Sunday was a rare off day for the Detroit Lions. After beating the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night, fans got to enjoy the weekend of watching the rest of the NFL play things out. With no game to immediately react to, it was a good time for the latest edition of the Detroit Lions
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The first lines for the Week 5 games are out now, and the Detroit Lions are the early top dogs in the favorite department. Detroit opens up as a 9.5-point favorite for Sunday’s date against the Carolina Panthers at Ford Field via BetMGM. That’s the highest number of points any team is giving up in
For a player who was officially questionable for the matchup, Lions running back David Montgomery sure looked great in Detroit’s Week 4 win over the Green Bay Packers. Montgomery earned a nomination for the FedEx Ground Player of the Week for his gritty performance on Thursday Night Football. Montgomery fought through a painful thigh bruise
The 2008 Detroit Lions have been the gold standard of suck for 15 years. No team has ever sported a worse defense than Rod Marinelli’s winless, witless Lions. They started with a brutal opening four games, losing them all badly: [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] Falcons 34-21 Packers 48-25 49ers 31-13 Bears 34-7 That’s 147 points allowed, an average
[affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] For the first time since 2017, the Detroit Lions are the sole owners of first place in the NFC North. At 3-1, the Lions snatched the top spot with a commanding 34-20 win in Green Bay over the Packers. Here’s how the rest of the division fared in Week 4. Chicago Bears Jamie Sabau-USA
This Sunday is a weird one for Detroit Lions fans. The beloved Lions already won on Thursday night, which means they’re not on the viewing schedule for the day. Fans looking to get their football fix do have some intriguing games today across the network broadcasts. The action kicks off at 9:30 a.m. with the
Saturdays are usually reserved for college football and NFL draft evaluation, but this week’s Lions victory on Thursday night threw a curveball. A worthy curve that made the Saturday morning coffee all the more sweet… The rewatch of Detroit’s impressive 34-20 road win in Green Bay proved a great way to start a football Saturday.
Taylor Decker was officially questionable for Thursday night’s game in Green Bay, though there was never really much of a question that the Lions left tackle wasn’t going to play. A painful high ankle sprain and bone bruise weren’t going to keep Decker from playing in such an important game. Decker was back in the
Jameson Williams is no longer a prisoner of the NFL’s archaic gambling policy. Williams is a free man who will be reinstated on Monday after serving four games of his original six-game suspension for violating the league’s gambling rules. The Free Jamo campaign paid off, and that’s great. But what exactly do these new developments
Jameson Williams will be back on the field the next time we see the Detroit Lions. According to multiple reports, the NFL is modifying its policy on gambling and will end Williams’ suspension after four games. Williams was originally suspended for six games back in April for violating the league’s policy on gambling and betting.
It’s always cool to see the Detroit Lions players be more than just guys who strap on pads and play football. The players are very involved in giving back to the local communities, both in Detroit and their hometowns. One Lions player was honored for his selfless charitable acts. Center Frank Ragnow was named the
The Lions beat the Packers on Thursday night 34-20, but that’s not even the best news from their dominating win. The fact that Brian Branch didn’t suffer a long-term injury is even better news for the Lions and their fans. In the third quarter, Branch was looking to make a play while trying to defeat
First place in the division feels pretty nice. It’s been six years since the Detroit Lions laid claim to the lead in the NFC North, a spot they secured with a 34-20 whooping of the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night. The Lions physically dominated their Green Bay counterparts for most of the game. That
Postgame locker rooms for a losing team are never a pleasant place to be. Players are sullen, exhausted, often edgy about the loss and sometimes quite angry. The coaches of the losing teams typically keep things collected and save the tongue-lashing and visible frustration for when the cameras and reporters are gone, however. That was
The Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers 34-20 on Thursday Night Football in Week 4 to take over control of first place in the NFC North. It was a game that provided an inordinate amount of mood swings for a game that wasn’t within one score after the middle of the first quarter. Here
Thursday night was a fun one for the Detroit Lions. They roared into Green Bay and trounced the Packers, 34-20, to kick off Week 4 around the NFL. The win shoots the Lions to the top of the NFC North with a 3-1 record, dropping the host Packers to 2-2. Detroit had many shining moments
The Detroit Lions seized another victory on a Thursday night, beating the Packers in Green Bay, 34-20. It was the second Thursday night victory in the first four weeks of the season for Dan Campbell’s Lions. After the victory, Lions quarterback Jared Goff spoke with Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network about the impressive win.
The first half of Thursday night’s game in Green Bay was so lopsided in favor of Detroit that a Lions legend wanted back in to get a piece of the action. Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders saw the easy success Lions RBs David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs were having on the ground and
As the Week 4 kickoff between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers nears on Thursday night, it’s time for a few last-minute thoughts about the game, as well as a final score prediction. Why I think the Lions will win [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] The matchup of record-setting rookie TE Sam LaPorta against the Packers, who will
Coming off a big win against the Atlanta Falcons, the Detroit Lions travel to Lambeau Field to battle the Green Bay Packers on a short week. They’ve got a three-day turnaround to get right and be ready for Jordan Love and the Packers. Fortunately, the Packers also have a short week and will have to