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The Detroit Lions won a squeaker on Sunday when they went out to New Orleans and nearly gave away a 21 point lead before getting on track and beating the Saints 33-28.  Now it’s time for Pro Football Focus grades. They’re now out and here’s the Lions highest graded guy along with the highs and

On January 30th, 2021, a devastating headline popped up on the phones of Lions fans everywhere: Matthew Stafford was leaving Detroit. As a Lions fan, I found myself hiding under my blankets, hoping when I got out of bed, it was just a bad dream. I mourned the loss of who I thought to be

Here’s something I never thought I would say in my entire life. I think Detroit Lions fans are a little spoiled with draft picks. Since Brad Holmes became the general manager for the Lions he’s made 23 draft picks. Most of those picks have either become starters or have become players that get a significant

With most of the Week 13 NFL schedule in the books, here are the players and coaches that delivered standout performances: Deebo Samuel, WR, San Francisco 49ers: The All-Pro wideout spent the months following the NFC Championship game at the end of January telling anyone who would listen that the Philadelphia Eagles defense was highly

Detroit Lions standout center Frank Ragnow will undergo an MRI exam on his left knee on Monday. The two-time Pro Bowl selection was injured in the second quarter of Sunday’s 33-28 win over the New Orleans Saints. Ragnow was blocking on a running play when another player was blocked into his leg. He was helped

Mike Martz thinks Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions won in New Orleans with outstanding, disciplined football. Still, he explains it’s imperative Detroit gets more pressure from their defensive front against the great passing teams it’ll see in the postseason.

Let me start this piece off by saying that I fully understand that December football is a totally different animal than the months that precede it. Games are going to be harder at this point. This is when all your opponents, even the bad ones, are going to be playing their best ball because they

It’s almost gametime for the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints. After watching the injury reports for both teams all week, we finally know who’s not going to be playing in this game. Here’s this weeks inactives for the Lions: Alex Anzalone Hendon Hooker Isaiah Buggs Antoine Green Brodric Martin Steven Gilmore Levi Onwuzurkie Julian

Lions’ second-year edge defender James Houston is “at least a few weeks away” from returning to game action, as Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press writes. Considering we’re entering Week 13, it sounds as if Houston may not be back until the very end of the regular season or the start of the playoffs.

The Detroit Lions are heading to the big easy on Sunday to take on the New Orleans Saints. This should be an interesting experience. This will be Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn’s fist trip back to the Superdome since they were coaches for the Saints in 2020. Saints head coach Dennis Allen was also on

Irvin, 36, is a former first-round pick of the Seahawks back in 2012. He spent four years in Seattle before signing a four-year, $37 million contract that included $19 million guaranteed with the Raiders in 2016. The Raiders cut Irvin loose in 2018 and he later signed on with the Falcons and finished out the

It’s Saturday. You know what that means. It’s time for the Detroit Lions to make their roster moves ahead of their next game. This week we’ve got some big things to talk about. Here’s what the Lions did Saturday.  Elevated Bruce Irvin from practice squad  Here we go. After a couple weeks of getting in

If the Lions are what we want them to be they should have an easy time in the Big Easy on Sunday. They are going to the playoffs for sure. The question is how is that going to look? Detroit is a road favorite with a chance to flex a little on Sunday. New Orleans

Lions Lions OC Ben Johnson said WR Jameson Williams is getting better every week and as a result, his reps continue to increase. “He’s getting better every week,” Johnson said, via Lions Wire. “You see it and because of that, the way he’s practicing, the way he’s preparing and the way he’s playing, because of

The Detroit Lions have big game against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. There’s a lot of homecomings in this one. This will be the first time that Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn have been back to New Orleans since their coaching days there. One former Saint turned Lion that was not expected to be

Hendon Hooker shook off a a year of rust this week to practice for the first time with the Lions. And he’s impressing the folks he needs to impress. Hooker is the former Tennessee Volunteer quarterback who was at the top of his game in November, 2022. There was talk of a Heisman, with Hooker

Then there’s the Arizona Cardinals, allowing the second-most yards per game to running backs and the second-most touchdowns per game. Harris has four touchdowns this year and had a big day last week in the first game since OC Matt Canada was fired. These two should pile up the yards and seem like a great

It hasn’t been confirmed just yet, but the expectation at this points is that Alex Anzalone will not be playing for the Detroit Lions when they head to New Orleans to play the Saints on Sunday. That opens up a huge gap on the Lions defense and it opens up the green dot role at

After a little mini bye week, Detroit Lions football is back. The Lions  will head to the big easy this Sunday to eat some shrimp gumbo and play the Saints.  That means it’s time to dive deep into the stats and analytics to find the four Lions that can have the biggest days. Here’s what

We are at the point and time during the NFL season where the NFL hadn’t actually scheduled a time and date for a few of the games later in the season, and now it’s time to schedule those dates and times. Well, the NFL just did that for one of the Denver Broncos games. Initially,