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On Tuesday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced nine former NFL players as first-time nominees on the 2024 ballot. These nine players are among the 173 modern-era nominees up for consideration for enshrinement in the Hall of Fame. The inductees will be announced in February.  Here’s a ranking of their likelihood of becoming Hall

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown will miss practice Wednesday with a toe injury and is considered day-to-day, coach Dan Campbell told reporters. St. Brown briefly left Sunday’s loss to Seattle but returned after having a metal plate inserted into his shoe. St. Brown, 23, has 12 catches for 173 yards and a touchdown

Campbell told the media this week that Montgomery is day to day with a thigh injury. The Lions expect rookie Jahmyr Gibbs to pick up some of the slack while Montgomery recovers. However, Gibbs is undersized to be used as a full-time running back for the Lions. The Detroit Lions sign Devine Ozigbo According to

The Detroit Lions lost their season home opener in Week 2 to the Seattle Seahawks. The game ended following a no-call against Detroit’s second year defensive line star, Aidan Hutchinson. And while that loss hit hard, the Lions are still taking hits following the game. On Tuesday, NFL networks, NFL insider Ian Rapoport revealed that

The injuries C.J. Gardner-Johnson and James Houston suffered in Week 2 will lead to two key defenders moving off the Lions’ roster. The team placed the veteran safety and young defensive end on IR on Tuesday. Initially reported as an ankle ailment, Houston is actually dealing with a fibula injury, Dan Campbell said, via the Detroit Free

Detroit Lions safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson may be out for the season due to a torn pectoral muscle, according to Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. Gardner-Johnson suffered the injury during the Lions’ overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks this past Sunday. While the extent of the injury has not yet been confirmed, it’s looking like

The Detroit Lions reportedly will promote Zonovan Knight to the 53-man roster this week with fellow running back David Montgomery nursing a thigh injury. Agent Mike McCartney announced the news on behalf of his client over social media on Tuesday. Knight was signed to the Lions’ practice squad on Aug. 31, three days after he

Knight will give Detroit some added depth at running back after starting RB David Montgomery got banged up in Week 2.  Knight, 22, wound up going undrafted out of North Carolina State back in 2022. He later signed a rookie contract with the Jets, but was released coming out of the preseason. New York re-signed

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell on Monday shared a big update on the status of David Montgomery. Campbell said that Montgomery suffered a bruised thigh in the team’s 37-31 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Montgomery is said to be day-to-day. That is some really good news for the Lions considering how

Gardner-Johnson, 25, is a former fourth-round pick of the Saints back in 2019 out of Florida. He was entering the final year of his four-year rookie contract and was set to make a base salary of $2.54 million when the Saints traded him to the Eagles during the preseason.  Gardner-Johnson was testing the open market

The Lions could soon be without a key piece in their secondary. They fear C.J. Gardner-Johnson suffered a torn pectoral muscle, Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL.com report. This would be a tough blow to Gardner-Johnson’s hopes of using this season as a platform to command a better contract in free agency. Gardner-Johnson signed a

Heading into the 2023 season, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell said he planned on easing rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs into NFL action.  But now, veteran RB David Montgomery reportedly will need “a couple of weeks,” to heal from a quad injury picked up in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to Seattle, per

Bears Bears CB Jaylon Johnson on if the losing streak weighs on him: “Hell yeah. That’s what I think about consistently. I’ve been here for a good minute now. Going through the same things, the same letdowns, the same … post-game speeches. For me as a competitor, I’m tired of that s**t.” (Kevin Fishbain) Lions

The Detroit Lions are expected to be without one of their top playmakers for at least the next couple of games after they suffered a quad injury Sunday. The Lions lost a hotly contested match to the Seattle Seahawks in overtime in Week 2. Lions running back David Montgomery had to leave the game due

The Detroit Lions could be without their leading rusher which would force them to turn the reins over to their rookie for a period if running back David Montgomery‘s comments Sunday are accurate. After Montgomery was carted off the sideline to the locker room in today’s overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks, he told the

The Seattle Seahawks were more than happy to hit CJ Gardner-Johnson and the Detroit Lions with the Uno reverse card after Sunday’s win. Seattle got their first victory of the season on the road in Detroit during Week 2. While they needed overtime to do so, the Seahawks walked it off in exciting fashion with

Official Alex Kemp had a message for Geno Smith while telling the fans about a penalty that was called in the fourth quarter of Seattle’s 37-31 overtime win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The call came when the Seahawks were down 21-17 in the fourth quarter. There was an obvious miscommunication on the play,

Detroit Lions safety CJ Gardner-Johnson joined the team this offseason and wanted to shift the culture, and a part of that was encouraging fans to wear blue ski masks for their home opener on Sunday versus the Seattle Seahawks. Gardner-Johnson’s idea sounded like a good one, but one that unfortunately came back to haunt himself

The Detroit Lions announced a series of roster moves on Saturday for their Week 2 game.  The full list includes: Lions placed Josh Paschal and Khalil Dorsey on injured reserve. Lions signed Chase Lucas to their active roster. Lions elevated Kayode Awosika to their active roster.  Paschal, 23, was a First-team All-SEC selection in 2021

Seibert, 26, is a former fifth-round pick of the Browns back in 2019. He signed a four-year, $2.8 million contract with the Browns, but was waived the following year. From there, Seibert joined the Bengals before being claimed by the Lions and was later waived by Detroit after just three games. In 2022, Seibert appeared