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Jared Goff is putting up some incredible numbers in leading the Detroit Lions to a 5-1 start. His accuracy, performance under pressure and gaudy stats have made him one of the midseason favorites for the NFL Most Valuable Player honor. It’s well-founded hype for Goff, who has joined elite rare company by posting a QB

Good news for the Lions this week as all of the players who were hurt during the Vikings game did not end up with anything significant. Also, there were no surprises on the initial report. The Titans traded away a couple key players this week and their QB situation is uncertain. DETROIT LIONS Josh Paschal

(Host): It’s been a long time since the Detroit Lions were favored by 12 or more points in a game. (audience shouts): How long has it been? How about 28 years?! But that could very well change this week. As of Wednesday morning, the Lions are favored by 11.5 points at BetMGM over the visiting

Emmanuel Moseley has been largely out of the minds of Lions fans since suffering a torn pectoral muscle during the first days of training camp. However, the cornerback traveled with the Lions to Minnesota and was in the locker room after the glorious win over the Vikings. Moseley remains on the I.R., where he was

Lions kicker Jake Bates calmly nailed the game-winning field goal in Minnesota with 15 seconds remaining to give Detroit a huge road win in Week 7. For his sterling effort, Bates was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. It’s the first time Bates has won the award. Then again, it’s just his

Terrion Arnold has been somewhat polarizing through the first few weeks of his Detroit Lions career. The first-round cornerback from Alabama has looked decent in man coverage, but his play has been pockmarked with penalties and the occasional blown assignment when not playing man. Against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 7, Arnold performed pretty darn

Another strong offensive day plus a game-winning field goal propelled the Lions to a 31-29 win over the previously undefeated Minnesota Vikings. But how did Pro Football Focus view the Lions in Week 7? Here are the best and worst grades from the Lions on Sunday (minimum eight snaps played). Top 5 offensive grades DETROIT,

Already facing a major discrepancy in overall talent, the Tennessee Titans will head to Detroit to face the Lions without one of their top talents. The Titans are trading standout wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Kansas City Chiefs for a Day 3 draft pick. Hopkins, 32, was third on the team in receptions (15)

The Detroit Lions made a couple of tweaks to the bottom end of the roster on Tuesday. Detroit released wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith from the injured reserve list. Smith was injured during the preseason and was placed on the I.R. prior to roster cutdowns. The veteran was trying to make the Lions after several injury-plagued

A dominating 47-9 win over the Dallas Cowboys showed the Lions are ready to be among the contenders this season once again. But the win was extremely bittersweet as star edge-rusher Aidan Hutchinson was lost for the season with a broken tibia. Does that affect the Lions in the various media power rankings? Let’s see

Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams is being hit with a two-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances policy, according to a report from ESPN and Eric Woodyard. It’s an unfortunate hit to the Lions and for Williams, who has taken a big step forward in his third NFL season. The suspension has not

A report from ESPN indicates Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams is being assessed a two-game suspension for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing drugs. Williams told Eric Woodyard of ESPNtold Eric Woodyard of ESPN that he is “in good spirits” but “has no choice to take it on the chin.” There is no

Dan Campbell is one of the most popular coaches in America, regardless of the sport. But even Campbell can’t please everyone all the time. After Campbell and the Lions kept the pedal to the metal into the fourth quarter of Detroit’s 47-9 blowout win in Week 6 in Dallas, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie

After a brutal game last week vs the Cowboys, the Lions needed a much healthier game this week vs the Vikings and early indications are they got it. Here are the injuries I saw on the initial watch along with suspected diagnoses. In Dan Campbell’s Monday press conference, he only commented on David Montgomery. David

On the merits of a magnificent win in Minnesota, a pair of Detroit Lions are up for the weekly offensive honors around the NFL. Quarterback Jared Goff and running back Jahmyr Gibbs are finalists for the FedEx Air and Ground players of the week for Week 7. Goff completed 22 of his 25 pass attempts

Week 7 marked the first time the Detroit Lions were forced to play without Aidan Hutchinson. Knowing Hutchinson’s league-leading pass-rush production cannot possibly be replaced by one player, the Lions attacked the Minnesota Vikings with a barrage of options at EDGE. Josh Paschal and Isaac Uwku earned the starting roles, as the Lions continue to

The Lions scored a big victory in Minnesota to move to 5-1 on the year. The win moves the Lions into first place in the NFC North, a division that now features three teams with five wins through seven weeks. The Packers improved to 5-2 after their own game-winning field goal to defeat the Houston

The Lions went into U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis and handed the Vikings their first loss of the season and took over first place in the NFC North with a 31-29 victory. In the process, quarterback Jared Goff posted a quarterback rating of 140.0. That marked Goff’s third straight game with a QB rating of

The Detroit Lions held off a final rally from the Minnesota Vikings to claim a 31-29 victory in Week 7. That two-point margin, created when Lions kicker Jake Bates slammed home a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left on the clock, proved even closer than it might appear. That’s because the Vikings very nearly

Jake Bates was calm, cool and collected. More importantly, he was confident. That’s why it seemed like no problem for him to drill the game-winning 44-yard field goal to give the Lions a 31-29 win over the previously undefeated Minnesota Vikings and take over first place in the NFC North. Head coach Dan Campbell talked