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Not that it will matter much now, but at least the NFL admitted the referees made a mistake during the Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions game on Thursday last week. On Saturday, the league announced the fines for Week 14, and Lions edge rusher Za’Darius Smith was fined $6,722 for a play made against Packers quarterback

Jack Campbell was one of seven linebackers at the beginning of the Lions’ regular season. When injuries decimated the defensive line, suddenly the second-year player was the sole surviving starter. Campbell has stepped up as an elite player and is leading the Lions’ defense.  Jack Campbell-Surviving Starter Sets Standard For Lions Defense Pro Football Focus

Bears According to ESPN’s Seth Wickersham, former Patriots HC Bill Belichick and the think tank of friends and former associates helping him this past season had settled on the Bears as the most attractive landing spot. But the group thought it was unlikely Chicago would choose Belichick over going after a coach with a background

The Detroit Lions very well could have had the Defensive Player of the Year on their squad this season. Aidan Hutchinson was putting forth an unreal campaign. He was so good that he hasn’t played since Week 6 and he’s still in the top 25 in pressures. He would have been number one with a

The NFL has another great slate of games in Week 15, making opportunities for plenty of intriguing bets. Same-game parlays tie together betting on a team’s moneyline or over-under point total, plus one or more prop bets. If you hit on all bets in your parlay, it makes for a very nice payout. Here is

The Detroit Lions will host the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in what is the NFL’s last huge game on the slate in the final four weeks of the season. This game will be seen by most of the country. The game is represented in the red.  It’s considered to be a potential Super Bowl preview

Eagles Eagles QB Jalen Hurts reiterated that the relationship between him and WR A.J. Brown is good despite speculation of drama between the two. “Ultimately, he’s a guy that’s a competitor, he wants to win, he damn sure wants the ball, and he wants to make an impact in the game, and I respect that,”

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

The Detroit Lions are in a big spot right now. There are four games left in the season and they’re trying to repeat as NFC North champions. Winning a division two years in a row is something this franchise has never done before. With things as close as they are, they could use all the

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