Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions won’t see Dalvin Cook for this weekend’s season finale. The Minnesota Vikings star running back left the team on Tuesday after his father, James, unexpectedly passed away in Florida. He was 46 years old. Cook was in the midst of the best season of his young career,
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The Detroit News | The Detroit News Justin Rogers, Rod Beard, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions against the spread for Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season. Minnesota -3.5 at Detroit Rogers: Minnesota Beard: Minnesota (best bet) Niyo: Minnesota Wojnowski: Minnesota Washington +4 at Philadelphia Rogers: Philadelphia Beard: Philadelphia
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions waived safety Jayron Kearse earlier this week in order to give more playing time to young safeties Tracy Walker and Will Harris, but there is more to the story. Kearse committed a violation of team rules before the Lions’ loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The debate about what the Detroit Lions should do with Matthew Stafford has always been less about Stafford’s play and more about the franchise itself. How big a rebuild do the Lions really, truly need to become Super Bowl contenders? Where will Stafford be in his career when that
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions have one game remaining, and for many players on the roster, it will be the final time they suit up in the Honolulu blue and silver. With a new general manager and coach on the way, there’s inevitably going to be more roster turnover than usual. The
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ coach Darrell Bevell on sitting out vs. Buccaneers Detroit Lions interim coach Darrell Bevell said Dec. 28, 2020, he felt helpless as he watched his team get throttled by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Detroit Lions With one game left in the regular season
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions get Christmas gifts; is win over Tom Brady in their stocking? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez hand out gifts for the Detroit Lions, and predict the game vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Carlos Monarrez and Dave Birkett, Detroit Free
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ coach Darrell Bevell on sitting out vs. Buccaneers Detroit Lions interim coach Darrell Bevell said Dec. 28, 2020, he felt helpless as he watched his team get throttled by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Detroit Lions Only in 2020 can a healthy NFL head
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Does Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford ever think about winning elsewhere? Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford on if he thinks about winning elsewhere. (recorded Dec. 28, 2020) Detroit Lions Matthew Stafford could have gotten on a cart and been whisked off the field after he
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Does Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford ever think about winning elsewhere? Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford on if he thinks about winning elsewhere. (recorded Dec. 28, 2020) Detroit Lions As Matthew Stafford hopped on one leg to the locker room with a sprained ankle in
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions have opted to part with safety Jayron Kearse with one game remaining in the 2020 season. Already a pending free agent, Kearse was scratched from last week’s lineup with a hip injury. Prior to that, he had started seven consecutive games, averaging 57 defensive snaps in
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Matthew Stafford didn’t make it out of the first quarter of last weekend’s game against Tampa Bay, but the Detroit Lions quarterback remains hopeful he’ll be able to suit up for Sunday’s season finale, at home, against the Minnesota Vikings. “If I’m good, I want to be out there,”
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News By the time Saturday rolled around, Detroit Lions coach Darrell Bevell was done being holed up in a hotel room, so he headed home to watch the game he wasn’t allowed to coach. “I just decided to go back to the house,” Bevell said. “I’ve had 11 negative (COVID)
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption NFL headlines: Chiefs clinch top seed in AFC playoffs The season is winding down and the playoff picture is coming into focus. Week 16 saw more postseason tickets punched and the Kansas City Chiefs clinching the best record in the league. USA TODAY One of
Stephen Whyno | Associated Press Washington released quarterback Dwayne Haskins on Monday, hours after coach Ron Rivera said either Alex Smith or Taylor Heinicke will start the regular-season finale with the NFC East at stake. Rivera is “optimistic” Smith will be ready to play at the Philadelphia Eagles after missing the past two games with
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News For the third consecutive year, the Detroit Lions are on track to have a top-10 draft pick at season’s end. Following the conclusion of Sunday’s games, the Lions hold the No. 7 slot in the 2021 draft thanks to a strength-of-schedule tiebreaker with the three other teams that share
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News After watching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers effortlessly hang 47 points on the Detroit Lions — marking the third time in five weeks the team’s defense has allowed at least 40 in a loss — recency bias might have left you wondering: Is this the worst defense in NFL history? Well, no. In terms
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption NFL headlines: Chiefs clinch top seed in AFC playoffs The season is winding down and the playoff picture is coming into focus. Week 16 saw more postseason tickets punched and the Kansas City Chiefs clinching the best record in the league. USA TODAY The Detroit
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions get Christmas gifts; is win over Tom Brady in their stocking? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez hand out gifts for the Detroit Lions, and predict the game vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Carlos Monarrez and Dave Birkett, Detroit Free
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Do Detroit Lions have any good reason to start Matthew Stafford again? Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez debate if the Detroit Lions should start Matthew Stafford again this year. Filmed Dec. 17, 2020. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press Barring an upset of