The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers will play two Thursday games in the 2023 season, including one on Thanksgiving. The Lions will host the Packers in their annual Thanksgiving game and visit Green Bay for a Thursday night game in Week 4, according to a full copy of the Packers schedule released by The
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The Detroit Lions won’t have to wait long to find out if they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders in 2023. The Lions will play the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL’s Thursday night season opener Sept. 7 at Arrowhead Stadium, the team announced Thursday. The Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in
The NFL is releasing its 272-game schedule for the 2023 season at 8 p.m. Thursday. We already know a few games on the Detroit Lions schedule 2023, including two Thursday games vs. the rival Green Bay Packers, and the Week 1 opener. We also know the Lions’ 17 opponents include eight games against 2022 playoff
The Detroit Lions won’t have to wait long to find out if they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders in 2023. The Lions will play the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL’s Thursday night season opener Sept. 7 at Arrowhead Stadium, TheScore.com reported. The Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl
What a difference a year makes. The Detroit Lions have gone from one of the league’s least-marketable teams, not being scheduled for a single primetime game a year ago, to being placed in one of the most prominent spots on the NFL calendar. The team has been selected to open the campaign in front of
Aaron Rodgers might be gone, but the entire country will get a firsthand look at the Detroit Lions’ two games with the Green Bay Packers during the 2023 season. According to multiple reports of schedule leaks, the Lions and Packers will meet on Thursday Night Football in Week 4 in Green Bay. Then the division
Detroit — We used to rabidly discuss the playoffs this time of year. (We did, look it up!). In case you haven’t noticed, that cherished Detroit tradition for the Red Wings, Pistons and Tigers currently is on hold. Instead, we talk about the Lions’ snazzy offense, their draft picks, Dan Campbell’s eating habits, and other
The Detroit Lions added a veteran to the defensive line on Wednesday, signing defensive tackle Christian Covington. A sixth-round pick out of Rice in 2015, Covington played his first four seasons in Houston and has since had stops with Dallas, Cincinnati and the Los Angeles Chargers. He’s appeared in 102 games during his eight-year career,
Ed Flanagan, a four-time Pro Bowl selection for the Detroit Lions in the 1970s, has passed away, the team announced Wednesday. He was 79. Flanagan played 10 seasons for the Lions in 1965-74, and was a member of the Lions’ all-time team. A fifth-round pick out of Purdue in 1965, Flanagan started all 139 games
The NFL’s big post-draft event is here: The NFL schedule 2023 release. But when will all 32 teams have their schedules? Well, news is trickling out with announcements of dates for some matchups, including the international series schedule, and primetime games on Black Friday, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. The Detroit Lions know their
Allen Park — Put away your passports, Detroit Lions fans. The team won’t play overseas during the 2023 season, extending its run without an international game to eight years. Only the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys will have had longer droughts. The Lions had been eligible to battle the Kansas City Chiefs in Germany, but
Forget the beer and brats, the Detroit Lions are in for some good ol’ Kansas City barbecue this fall. The NFL announced its five-game international schedule Wednesday, including a Kansas City Chiefs home game against the Miami Dolphins in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 5. The Lions were one of a handful of possible opponents for the
Lions quarterbacks Jared Goff and Hendon Hooker will go head to head this training camp, but according to the team, there’s already one clear winner. The Detroit Lions have a plan for rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker, alright. It’s called the 10-year plan. Lions head coach Dan Campbell didn’t exactly say how many years it would
The Detroit Lions don’t expect rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker to play much, if at all, this season. Lions coach Dan Campbell said on the “Green Light Podcast” with former NFL star Chris Long that the Lions are planning for Hooker, their third-round pick in last month’s NFL draft, to take “a redshirt year” this fall.
The Detroit Lions waived three young veterans on Tuesday, days ahead of the team’s rookie minicamp, which is expected to included more than a dozen undrafted free-agent additions. Wide receiver Stanley Berryhill, cornerback Mac McCain and defensive tackle Demetrius Taylor were the three players let go by the team. Berryhill is notable because he was
The Detroit Lions waived released three players ahead of this weekend’s rookie minicamp, including wide receiver Stanley Berryhill, who was suspended six games for violating the NFL’s gambling policy. Berryhill was one of four Lions players disciplined in a league investigation last month. Wide receiver Jameson Williams also was suspended six games for gambling on
Continuing our post-draft film study of the Detroit Lions’ draft class, today we’ll explore what quarterback and third-round selection Hendon Hooker brings to the table. ▶ Games watched: @Pittsburgh (Sept. 10), vs. Florida (Sept. 24), @LSU (Oct. 8), vs. Alabama (Oct. 15), @Georgia (Nov. 5), vs. Kentucky (Oct. 29) ▶ Statistics: 2018 (Virginia Tech): Six games, zero
Brodric Martin had his routine down pat. Every Monday morning, Martin, the Detroit Lions‘ third-round pick, would start his week with a healthy breakfast, a workout and a trip to the training room, and at 9 a.m. he would poke his head into Western Kentucky defensive coordinator Tyson Summers’ office with the same question: “How
Matt Land’s phone wouldn’t stop buzzing. Land was the coach at Dalton High in northwest Georgia, about 20 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, when the Catamounts lost to Justin Fields’ Harrison High team in 2017 in a nationally televised game on ESPN2. Georgia coach Kirby Smart helicoptered in for the game to see Fields, then
Charles Woodson also offered a controversial take on athletes in the era of legal sports betting. Southfield — Charles Woodson has been a whole lot of places over the years, since he won the Heisman Trophy and a shared national championship at Michigan. A Coney Island, however, isn’t one of those places. “I don’t even