It’s playoff week, and that means our coverage is all focused on the Detroit Lions’ Wild Card matchup with the Los Angeles Rams. So for this edition of the Midweek Mailbag with myself and Erik Schlitt, we’re taking only questions about the upcoming matchup between the Lions and Rams.
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Detroit Lions fans know all too well how significant a referee assignment can be in determining the outcome of a game. The Lions have been on the wrong end of countless questionable calls over the past few decades, and the NFL has literally had to establish new rules based on referee decisions that have gone…
An athlete signing autographs may not seem like much, but what Alim McNeill did for some Detroit Lions fans is one chapter of a much bigger story. On Monday morning, an X user who says he’s a Ford Field employee working near the player’s tunnel sent a message to the defensive lineman.
The NFL scriptwriters have an interesting way of getting drama in the NFL playoffs this season. The Detroit Lions host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night for the first Wild Card game at Ford Field in franchise history. It’s not just an intriguing matchup with the Rams; it’s that the Lions are facing their…
Let’s get into it with our Week 18 report card. Jared Goff had one of his best games of the season. Not only did the Lions quarterback finish with his third-highest passer rating of the season (124.5), but he was effective in a lot of ways we aren’t accustomed to seeing. He was throwing on…
Detroit Lions Pro Bowl star receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown is clearly pretty excited for the team’s upcoming playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams—the young receiver’s first foray in NFL postseason play. On Monday, over the course of a couple Instagram stories, St. Brown shared that he had dyed his hair blue for this week.
The NFL Playoffs are about to begin and Wild Card matchups have been set. The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams will square off against each other on Sunday Night, while the Green Bay Packers will head to Dallas to face the Cowboys, and the final remaining NFC matchup will be between the Philadelphia Eagles…
The Detroit Lions are facing some criticism for playing starters against the Minnesota Vikings after rookie tight end Sam LaPorta suffered an injury and did not return. But after looking at the snap counts and talking to coach Dan Campbell, it appears Detroit did make some personnel decisions to rest or lower the playing time…
The Detroit Lions closed out their 2023 regular season with a 30-20 win over the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions moved to 12-5 on the season with the win, matching their franchise record for wins in a season. The only other time they reached 12 wins was the 1991 season, which culminated in the team’s only…
Earlier this week, Dan Campbell made it clear: the Detroit Lions would play their starters against the Minnesota Vikings in NFL Week 18. The Lions had clinched the division title and a playoff berth two weeks prior against the same Vikings, but in spite of a loss to the Cowboys a week prior, the Lions…
It’s official, the Detroit Lions will host the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round of the 2023-24 NFL playoffs. The folks over at DraftKings have set the opening betting line at Lions -3, with the moneyline settled at Lions -175 and Rams +145, with the over/under line set at 52 points.
The date and time has been set for the first ever Detroit Lions playoff game at Ford Field. They will host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, January 14 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. It will be the first home playoff game in Detroit since 1994, as the 12-5 Lions take on the 10-7…
The 2023-24 regular season wraps up with a “Sunday Night Football” matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins in a battle for the AFC East crown. While Miami has the better head-to-head record (61-53-1) over the histories of these two rivals, the Bills have won nine of their last 10 meetings, including beating them…
Heading into this week’s matchup against the Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown sat at 1,371 yards receiving through 15 games played this season—a career high for the third-year receiver. Through three quarters on Sunday, St. Brown had amassed 1,445 yards, but suffered an apparent injury to his midsection with around five…
In the second quarter of the Detroit Lions’ regular season finale against the Minnesota Vikings, rookie tight end Sam LaPorta suffered a knee injury. LaPorta initially went under the blue tent after walking off under his own power. However, after a couple of minutes in there, LaPorta was then carted to the locker room. He…
It’s been a full week since the Detroit Lions’ two-point conversion fiasco against the Dallas Cowboys, in which the officials reported the wrong player as an eligible receiver, leading the Lions’ go-ahead play to be nullified by penalty. But before we completely move on to Week 18 and beyond, the Lions social media account and…
The Detroit Lions will close out the 2023-24 regular season by hosting the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field in Week 18, where they will hold an NFC North Championship Celebration ahead of the game. The folks over at DraftKings Sportsbook currently favor the Lions, as both teams need a lot of help to improve their…
The Detroit Lions are headed for the playoffs, and they’ll be hosting a Wild Card matchup in Ford Field for the first time in team history. Statistically speaking, they are almost certainly going to be the NFC’s three seed, which means either facing the Los Angeles Rams or Green Bay Packers in the opening round.…
After a two-week hiatus—one caused by the holidays, the other by the seasonal flu—our Detroit Lions Madden simulations are back—AND BETTER THAN EVER! On our everlasting quest to try and make the virtual Detroit Lions not terrible, like Madden seems to so desperately want, we have reintroduced mods to the game. In fact, we have…
After suffering a torn pectoral muscle back in Week 2, C.J. Gardner-Johnson is finally making his return to the Detroit Lions in Week 18 against the Minnesota Vikings, albeit in a limited role. Based on CJGJ’s comments, it seems like he might have even been ready to return sooner, but the team wants to take…