Lions (1-3) at Patriots (1-3) ▶ Kickoff: 1 p.m. Sunday, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts ▶ TV/radio: FOX/97.1 FM ▶ Records: Lions 1-3, Patriots 1-3 ▶ Line: Patriots by 1 Nolan Bianchi of The Detroit News breaks down the Lions’ Week 5 matchup against the New England Patriots. Key matchup LIONS’ RUSHING OFFENSE VS. PATRIOTS RUN
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Yeah, yeah, the defense is bad — historically so — and it’s the story of the Detroit Lions season. Oh, and the reason they are 1-3 heading into Sunday’s game at New England. Now that we’ve got that cleared up, let’s consider another story that’s percolatin’ over in Allen Park, where a quarterback who once
Allen Park — After more than 25 years of marriage, Devaney Glenn knew the drill. Sunday evening, she was having dinner at a restaurant with her husband, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, and after a disastrous showing by Detroit’s defense in a 48-45 home loss to Seattle that afternoon, he was more than a little
Heartbroken after a Week 4 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers, Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots return home to play host to coach Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions. Without starting quarterback Mac Jones and possibly backup Brian Hoyer due to injuries, the Patriots may be forced to play third-string rookie Bailey Zappe in
The Detroit Lions‘ current special teams coach has great affinity for one of his predecessors at the position. Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp turned a question about special teams ace Chris Board into a soliloquy on New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick at the start of his weekly media session Thursday. Belichick, an assistant
Allen Park — No Amon-Ra St. Brown, no DJ Chark, no D’Andre Swift. No problem. It wasn’t just a record-setting day from tight end T.J. Hockenson that kept the Lions afloat in Sunday’s 48-45 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Detroit also got a strong performance from wide receiver Josh Reynolds, whom the team picked up
Allen Park — Admiration is a two-way street when it comes to the Detroit Lions and New England Patriots’ special-teams units. Patriots coach Bill Belichick, a noted special-teams connoisseur, opened his Wednesday press conference raving about Detroit’s groups, coached by Dave Fipp. “Special teams is a real strength of the team,” Belichick said. “Obviously, (Jack)
Aaron Glenn has been here before, as a young cornerback playing in the media capital of the world. Glenn was coming off his first Pro Bowl in 1998 when his New York Jets played an important late-season game against the same Seattle Seahawks organization that lit up Glenn’s Detroit Lions defense for 48 points and
Allen Park — As the Detroit Lions attempt to fix the team’s broken defense on the fly, coach Dan Campbell has kept coming back to a particular word when talking about the search for solutions: Trust. “We’ve got to get some players that we feel like we can rely on, we can trust to get out there,”
DJ Chark said there is nothing structurally wrong with his surgically repaired left ankle, and the Detroit Lions wide receiver hopes to return to action Sunday after sitting out last week’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks. “It’s better,” Chark said in the locker room after practice Wednesday. “What’s today, Wednesday? Times 10 (better) than last
The Detroit Lions kicking game has cost the team valuable points and field position for two consecutive weeks, and possibly, wins. Last week was Dominik Eberle. The second-year kicker from Utah State was moved to the active roster once it was clear Austin Seibert (groin) couldn’t play. Special teams coordinator Dave Fipp said the team
The smoke goes off and the crowd screams as Josh Reynolds emerges out of the tunnel in the northwest corner of Ford Field. The Detroit Lions wide receiver lifts one leg up to a 90-degree angle, cocks his arms to the side at a 45 and yells out a scream. Or maybe, it’s a hiss.
Allen Park — Welcome to another edition of our weekly Detroit Lions mailbag. Let’s get right to the questions. ▶ Question: Do these last four games automatically mean the Lions aren’t drafting a QB? — @szn_lions ▶ Answer: No, I don’t think we can make any proclamations four games into the season, but yes, Jared
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor (@shawnwindsor) and Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) • Producer: Andrew Hammond • Editor: Cary Junior • Guest: Dave Birkett, Free Press Lions beat writer • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the fellas are joined by Free Press Lions beat writer Dave
Maybe he’s thinking too much. Maybe he’s being asked to do too much. Or maybe the game is still moving too fast and everything is just too complicated for a rookie with just a few games under his belt. Aidan Hutchinson isn’t the main reason why the Detroit Lions have won just one game. But
Dan Campbell said personnel changes were coming to his league-worst defense this week. One of those changes involves moving players around on the defensive line. Undrafted rookie defensive lineman Demetrius Taylor is in line to make his NFL debut Sunday when the Detroit Lions visit the New England Patriots. And after playing inside at defensive
The Detroit Lions tried doing things the “The Patriot Way” for 2½ years in the Bob Quinn-Matt Patricia era. Lions fans know all too well how that turned out. While it wasn’t emulated well in Detroit, Bill Belichick’s style has been widely successful in New England, resulting in six Super Bowl victories since 2001. One
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are starting to get some of their players dealing with long-term injuries back to practice this week as cornerback Jerry Jacobs (ACL) and rookie defensive lineman Josh Paschal (sports hernia) were on the field for the first time on Wednesday. But the timetable for first-round draft pick Jameson Williams
The Detroit Lions are still dealing with a rash of injuries to their most important skill position players. The Lions practiced Wednesday without four of their top five receivers, No. 1 running back D’Andre Swift and tight end T.J. Hockenson, though Lions coach Dan Campbell said most everyone in that group is feeling “a little
Rookie defensive lineman Josh Paschal made his practice debut Wednesday, but the Detroit Lions are “still looking at a while” before they get Paschal’s draft classmate, wide receiver Jameson Williams, on the field. Lions coach Dan Campbell indicated Wednesday that Williams is several weeks from being cleared to practice, though Campbell said Williams is “really