Detroit Free Press

In the season’s penultimate game, the Detroit Lions are sitting near the top of the projected 2022 NFL draft order. While that is nothing new, the last two weekends of the season will tell the story of whether the Jacksonville Jaguars or Lions will have the top pick in the draft. Before all of that,

It’s the NFL version of “uncle,” and Amon-Ra St. Brown has heard it a time or two on the field. “When you block hard almost every play, obviously some defenders, they get kind of mad,” St. Brown said this week. “Some guys, they’ll be smart and they’ll be like, ‘You’re good, you’re good.’ Cause they

Jared Goff has jammed all the highs and lows of a season into the past few weeks. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said Goff is doubtful to play Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks because of a left knee injury he suffered in the Lions’ Week 15 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Goff played his best

When coaches and front office personnel sit down to do their postmortem next month, rookie Detroit Lions cornerback Ifeatu Melifonwu wants to give them something to think about. Melifonwu will play a prominent role in the Lions’ depleted secondary in the final two games of the regular season, this Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks and next week against the

First it was the defensive back room. Now, COVID-19 is taking aim at the Detroit Lions passing game. The Lions placed wide receiver Kalif Raymond on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday, the third receiver they’ve lost to the virus this week. Josh Reynolds tested positive for COVID on Monday, but is eligible to come off the reserve/COVID

Anthony Lynn thought it was a prank. A few years ago, Lynn was head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers when he got a phone call from someone purporting to be John Madden. “My phone rang and I answered my phone and I said, ‘Hello,’ and he goes, ‘This is John Madden,'” Lynn recalled Thursday.

Jalen Reeves-Maybin will be an unrestricted free agent in March, but the Detroit Lions want him back — and will give him a chance to win a starting job next fall if he returns. “He will have his chance to be our starting inside linebacker,” Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn promised Thursday. “He’s had a

Amon-Ra St. Brown’s emergence as the Detroit Lions’ go-to receiver has not gone unnoticed around the NFL. St. Brown was named NFC Rookie of the Month on Thursday after he led all rookies in each major receiving category during the month of December. In four December games, St. Brown had 35 catches for 340 yards

Poor Jared Goff. The Detroit Lions quarterback never seems to catch a break, and yet he never complains. Goff’s stoic nature tells me two things about him. He could never be a sportswriter, because grumbling about the most trivial things — seriously, no upgrade on my last flight even though I have Double Platinum Horcrux

Dan Campbell wanted to see baby steps, but Tim Boyle made bigger strides than that Boyle said he felt “way more comfortable” in his second career start last week against the Atlanta Falcons, and the Detroit Lions backup quarterback could be in line for a third start Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks with Jared Goff

John Madden left a Hall of Fame coaching career after 10 seasons and spent the next three decades as the voice of the NFL. He reached generations of football fans through video games, and to Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell, he will always be “an icon in our profession.” “To do it the way he did

The Detroit Lions are still waiting word on whether Jared Goff will return from his knee injury for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks, but they should have one of Goff’s backfield mates in the lineup. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Wednesday running back D’Andre Swift is in line to return after a four-week absence due to

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff did not practice Wednesday because of a lingering knee injury he suffered against the Arizona Cardinals, leaving his status in doubt for Sunday’s road game against the Seattle Seahawks. “Yeah, it’s still there,” Goff said after sitting out practice. “We’re still dealing with it. It’s day-by-day, but it’s still there.

Jared Goff isn’t the only key offensive player the Detroit Lions will have back in the mix for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Wednesday running back D’Andre Swift is in line to return after a four-week absence due to a sprained shoulder. Swift has not played since the first

I wrote about Jared Goff’s future being potentially something more than a bridge quarterback last week, and Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell acknowledged that possibility in his weekly interview with WXYT-FM (97.1) on Tuesday. “I don’t see why not,” Campbell said. “He’s playing pretty good ball now. I mean, he’s coming off of his best performance

The Detroit Lions will play a regular season game in Seattle this Sunday for the first time since officials missed a batted ball penalty in a 2015 loss to the Seahawks — and with the same referee officiating the game. Tony Corrente has been assigned to Sunday’s Lions-Seahawks game. Corrente refereed the Lions’ 13-10 loss to

The Detroit Lions shuffled tight ends as part of a slew of roster moves Tuesday, signing Jared Pinkney off the Los Angeles Rams practice squad and placing Brock Wright on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Wright had been the Lions’ only healthy tight end after T.J. Hockenson opted to undergo season-ending thumb surgery Dec. 16 and Shane

Dan Campbell could not have been more right when he said “COVID and football don’t go together.” Only, they’ve teamed up far too often of late. On Monday night, a Miami Dolphins team with nine players on the reserve/COVID-19 list beat a New Orleans Saints team with 16 players on the list. Nearly a third

The Detroit Lions clinched their fourth straight last-place finish in the NFC North with Sunday’s 20-16 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, but as the 2021 season nears its end, the Lions seem better-positioned for future success than two of their three division rivals. The Green Bay Packers remain the class of the NFC North and

Dan Campbell’s willingness to roll the dice is about to put the Detroit Lions in the NFL record book. The Lions converted 3 of 4 fourth-down plays in Sunday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons, bringing their NFL-leading number of fourth down conversion attempts to 36. The New England Patriots hold the record for most fourth-down