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Lions Lions HC Dan Campbell has always been one of the most aggressive coaches in terms of in-game decision-making. In previous years when the Lions were struggling, that drew more scrutiny for the times it didn’t work out. But in a track meet game against the Chargers, Campbell’s gutsy calls on fourth down arguably made

The Detroit Lions played an all time shootout on Sunday and got a 41-38 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in the closing seconds of the game. Now it’s time to take a look at how they graded out in this game via Pro Football Focus. Let’s look at the top dog and then the

I don’t know if anyone noticed on Sunday, but the Detroit Lions have a really good run game. Of course you noticed it. It was hard not to noticed 200 yards and three touchdowns.  This duo did something very special on Sunday. Something I was shocked to see. They ran for 200 or more yards

I don’t know if anyone noticed on Sunday, but the Detroit Lions have a really good run game. Of course you noticed it. It was hard not to noticed 200 yards and three touchdowns.  This duo did something very special on Sunday. Something I was shocked to see. They ran for 200 or more yards

With most of the Week 10 NFL schedule in the books, here are the players and coaches who delivered standout performances: Joshua Dobbs, QB, Minnesota Vikings: After watching what Dobbs has done the last two games after being traded to the Vikings two weeks ago, it’s difficult to believe he’s been traded twice over the

CBS announcer Jim Nantz offered a bold comment about the Detroit Lions after the NFC squad pulled off an impressive 41-38 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday in Week 10. The Lions offense looked awesome and put up put up 533 total yards while eclipsing the 40-point mark for the second time this

Detroit Lions Quarterback Jared Goff had a very good game in the Lions win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. He threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns. He completed 69.7% of his passes.  One of the biggest things that Goff did on Sunday wasn’t even with his arm. It wasn’t with his feet

It’s just about gametime for the Detroit Lions, but first is we need to get the answer toa few questions. One of the big ones is will new Lions receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones make his Lions debut in this game? Here’s Sunday’s inactives.  Halapouliavaati Vaitai Donovan Peoples-Jones Levi Onwuzurike  Trvor Nowaske Steven Gilmore Brodric Martin As

It’s Saturday before the game. It’s time for the Detroit Lions to do their weekly roster shuffling. Not a lot was done today since the Lions are pretty healthy. In fact, they only did one thing on Saturday. Here it is.  Lions elevate Jake McQuadie to active/inactive list It’s the move you knew was coming.

The Detroit Lions are past the halfway point of their season. So why not try something new right? Today I’m going to introduce a new series today and I think it will be fun. Here’s how it works.  Every week I’ll pick four players that I think can succeed the most on game day based

The New York Jets will make their second straight appearance on primetime this week when they take on the Las Vegas Raiders on “Sunday Night Football.” Until the NFL decides to flex New York out of primetime with Aaron Rodgers out of the lineup, we’ll be subjected to its terrible offense led by Zach Wilson.

Chargers vs Lions- Detroit’s High-Flying Defense On the defensive side of the ball, the Chargers will have a grueling test against the electric Detroit offense. Regarding pass offense, the Lions rank 10th in dropback success rate. For rushing offense, the Lions rank 11th in rush success rate and 10th in yards per carry. The Lions’

The Detroit Lions (6-2) are in California to take on the Los Angeles Chargers (4-4). It has been four years since these teams shared a field, and a lot has changed since then. The Lions started Matthew Stafford in that 2019 win. Phillip Rivers was under center for the Chargers that day. Will Jared Goff

The Detroit Lions backfield will be at full strength for Sunday’s tilt against the Los Angeles Chargers. Per Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Lions have entered the weekend without an injury designation for running back David Montgomery. Montgomery has missed his team’s last two games with a rib injury. The Lions have leaned

McCaffrey has exceeded this line in each of the three games this season he’s caught 4+ balls, averaging 56.3 yards/game. In the past 16 games he’s caught 5+ balls, he’s averaging 62.2 receiving yards per game. As long as that workload comes through the air, the yards should follow. Six straight RBs have exceeded their

The Detroit Lions wrapped up a week of practices on Friday and they’re pretty healthy right now outside of few guys that might not play Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers. Here’s this weeks game designations.  Halopoulivaati Vaitai: Out Levi Onwuzurkie: Doubtful Donovan Peoples-Jones: Questionable  Dan Skipper: Questionable Halapoulivaati Vaitai will miss Sunday’s game. He’s

Some NFL defenses just cannot slow down certain positions, and that’s the basis for these two plays. Against soft defenses and producing against their lines over the past few weeks, these two players seem set to keep it rolling as we move to Week 10. Jared Goff over 265.5 passing yards (-115 DraftKings) As I

The Detroit Lions acquired receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones at the trade deadline last week. We expect him to be a big part of the Lions offense going forward. But that might have wait another week.  Peoples-Jones popped up with a rib injury on the injury report on Wednesday. It turns out that this is an injury

Week 9 is over and done with. Now it’s time for us to look back at the first half of the Detroit Lions season. That’s just what we’re going to do. All this week we’re going to be doing a series of mid-season articles. We’ll be talking about both the good and the bad of

The Detroit Lions have certainly been making noise in the NFL this year. They currently lead the NFC North with a 6-2 record and look like they will win the division easily. Some people believe they may even be in contention for the top seed in the NFC. A big reason for this is the