Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions after Sunday’s 41-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts: Quarterback A week after he played his best game of the season, Matthew Stafford played one of his worst. Stafford completed 24 of 42 passes for 336 yards, but he lost
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Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Insiders – Colts stomp Lions 41-21 Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Jim Ayello recap the Indianapolis Colts’ 41-21 win over the Detroit Lions. Reggie Ragland stopped a reporter dead in his Zoom tracks. The Detroit Lions lost their seventh straight home game Sunday, 41-21, to
Bob Wojnowski | The Detroit News Detroit — The Lions can stop playing pretend now. They can’t run the ball, can’t slug in the trenches with good teams, can’t sustain anything. Win a game, lose a game. Gain a yard, lose a yard. They can pretend to contend all they wish, but this one was
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Detroit — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance in their 41-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Quarterback Matthew Stafford misfired on a couple throws early, which contributed to killing some of those first-half drives that put the Lions in a hole early. But it was the quarterback’s turnovers on
Shawn Windsor | Detroit Free Press There are mistakes to point at after a loss, after every loss, actually, but then you know that. And mistakes surely contributed to the Detroit Lions’ most dispiriting loss Sunday afternoon to the Indianapolis Colts. But mistakes weren’t why the Lions lost their fourth game of the season, falling below .500 again,
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press The unnecessary roughness penalty called on Detroit Lions defensive tackle Danny Shelton midway through the second quarter was by no means the only reason the Lions lost to the Indianapolis Colts, 41-21, on Sunday at Ford Field. But the questionable call, on a late flag, continued a scoring drive
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News As if a 20-point loss to the Indianapolis Colts wasn’t bad enough, the Detroit Lions also lost wide receiver Kenny Golladay to a hip injury. Talk about salt in the wound. The extent of the injury, suffered at the end of the second quarter, remains unclear, but it prohibited
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Marvin Jones picked quite the time to have two of his best games of the season, and now the Detroit Lions have quite the decision to make about his future. Jones was one of the few bright spots in the Lions’ 41-21 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday,
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Detroit — Having given fans a little hope a week earlier with a thrilling last-second comeback, the Detroit Lions just as quickly snatched it back, getting pummeled by the Indianapolis Colts, 41-21, at Ford Field on Sunday. The defeat halts the momentum the Lions had built coming out of their
Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News Detroit — When a football team loses by 20 points, it’s hard to point to any singular moment on defense as the reason for defeat. But a personal foul on Detroit Lions defensive tackle Danny Shelton after a third-down sack in the second quarter certainly swung the momentum in
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Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Detroit — Having given fans a little hope a week earlier with a thrilling last-second comeback, the Detroit Lions just as quickly snatched it back, getting pummeled by the Indianapolis Colts, 41-21, at Ford Field on Sunday. The defeat halts the momentum the Lions had built coming out of their
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Lions (3-3) vs. Indianapolis Colts (4-2) When: 1 p.m., Sunday. Where: Ford Field. TV: CBS (Channel 62
Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News Detroit takes over at the 18 after a solid start by its defense. Okwara sacks Rivers on third down to end Colts’ opening drive Detroit will kick it away to start the game. Jack Fox’s kick is returned by Isaiah Rodgers to the 24-yard-line, where the Colts will start their
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Oday Aboushi was never much into politics, so in some ways, he is an unlikely
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford played great against the Atlanta Falcons. In fact, he played
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Two straight wins. Three straight road wins. A chance to get above .500. The numbers are a little weird to process for a Lions team that last month looked to be on the road to another mediocre season following a 1-3 start. They’ve managed to turn things around with wins
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. As expected, the Detroit Lions are getting help for their secondary in time for Sunday’s
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions are getting back a key defensive piece ahead of Sunday’s tilt with the Indianapolis Colts, activating cornerback Justin Coleman from injured reserve. Signed as a free agent in 2019, Coleman led the Lions in defensive snaps last season as the team’s starting nickel corner. In 16
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating and predicting Detroit Lions showdown vs. Indianapolis Colts Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Lions (3-3) vs. Indianapolis Colts (4-2) The coaches: Matt Patricia (12-25-1 overall, 12-25-1 with