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Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News For the first time since the team reported to training camp at the end of July, the Detroit Lions have placed a player on the league’s COVID-19 reserve list. Linebacker Jarrad Davis landed on the list Tuesday afternoon. The designation means Davis either tested positive for the virus or knowingly

Not only are the Detroit Lions facing the prospect of having to replace their best receiver this weekend against the Minnesota Vikings, the team will also have to find a way to compensate for the loss of one of their best defensive players, Trey Flowers.  Flowers landed on injured reserve on Monday. A specific injury

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions typically don’t like to tip their hand on the status of injured players, but offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell sounded like he doesn’t anticipate having wide receiver Kenny Golladay available for Sunday’s matchup against the Minnesota Vikings.  “Obviously, Kenny will be a big loss for us because

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News In his five seasons with the Lions, Miles Killebrew has been durable and dependable, missing just one game. That one game was last season. He had played in 68 of 69 games in his career, so when he was listed as out for the Oct. 25 game against the Atlanta

Barry Wilner  |  Associated Press East Rutherford, N.J. – Tom Brady has felt uncomfortable against the New York Giants before. Most notably in a couple of Super Bowl losses. He recognized Monday night’s 25-23 victory by his Tampa Bay Buccaneers wasn’t very artistic. At least, for the star quarterback, it had a better ending. “We

Barry Wilner  |  AP Pro Football Writer East Rutherford, N.J. – Tom Brady has felt uncomfortable against the New York Giants before. Most notably in a couple of Super Bowl losses. He recognized Monday night’s 25-23 victory by his Tampa Bay Buccaneers wasn’t very artistic. At least, for the star quarterback, it had a better

Due to injuries, the Detroit Lions have struggled to settle on a regular offensive line.  Early in the year, Halapoulivaati Vaitai’s foot injury pressed Tyrell Crosby into action at right tackle. And when Joe Dahl went down with a groin injury around the time Vaitai was cleared to return, the team shuffled the deck again,

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News For all of the team’s offensive struggles, the Detroit Lions still had a reasonable shot at a comeback when the fourth quarter began on Sunday. Down just six points, and the Indianapolis Colts facing third-and-14 to open the frame, the Lions were on the cusp of getting the ball

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News It turns out the Detroit Lions will need Everson Griffen more than originally anticipated. On Monday, coach Matt Patricia announced Trey Flowers is headed to injured reserve with an undisclosed injury and will miss at least the next three games.  While Patricia didn’t clarify what Flowers was dealing currently

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 41-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.  First down Whatever could go wrong, did go wrong with the Lions’ offense in this game. The offensive line was bad, the running backs were bad, Matthew Stafford was bad, the play-calling was bad

John Niyo   | The Detroit News If you’ve been away, you haven’t missed much. If you tuned them out, you won’t have much trouble catching up. The Lions are still reading from the same stump speech. And if there’s a decision to be made by ownership in the next couple months, that should be all they

Bob Wojnowski   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Lions can stop playing pretend now. They can’t run the ball, can’t slug in the trenches with good teams, can’t sustain anything. Win a game, lose a game. Gain a yard, lose a yard. They can pretend to contend all they wish, but this one was

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Detroit — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance in their 41-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.  Quarterback Matthew Stafford misfired on a couple throws early, which contributed to killing some of those first-half drives that put the Lions in a hole early. But it was the quarterback’s turnovers on

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News As if a 20-point loss to the Indianapolis Colts wasn’t bad enough, the Detroit Lions also lost wide receiver Kenny Golladay to a hip injury.  Talk about salt in the wound.  The extent of the injury, suffered at the end of the second quarter, remains unclear, but it prohibited

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Detroit — Having given fans a little hope a week earlier with a thrilling last-second comeback, the Detroit Lions just as quickly snatched it back, getting pummeled by the Indianapolis Colts, 41-21, at Ford Field on Sunday.  The defeat halts the momentum the Lions had built coming out of their

Nolan Bianchi   | The Detroit News Detroit — When a football team loses by 20 points, it’s hard to point to any singular moment on defense as the reason for defeat. But a personal foul on Detroit Lions defensive tackle Danny Shelton after a third-down sack in the second quarter certainly swung the momentum in

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Detroit — Having given fans a little hope a week earlier with a thrilling last-second comeback, the Detroit Lions just as quickly snatched it back, getting pummeled by the Indianapolis Colts, 41-21, at Ford Field on Sunday.  The defeat halts the momentum the Lions had built coming out of their

Nolan Bianchi   | The Detroit News Detroit takes over at the 18 after a solid start by its defense. Okwara sacks Rivers on third down to end Colts’ opening drive Detroit will kick it away to start the game. Jack Fox’s kick is returned by Isaiah Rodgers to the 24-yard-line, where the Colts will start their

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Two straight wins. Three straight road wins. A chance to get above .500. The numbers are a little weird to process for a Lions team that last month looked to be on the road to another mediocre season following a 1-3 start. They’ve managed to turn things around with wins

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions are getting back a key defensive piece ahead of Sunday’s tilt with the Indianapolis Colts, activating cornerback Justin Coleman from injured reserve.  Signed as a free agent in 2019, Coleman led the Lions in defensive snaps last season as the team’s starting nickel corner. In 16