Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Sep 10, 2020 Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett provides his game-by-game predictions for the 2020 Detroit Lions: Sept. 13: vs. Bears The Bears are going with Mitchell Trubisky in what can only be a Lions-related move considering how well he played against them last year
Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 This NFL season will be unlike any other, with fans not in stadiums, at least to start, and teams under different protocols because of COVID-19. Football will be football and the NFC North could be as topsy-turvy as it’s been in recent years,
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 The Detroit Lions defense was bad last season. To be frank, it’s been pretty rough each of the past two seasons. So, it should come as now surprise the team made significant changes this offseason, including a change at coordinator and potentially six
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 It had been a triumphant end to a dismal season. The Detroit Lions went on the road and walloped the Green Bay Packers, 31-0, to end the 2018 campaign — a drop of sweetness to counter the otherwise overwhelmingly sour taste of Matt
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 7:21 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 As a professional athlete, there are two ways to react to your team adding players at your position — you can view them as a threat or reinforcements. Detroit Lions running back Kerry Johnson is choosing the latter. After the Lions added a high-profile draft pick
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 6:09 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 With no preseason games to go on, the Detroit Lions are left to study last year’s tape to prepare for Sunday’s season opener against the Chicago Bears. It’s a sound strategy, given its a division opponent they saw twice in 2019, while much
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 6:39 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 A little more than two months after Kerryon Johnson turned 10 years old, Adrian Peterson made his NFL debut and rushed for 103 yards for the Minnesota Vikings. So yes, it was a little strange for Johnson to sit in the same meeting
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 4:45 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 The Detroit Lions released their first injury report of the season on Wednesday and it’s probably longer than anyone would have hoped. In addition to rookie tight end Hunter Bryant and special teams standout C.J. Moore not practicing, the team listed seven players
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 2:02 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 As part of new COVID-19 protocols, the NFL changed its roster restrictions this season to allow every team the ability to protect four players on its expanded 16-man practice squad. The idea behind the new rule is to give teams insurance for a coronavirus outbreak,
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Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 With the 2019 season upon us, beat writer Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions defense and special teams. Defensive line It’s always an interesting exercise to look back at last year’s season preview and see how things have changed.
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:02 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 The 2020 NFL season will begin Thursday, and the Detroit Lions open their season on Sunday. Here’s where all 32 teams rank to start the campaign: 1. Chiefs As long as Patrick Mahomes stays healthy, the Chiefs will be the favorites to repeat
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:03 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 There’s more buzz about the Detroit Lions as playoff contenders this fall than there has been in recent years. How they answer these three questions will help determine how far they go: (Read the offense breakdown here) How big a role will Jeff
Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 4:23 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 In a normal season, coaches can prepare for the season opener by looking at some game tape from the preseason to get a sense of some tendencies. By and large, teams are very vanilla in the exhibition games, seeking more to strengthen their
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 12:40 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 In an offseason that lacked some of the more-traditional roster battles, two of the more hotly contested spots on the Detroit Lions’ roster this year were on special teams, where longtime long snapper Don Muhlbach and punter Jack Fox emerged victorious, beating out
Bob Wojnowski The Detroit News Published 10:52 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit — It’ll be different, from the mostly empty stadiums to the COVID uncertainties. It’s hard to judge anything right now, as the NFL plunges ahead after a historically strange offseason and a non-existent preseason. In some ways, the season will be reduced to
Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 8:11 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Lions defensive coordinator Cory Undlin isn’t fixated on the past and the troubles the Lions have had on that side of the ball. In his first year on the job, Undlin is looking to make his own mark and give a clean slate
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 7:52 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 In case you hadn’t heard, there are some new rules in place for NFL practice squads this year, part of the league’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. First, practice squads have been expanded from 10 players to 16. Second, there’s no limit on
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 7:29 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Cordarrelle Patterson is one of the greatest return men of all time. The Chicago Bears’ kickoff specialist has averaged 29.9 yards on returns during his seven-year career, second all-time to Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers. And Patterson’s seven touchdowns in the
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 7:23 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell isn’t exactly sure what to expect from Adrian Peterson. The Lions haven’t had their first practice of the season. And it’s been nine years since Bevell was calling plays for Peterson out of the Minnesota Vikings’ backfield.