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Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News One of the biggest questions the Detroit Lions faced this past offseason was: Who would the team bring in to help the pass rush opposite Trey Flowers? As it turns out, that guy was on the roster all along.  After a disappointing follow-up to his breakout 2018 season, defensive end

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News After popping up on the injury report with a concussion on Thursday, the Detroit Lions aren’t optimistic about D’Andre Swift’s chances of being cleared ahead of Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers.  “It makes it difficult,” Lions coach Matt Patricia said Friday morning. “We’ll see what the rest of today

The Detroit News  |  The Detroit News Justin Rogers, Rod Beard, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News predict the outcome of Sunday’s Lions road game against the Panthers (Fox/760). ►Justin Rogers: This main narrative surrounding this game has become who isn’t playing. The Panthers are expected to be without star running back Christian McCaffrey

Tim Booth  |  Associated Press Seattle — Russell Wilson rebounded from his worst performance of the season to throw for two touchdowns, and the Seattle Seahawks moved back on top of the NFC West with a 28-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night. Wilson was flawless, erasing the mistakes from the past four weeks

The Detroit News Kelly Stafford, the wife of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, took to Instagram on Thursday to call Michigan a “dictatorship” in response to new wide-ranging restrictions announced this week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to try to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Stafford later apologized. The new policies announced Sunday temporarily halt in-person instruction at high schools and colleges, indoor dine-in

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions offense took a couple of major hits on Thursday as running back D’Andre Swift was sidelined by a concussion and wide receiver Kenny Golladay proved unable to practice consecutive days after returning to the field in a limited capacity a day earlier.  Swift spoke with the

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News It’s been a while since we tackled a Detroit Lions mailbag. Sorry about that, but it’s been an unforeseen, unfortunate result of the pandemic, which has required more time to be dedicated to things around the house, namely the virtual education of my two daughters.  But a window opened

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Detroit Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr. has always worn the love of his family on his sleeve. He’s never missed an opportunity to talk about his children or his wife, Jazmyn, and he’s frequently sharing their adventures through social media.  But after the Jones family suffered tragedy last year,

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News There’s an indescribable hollowness to watching professional sports being played in front of empty stands. But if there’s been one benefit to the awkward silence, at least until they start pumping in artificial crowd noise through the PA system, it’s being able to hear the players, unfiltered. Well, one