The wait for Detroit Lions rookie Hendon Hooker is just about over. He is expected to come off the NFI list and practice with the team for the first time in his career very soon. Possibly as early as this week. It was expected to happen soon and Lions head coach Dan Campbell was asked
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After a dismal 1-10 start, the Carolina Panthers have fired head coach Frank Reich. Sunday’s 17-10 loss to a 3-7 (entering the game) Titans team was the final straw for impetuous owner Dave Tepper. Reich’s removal opens the door for coaching candidate articles and speculation. Expect to see and hear a whole lot of Lions
The Carolina Panthers fired head Coach Frank Reich on Monday morning after the Panthers had a 1-10 start this season. There’s some intriguing questions here that directly relate to the Detroit Lions. The first one is obvious, will the Panthers try to get ben Johnson again? They took a shot at him this past offseason,
Thanksgiving was a tough football meal to digest for the Detroit Lions. Losing 29-22 in Ford Field to the Green Bay Packers in a turkey of a game ruined the holiday buzz. I delayed this week’s film study and lessons learned from it a little to make sure the bad taste of the loss was
The rest of the football nation witnessed on Thanksgiving something Lions fans know all too well: Detroit’s pass rush is seriously lacking. The Lions defense did not sack Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love once. Detroit registered just four QB hits on Love’s 32 dropbacks, per the NFL’s official statistics. The lack of pressure and negative
Amon-Ra St. Brown got an unlikely defender in the fight against the Lions’ wideout’s hefty fine for a block in Detroit’s Week 11 win over the Chicago Bears. Recently retired defensive legend J.J. Watt slammed the NFL for a fine that Watt claims violates a “general rule of thumb.” The play in question saw St.
This past week has been filled with Detroit Lions Football, playing the Chicago Bears on Sunday and the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving just five days later. Both games are reminiscent of each other: the Lions have large point deficits to objectively worse teams. The only difference between their performance between the Bears and the Packers was the Lions’ ability to
The NFL levied a $43,709 fine on Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown this weekend for a block during his team’s Week 11 matchup against the Chicago Bears. St. Brown was fined for what was deemed an illegal block against Bears safety Jaquen Brisker in the first quarter of the Lions’ 31-26 win at
Lions wide receiver has been hit with a massive fine for unnecessary roughness in Detroit’s Week 11 win over the Chicago Bears. St. Brown was fined $43,709 for a fairly innocuous-looking block. It was the largest fine levied by the NFL on the week, more than double of any other infraction from Week 11. St.
Detroit Lions standout wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown can’t be happy with his team’s 29-22 loss against the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving Day. To make matters worse, the one-time Pro Bowler got hit with a fine just two days later for a play that happened two games ago. Per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Amon-Ra
There’s no secret that the NFL has been crazy about their fines this season. Players are getting fined outrageous amounts for actions that just seem to match the punishment at all. Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown was the latest to get hit by this. St. Brown got fined $43,709 dollars for this below. He’s
Of the myriad issues that plagued the Detroit Lions in their Thanksgiving loss to the Green Bay Packers, the offensive line’s substandard performance really stands out. It was an atypical bad game for everyone on the Lions line, from likely All-Pro right tackle Penei Sewell to bedrock veteran left tackle Taylor Decker. The biggest hole,
Barry Sanders has no regrets about July 27, 1999 — the day he decided to suddenly retire from the NFL after 10 seasons with the Detroit Lions. As Sanders recently explained to Robert Griffin III on the “RG3 and The Ones” podcast, he probably would have chosen a different method in letting the Lions know
Thanksgiving came and went with Lions fans wanting to forget as much of it as they can. For the team themselves, this will be a benchmark game that is reflected upon as the season goes on and how it turns out. The loss to the Packers opens up the division a little bit for rest
The Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions on Thursday in convincing fashion, and they may have been partly fueled by a fake quote providing some bulletin board material. The quote, attributed to Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, made the rounds during the week prior to the game. The social media post claimed St.
ESPN is bringing out the big guns for College GameDay in Ann Arbor in Week 13, on hand for Ohio State at Michigan. On Friday, it was revealed Wolverines legend and Detroit Lions star Aidan Hutchinson was returning to town for the show, ready to serve as the Celebrity Guest Picker on Saturday. “Michigan great
The Detroit Lions didn’t have the greatest of days on Thursday. It was probably their worst day on offense in quite a while. The defense had some struggles early before they were able to get things under control after a rough start. Lets take a look at how Pro Football Focus graded the Lions in
The game against the Packers on Thanksgiving was one that fans would like to forget. For the team, it could either serve as a breaking point or an important lesson on the way to a playoff run. The biggest cog in the machine that is the Lions season, however, remains the rookies. Some made big
The Detroit Lions needed a major comeback last weekend against the Chicago Bears. It was mentioned that on a short week, the team wouldn’t have much time to devote to fixing their issues and that take couldn’t have been more on the mark. The team turned the ball over while not giving the running game
Alright, how is everyone feeling about the Detroit Lions after Thanksgiving? My guess is that some turkey naps and a couple rounds of pie has soften your feelings on the entire thing. Who could still be mad after pie? Now that everyone has calmed down, it’s time to really diagnose what’s going on with this