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Allen Park — Each Saturday during the college football season, we’ll highlight five prospects with locally televised matchups who could be a fit for the Detroit Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft, based on projected needs. The list aims to highlight early-, mid- and late-round prospects. This will give you a chance to watch the players performing

Justin Rogers, James Hawkins, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for Week 9 of the NFL season. All picks made against the spread. N.Y. Jets +14 at Indianapolis Rogers: Indianapolis Hawkins: Indianapolis Niyo: N.Y. Jets Wojnowski: N.Y. Jets Houston +7 at Miami Rogers: Miami Hawkins: Miami Niyo: Miami Wojnowski:

Allen Park — Taylor Decker’s season isn’t over. The Detroit Lions pushed the decision up to the deadline, but opted to activate the team’s starting left tackle off injured reserve on Tuesday, along with defensive lineman Kevin Strong. Decker has been sidelined the entire season after requiring surgery on the finger he injured during the week of practice

Allen Park — People have asked, why are you reviewing the film for a winless team coming off a blowout loss? It’s a reasonable question. It’s not enjoyable work, that’s for sure, but the best way to answer the question is I’m trying to get in the same headspace as the team when they go through the

Allen Park — Ahead of the team’s annual training camp practice at Ford Field in August, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell made a passionate plea to the fans in attendance to come back during the regular season, be loud and have an impact on the games. “Let me tell you something, we’re gonna bring the firewood,

Allen Park — Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. First down It’s tough to know where to start when you’re dominated so thoroughly by an opponent, but Lions coach Dan Campbell knows exactly where he’ll begin his bye week review of his winless club. “I do

Minneapolis — Former Central Michigan QB Cooper Rush subbed for the injured Dak Prescott and passed for 325 yards and two second-half touchdowns, the last a 5-yarder to Amari Cooper with 51 seconds left in the Dallas Cowboys’ 20-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. Rush, the fifth-year backup was handed the offense

Detroit — You can admit to failures and commit to a rebuild. You can beg for mercy and patience. But you can’t do this. You can’t throw this slop on the field and pretend you know what you’re doing. An awful season just turned embarrassing. The Lions had nothing Sunday — no poise, no fight and

Detroit — This is how it happens. This is how the impossible becomes possible, or even plausible. It starts with a stumble, and then a fumble. A tough loss followed by a humbling embarrassment. One week you’re treading water, and the next you find yourself “in that sea of trash that we were in,” as

Detroit — The Philadelphia Eagles limped into Ford Field on Sunday losers of five of their past six games and looked to be the wounded prey the winless Detroit Lions needed to get that first taste of victory. Instead, for the second time in three weeks, the Lions were embarrassed on their home turf as

Detroit — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance in their 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Quarterback Jared Goff opened the game with a crisp 18-yard pass to tight end T.J. Hockenson, showing a willingness to work the ball downfield, and by the half, the quarterback was 14-for-17 with one of those three completions an ugly

Detroit —Sometimes, the best thing a coach can do for his team is listen. Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Siriani knows that better than anyone right now. After the Eagles’ first few drives against the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Ford Field, his offensive line kept coming back to the sidelines and telling him that Detroit’s

Detroit — Surrounded by more than 40 former players as part of the team’s homecoming weekend, Chris Spielman was inducted as the 19th member of the franchise’s “Pride of the Lions” during halftime of Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Ford Field. Introduced by Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders, Spielman thanked the fans

Detroit — The Detroit Lions are going to be a little more shorthanded than they hoped to be against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, scratching injured running back Jamaal Williams and nickel cornerback AJ Parker from the lineup. Williams popped up on the practice report late in the week and was limited during Thursday and Friday’s

The Detroit Lions fans showed up in full force last week at the 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, and so did the team. We poke fun at the Lions here sometimes, but it is genuinely nice to have a team of try-hards and a coach pouring his heart out there. Of course, when

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions used one of their two open roster spots on Saturday to activate Da’Shawn Hand off injured reserve. The oft-injured defensive lineman missed the first seven games of the season after suffering a groin injury in the early stages of training camp. It marked the fourth time in as many seasons

Allen Park — Early in training camp, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell challenged second-year outside linebacker Julian Okwara to step up, be relentless in everything he does and to carry his practice field energy into Sunday, where performance matters most. Okwara went on to play more than any Detroit defender in the

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Eagles at Lions ►Kickoff: 1 p.m. Sunday, Ford Field, Detroit ►TV/radio: Fox/97.1 ►Records: Lions 0-7, Eagles 2-5 ►Line: Philadelphia by 3.5 Detroit News contributor Steve Kornacki breaks down the Lions’ Week 8 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles: Key matchup LIONS’ RUSHING OFFENSE VS. EAGLES’ FRONT SEVEN Opponents have insisted on running

Allen Park — Each Saturday during the college football season, we’ll highlight five prospects with locally televised matchups who could be a fit for the Detroit Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft, based on projected needs. The list aims to highlight early-, mid- and late-round prospects. This will give you a chance to watch the players performing

James Hawkins, John Niyo, Justin Rogers and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer predictions for Sunday’s Lions-Eagles game at Ford Field (1 p.m., Fox/97.1). ► James Hawkins: If the Lions are going to finally find themselves in the win column, this is as good a week as any. Jalen Hurts accounts for a large percentage of Philadelphia’s offensive