Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) Detroit Lions safety Duron Harmon had strong
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Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The dictionary defines consistency as marked by harmony, regularity, or steady continuity; free from variation or contradiction. If you rolled your eyes at that journalistic cliché, it was necessary to convey what it’s like listening to the Detroit Lions players and coach Matt Patricia daily attempting to identify what’s wrong with a
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions are 1-3 at the bye. Is there any reason for optimism? Detroit Lions don’t seem intent on making a midseason coaching change, so what improvements, if any, can save the 2020 season? (Filmed Oct. 5, 2020) Matt Patricia took a thinly veiled shot
Teresa M. Walker and Barry Wilner | Associated Press NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is warning the league’s 32 teams of penalties including potential forfeits of games for violations of COVID-19 protocols that force changes in the schedule. In a memo sent to the teams Monday after a conference call involving NFL and club executives, Goodell
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press When Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn fired coach Jim Caldwell after the 2017 season, Quinn said that 9-7 isn’t good enough. After Sunday’s 35-29 loss to the Saints, head coach Matt Patricia, the man brought in to replace Caldwell, fell to 10-25-1 in Detroit. And among the head-scratching
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Martha Firestone Ford had the best of intentions in mind when she marched into the Detroit Lions’ Allen Park practice facility one November morning five years ago and fired Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewand. But with all due respect to the Lions’ then-90-year-old owner, Ford didn’t know what she
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 35-29 loss to the New Orleans Saints. First Down Lions coach Matt Patricia is getting crushed, locally and nationally, for his postgame comments. While answering why he still believes he’s still the guy to get the
John Niyo | The Detroit News The Lions have rarely, if ever, been trendsetters. But as what is shaping up to be another losing season reaches the quarter-pole here in Detroit, they’ve fallen behind the rest of the league in a way that’s both alarming and, at times, inexplicable. Points are no longer at a
Nolan Bianchi | Special to The Detroit News It’s always special when a player gets to make his debut in the starting lineup of an NFL game. But for New Orleans Saints rookie offensive lineman Cesar Ruiz, Sunday’s start at Ford Field against the Detroit Lions added just a little bit more sentiment: It came
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions’ 35-29 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at Ford Field, and looks at three players who helped their stock and three who hurt their stock: Stock up RB D’Andre Swift: A week after he played six of
John Niyo | The Detroit News The Lions have rarely, if ever, been trendsetters. But as what is shaping up to be another losing season reaches the quarter-pole here in Detroit, they’ve fallen behind the rest of the league in a way that’s both alarming and, at times, inexplicable. Points are no longer at a
Mitch Albom | Detroit Free Press It’s probably a good thing the Lions didn’t have fans inside Ford Field on Sunday. The fewer witnesses, the better. This was sad, lifeless, sometimes cringeworthy defensive football, bad tackling, no tackling, low resistance, no resistance. Please don’t let the 35-29 score fool you. It wasn’t that close. Let
Bob Wojnowski | The Detroit News Detroit — Nothing ever gets fixed, or stays fixed. The only thing Matt Patricia’s defense can fix these days is the other team’s struggling quarterback. It’s gotten so bad that when the Lions grabbed a quick 14-0 lead over the Saints Sunday, no one in the Ford Field stands
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press One week after they quieted talk of Matt Patricia losing his job with a win over the Arizona Cardinals, the Detroit Lions were answering questions about the future of their head coach again after Sunday’s 35-29 loss to the New Orleans Saints. “We all believe in the plan that’s
Detroit — The one-week reprieve provided by an unexpected victory in the desert proved to be little more than a mirage for the Detroit Lions. Coughing up their third double-digit lead of the season, and surrendering 35 straight points in the process, the Lions fell to the Saints, 35-29, at Ford Field on Sunday. In what has become a
Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News Detroit — A lot of negative things have been said about the Detroit Lions defense through four games this season, and rightfully so. It entered Sunday’s game with the league’s 26th-ranked scoring defense, allowing an average of 30.7 points. That number inflated slightly to 31.8 after the New Orleans
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Detroit — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance in their 35-29 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Quarterback After throwing two touchdown passes in the first five minutes of the game, Matthew Stafford was uneven the rest of the way. He completed three of his seven throws in
Matt Patricia, Detroit Lions. (Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports) DeMarcus Lawrence has NSFW message after Cowboys awful defensive performance by Rucker Haringey Matt Patricia is even perplexed on why he’s still the Detroit Lions coach. After losing for the third time, Matt Patricia is struggling to answer questions at the podium. Even though his
Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News The Lions take over at the 25. They trail 35-14 with 8:52 to go in the third quarter. Adrian Peterson is stopped for no gain on first down. Danny Amendola on second down hauls in a 7-yard reception. the Lions rush to the line on third down, as Stafford
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