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The Detroit News  |  The Detroit News Justin Rogers, Rod Beard, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News predict the outcome of Sunday’s Lions road game against the Panthers (Fox/760). ►Justin Rogers: This main narrative surrounding this game has become who isn’t playing. The Panthers are expected to be without star running back Christian McCaffrey

Tim Booth  |  Associated Press Seattle — Russell Wilson rebounded from his worst performance of the season to throw for two touchdowns, and the Seattle Seahawks moved back on top of the NFC West with a 28-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night. Wilson was flawless, erasing the mistakes from the past four weeks

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions offense took a couple of major hits on Thursday as running back D’Andre Swift was sidelined by a concussion and wide receiver Kenny Golladay proved unable to practice consecutive days after returning to the field in a limited capacity a day earlier.  Swift spoke with the

The Detroit News Kelly Stafford, the wife of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, took to Instagram on Thursday to call Michigan a “dictatorship” in response to new wide-ranging restrictions announced this week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to try to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Stafford later apologized. The new policies announced Sunday temporarily halt in-person instruction at high schools and colleges, indoor dine-in

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News It’s been a while since we tackled a Detroit Lions mailbag. Sorry about that, but it’s been an unforeseen, unfortunate result of the pandemic, which has required more time to be dedicated to things around the house, namely the virtual education of my two daughters.  But a window opened

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Detroit Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr. has always worn the love of his family on his sleeve. He’s never missed an opportunity to talk about his children or his wife, Jazmyn, and he’s frequently sharing their adventures through social media.  But after the Jones family suffered tragedy last year,

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News There’s an indescribable hollowness to watching professional sports being played in front of empty stands. But if there’s been one benefit to the awkward silence, at least until they start pumping in artificial crowd noise through the PA system, it’s being able to hear the players, unfiltered. Well, one

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News No NFL team aspires to be drafting in the top 10, but when they do find themselves in that unenviable position, general managers know those selections are the ones that often will make or break their tenure with a franchise.  The Detroit Lions unfortunately have found themselves in that position

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News After sitting out two weeks with a hip injury, wide receiver Kenny Golladay returned to practice, in a limited capacity, for the Detroit Lions on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the team remained shorthanded at the position, as both Marvin Jones (knee) and Danny Amendola (hip) were absent from the portion of practice

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Well before they needed to make the announcement, the Carolina Panthers ruled out star running back Christian McCaffrey on Wednesday, ahead of this week’s game against the Detroit Lions.  It’s been a frustrating follow-up season for the 2019 All-Pro. This will mark the second consecutive game McCaffrey will be sidelined

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News A day after the NFL Network reported Matthew Stafford had suffered a partial tear in a ligament in his throwing hand, Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia confirmed the franchise quarterback would be out on the practice field Wednesday, but likely in a limited capacity.  “Matthew Stafford is here,” Patricia

The Detroit News Justin Rogers, Rod Beard, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions against the spread for Week 11 of the 2020 NFL season. Detroit +2 at Carolina Rogers: Carolina Beard: Detroit Niyo: Detroit Wojnowski: Detroit Arizona +5.5 at Seattle Rogers: Seattle Beard: Arizona Niyo: Arizona Wojnowski: Arizona Philadelphia +2

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News For the second time this season, and 12th time in his career, Detroit Lions kicker Matt Prater has been named a special teams player of the week.  Prater had a perfect day against Washington on Sunday, converting all three of his field goal attempts, as well as all three of

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News If there’s one area the Detroit Lions have been stellar in during the 2020 season it’s on special teams. Jack Fox has been the best punter in the NFL, the coverage units have been steady, the Lions have blocked three punts and Matt Prater put his early-season struggles behind

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions have shown a knack for scoring first this season, and on multiple occasions, have jumped out to double-digit leads. But, one thing they’ve proven again and again in 2020 is no lead is big enough.  Last Sunday against Washington, they put that hypothesis to the test, watching

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions haven’t had an offensive lineman selected to the Pro Bowl in more than two decades, but through the first 10 weeks of the 2020 season, the team has a pair of strong contenders in 2020.  Both left tackle Taylor Decker and center Frank Ragnow have been among

Andrew Seligman AP Sports Writer  |  Associated Press Chicago – Kirk Cousins threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns, and the Minnesota Vikings overcame a 104-yard kickoff return by Chicago’s Cordarrelle Patterson to beat the Bears 19-13 on Monday night. Cousins won for the first time in 10 career Monday night starts. He hit Adam

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Every time Detroit Lions receiver Marvin Hall is on the field, everyone understands the threat of the deep ball is there. The fans watching in the stands and on TV know it, the media watching from the press box know it and the cornerback in coverage knows it.  Yet

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News It’s doubtful anyone has forgotten Matthew Stafford’s tolerance for playing through pain. After all, the Detroit Lions quarterback finished the 2018 season with a broken bone in his back, and would have done it again last season if the doctors would have allowed him.  So when Stafford was spotted

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 30-27 victory over the Washington Football Team.  First Down Questions about the backfield rotation had no doubt started to sound like a broken record the past several weeks, but at least since Detroit’s bye, it’s been clear rookie D’Andre