Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 7:10 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 After just one game, the Detroit Lions running backs seem to have established a pecking order: Adrian Peterson and then everyone else. Peterson, who rushed for 93 yards, had by far the best game among the three running backs and possibly any Lions player
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Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 7:10 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 In the early part of the season, the Lions are facing a battle of attrition with injuries. It has hit especially hard in the secondary, where they already were without No. 3 overall pick Jeff Okudah going down last week in practice.
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 6:10 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 The message since the Detroit Lions’ 27-23 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday has been no one play decides a football game, but there are clearly moments and decisions that have a greater impact on the outcome than others. The lasting image
The Detroit News Published 5:15 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Justin Rogers, Rod Beard, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions against the spread for Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season. Detroit +5.5 at Green Bay Rogers: Green Bay Beard: Green Bay Niyo: Green Bay Wojnowski: Green Bay Cincinnati +6
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 1:02 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 So much for the Detroit Lions being underrated. I put the Lions at No. 18 in my preseason NFL power rankings last week, and wanted to put them higher but wrote I couldn’t “based off last season’s failures.” Well, Sunday’s loss was reminiscent
DETROIT, MI – SEPTEMBER 13: Justin Coleman #27 of the Detroit Lions. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) Justin Coleman has been placed on IR for the Detroit Lions. Cornerback was supposed to be a position of strength for the Detroit Lions in 2020, as Jeff Okudah, Desmond Trufant, and Justin Coleman formed a pretty exceptional
John Niyo The Detroit News Published 11:23 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 For Jon Runyan, it’s all happening quickly now. The All-Big Ten lineman out of Michigan was a sixth-round draft pick by the Green Bay Packers in April. And after a virtual offseason, the rookie made the Packers’ 53-man roster to start the regular
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 10:22 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 So much for the Detroit Lions being underrated. I put the Lions at No. 18 in my preseason NFL power rankings last week, and wanted to put them higher but wrote I couldn’t “based off last season’s failures.” Well, Sunday’s loss was reminiscent
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 10:14 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 The Detroit Lions will be without Justin Coleman for at least the next three weeks. According to a league source, the starting nickel cornerback will be placed on injured reserve with the hamstring injury he suffered in Sunday’s season-opening loss. Coleman is one
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 9:08 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 The Detroit Lions are placing their best cornerback, Justin Coleman, on injured reserve. Coleman was one of two Lions cornerbacks to suffer a hamstring injury in Sunday’s season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears and is one of three corners dealing with the injury
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 You’re a Detroit Lions fan. You can’t help it. I know. It’s just a thing, like being lactose intolerant or one of those people who get way too excited about seasonal craft beers. You can’t change who you are. As a Lions fan,
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 8:44 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 The string of mistakes the Detroit Lions made at the end of Sunday’s season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears was easy to see. “I think we understand the plays that happened at the end of the game that we’ve got to do a
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 8:00 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 It’s inescapable, the drumbeat of the Detroit Lions’ history. With each mind-boggling failure, each creative way they find to lose games, the drumbeat drowns out the offseason’s trumpets of optimism. Lions fans are a scarred bunch, but they let themselves believe, seemingly every offseason,
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 7:26 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 The Detroit Lions have been trying to piece together a competent offensive line longer than many fans can remember. And while one game is hardly a sample size worthy of any declarations, left tackle Taylor Decker was happy with a lot of what
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:31 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 With injuries mounting at the cornerback position, the Detroit Lions are bringing four defensive backs in for workouts this week with intentions of adding insurance to their roster. Starting cornerbacks Justin Coleman and Desmond Trufant left Sunday’s season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 6:03 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 The Detroit Lions’ secondary is hamstrung by their hamstrings. Three of the team’s top four cornerbacks are currently dealing with injuries to the upper-leg muscle, including Desmond Trufant and Justin Coleman, who both exited Sunday’s game against the Bears. On Monday, Lions coach
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 6:24 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 A day after Jamie Collins was ejected from his debut with the Detroit Lions, coach Matt Patricia confirmed he had discussed the incident with the veteran linebacker and that everyone on the team needs to understand the rules when it comes to touching
Officials in the NFL rarely hold themselves accountable, so it’s my job to do it for them Mistakes are natural. In a tumultuous time, where almost each and every football fan is watching from home, those errors are highlighted even more than usual. Unlike the NBA, which releases a two-minute report that occasionally disagrees with
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 1:19 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 Overreactions are always the worst on the Monday after the first game of the regular season. One loss to a mediocre Chicago Bears team, after four weeks of practice when everyone around the league is settling into new COVID-19 protocols, does not mean
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 1:06 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 27-23 loss to the Chicago Bears. First down Before the start of the season, Pro Football Focus draft analyst Mike Renner projected no rookie class would be more impactful in 2020 than