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Midway through the season, here are 10 coordinators (five offensive, five defensive) who’ve helped their chances at earning a promotion in 2024 the most. Who knows? One of them might just be your team’s next head coach. Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo Cincy’s defense always seems to show up for big games. Following a

The Detroit Lions bye week is officially over. They held their first practice on Tuesday ahead of their return game against the Los Angeles Chargers. With that comes our first practice report of the week.  Frist off, the good stuff. David Montgomery, Jonah Jackson and Frank Ragnow all returned to practice on Tuesday. That’s a

The Detroit Lions have a problem that’s really been hurting them lately and that’s scoring in the red zone. How bad has it been? The Lions are currently 21st in the NFL in red zone scoring percentage. They score on just 48% of their trips to the red zone. That’s just not great at all. What’s worse

Week 9 is over and done with. Now it’s time for us to look back at the first half of the Detroit Lions season. That’s just what we’re going to do. All this week we’re going to be doing a series of mid-season articles. We’ll be talking about both the good and the bad of

Detroit Lions safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson suffered a torn pectoral in Week 2 against the Seahawks. It’s a lengthy injury and has given Gardner-Johnson a lot of free time outside of the time he’s been training to get back.  This has allowed him to focus on his rap career and do something that a lot people

Detroit Lions rookie Jahmyr Gibbs has shown up big in the the absence of David Montgomery. He’s racked up 315 total yards and two touchdowns in the last two games and had really shown what he can do. So with David Montgomery likely coming back this week, what does that do to Gibbs?  Lions Head

The push for greater scale in the athlete representation business is intensifying with Excel Sports Management’s acquisition of REP 1 Football — a move that expands the agency’s presence among NFL players.  Before the long-rumored deal, Excel had been active in promotion and sponsorships with NFL players such as San Diego Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert

The Detroit Lions were on a bye week last week. That’s why it was a little strange that on Thursday they did a practice squad elevation out of nowhere. The team signed undrafted rookie linebacker Trevor Nowaske to their 53-man roster. We now know why they made that move, it’s because he was about to

The Detroit Lions really needed that bye week to get over some big injuries. The Lions went into that Monday night win over the Raiders without starting running back David Montgomery, starting guard Jonah Jackson and starting center Frank Ragnow. The first two have missed multiple games.  The Lions are now back from the bye

The New York Jets will take on the Los Angeles Chargers on “Monday Night Football” to close out the Week 9 slate, and both teams need a win to keep pace in the AFC wild-card battle. New York will be gunning for its fourth straight win to improve to 5-3, while L.A. needs a victory

We’re halfway through the season and it’s time to talk about the playoffs and where things stand for the Detroit Lions. Going forward we will be talking about this every week.  Playoff standings right now: Team Record Eagles 8-1 Lions 6-2 49ers 5-3 Saints 5-3 Seahawks  5-3 Cowboys 5-3 Vikings 5-4 Right now the Lions

Week 9 will be over and done with soon. Now it’s time for us to look back at the first half of the Detroit Lions season. That’s just what we’re going to do. All this week we’re going to be doing a series of mid-season articles. We’ll be talking about both the good and the

Late last month, former Tennessee Vols quarterback Hendon Hooker made it clear that he’s not a fan of UT wearing black cleats with their all-white road uniforms.  “Whoever is picking the black socks and cleats is crazy,” wrote Hooker in an Instagram comment under a post announcing the Vols’ uniform combination for the Kentucky game. 

The Detroit Lions have been one of the NFL’s most pleasant surprises over the first half of the 2023 campaign, as they have own the league’s second-best record at 6-2. With the Lions on the come-up, they could end up being a big player in free agency this coming offseason, especially given the fact that

The Detroit Lions didn’t do a ton at the NFL trade deadline like some thought they would do. They kept it conservative and went  out and got a receiver they felt could really help them in former Michigan standout Donovan Peoples-Jones.  In my opinion, and I’ve documented that opinion, Peoples-Jones is a very underrated addition

St. Brown is also turning heads in the locker room, garnering wild comparisons from his quarterback. “The way that he is, in the weight room and on the field are very similar to my experience with Aaron Donald,” Goff told Eric Woodyard of ESPN. “Like, it is business, business, business. He works harder than everybody.” 

The Detroit Lions are on a bye week, but the business is still moving. Since the Lions win on Monday, the  Lions have done a few things of note. One of them was trading a sixth round pick to the Cleveland Browns for Donovan Peoples-Jones before the trade deadline on Tuesday.  The Lions sent long-snapper

It’s hard to believe that going into Week 4’s Thursday night football game, the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions seemed to be on similar footing. Both were 2-1, and both had overcome close Week 2 losses and had won in Week 3. But since September 28th’s 34-20 drubbing by Detroit, the franchises now seem

Back in August I sat down and made a projection on what the Detroit Lions offensive stat lines would look like at the end of the season. The plan was to come back to it twice. Once at the bye and once at the end of the year. Here we are at the bye, now

The Detroit Lions lost a key member of their special team unit on Monday when Scott Daly went down with a season ending knee injury. In a move that comes as no surprise, the Lions are signing former Pro Bowl long snapper Jake McQuaide to their practice squad. McQuaide spent the entirety of training camp