Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR and current NFL Network and CBS TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit
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Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News There was uncertainty as to whether Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson was going to make the Hall-of-Fame in his first turn on the ballot. Now that the speculation is over, allow us to say: How? The second-overall pick in 2007, Johnson survived the Detroit Lions experience for nine
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Calvin Johnson is a Hall of Famer. The former Detroit Lions star becomes just the seventh wide receiver to be enshrined his first year on the ballot, joining Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Steve Largent, Paul Warfield, Lance Alworth and Raymond Berry. Johnson, fighting back tears, was informed of his selection Saturday
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Detroit shone in the NFL spotlight when it hosted Super Bowl XL 15 years ago, on Feb. 5, 2006. Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be the 15th Super Bowl since that ’06 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks. Here’s a
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press I wanted to believe him. I really did. “He’s the guy here,” Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola said. It was my fourth season covering the Lions in 2009. They had won 10 games total in my first three years on the beat, and 2009 was looking like another disaster. Matthew Stafford
John Niyo | The Detroit News We’re talking about the Super Bowl here, so we might as well start with the food. And begin with what the two coaches are bringing to the party as the Chiefs and Buccaneers meet Sunday in Super Bowl LV in Tampa. On one side, you’ve got Andy Reid, Kansas
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR and current NFL Network and CBS TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit
Barry Wilner | Associated Press More than two decades ago, Charles Woodson beat out Peyton Manning for a prestigious college award. Something called the Heisman Trophy. On Saturday, they likely will share an even more impressive football honor: entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Manning and Woodson, two of the most dominant players at
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Today marks the 15th anniversary of Super Bowl XL, when the NFL’s biggest spectacle visited the city that was home to a franchise which had never qualified for it. (And, yes, still hasn’t.) On Feb. 5, 2006, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10, in front of 68,206
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR & NFL Network TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press The
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Those Super Bowl squares are fun and all, but they’re so last year. An estimated $6 billion was gambled in the United States on last year’s Super Bowl, according to the American Gaming Association, but barely 5% of that was wagered legally. This year, 25 states, plus Washington D.C., have
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR & NFL Network TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press Michael
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR & NFL Network TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press Bill
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions have a new defensive line coach: Former Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator Todd Wash. The Lions hired Wash and three other assistants Wednesday and are close to rounding out their staff. Wash spent the past five seasons as Jacksonville’s defensive coordinator after originally joining the team as defensive
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Dan Campbell has added another experienced coaching veteran to his staff, bringing aboard former defensive coordinator Todd Wash to coach the Detroit Lions defensive line. Wash spent the past eight seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, originally coaching the team’s defensive line prior to being promoted to coordinator in 2016. In
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Pittsburgh Steelers’ identity under Bill Cowher was as defined as the former coach’s jawline. Those teams, which he led to 10 postseason appearances, eight division titles and a Super Bowl championship, oozed toughness and physicality. So when Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell started talking about biting off kneecaps
Tyler J. Davis | Detroit Free Press Who among us wouldn’t trade a balmy football season in Los Angeles for a winter in Detroit? You don’t have to answer that — Jared Goff already did. Goff, traded days ago to the Detroit Lions, told the Los Angeles Times he is heartened and happy to come to the
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The trade won’t be finalized until the middle of March, the start of the NFL’s new league year, but everyone knows Matthew Stafford is heading to Los Angeles and Jared Goff is coming back from the Rams to take Stafford’s place as the quarterback of the Detroit Lions. But
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News If Jared Goff is going to be successful in Detroit, NFL Network analyst and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner believes the Lions are going to need to commit to building a system around Goff similar to the one the Rams had that translated to his best seasons, in 2017
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Detroit Lions Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders watched with keen interest when his former team agreed to a trade that sent longtime quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams. During a conference call Tuesday, Sanders said he was “wowed” by the “monumental blockbuster” trade over the