The Detroit Lions got their biggest January win in years Tuesday when Ben Johnson informed the team he would be returning for a second season as offensive coordinator. Johnson felt like there was unfinished business with a team on the cusp of the playoffs, and his return gives the Lions important continuity with one of
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The Detroit Lions won’t be losing their offensive coordinator this offseason, but there’s still a chance they could have someone new running their defense in 2023. The Arizona Cardinals will interview Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn for their head coaching vacancy on Saturday, NFL Network reported Wednesday. Glenn interviewed for the New Orleans Saints and
Is this really happening? Are the Detroit Lions really, finally, at long last finding … good fortune? Have the football gods grown tired of laughing at Detroit? Have they stopped smiling long enough at their perennial NFL favorites — in Green Bay, Pittsburgh and wherever Tom Brady plays — to wink at the Lions? It
Allen Park — Amon-Ra St. Brown can famously list off the 16 wide receivers selected before him in the 2021 draft. It’s been an unending source of motivation for the Detroit Lions wideout after sliding to the third day, fourth round and No. 112 overall pick that year. But he’s since established himself as one
Even more than a week after they were eliminated less than an hour before their season finale began, the Detroit Lions are riding high, with some pundits even declaring the path to the NFC North title is “going through Detroit for the next five years,” and others imagining a world in which the Lions made
Dan Campbell wasn’t coaching on the sidelines during the NFL’s wild-card weekend. Instead, he was coaching from his couch. And as a guest on ESPN’s simulcast of the Dallas-Tampa Bay playoff dud Monday night, the Lions’ head coach admitted to the hosts, Peyton and Eli Manning, just how “frustrating” it is to sit and watch
Allen Park — Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is sticking with the team for next season, barring unforeseen circumstances, according to a team source familiar with the negotiations. Johnson had been a hot candidate for a handful of the league’s head coaching vacancies, interviewing with the Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts. But ahead of
For Ben Johnson, being a head coach can wait. He has unfinished business in Detroit. Johnson, the Detroit Lions‘ first-year offensive coordinator, informed the team today he plans to return for the 2023 season, a person familiar with his decision told the Free Press. NFL Network first reported the news. Johnson interviewed virtually with three
The Detroit Lions look like they’ll keep an all-important piece to their coaching staff in Ben Johnson. The story of the 2022 Detroit Lions should begin and end with offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, who took the team to new heights. Nobody imagined the Lions would be within a game of the postseason, but that’s exactly what
Dan Campbell, Detroit Lions. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images) Todd Bowles reveals poor play vs. Cowboys is entirely inexcusable by John Buhler Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell did not rule out zaniest reason why his team is winning. Not since Bobby Layne played quarterback for them have the Detroit Lions been this fricking good.
The Carolina Panthers have their eyes set on their next head coach, and it is not Sean Payton. Credit to the Carolina Panthers by preventing the New Orleans Saints from making a GOB Bluth huge mistake. Although former Saints head coach Sean Payton is still a candidate for the Panthers job, it seems as though Carolina owner David
Two years removed from his last coordinating job, former Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz is set to be named the Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. Schwartz, who coached the Lions from 2009 through 2013, returns to Cleveland, where he got his start in the NFL as a personnel scout for the former
We’re a week removed from the end of the Detroit Lions’ 2022 season, and a week into the NFL playoffs, and as those two realities collided in my head this weekend, I couldn’t help but think what might have been had the Lions made the postseason. Had the Los Angeles Rams beat the Seattle Seahawks
Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell spent the better part of the third quarter of Monday night’s playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a guest on ESPN’s Manning’s “Manningcast,” an alternative broadcast of the contest, hosted by brothers Peyton and Eli Manning. The segments are largely designed to be light, but
If there’s an award for NFL Dude of the Year, Dan Campbell says he’s the man for the honor. That was just one of the many chuckles the Detroit Lions head coach had as a guest in the second half of ESPN’s ManningCast of the Dallas Cowboys-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on Monday night. Since the
Associated Press Green Bay Packers linebacker Quay Walker was fined $13,261 by the NFL for the shove that led to his ejection from a 20-16 loss to the Detroit Lions last Sunday, a person familiar with the situation said. The person also said Saturday that Packers cornerback Rasul Douglas was fined $11,139 for his unsportsmanlike-conduct
The 2022 Detroit Lions season ended a week too early, but it was one of the team’s more memorable seasons in recent history. Now it’s time to close the book on this season and look at what’s in store for Lions’ next chapter, when the 2023 NFL season arrives. Since we’ll have plenty of time
We owe the Detroit Lions a thank you. No, seriously. We do. And by we, I mean anyone who considers themselves a fan of Detroit’s four major pro teams. The Lions didn’t make the playoffs this season — they could have (should have!?) been playing at San Francisco Saturday instead of Seattle — and that’s
Associated Press Green Bay Packers linebacker Quay Walker was fined $13,261 by the NFL for the shove that led to his ejection from a 20-16 loss to the Detroit Lions last Sunday, a person familiar with the situation said. The person also said Saturday that Packers cornerback Rasul Douglas was fined $11,139 for his unsportsmanlike-conduct
Detroit Lions running back Jamaal Williams received a harsher punishment for dancing than Green Bay Packers linebacker Quay Walker did for shoving a trainer. The Detroit Lions did end their season on a high-note after they eliminated the rival Green Bay Packers from playoff contention. But, it was soured considering the Lions also missed out