With 2023 in the books, let us reflect on the 2023 that was for the Detroit Lions. The year kicked off in style for Detroit, walloping the Chicago Bears on New Year’s Day before crushing the playoff dreams of the Green Bay Packers in the regular season finale. While the Lions fell short of the…
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There isn’t any drama about the Detroit Lions making the playoffs. The team took care of that by winning the NFC North championship back in Week 16. But there is some ambiguity about where the Lions wind up in the NFC standings and who will be their first postseason opponent as we enter Week 18.
Week 17 is officially in the books. Just one more week left for teams to clinch their spot in the postseason. But for the Detroit Lions—and really much of the NFC—a ton has already been decided. The San Francisco 49ers have clinched the top seed in the conference. Five teams have already secured their spot…
The NFL doesn’t set dates or times for the final weekend of action until the Week 17 action concludes. When the Packers domination of the Vikings was near its merciful end on Sunday night, the league released the full slate for Week 18. The Lions will host the Vikings in Ford Field at 1 p.m.
The NFL finally released the schedule for Week 18, setting up a couple of primetime games with big playoff stakes. For the Detroit Lions, it’s a standard 1 p.m. ET game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, January 7. Both the Lions and Vikings have something to play for, but both require a lot of…
Not every player, coach and team can shine. With that in mind, let’s look at some of the more unremarkable moments and performances from Week 17 of the NFL season: Detroit Lions fans: The Lions already had the NFC North locked up, but Brad Allen’s officiating crew and their inexplicable blown call on Detroit’s two-point
The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings are fighting for their playoff lives on a New Year’s Eve edition of “Sunday Night Football.” The division rivals each sit at 7-8 and on the outside looking in at a Wild Card berth. A loss tonight would be season-ending, so expect a hard-fought and intense battle. The…
The headlines this morning were full of the Detroit Lions and their head coach Dan Campbell after their controversial loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday Night. Detroit had several opportunities to tie the game late as there were three replays due to penalties of a two-point conversion attempt following a Detroit touchdown that ultimately
NFL fans will get what they’ve long asked for: accountability for referees. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the crew in charge of the Lions-Cowboys debacle could miss out on the playoffs as a result. With 23 seconds to play in the game, Detroit trailed 20-19 but went for the two-point conversion to try and win
In a season marred by controversial officiating, referee Brad Allen’s brutal crew faced another major storyline during the Dallas Cowboys’ recent victory over the Detroit Lions. This time, a missed call on who was an eligible receiver in an important game is raising concerns. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that mixed crews are used for the
Even after a night’s rest, the sting lingers from the Detroit Lions’ 20-19 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, a defeat that can only be described as tough in every sense of the word. Considering the competitiveness between two playoff-caliber teams, there were pivotal moments in the game where execution could have been different for the
Detroit Lions offensive tackle Taylor Decker did his best to shed light on what happened on the controversial two-point conversion that wasn’t in the team’s 20-19 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. “I mean, all I really wanna say on it, just so I don’t get myself into trouble is, I mean I did exactly what
The Detroit Lions’ loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night makes their path to anything but the third overall seed unlikely. According to PFF’s model, the Lions now have a 94.3 percent chance of staying in that slot, with their odds at a second seed only at 5.6% and the remaining fraction of a…
The Detroit Lions lost an emotionally intense game against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night. Head coach Dan Campbell was furious after a controversial officiating call cost his Lions a potential win. He was apparently also upset once he got home. The Lions flew back to Detroit overnight, but Campbell got no rest. As told