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The Detroit Lions announced Saturday that they’ve signed LB Ezekiel Turner to their active roster and elevated TE James Mitchell to their active roster.  Turner, 28, went undrafted out of Washington back in 2018 before catching on with Arizona and playing in all 16 games as a rookie. Tuner played out the final year of

Just one week after Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was ejected from the Lions vs Packers game by the league in New York and was subsequently fined over $20,000, Branch is getting fined once again for a hip drop tackle against the Houston Texans.  Per the NFL, the tackle happened with 20 seconds left in

Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta will miss Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars due to a left shoulder injury. LaPorta was hurt during the third quarter of last Sunday night’s 26-23 overtime victory over the Houston Texans. He sustained an AC joint sprain and didn’t practice this week before being formally ruled out on

There was some hope for LaPorta this week with HC Dan Campbell calling him “day-to-day,” but he’ll now evidently miss Sunday’s game.  LaPorta, 23, was named first-team All-Big Ten in 2022 following his senior season at Iowa before the Lions selected him in the second round with the No. 34 overall pick of the 2023

Before you can even say it, I’ll do it for you. “Mike, what the hell are you talking about?” I get it, the Detroit Lions are very good and the Jacksonville Jaguars are really bad. Like, really bad. The Jags are 31st in defensive DVOA and their offense is 16th and that’s with Trevor Lawrence,

Houston Texans Vs Dallas Cowboys Injury Report Houston Texans Case Keenum (QB) IR, Foot Stefon Diggs (WR) IR, Out for season, ACL Folorunso Fatukasi (DT) Left last game, is “?” Monday vs Dallas, Foot Jeff Okudah (CB) Is “?” Monday vs Dallas, Hip Dalton Keene (TE) IR, Knee Nico Collins (WR) Is probable Monday vs

The Detroit Lions will host the Jacksonville Jaguars this Sunday in what will be a very interesting game. On Sunday night, the Lions pulled off an incredible comeback win, with their defense taking center stage. The defense was able to shut out the Texans in the second half, allowing the Lions offense to rally despite

I don’t know what it was, it felt like something was just drawing me towards this kid in Alabama last February during the Senior Bowl. I felt it again at the Combine in Indiana last March. The Detroit Lions felt it too. That’s why Sione Vaki was always the easiest player to predict the Lions

Former Detroit Lions linebacker Antwione Williams is being charged in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that took place following the results of the 2020 presidential election.  Williams is being charged for allegedly being one of the first people to breach a restricted perimeter in front of the Capitol while the election results were

This weekend the 8-1 Detroit Lions host the struggling 2-8 Jacksonville Jaguars.  Despite the Jaguars losing record, this game will not necessarily be a cakewalk for the NFC-leading Detroit Lions. What to Watch for When Lions Host Jaguars in Week 11 Jaguars Offense Without Trevor Lawrence  In taking on a team beset by injuries and

Former Detroit Lions linebacker Antwione Williams, who was drafted by the franchise in 2016, was charged in connection with his involvement in the US Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. According to a release from the US Attorney’s Office, the 31-year-old is charged with assaulting, resisting, and impeding certain officers. He’s also being charged with

After all, Hutchinson is one of the premier players at his position across the league, and a cornerstone to the Lions’ defensive identity. Holmes, though, was able to land veteran Za’Darius Smith and a seventh-round draft choice in a deal with the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a fifth-rounder in 2025 and a sixth-rounder in

Only one month remains in the fantasy football regular season, and with four teams on bye, you could be forced to make riskier lineup decisions to strengthen your playoff odds.  With that in mind, here’s what to do about several flex options, streaming candidates and other players you could be on the fence about plugging

Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta sat out his second straight practice on Thursday, raising questions about his availability for Sunday’s game against the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars. LaPorta sustained an AC joint sprain to his left shoulder after hauling in a 37-yard pass from Jared Goff in the third quarter of a 26-23 comeback win

The Jacksonville Jaguars‘ most important goal this week is to get starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence healthy and back on the field after he missed last week. The Jaguars are traveling this week to take on the red-hot Detroit Lions in Week 11. To see whether the Jaguars can get back on track or the Lions

The Detroit Lions would prefer to take an easier path to victory this week. The Lions managed to extend their winning streak to seven games on Sunday night even though Jared Goff was picked off five times and they trailed by 16 points at halftime. Jake Bates hit a pair of 50-plus yard field goals

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced on Wednesday that quarterback Trevor Lawrence (left shoulder injury) will miss his second consecutive game on Sunday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson also confirmed that Mac Jones will get the start on Sunday against the Detroit Lions before the team heads into its Week 12 bye. Lawrence

Alexander, 27, went undrafted out of Florida International back in 2020. He was later drafted by the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL in February of 2022. In 2022, Alexander played in 10 games for the Stars and started six of them, catching 20 passes for 234 yards (11.7 YPC) and two touchdowns. He also made

Last year I caught a little bit of flak for saying that Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn should be the most desired Lions coordinator when it came to being a a head coach. The Lions defense wasn’t super good at the time, but the big thing for me has always been that I believe

Today we’re going to overreact a little bit. Last Sunday night was a big night for James Houston. It felt like it was a night that everyone had been waiting on for a long time because they actually had been.  In January of 2023 the Lions played the Bears at Ford Field and late in