C.J. Gardner-Johnson continued his trash talk of Baker Mayfield even after the Detroit Lions’ playoff win on Sunday. Gardner-Johnson’s Detroit Lions beat Mayfield’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday in their NFC divisional-round playoff game. Gardner-Johnson intercepted a Mayfield pass on Tampa Bay’s first possession of the game. After his
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The Detroit Lions have won two postseason games in the same year for the first time since 1957. Beating the Buccaneers by a 31-23 score on Sunday sends the Lions to the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday with a chance to play for a berth in the Super Bowl. The
The Detroit Lions are headed to the NFC Championship Game. The Lions defeated Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 on Sunday to become one of the NFL’s final four. Detroit has played its last game at Ford Field this season. The Lions will travel to San Francisco to take on the 49ers, on Sunday.
The Detroit Lions advanced to the NFC Championship game next weekend with a 31-23 home win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Unfortunately, head coach Dan Campbell indicated after the game that two members of the Lions offense are unlikely to make the trip to San Francisco to play in that game. Tight end Brock Wright,
The Detroit Lions are headed to their first NFC Championship game since 1991 after taking down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in the Divisional Round. Dan Campbell’s squad beat the Buccaneers 31-23 and is now through the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers. They’ll be the visitors for the first time during
The Detroit Lions are getting a huge boost shortly before their divisional-round matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, rookie tight end Sam LaPorta (knee) is active after he was listed as questionable earlier this week. The second-round pick out of Iowa practiced Wednesday but was limited on Thursday and Friday. LaPorta
There was one big question lingering over the Detroit Lions and their inactive player list for Sunday’s playoff matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Would James Houston be active? Detroit activated Houston from injured reserve during the week, but the second-year pass rusher was listed as questionable for the NFC Divisional Round game with the
For the first time in the Super Bowl era, the Lions will host a second playoff game in the same postseason. This week’s NFC Divisional Round tilt against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is a rematch of the Week 6 encounter in Tampa, which the Lions won 20-6. Detroit Lions vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, January
What a week last week was. The Detroit Lions went out and got their first playoff win in over 30 years in front of the loudest crowd I’ve ever seen. My ears are still ringing a near week later. Now the Lions, and their fans, have a chance to recreate that moment a week later.
It was hard not to dream about the Detroit Lions hosting the NFC Championship game as the postseason rolled into the second weekend. Sure, two outcomes had to happen first — most notably the Lions beating the Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon. Dream another dream, that dream is over before the Lions even played. That’s because
This year’s NFC Championship game will be a full-circle moment for Brock Purdy either way. Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers advanced to the conference title round on Saturday with a come-from-behind 24-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers. The 49ers will now face the winner of Sunday’s Detroit Lions-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. A wild
Detroit Lions COO Mike Disner has been a huge part of this Lions team for a while now. He was hired in by Bob Quinn in 2019 as the teams vice president of football administration. The Lions kept him on after they moved on from that regime. It’s a good thing they did, because it
Current Detroit Lions COO Mike Disner will remain in that role for the 2024 season. Disner was a candidate to leave but has opted to remain with the Lions. Tom Pelissero of NFL.com reports that Disner is “staying in Detroit” after withdrawing his name from consideration for the Carolina Panthers vacant general manager position. The
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell knows exactly what his quarterback Jared Goff is made of. Goff and the Lions have had plenty of support from the fans over the past couple of seasons. But Campbell revealed in his news conference Friday that he learned the most about Goff during their first year together in
For many years, Calvin Johnson wanted little to do with the Detroit Lions. Their uneasy split following his unexpected retirement after the 2015 season, and the team’s demand that the Hall of Fame wide receiver pay back some of his bonus money, weighed heavily on the Lions fan base. The animosity has largely faded in
The Detroit Lions announced Saturday that they’ve re-signed LB Julian Okwara to their Practice Squad and elevated DL Tyson Alualu and FB Jason Cabinda to their active roster for Sunday’s playoff game against the Buccaneers. Okwara, 25, was a two-year starter at Notre Dame before the Lions selected him with the No. 67 pick in
Julian Okwara never left Detroit after being waived on Thursday when the team activated James Houston to take his spot on the active roster. Okwara went unclaimed on the waiver wire, and now he’s back with the Lions. The team re-signed Okwara to the practice squad on Saturday, a day ahead of the postseason matchup
The NFL playoffs are down the the elite eight. Blessedly, the Detroit Lions are one of those eight remaining teams. One of the reasons why the Lions are still playing is their effective pass rush. And one of the keys to that is defensive tackle Alim McNeill. In fact, McNeill is the top interior defensive
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff stands on the verge of achieving a remarkable NFL milestone. As the Lions prepare to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the divisional round, Goff has showcased his precision with a completion rate exceeding 75 percent in his last two postseason outings. If he can maintain this impressive accuracy on
Ben Johnson has a busy Saturday in front of him. The Lions offensive coordinator will interview for the head coaching vacancy with three different NFL teams. Per Peter Schrager of the NFL Network, Johnson will conduct virtual interviews with the Los Angeles Chargers, Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons on Saturday. It’s the day before Johnson’s