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The No. 3 seed Detroit Lions held off the scrappy No. 4 seed Tampa Bay Buccaneers, earning a 31-23 win in the NFC divisional round and advancing to their first NFC Championship game since 1991. Here are three takeaways from the Lions’ memorable win: 1. Jared Goff is a legitimate top-10 quarterback Goff often flies

C.J. Gardner-Johnson continued his trash talk of Baker Mayfield even after the Detroit Lions’ playoff win on Sunday. Gardner-Johnson’s Detroit Lions beat Mayfield’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday in their NFC divisional-round playoff game. Gardner-Johnson intercepted a Mayfield pass on Tampa Bay’s first possession of the game. After his

The Detroit Lions are headed to their first NFC Championship game since 1991 after taking down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in the Divisional Round. Dan Campbell’s squad beat the Buccaneers 31-23 and is now through the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers. They’ll be the visitors for the first time during

The Detroit Lions are getting a huge boost shortly before their divisional-round matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, rookie tight end Sam LaPorta (knee) is active after he was listed as questionable earlier this week. The second-round pick out of Iowa practiced Wednesday but was limited on Thursday and Friday.  LaPorta

What a week last week was. The Detroit Lions went out and got their first playoff win in over 30 years in front of the loudest crowd I’ve ever seen. My ears are still ringing a near week later. Now the Lions, and their fans, have a chance to recreate that moment a week later.

This year’s NFC Championship game will be a full-circle moment for Brock Purdy either way. Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers advanced to the conference title round on Saturday with a come-from-behind 24-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers. The 49ers will now face the winner of Sunday’s Detroit Lions-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. A wild

Detroit Lions COO Mike Disner has been a huge part of this Lions team for a while now. He was hired in by Bob Quinn in 2019 as the teams vice president of football administration. The Lions kept him on after they moved on from that regime. It’s a good thing they did, because it

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell knows exactly what his quarterback Jared Goff is made of. Goff and the Lions have had plenty of support from the fans over the past couple of seasons. But Campbell revealed in his news conference Friday that he learned the most about Goff during their first year together in

The Detroit Lions announced Saturday that they’ve re-signed LB Julian Okwara to their Practice Squad and elevated DL Tyson Alualu and FB Jason Cabinda to their active roster for Sunday’s playoff game against the Buccaneers.  Okwara, 25, was a two-year starter at Notre Dame before the Lions selected him with the No. 67 pick in

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff stands on the verge of achieving a remarkable NFL milestone. As the Lions prepare to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the divisional round, Goff has showcased his precision with a completion rate exceeding 75 percent in his last two postseason outings. If he can maintain this impressive accuracy on

The Carolina Panthers have completed an interview with Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson in the search for their next head coach. In the middle of NFL Playoff preparation, Johnson did not attend the interview in person. This is the 11th interview the organization has conducted in its search. The Panthers have also interviewed highly-coveted

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released their final injury report ahead of this week’s Divisional Round matchup with the Detroit Lions. The Pewter Pirates are relatively healthy heading into this game. With no players ruled out and only three listed as questionable. OLB – Shaq Barrett (ankle) – QuestionableRB – Chase Edmonds (toe) – QuestionableQB –

On Sunday, the Detroit Lions are hosting their second playoff game of the season — and of the last 30 years. It’s no surprise that ticket prices for the contest are skyrocketing to unprecedented heights. The average ticket price to watch the Lions host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field in Detroit is nearly

I was on the fence last week and ultimately chose to roll with the Bucs over the Eagles, and I was proven right in the form of a resounding 32-9 win for Tampa Bay that booked this trip to face Detroit in the NFC Divisional Round. I think last week, in part, was a combination

Detroit Lions pass-rusher James Houston might not be ready for Sunday’s NFC divisional playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, coach Dan Campbell said Friday. Houston returned to practice this week after four months of rehab recovering from a broken leg, but the Lions aren’t certain they have a complete picture of his readiness after

He’s finally back. Detroit Lions edge rusher James Houston is likely to make his return to the field for the Lions in their divisional round matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.  Here’s the thing on that. It’s awesome that he’s back and he’s ready to play. What is concerning is the expectations being

In the NFL playoffs, it’s all about survive and advance. It doesn’t matter who you play or where you play, you win or you go home. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were able to do that in resounding fashion against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Now, as a reward for their victory, the Bucs will

The big news of last weekend was Matthew Stafford‘s return to Detroit to face the franchise that took him No. 1 overall way back in the 2009 NFL Draft. Stafford was a Detroit mainstay for 12 seasons before the Lions traded him to the Los Angeles Rams, with whom he promptly won a Super Bowl.

Detroit Lions defensive back Kerby Joseph has developed quite a reputation for himself for a couple of hits that have knocked out opposing players for the season. The latest was Los Angeles Rams tight end Tyler Higbee, who tore his ACL on a low hit during the team’s wild-card win this past weekend. Joseph said

The Bucs conducted another walk-through at the AdventHealth Training Center on Thursday ahead of their NFC Divisional Round matchup in Detroit against the Lions on Sunday. And despite having two players not participate and another two participate in a limited capacity, Tampa Bay is largely healthy heading into the second weekend of the postseason. Given