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Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs and cornerback Terrion Arnold are back at practice, leading a long list of key contributors getting healthy at just the right time for Detroit. Head coach Dan Campbell said Gibbs and Sam LaPorta were back on the practice field Sunday and are recovering from hamstring injuries. Arnold also practiced Sunday

The Detroit Lions beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in their third and final game of the preseason on Saturday by a score of 24-17. It was an impressive come-from-behind victory for the Lions, who relied solely on the team’s bench while resting their starters for the grueling demands of the upcoming regular season.  What We Learned

In a move expected to energize Detroit Lions fans, defensive tackle D.J. Reader has been cleared off the physically unable-to-perform list. This is awesome news for the Lions, as they’re preparing for their season opener against the Los Angeles Rams in two weeks. The timing could not be more perfect, as the return of Reader

The Lions have received a boost on the health front in advance of roster cutdowns. Defensive tackle D.J. Reader was activated from the PUP list on Sunday, the team announced. Reader had been rehabbing the torn quad which ended his 2023 campaign prematurely. That injury brought his Bengals tenure to a close, and it had

Reader will get his first practice in this week since he was placed on the PUP list in July. Reader, 29, is a former fifth-round pick of the Texans back in 2016. He played out the final year of his four-year, $2.55 million contract with the Texans. The Bengals signed Reader to a four-year, $53

Lions Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Lions QB Hendon Hooker is fighting for the backup job with QB Nate Sudfeld and needed another strong preseason showing to win the job.  After Saturday’s preseason performance where Hooker went 12 for 20 with 114 yards, a touchdown and an interception, Lions HC Dan Campbell said he thought Hooker

Over the last 60 years, the Detroit Lions have had some great players, but they’ve been mired in the mediocrity around them. It turns out Matt Stafford really is a Super Bowl QB, but he had to get out of Detroit to prove it. Other great players such as Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson had

DETROIT — The Pittsburgh Steelers first-team offense scored zero points in the first two preseason games, and panic was starting to rumble in Steelers Nation and in the media. The Steelers were not wavered by the outside noise, however, and Russell Wilson said that’s what made Saturday success against the Detroit Lions so satisfying. Wilson and

The preseason finale was a much better showing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, mainly because the first-team offense showed some signs of life with both Russell Wilson and Justin Fields promptly leading touchdown drives early in the contest. To be fair, the Detroit Lions didn’t play their starters on either side of the ball but that’s

DETROIT — Entering the 2024 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers had won six consecutive preseason games, nine of their last 10, and 18 of their last 22. The last time they had a losing record in the preseason was 2016. This time around, they went winless. After dropping their first two outings while looking anemic on

The Detroit Lions wrapped up their 2024 preseason against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hendon Hooker got the start for the first time in the preseason and played most of the game.  There was some good stuff from Hooker. He made a few nice throws and he showed that his scrambling ability is a real advantage to

Quarterback (3) In: Jared Goff, Hendon Hooker, Nate Sudfeld Out: Jake Fromm The Lions keeping three quarterbacks has been talked about a ton all offseason and now it seems like that is exactly what’s going to happen. While Hooker has played well during the preseason, the Lions still seem to feel that he’s not ready to be

If you are familiar with football or the Detroit Lions franchise specifically, you can recall the several devastating seasons they have had. Fans who have stuck around since the beginning would be able to remember the Lions’ 2008 season, when they made history, but not in a good way. The Lions became the first NFL

There’s no getting around it, Nate Sudfeld has struggled for the Detroit Lions this summer. On the flip side of things, Hendon Hooker has been playing pretty well and showing promise. This seems like an easy situation right? Just cut Sudfeld and move forward with Hooker.  But it seems as though the Lions are still

Jefferson, 27, is a former third-round pick by the Bengals out of Texas back in 2017. He agreed to a four-year, $3,383,728 contract that includes a $923,728 signing bonus. The Bengals waived Jefferson and he was later claimed by the Browns. He then had a brief stint with the Chargers before catching on with the

The Detroit Lions are just a little over two weeks from starting the 2024 season with a big game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday Night Football.  On Friday the Lions got a big advantage when the league announced that Rams starting left tackle Alaric Jackson has been suspended for the first two games

All eyes are on Russell Wilson and Justin Fields this Saturday as the Steelers face the Detroit Lions in their final NFL Preseason game.  A competent offensive performance would ease the minds of Steelers fans and backers, but I’m not sure we should expect a significant uptick in production this week.  I’m not sure we

The Detroit Lions and the Super Bowl are two things that we’re seeing put into the same sentences a lot these days. Just a couple days ago Sports Illustrated picked the Lions to win the big game at the end of the year and they aren’t alone. There’s been other outlets that have selected the

What a time to be alive. I’ve been watching the Detroit Lions for 38 years and I’m covering them for an 11th season this year. There has never been a time in which the Lions were just the talk of the league and everyone loved them. It’s pretty awesome. The Lions made the cover the

Steelers GameDay Cheat Sheet is a weekly series featuring a quick glance at the upcoming Steelers game, including odds, records, things to watch for, and how to watch/listen to the game. Series Notes All-Time Steelers lead, 17-14-2 Last: Tie, 16-16 (Nov. 14, 2021) Home Steelers lead, 11-2-2 Last: Tie, 16-16 (Nov. 14, 2021) Away Lions