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This season has been an abject disaster for the Patriots, one that can’t end soon enough. The locker room on Thursday had the feel of the last week of class. Lots of laughter. Lots of screwing around. That’s not a judgment. It’s been a handful of days since the Chargers embarrassed the Pats on the

Additionally, the Lions have signed S Morice Norris to the practice squad. Norris, 24, signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent out of Fresno State following the 2024 draft. He was waived with an injury settlement in August but was brought back on the practice squad in September. After getting promoted to the

A year ago, it would have been inconceivable that despite posting a franchise-best 14-2 win-loss record, the Detroit Lions could find themselves in a winner-take-all battle against their division-rival Minnesota Vikings. The winner locks up the number one seed with the NFC Division title, a first-week bye, and home-field advantage while the loser is relegated

The Detroit Lions season still has a ways to go and there’s a good chance that we could be watching  Lions’ football in February for the first time in our lives, but 2024 is no longer here. It’s 2025 time and it’s time to take a look at some of the important dates for the

No NFL head-coaching candidate is being linked to another team in this cycle like Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is to the Chicago Bears. Johnson reportedly wanted the Bears job in the 2024 offseason. However, general manager Ryan Poles decided to give Matt Eberflus another crack at it with a rookie quarterback’s development hanging in

It’s one of the biggest regular season finale football games in NFL history. This weekend, the 14-2 Minnesota Vikings and 14-2 Detroit Lions will play for the 2024 NFC North title, but that is the least of what’s at stake. The winner will also receive the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff bracket, which

Jared Goff You can just look at that list of the top five vote-getters and see that Goff is fifth in the league in votes. He’s having a career season this year and is second in passing yards and fourth in touchdown passes. This is his fourth Pro Bowl appearance.  Amon-Ra St. Brown The guy

The NFL has really had it in for Detroit Lions safety Brain Branch in 2024. He’s been fined six times this year for a grand total of $60,768. That is a lot of lettuce and there could be more with a fine potentially coming from the Lions’ game against the 49ers.  The good news is

What a season it has been for Kerby Joseph. The third-year man leads the league in interceptions with nine, allows just 43.9% of passes his way to get completed, is the second-highest graded safety in the league according to Pro Football Focus, and led all free safeties in Pro Bowl votes.  That’s why it’s incredibly

Adams began the season with the Titans before requesting his release in October. Tennessee obliged, giving Adams the chance to join Detroit’s practice squad at the beginning of December. He received game-day elevations in Week 14 and 15, but played just 20 snaps on defense with three total tackles. Even as injuries mounted for the

This opens a three-week window for him to practice with the team before he has to be added to the active roster.  The veteran linebacker has been out since mid-November with a broken forearm.  Anzalone, 30, is a former third-round pick of the Saints out of Florida back in 2017. He signed a four-year, $3.46

Saquon Barkley may be in the midst of the No. 1 all-time season for an NFL running back, but he will have to settle for No. 2 at the position in Pro Bowl voting this year. On Tuesday, the NFL released the full top-10 fan voting results for this year’s Pro Bowl. The voting, which

The Detroit Lions’ incredible depth is shown in one major statistic. The NFL regular season has just one week remaining before it’s time for the playoffs. Teams have clinched their berth into the postseason and records are set to be broken, if any players are in the realm. The Detroit Lions achieved that feat in

We’ve reached the the end of the 2024 NFL season and there’s one more game left. We’re going to find out soon what seed the Detroit Lions go into the playoffs with.  But the end of the year also signals one more thing and that’s Prove Performance Escalators. No, that is not a company that

His No. 33 jersey was far and away the most popular choice in the MetLife Stadium crowd. All of a sudden, he became one of the most despised men in New York City sports. Things ended badly between Jamal Adams and the New York Jets in 2020. Over four years after the breakup, Adams says

The Minnesota Vikings are primed to have their biggest regular season game ever on Sunday night when they head to Ford Field to take on the Detroit Lions. It’s going to be a huge matchup for reasons other than a divisional battle: the winner not only wins the NFC North but they will get the

Lions Detroit avenged their NFC Championship loss from a year ago with a Week 17 win in San Francisco behind another great performance from QB Jared Goff. Lions HC Dan Campbell had high praise for Goff and thinks he’s playing as well as any other quarterback in the league.  “I know he had a lot

The Detroit Lions made history in last night’s 40-34 road victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Detroit became the first team in NFL history to have 40+ points and 0 turnovers five times in a season. On Monday night, the Detroit Lions offense sliced and diced the 49ers defense. Quarterback Jared Goff threw for over

There have been some innovative celebrations this season in the NFL . But the classics never go out of style, and Detroit Lions (14-2) safety Kerby Joseph proved that in the Monday Night Football win over the San Francisco 49ers (6-10). After picking off 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy in the fourth quarter of the 40-34

Jared Goff threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns and the Detroit Lions defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 40-34, at Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday night. Jameson Williams scored two touchdowns for Detroit (14-2) but the game had no bearing on the playoff picture. The Lions’ home game against Minnesota on Sunday night in the