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The Green Bay Packers have had a hard time facing physical opponents under head coach Matt LaFleur. It’s not a coincidence that teams like the San Francisco 49ers, for example, have taken advantage of the matchup. This is particularly important this week, because that’s what head coach Dan Campbell has established in Detroit, and the

Detroit Lions legend Barry Sanders retired out of nowhere after the 1998 season and everyone has been trying to figure out why for well over 20 years.  There’s been a lot of theories out there. Was he tired of losing? Did he have problems with head coach Bobby Ross? Was it a problem with the

The Green Bay Packers , at 4-6, do not have much of a chance of catching the Detroit Lions, who are 8-2, for the top spot in the NFC North.  However, Green Bay is just a game out of the final wild-card spot in the NFC with seven games to play. Of course, in order

In one of the more improbable comebacks you’ll ever see, the Detroit Lions erased a 12-point deficit with three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to defeat their NFC North rival, the Chicago Bears. The offense came to life, the defense stepped up, and in the end, the Lions were able to push their record

Trailing 26-14 with 4:15 left in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s matchup with the Chicago Bears, the Detroit Lions called Jameson Williams’ number. On a first-and-10 from just outside the red zone, Jared Goff spotted Williams as he got behind two Bears defensive backs and hit him in stride for a 32-yard touchdown that pulled

It’s been a long hard road for Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams. He’s had the ACL injury, the gambling suspension, the drops, the hamstring and all the things that fans and media have had to say about him. Through it all the kid just kept smiling and working and doing everything he could to

David Montgomery scored on a 1-yard run with 29 seconds remaining and the Detroit Lions rallied from a 12-point, fourth-quarter deficit to pull out a 31-26 victory over the visiting Chicago Bears on Sunday. Montgomery, a former Bears running back, rushed for 76 yards. Jared Goff, who threw a season-high three interceptions, engineered two fourth-quarter

With most of the Week 11 schedule in the books let’s take a look at some of the biggest winners around the NFL.  Tommy DeVito, QB, New York Giants. The most stunning performance of the day on Sunday came from the Giants’ backup quarterback. DeVito bounced back from a miserable performance in Dallas a week

Detroit Lions first-year running back Jahmyr Gibbs made impressive franchise history after another strong performance in Sunday’s 31-26 win over the Chicago Bears.  Gibbs found the end zone for the fourth consecutive game in Week 11, becoming only the third rookie running back in Lions history to do so, joining Kevin Jones (2004) and Hall

You could really feel it creeping back in there for a second on Sunday. There were a decent subsection of Detroit Lions fans that were ready to throw Jared Goff to the wolves after a ton of good games and one really bad one.  I get it, I wasn’t ready to throw in the towel

The Detroit Lions have a big game today. Just their second divisional game of the year, but the first of two in a row. We already know that the Lions will be down two starters for this one.  Left guard Jonah Jackson and defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs were both ruled out on Friday. Let’s see

It’s Saturday. You know what that means. It’s time for the Lions to shuffle around the roster as they do every week. This week they kept it pretty simple. With both Jonah Jackson and Isaiah Buggs out for this game, the Lions made a couple elevations to help them with that. Here’s what they did

We’re getting closer and closer to draft season and bowl season. So this week we’re going to start something new for our Detroit Lions coverage. Every week we’ll pick five players from the NCAA’s top 25 to watch for the Lions. Five guys that we think would go really well with the Lions in April.

Herbert has sat out the Bears’ last five games with an ankle and shin injury. Chicago also expects to play quarterback Justin Fields on Sunday as well.  Chicago Bears RB Khalil Herbert: Efficient NFL Career Khalil Herbert has spent the entirety of his three-year career with the Chicago Bears. The former sixth-round draft pick averaged

The Chicago Bears take on the Detroit Lions. They look to finally win consecutive games and give head coach Matt Eberflus his first division win. The Chicago Bears start an important stretch starting this week. They travel to take on the NFC North leaders, the Detroit Lions. It will be their first division game since

Last week was fun. We picked four Detroit Lions that could have the most success against the Chargers based off stats and analytics. We did pretty good too. Three out of four isn’t bad.  We’re back to do that again this weeks. We’ve done all the deep diving we can do and here’s the four

After a report surfaced on Thursday that Detroit Lions head coach is not interested in being the next head coach at Texas A&M, Campbell went on the record and confirmed that position on Friday. During his media availability on Friday, Campbell said he is willing to do anything he can to help his alma mater

The Chicago Bears defense will have to defend against the talented core of skill players deployed by the Detroit Lions this weekend. The unit has relatively held their own in the last two games facing against the opposing teams’ skill positions, but Sunday will be a unique challenge for the Bears. The Lions arguably have

It’s not often the Los Angeles Chargers are featured in the 1 p.m. ET window, but that will be the case this week when L.A. travels east to take on the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Let’s break down the matchup and find some winning bets for Packers-Chargers.   Green Bay Packers vs. Los Angeles

Lions head coach Dan Campbell is willing to help his alma mater, but he doesn’t sound ready to leave his job in Detroit to return to Texas A&M. Asked Friday if he has heard from anyone at Texas A&M about the coaching job since the Aggies fired Jimbo Fisher, Campbell replied, “Um, maybe.” “But that’s