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The Detroit Lions suffered another self-inflicted loss Thursday, committing 10 penalties in a 16-14 Thanksgiving defeat to the Chicago Bears. After the game, Lions quarterback Jared Goff took issue with the amount of holding penalties assessed against the Lions. “The false starts are absolutely on us,” Goff said. “Those can’t happen, but you can call
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At some point this has to stop, right? Not the losing — though that would be nice, too — but the mental mistakes and questionable decisions and oddly conservative play-calling. You know, when Dan Campbell calls a run up the middle on second-and-long and second-and-long and third-and-longer. But then that’s not the half of it. We’ve seen
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The Detroit Lions suffered another self-inflicted loss Thursday, committing 10 penalties in a 16-14 Thanksgiving defeat to the Chicago Bears. After the game, Lions quarterback Jared Goff took issue with the amount of holding penalties assessed against the Lions. “The false starts are absolutely on us,” Goff said. “Those can’t happen, but you can call
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Jim Schwartz throwing an illegal challenge flag it was not, but Dan Campbell made a questionable coaching decision in his first Thanksgiving game Thursday that helped send the Detroit Lions to another gut-wrenching loss. Campbell took a 5-yard penalty for calling back-to-back timeouts with 1:54 to play after a defensive miscommunication left his secondary vulnerable
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Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions after their 16-14 loss to the Chicago Bears at Ford Field on Thursday. Quarterback Jared Goff was effective in his return from a strained oblique Thursday, completing 21 of 25 passes, but he mostly lived off checkdowns and short throws to the flat. Goff completed 12
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D’Andre Swift’s bid for a third straight 130-yard rushing game ended early Thursday, when the second-year running back suffered a sprained right shoulder in the second quarter of the Detroit Lions‘ 16-14 loss to the Chicago Bears. Swift was injured with about 8 minutes left in the first half, when his former college teammate, Roquan
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Show Caption Hide Caption Debating Dan Campbell’s conservative play calling in Lions at Browns Discussing another Lions loss that was there for the taking, 13-10, at Cleveland Browns, and Dan Campbell’s conservative approach, Nov. 21, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press Barring any setbacks, Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff could return to
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Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff refuted a CBS Sports report from the weekend that he and offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn “had a very difficult time connecting” and that ultimately led to Lynn’s removal as play-caller. “I was just told about that,” Goff said. “I don’t know where that came from. We have a great relationship. Me
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The Chicago Bears will not have their starting quarterback on Thanksgiving, the team announced Tuesday, but the Detroit Lions could have theirs. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Tuesday that Jared Goff is recovering well from the strained oblique that kept him out of last week’s loss to the Cleveland Browns and likely will play on
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The Chicago Bears will not have their starting quarterback on Thanksgiving, the team announced Tuesday, but the Detroit Lions could have theirs. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Tuesday that Jared Goff is recovering well from the strained oblique that kept him out of last week’s loss to the Cleveland Browns and likely will play on
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