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The Detroit Lions defeated the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs on “Thursday Night Football” 21-20 to kick off the season. The victory is the biggest the Lions have had in quite some time, the type that can make a locker believe in one another swiftly. Defensive end Aidan Hutchinson told Scott Van Pelt

The Detroit Lions upset the Kansas City Chiefs, 21-20, on Thursday night to open the 2023 regular season. And while most around the football world were stunned, Lions head coach Dan Campbell was not. After the game, the always-confident Campbell offered up another bold, headline-stealing declaration. “I didn’t learn anything. I got verification of what

The Detroit Lions pulled off a stunning upset of the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night in front of a national audience.  The performance was enough to prove that Dan Campbell’s group has turned a corner and NFL legend Peyton Manning says he’s “drinking the Kool-Aid.” Manning appeared on The Pat

The Detroit Lions drafted wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown with the 112th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft after 16 other wide receivers had already come off of the board. To this day, the 16 names he heard before his own at the draft still serve as motivation to excel. He wowed the Hard Knocks crew last offseason when he rattled

Whether the Detroit Lions’ massive victory over the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs in Week 1 is a sign of things to come or not, it’s certainly increased the hype surrounding the team.  With one regular season game already in the rearview, here’s the Lions’ ceiling and floor for the remainder of the

Mike Tirico upset many fans with what he said at the end of the Detroit Lions’ 21-20 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night. The Lions were underdogs entering the game but still managed to beat the defending Super Bowl champions. It was a big win for a team that has lacked much

Rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs had a solid debut in the Lions 21-20 upset over the Chiefs, meaning it’s time to increase his workload. Per Pro Football Focus, the 21-year-old only had seven carries. Nonetheless, he logged 42 rushing yards, forced six missed tackles, had 34 yards after contact and averaged 4.9 yards per carry

Lions Lions QB Jared Goff said he’s not feeling any added pressure on him going into 2023 and thinks every quarterback should carry a “make-or-break” mentality.  “Not any more than I’ve experienced in my past,” Goff said, via Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN. “People have been like, ‘Oh, it’s a make-or-break year for you’ for it

The 2023 NFL season is just one game old, and some teams are already in trouble. Young running backs Jahmyr Gibbs and Isiah Pacheco both had underwhelming starts to the year, which could lead some fantasy football managers to panic. Are these two destined to bust, or was this just a random disappointing week? It’s

The Detroit Lions were the talk of the offseason as a team many predicted to take a step forward during the 2023 campaign. Those people have quickly been proven right, as the Lions picked up a huge victory in the season opener on the road against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Lions traveled to Arrowhead

The Kansas City Chiefs planned on having a Super Bowl party on Thursday night to kick off the 2023 season, but it was Detroit Lions fans who ended up becoming the guests of honor. Thousands of Lions fans made the journey to Kansas City to watch their team pull off a 21-20 upset to kick

Well, well, well, it looks like Travis Kelce is much more important to the Chiefs than fans and analysts thought, or are the Detroit Lions just going to be that good this season? On Thursday Night Football, in the recap season opener, the Lions took down the reigning Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs in