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Allen Park — It’s starting to sound a little bit like a broken record, but the Detroit Lions are still looking for ways to unlock their downfield passing game. “I don’t think we have that problem keeping everyone else involved,” offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn said on Thursday. “It’s just trying to push the ball down the

You can take Matthew Stafford off the Lions, but you can’t take the Lions out of No. 9. Stafford, who quarterbacked his new team, the Los Angeles Rams, past his old team last Sunday, was plenty complimentary toward his former teammates in a mic’d-up clip tweeted out by NFL Films this week. “You guys did

Allen Park — Duce Staley was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles. He played his first seven seasons with the franchise, and five years after he concluded his playing career in 2006, he returned to the organization, where he served as a coach for the next decade. Leaving wasn’t easy, but after being passed over for the

Allen Park — If you’ve been following Detroit Lions news on social media this week, you almost certainly saw the overwhelmingly positive reaction from fans to Penei Sewell mixing it up with Los Angeles Rams superstar defensive lineman Aaron Donald after a play last Sunday. On the play, Sewell locked his grip onto the chest of

Allen Park — It won’t surprise anyone to hear the winless Detroit Lions are near the bottom of the league in both scoring and points allowed. But while the offense and defense have struggled to find their footing in this first year of a rebuild, the special teams have managed to be among the league’s best.

Allen Park — If you’re sick of homecoming narratives after last week’s game, when Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff battled against their former teams for the first time, who could blame you? But this week’s matchup between the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles also has its fair share. It starts with Detroit’s coaching staff, where running backs

Allen Park — In Tennessee, Titans running back Derrick Henry is on pace to shatter the NFL record for carries. The supersized rusher is currently averaging more than 27 carries and nearly 30 touches per game, and with an extra regular-season contest added to the schedule starting this season, he’s threating to topple Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing

Justin Rogers, James Hawkins, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for Week 8 of the NFL season. All picks made against the spread. Philadelphia -3.5 at Detroit Rogers: Detroit Hawkins: Philadelphia Niyo: Detroit Wojnowski: Detroit Green Bay +3 at Arizona Rogers: Arizona Hawkins: Arizona Niyo: Arizona Wojnowski: Arizona (best

Mike Lucci, who spent nine of 12 NFL seasons as a Detroit Lions linebacker, died Tuesday, the team announced. He was 81. A cause of death wasn’t listed, but his obituary said he had been battling an illness for an extended period. Lucci played for the Lions from 1965-73, earning All-NFL honors in 1969 and

By Jerry Green |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — He was the toughest guy I ever met. That’s in 65 years of covering and absorbing sports in Michigan. Times were when I told Mike Lucci that after he retired from the Lions, he’d just smile. A bashful smile, and then he’d switch the subject to

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions parted ways with defensive back Daryl Worley on Tuesday, two days after he got beat on a critical third-down play against the Los Angeles Rams. A former third-round draft pick with 54 starts under his belt, Worley had signed to the Lions practice squad in September and was promoted to

Allen Park — Winless through seven games, the most compelling thing to evaluate for the Detroit Lions is the future. So instead of finding a theme for the film review from Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams, we thought there would be more interest and value in zeroing in on the performance of Penei Sewell. It’s

As the old adage goes, you are what your record says you are. That’s the bottom line. But after fighting until the final minutes and pushing another opponent to the limit, there’s a common feeling among the Lions, the league’s lone winless team. “We’re a lot better than our record shows, but ultimately in this league it

Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. First down You’ve heard Lions coach Dan Campbell mention his team’s razor-thin margin of error several times through his inaugural season helming the franchise. That’s easy-to-decipher code for the roster not having enough talent and experience to overcome its

Inglewood, Calif. — The Detroit Lions pulled out all the stops, successfully executing a surprise onside kick and two fake punts, but it still wasn’t enough to topple the heavily favored Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Sunday. In Matthew Stafford’s first game against his former team, the quarterback threw for 334 yards and

Inglewood, Calif. — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance in their 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Quarterback Jared Goff wasn’t perfect, but he was nearly good enough for the Lions to win, if not for a critical error under duress in the closing minutes of the contest. Through the first half, he

Inglewood, Calif. — All season, the Detroit Lions have been looking for a wide receiver to step up. And while none of the options have been able to muster consistent contributions, wide receiver Kalif Raymond appears to be emerging as quarterback Jared Goff’s most-trusted target. After six receptions against Cincinnati a week ago, Raymond matched

Inglewood, Calif. —  The Lions were determined not to let Matthew Stafford beat them Sunday. But they still needed Jared Goff to win the game. And following the sort of Hollywood script that you’d expect from a situation comedy here in Los Angeles, the ending was exactly what you’d expect as Stafford and the Rams outlasted

The Detroit Lions fought and fought, but that wasn’t enough to defeat an old friend and new nemesis in Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. Jared Goff threw an interception in the end zone with the chance to take a lead in the fourth quarter to end a comeback hope late. The Lions recovered an

Inglewood, Calif. — The Detroit Lions pulled out all the stops, successfully executing a surprise onside kick and two fake punts, but it still wasn’t enough to topple the heavily favored Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Sunday. In Matthew Stafford’s first game against his former team, the quarterback threw for 334 yards and three