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Justin Rogers | The Detroit News In his first comments since the Detroit Lions agreed to trade him to the Los Angeles Rams, quarterback Matthew Stafford said the conversations with the team prior to the deal were the most difficult of his life. Speaking with close family friend and WDIV reporter Hank Winchester in a segment
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Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Several years ago, while serving as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, team security director Dom DiSandro told Duce Staley he needed to see this high school running back generating some serious buzz around town. So Staley and DiSandro made the trek across town to St. Joseph’s Prep to see D’Andre Swift
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David Bauder |  Associated Press New York — The pandemic-era Super Bowl between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs reached the big game’s smallest television audience since 2006. An estimated 92 million people tuned in across the country to watch the Bucs’ 31-9 victory, the Nielsen company said Tuesday. Add in a record number
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Bernie Wilson |  Associated Press Marty Schottenheimer, who won 200 regular-season games with four NFL teams thanks to his “Martyball” brand of smash-mouth football but regularly fell short in the playoffs, has died. He was 77. Schottenheimer died Monday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, his family said through former Kansas City Chiefs publicist Bob Moore. He
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Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Welcome to the offseason. The Super Bowl is in the books and we’re about seven months away from the NFL’s next regular-season game. That means focus quickly will shift to roster building, namely free agency and the draft. Due to the pandemic, this year’s draft figures to be as tricky to navigate
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Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Calvin Johnson is a Hall of Famer. The former Detroit Lions star becomes just the seventh wide receiver to be enshrined his first year on the ballot, joining Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Steve Largent, Paul Warfield, Lance Alworth and Raymond Berry. Johnson, fighting back tears, was informed of his selection by David
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Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Dan Campbell has added another experienced coaching veteran to his staff, bringing aboard former defensive coordinator Todd Wash to coach the Detroit Lions defensive line. Wash spent the past eight seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, originally coaching the team’s defensive line prior to being promoted to coordinator in 2016. In
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Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Pittsburgh Steelers’ identity under Bill Cowher was as defined as the former coach’s jawline. Those teams, which he led to 10 postseason appearances, eight division titles and a Super Bowl championship, oozed toughness and physicality.  So when Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell started talking about biting off kneecaps
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