he calls “AG” — defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn. “I wanted to have AG talk to you guys,” Campbell said in a scene from the second episode of “Hard Knocks.” “You guys know AG,” Campbell said. “Defense, certainly, you are dealing with him on a

WESTFIELD, IND. — The Indianapolis Colts have made the playoffs two of the past four seasons and are the favorites to win the AFC South this fall. They’re not the NFL’s model franchise, but they’re routinely one of its most competitive, and in that regard they were a good litmus test for what the Detroit Lions

WESTFIELD, Ind. — Jameson Williams is still a few months from playing in his first NFL game, but the Detroit Lions brought their injured receiver to Indianapolis this week to experience Sunday’s road preseason game and joint practices against the Colts. Lions coach Dan Campbell said that decision allows the team to be “a little

WESTFIELD, IND. — Rodney McLeod has been one of the better safeties in the NFL for going on a decade. He played his first four seasons with the then-St. Louis Rams, when Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes helped sign him as an undrafted free agent, and he spent the past six seasons with the

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor (@shawnwindsor) and Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) • Producer: Andrew Hammond • Editor: Cary Junior • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys share their differing views on what the world is learning about the Detroit Lions on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”

WESTFIELD, IND. — D’Andre Swift has a lofty goal in mind for the 2022 NFL season, one few running backs have accomplished before. Swift said Wednesday on the first day of joint practices between the Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts that his aim for this season is to have 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards

That’s much better, “Hard Knocks.” HBO’s NFL training camp reality series decision-makers must have read  to my constructive, mildly critical column about its weak debut episode about the Lions that felt like infomercial fluff. Clearly bothered by my scathing, yet entirely fair and pinpoint accurate analysis, the producers and directors surely huddled up in a

WESTFIELD, IND. — The longer training camp goes, the more it looks like rookie linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez could be a Week 1 starter for the Detroit Lions. Rodriguez, a sixth-round pick out of Oklahoma State, joined presumptive starter Alex Anzalone with the Lions’ first-team defense at the start of Wednesday’s joint practice with the Indianapolis Colts, and

WESTFIELD, IND. — The optimism has been flowing pretty freely for the Detroit Lions this summer, and it makes total sense why. Dan Campbell is easy to root for, he and Brad Holmes have a clear plan in place to build their roster, and the offense with a very good line and new weapons for Jared

As good friends do, Chase Lucas’ buddies didn’t miss an opportunity to talk some smack. They watched as Lucas entered the Detroit Lions‘ preseason opener on the Atlanta Falcons’ final drive of the game. Holding onto a three-point lead with Atlanta approaching the red zone, he had a chance to end it. On second-and-14, Lucas sat back

Editor’s note: This story contains Twitter videos of clips from the second episode of “Hard Knocks,” and included language some may find objectionable.  In case the Detroit Lions’ preseason loss to the Atlanta Falcons wasn’t painful enough, Episode 2 of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” lifts the curtain on the atmosphere in the locker room. DAVE BIRKETT: Why

The Detroit Lions made two roster moves to get down to the 85-player limit before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline, waiving safety Brady Breeze and receiver Josh Johnson. Breeze played four games with the Lions last season, mostly on special teams, after starting the year with the Tennessee Titans. He was competing for a back-end roster

No matter the position, it’s rarely ever an “easy” transition from college to the NFL. Still, there are some spots proven to be tougher than others when it comes to making that leap; near the top of that list, tight end. “I think it’s the type of athletes you’re going against, I’d say most tight ends lack

I’ve loved HBO’s “Hard Knocks” for a long time. Ever since I started watching the NFL training camp reality series in 2007, when the Kansas City Chiefs were profiled in the show’s third season, it has been appointment TV viewing every August. No matter how tired I’ve been after covering Lions training camp, even after

As a player, Dan Campbell learned joint practices were good for one thing. “You learn how to fight,” Campbell said Monday. “You learned you always get involved, that’s one. And two is you learn you keep your head on a swivel.” As a coach, Campbell’s focus will be on something entirely different when the Detroit

In the same way a veteran pitcher may spend part of spring training working on a certain pitch, there is a trial-and-error component to training camps in the NFL. Detroit Lions receiver Kalif Raymond told me Monday he has used his reps in one-on-one passing drills this summer to work on a few specific routes he

Jeff Okudah got beat for a third-down conversion that set up the Atlanta Falcons’ first touchdown, but Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said he was pleased with Okudah’s play in last week’s preseason opener in his return from a ruptured Achilles tendon. “Listen, he did some good things,” Campbell said Monday. “It was encouraging. We