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The Detroit Lions’ regular season is over and it’s on to the playoffs. While we had this bye week ahead of us, I started thinking about the past a little bit. In particular, I started wondering how things turned out for a lot of free agents that Lions fans really wanted, but that Detroit didn’t

Welcome to the year of the “merchant.” For some reason, the internet gets locked onto a word and then just starts using it for everything. The other day I saw someone call Kerby Joseph a turnover merchant as a way to insult him. I have no idea what is happening to Football Twitter right now. 

Just as the playoffs are getting underway, the offseason is in full force for the 18 teams that were not good enough to make the postseason. Six of them have the added challenge of attempting to hire the right head coach to lead them to the promised land. Let’s take a look at each of

The Las Vegas Raiders are in the market for a new head coach after the firing of Antonio Pierce on Tuesday. That seems to be a recurring theme for the Raiders as they look to hire a fifth head coach since 2019. Yardbarker takes a look at the possible five candidates the Raiders could target

Bears The Bears were able to finish their season with a win over the Packers, which served as a sort of redemption given that K Cairo Santos was able to make the game-winning kick after having one blocked by Green Bay with the game on the line earlier in the season. “You couldn’t ask for

The Detroit Lions plan for running back David Montgomery to be back for their first playoff game in the NFC divisional round. Asked Tuesday whether he expected Montgomery (knee) to be ready to play next week, normally fiery head coach Dan Campbell kept it short and said, “I do.” Montgomery injured the MCL in his

I know some Detroit Lions fans just want to think about the playoffs and all that and I get it, but there are no playoffs for the Lions this week. The team has the week off and that means that the only thing that’s really happening for the Lions this week is interviews for Ben

Vikings receive high praise from NFL Analyst Now that the regular season is over, analysts are starting to look back on what happened over the first 18 weeks. CBS Sports’ Will Brinson gave the Vikings an A for their performance, one of 10 teams with an A or A+ The only thing marring a 14-win

The blue hair is back! Detroit Lions star receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown posted a selfie on his Instagram story displaying a new look.  St. Brown brought back the blue hair to prepare for playoffs.  “Pt. 2,” St. Brown wrote.  Amon-Ra St. Brown posts a photo of himself with blue hair on Instagram after the Detroit

The Ohio State vs. Oregon matchup did not go the way that anyone really expected it to in the quarterfinal of the College Football Playoffs. While Ohio State was the slight favorite, no one thought it would end up being a 41-21 game in favor of the Buckeyes. Ohio State used a very fast start

The Detroit Lions are 15-2 heading into the postseason. There was supreme confidence in the Detroit Lions leading up to the start of the regular season. Then they proved to be Super Bowl contenders by getting off to a hot start in the regular season. Despite some injuries mid-season and late in the year, they

Last season we put out stat projections for players on the Lions’ offense. The big claim to fame for us was that we absolutely nailed Amon-Ra St. Brown’s projection.  We predicted ahead of the season that St. Brown would have 115 receptions for 1,516 yards and 10 touchdowns. He wound up with 119 receptions, 1,516

There aren’t many things to feel positive about the Minnesota Vikings‘ loss to the Detroit Lions. A 31-9 score looks worse than it was, especially since the game was 10-9 in the third quarter, but the defense got worn down, and the offense struggled to sustain drives. A significant amount of the blame is currently

The Minnesota Vikings put up a whimper of a fight against the Detroit Lions in the final game of the regular season. The final score was 31-9 in favor of the Lions. The Vikings’ offense did not score any touchdowns, while the Lions Running Back Jahmyr Gibbs found paydirt four times in the game.  Both

With the 14-team field for the NFL playoffs set, sportsbooks are tabbing the Detroit Lions as the favorites to go all the way. Detroit wrapped up a 15-2 regular season by beating the Minnesota Vikings 31-9 on Sunday night, securing the No. 1 seed in the NFC in the process. FanDuel has the Lions winning

The Detroit Lions have done it. They have clinched the first seed and back-to-back NFC North championships for the first time with a 31-9 win over the Vikings.  Goff Report It wasn’t the best Goff game ever with the two picks, but the man stood in there under pressure all night and when the Lions

The Detroit Lions (14-2) have been ravaged by injuries this season, but their defense will receive a huge lift in Sunday’s regular season finale against the Minnesota Vikings (14-2). Linebacker Alex Anzalone, sidelined since Week 11 with a broken left forearm, is active and will be in the lineup against the Vikings. Anzalone, 30, is

Sam Darnold (Draft Kings Price 6.5K, FanDuel Price 8.1K) This is arguably the best time to play Darnold regardless of his price. He will be facing a depleted Lions defense, one that quarterbacks have carved up previously (like Josh Allen). The Lions will also be scoring back, most likely, so Darnold will have to throw

Well, we are finally here. It’s Sunday morning, week 18. Tonight, the Minnesota Vikings will play the Detroit Lions. Not only is the NFC North crown on the line, but so is the NFC’s No. 1 seed in the 2024-25 NFL Playoffs, which comes with a 1st round bye and homefield advantage through the NFC

The Lions will have reinforcements on both sides of the ball for tomorrow night’s pivotal game. Receiver Kalif Raymond and linebacker Alex Anzalone have both been activated from injured reserve, per a team announcement. Raymond had been on injured reserve since November due to a foot injury, but he returned to practice last week. That opened his