It’s easy to forget how deep a rebuild Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell undertook when they were hired to fix the Detroit Lions two Januarys ago. The Lions were coming off three straight last-place finishes in the NFC North and the organization was something no one wanted to be a part of after Matt Patricia
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Each Saturday during the college football season, we’ll highlight five prospects with locally televised matchups who could be a fit for the Detroit Lions in the 2023 NFL Draft, based on projected needs. The list aims to highlight early-, mid- and late-round prospects. This will give you a chance to watch the players performing live,
Allen Park — Against the odds, Jerry Jacobs was soaring. Then an injury clipped his wing. And through it all, Jacobs looks back on his rookie season — which saw him go from undrafted rookie to Detroit Lions starting cornerback to Pro Football Focus’ top-rated UDFA, before ending with a torn ACL — as a
Roger Zatkoff ran a successful business into his 70s. He took vacations, sometimes traveling by himself to places like California and Florida, in his 80s. The former Detroit Lions linebacker and member of the team’s 1957 championship team lived a normal enough life that he was sure he did not have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor (@shawnwindsor) and Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) • Producer: Andrew Hammond • Editor: Cary Junior • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: This week, Carlos and Shawn sift through what we think about the current status of Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell, and
When Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown set a new NFL record in September for stringing together six consecutive games with at least eight catches and a touchdown, former 11-year NFL veteran T.J. Houshmandzadeh knew exactly what he was feeling. Houshmandzadeh grinded to the previous record back in 2007. And when the Washington Commanders
Justin Rogers, Nolan Bianchi, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for Week 6 of the NFL season. All picks made against the spread. Commanders +1 at Bears Rogers: Commanders Bianchi: Bears Niyo: Bears Wojo: Bears 49ers -5.5 at Falcons Rogers: Falcons Bianchi: Falcons Niyo: 49ers Wojo: Falcons Patriots +3 at Browns Rogers: Patriots Bianchi: Browns Niyo: Browns Wojo: Browns Jets +7
Yes, this feels familiar. Because we have already lived it. Once with the Detroit Tigers. Now with the Detroit Lions. A season of promise — poof — up in smoke after only a quarter of the season. All the excitement — oh, no, he’s hurt, too? — slipping away. When you look at these two
The Detroit Lions set a modern NFL record for most fourth down attempts without a conversion (six) in Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots. The most scrutinized of those plays came in the second quarter, when Dan Campbell eschewed a 50-yard field goal attempt with new kicker Michael Badgley to try and convert on
There was a nagging numbness to Dan Campbell’s words after the Lions’ worst loss of the season to the Patriots. Almost like we’ve heard them before, and before, and before. “I did not anticipate us being 1-4 going into the bye,” Campbell said. “I did not. But I know what we’re capable of when we
The Detroit Lions’ kicking carousel has picked up another passenger. The Lions signed veteran kicker Sam Ficken to their practice squad Tuesday, a week after they bypassed signing him following a workout. Ficken is the sixth kicker the Lions have employed since training camp as they try and solve kicking game problems that date back
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions’ kicking carousel continues to spin during the bye week as the team signed Sam Ficken to the practice squad on Tuesday. Undrafted out of Penn State in 2015, Ficken has spent time on seven NFL rosters, most notably appearing in 24 games for the New York Jets from 2019-20.
The Detroit Lions aren’t just disappointing. They aren’t just frustrating. They aren’t even just embarrassingly predictable. They are a black hole, an infinite and greedy fissure that sucks all the goodwill and hope in the “this-time-it-could-actually-be-us- universe” and never, ever, returns it. That too much? Well, the heart can only handle so much. But then
The Detroit Lions aren’t just disappointing. They aren’t just frustrating. They aren’t even just embarrassingly predictable. They are a black hole, an infinite and greedy fissure that sucks all the goodwill and hope in the “this-time-it-could-actually-be-us- universe” and never, ever, returns it. That too much? Well, the heart can only handle so much. But then
The first ax of the NFL season swung on Monday, claiming Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule after a 1-4 start in his third season. Some Detroit Lions fans frustrated with the Dan Campbell’s 1-4 start, and furious after Sunday’s 29-0 “rock bottom” loss in New England, surely hoped that ax would keep chopping its way
Believe it or not, the Detroit Lions’ 29-0 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday actually lessened their chances of ending the season with a historically inept defense. Prior to Sunday, the Lions were averaging 35.25 points allowed per game but have since dropped that number to 34 — and still, that would be
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions failed to score a single point against the New England Patriots on Sunday, but it wasn’t because they couldn’t move the ball. No, it was the inability to move the ball in critical situations, coming up short on six fourth-down tries and setting an NFL record for single-game futility
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions became the first team in NFL history to attempt and fail on six or more fourth-down attempts in a single game on Sunday, but coach Dan Campbell doesn’t have any regrets about any of those decisions. “I don’t,” Campbell said. “Look, I wanted to be patient in that game,
Allen Park — Grit isn’t enough. As coach of the Detroit Lions, Dan Campbell has made that concept the driving motto of the franchise. It’s on hats and shirts, it’s painted on the walls at the practice facility, and it’s the central theme with many of his speeches to the team. But it’s simply not
Frank Ragnow has seen this before. The Detroit Lions (1-4) have rattled off four underwhelming starts in the five seasons since Ragnow was drafted. After Sunday’s 29-0 loss to the New England Patriots, the Lions own the worst point-differential in the NFC North ahead of an upcoming bye week. “I know things might seem gloomy