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The Comeback Player of the Year award has been a constant source of arguments and controversy as of late. It’s the award that you would think is handed out to the player who got through adversity to come back and play again. Last year the award was given to the guy who simply came off

In Week 15 the Buffalo Bills travel to Detroit to take on the Lions in what could be a Super Bowl LIX preview. The Bills are coming off an upset road loss to the Los Angeles Rams, while the Lions have won 11 straight games. There are a ton of playmakers across the board in

The Detroit Lions revoked the season tickets of the fan who got into a verbal altercation with Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur during last week’s Thursday Night Football game. Per the Detroit News Fahad Yousif said the Lions informed him of the decision via email. The altercation happened when Yousif was on the

The Detroit Lions are the best team in football. They’re first in DVOA by being the league’s most well-rounded team. Detroit is fourth in DVOA and EPA per play on offense. On defense, the Lions rank third in DVOA and second in EPA per play. That defensive success stands out, not just because the offense

The Detroit Lions are showing zero tolerance for the fan who got into a heated verbal confrontation with Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur last week. LaFleur had a tense exchange with a Lions fan who was on the field at Ford Field in Week 13 before Detroit beat the Packers 34-31. LaFleur said

Even before Bill Belichick surprisingly became the next head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones dropped hints that suggested he could hold onto head coach Mike McCarthy through at least the start of next season.  For a piece published Thursday, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell argued that Jones should let

This is one of the two stellar week 15 matchups and potential Super Bowl preview, as the 10-3 Buffalo Bills travel to the motor city to face the 12-1 Detroit Lions. Buffalo has already wrapped up the AFC East divisional crown and needs to keep winning to keep pace with the Chiefs to have a

There may not be a team in the NFL that uses its practice squad the way the Detroit Lions do. They are essentially an extension of this team’s 53-man roster. Pretty much everyone is going to get a chance to play during the season. The Lions use these guys a lot.  With that in mind,

It would not come as a big surprise if Buffalo and Detroit wound up facing each other in February. When the two Super Bowl contenders match up at the Lions’ home field on Sunday afternoon, the primary concern for the Bills will be getting their defense straightened out. Buffalo had its seven-game winning streak snapped

Carolina Panthers rookie Xavier Legette left fans and NFL peers alike stunned with a recent admission about his diet. On Tuesday, Legette appeared on the “St. Brown Podcast” hosted by the NFL brother tandem of Equanimeous and Amon-Ra St. Brown. Equanimeous asked Legette to share his “hottest food take.” Even though the question, by nature,

Going into the Packers’ critical Week 14 game against the Detroit Lions, they knew they would have one structural advantage. Most of the Lions’ defensive front seven were injured and unavailable. The Lions had signed Kwon Alexander and Jamal Adams off the street so that they would have enough bodies to get through the game.

Just two weeks remain in regular season competition for the NFL, and while the Detroit Lions’ narrow victory over the Green Bay Packers last Thursday sees them remain at the top after their similar escape against Chicago, the Philadelphia Eagles are looking more deserving of the number-one spot. The Lions’ 34-31 win over the Packers

Amon-Ra St. Brown also said the Lions haven’t faced the Vikings for the second time yet this year. In the first meeting, the Lions got past Minnesota 31-29. The Vikings led 29-28 late in the fourth, but kicker Jake Bates scored a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds remaining to give Detroit the win. The

The Buffalo Bills are coming off their first loss since early October, having dropped a game against the Rams on the road in Los Angeles. There’s no time to hang their heads, though, with a trip to Detroit on deck to face arguably the best team in all of football.  Squaring off with the Lions

We’re getting very close to the playoffs and the Detroit Lions are heading there with a chance to bring home the Lombardi Trophy for the first time ever. Taking a look at the injury report and listening to some of Dan Campbell’s comments point to the Lions getting a late-season surge of health that can

We got this question from Detroit Lions fans a lot this week. There’s some concern that with the amount of players the Lions currently have on injured reserve right now, the team could go up against some NFL roster rules ahead of the playoffs.  Each year NFL teams are allowed to bring back eight players

The Detroit Lions have a huge game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. A game that could be a Super Bowl preview and a game that could decide a few things like how much farther the Lions can move ahead in their pursuit of the first seed and whether or not Jared Goff could be

The Detroit Lions have a huge game on Sunday that everyone is looking forward to. They’ll play the Buffalo Bills at home in a game that has everyone thinking this could be a preview of the Super Bowl. All eyes will be on this thing, including the eyes of MVP voters.  That’s why this is

Last Thursday the Detroit Lions got one of their biggest wins of the year when they beat the Green Bay Packers at home to clinch the playoffs and move farther into position to clinch a second straight NFC North title and the first seed in the NFC.  In an alternate reality, there’s a chance that

Give credit to Teddy Bridgewater. He never gave up on his football dreams, even though they likely looked much different than what he thought they would be. Bridgewater, 32, is still young enough to be playing in the NFL, but he retired last season after a nearly 10-year NFL career, stating a desire to be