The 2024 NFL playoffs are upon us, and the Detroit Lions are in it! While I’m sure most—if not all—of your focus this week has been on the Lions’ upcoming game against the Los Angeles Rams, there are other great football matchups on tap this weekend. In fact, if you’re just a fan of the…
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The Detroit Lions announced on Saturday that cornerback Jerry Jacobs and tight end James Mitchell have been placed on injured reserve. Both were added to the injury report this week in practice and now both will be ineligible to play again during the playoffs. Jacobs suffered a lower-body injury, while Mitchell suffered a hand injury…
The Detroit Lions host the red-hot Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night for the opening round of the NFL playoffs. In order to stop Matthew Stafford and company, the Lions are going to need a full team effort to walk away with the franchise’s first playoff victory in 32 years.
We all knew that Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson was going to be a hot name for the seven NFL head coach vacancies, but it appears he may be the top name for several openings. It’s long been reported that Johnson remains a prime target for a Carolina Panthers team that heavily pursued him…
At the end of Friday morning’s episode of the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football show during a segment titled “Call of the Wild Card,” host Kyle Brandt had a special message for Detroit Lions fans on the upcoming playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams. A video clip of the segment begins by flashing back…
Early in the week, Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff downplayed the significance of going against the Los Angeles Rams—both the team that drafted him first overall in 2016 and the franchise that opted to trade him away in 2021 in an effort to upgrade at quarterback with Matthew Stafford. It was much more important, for…
Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta returned to practice on Friday, opening up an unlikely window for the rookie receiver to play in Sunday’s Wild Card playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams. “LaPorta will run around today,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said before Friday’s practice. “So he’s feeling better.”
The Detroit Lions will host the Los Angeles Rams for the Wild Card round of the 2023-24 NFL playoffs, the first-ever postseason game at Ford Field. The Lions (12-5) opened the week as favorites over the Rams (10-7) and you can check out the updated odds, as well as player prop odds, for this game…
We’re a mere two days away from the first Detroit Lions home playoff game in 30 years, and boy is it a doozy. Not only are the Lions hosting one of the hottest teams in the NFL in the Los Angeles Rams, but that team just so happens to be headed by former Lions first…
This is it. Do or die time. The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams. One advances to the next round, and the other goes home to agonizing defeat. There are a lot of tangible and emotional stakes in this game, but because we bill ourselves as the “objective” preview, there will be no talk of…
According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, cornerback Jerry Jacobs has been informed by the Detroit Lions that he will be placed on injured reserve. Jacobs popped up on the injury report Wednesday with a thigh/knee injury and was downgraded to a “did not practice” on Thursday.
It’s not easy to put into words what Detroit Lions fans and players have been through all these years. The heartbreak, the disappointment and even apathy at times — it’s hard to chronicle all that history and what it all felt like. But Ben Solak did a fantastic job bringing readers through the journey from…
The Detroit Lions were back on the practice field on Thursday as they continue to prepare to take on the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round of the 2023-24 playoffs. The Lions were able to return several players to practice today, including veteran offensive linemen, Frank Ragnow, Taylor Decker, and Graham Glasgow. While…
Early indications seem to suggest that Detroit Lions punt returner Kalif Raymond won’t play in the team’s Wild Card playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams after suffering a knee injury on Sunday. It’s unfortunate timing, as Raymond is coming off his best overall game of the season. Not only did he post 89 return…
For the first time since you could call it the 21st century, the Detroit Lions will host a NFL playoff game. Naturally, the toughest battle might be up first. There are few teams entering the playoffs hotter than the Los Angeles Rams, who have pieced things together in a year of low expectations for the…
After their best season since Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes came to town, the Detroit Lions continue to gain recognition—this time from PFF. PFF released their 2023 End of Season Awards, and Penei Sewell was recognized as the NFL’s best offensive lineman, as well as the best run blocking offensive lineman in the league.
While Matthew Stafford’s return to Detroit has dominated early headlines for the Detroit Lions vs. Los Angeles Rams Wild Card matchup this Sunday, Jared Goff is certainly at the center of the proverbial stage as well. His time with the Rams came to an abrupt and painful end when LA decided it was time to…
The Detroit Lions have begun their on-field work as they prepare to take on the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round of the 2023-24 playoffs. While Detroit is opening the week with five players not participating in practice, they are getting a few players healthier, and according to coach Dan Campbell, they’re “at…
The status of Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta remains up in the air, but coach Dan Campbell continues to give optimistic updates on the rookie weapon. “He’s improving,” Campbell said. “He was out there at walkthrough. I don’t foresee us knowing anything or feeling like we have a really good picture until probably Friday…
On Wednesday, the NFL Players Association announced their version of a 2023 All-Pro team. The only Detroit Lions player to make that team was special teamer Jalen Reeves-Maybin. To be clear, this is not the traditional All-Pro team list, which is voted on by 50 members of the press and released by the Associated Press.…