Now come the bloodbaths. Get into the meat of these things, chew on the sinew. Football is meant for big games and copious amounts of violence. Without it, it’s not the same. Early season college has been quaint, which is only acceptable to genteel southern types of a century past. No sir. We live for…
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An NFC Central showdown of two teams in the lead of their respective divisions, the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers provides an interesting measuring stick of sorts for the Bucs. After getting handled decidedly against the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this season, is Tampa Bay a true player in the NFC picture at large, or…
The Detroit Lions start off their two-game road trip in Tampa Bay, where they will face the 3-1 Buccaneers. Like the Lions, the Bucs are leading their division with only one loss in hand. The Bucs got out to a hot start defeating the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears in the first two weeks of…
Earlier in the week, we noted that the Detroit Lions had two players eligible to return from injured reserve this week: defensive lineman Josh Paschal and cornerback Khalil Dorsey. Dorsey returned to practice on Wednesday and has been practicing in full all week. While he is still technically on injured reserve and in the evaluation…
Tight end Sam LaPorta is the latest Detroit Lions player who has suffered a midweek injury in the lead-up to game day. He suffered a calf strain, and despite going through walkthroughs on Friday, his status for Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is very much in question.
“You’re a sicko, and I love it.” Detroit Lions left tackle Taylor Decker said those words to offensive coordinator Ben Johnson after he called a trick play that resulted in tight end Sam LaPorta being wide-open for a score. It was executed to perfection, and since Decker was mic’d up during the Lions’ win over…
Week 6 opened with the Kansas City Chiefs beating their AFC West division rival Denver Broncos for the 16th straight game in a row. Once again it was the Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce show for the Chiefs, as the pair connected on nine passes for 124 yards. Meanwhile, Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson finished with…
The Detroit Lions are on a three-game winning streak and hoping to continue their dominance over just about everyone they’ve faced. However, the Lions did stumble against one NFC foe this year, and they’re hoping not to make it two. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one of the league’s early surprises with a 3-1 record.…
The NFL opens up Week 6 with a matchup between the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs on “Thursday Night Football.” This AFC West Rivalry has been lopsided of late, and based on the direction in which these teams are currently headed, things don’t look like they’ll be changing anytime soon.
As the Detroit Lions get nearer to their big Sunday showdown with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, their injury list appears to only get longer. During Thursday’s practice, rookie tight end Sam LaPorta was not present, dealing another blow to Detroit’s offense. At this point, we do not know the injury LaPorta is dealing with, as…
Putting an end to the discussion of whether curses are real, it’s been discovered the Detroit Lions are on an incredibly hot winning streak since the curse of Bobby Layne was lifted last fall. In an episode of the Omaha Production series “Peyton’s Places,” Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning enlisted the help of Hollywood…
In case you didn’t know, we have a Pride of Detroit YouTube channel that has a ton of original content that doesn’t always make the site. One new feature this year is weekly film breakdowns where Meko Scott and Morgan Cannon provide analysis for the biggest and most notable plays from the previous matchup. It’s…
The Detroit Lions celebrated Taylor Decker on Sunday for starting the 100th game of his career. It’s an awesome tale for Decker, who went through a ton of trying years here in Detroit, persisted, and is now reaping the benefits of his patience by playing for one of the hottest teams in the NFL.
Very few people are sleeping on the Detroit Lions at this point, with both sides of the ball firing as the team has started 4-1. Next up is a Tampa Bay Buccaneers squad that has surprised a bit early on and currently leads the NFC South. This will be a tricky matchup on the road…
There has been a lot of outside noise about the lack of production from Detroit Lions rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs. While Gibbs has shown flashes here and there of excellent play, it hasn’t been up to the expectations of some who expected stellar numbers out of the 12th overall pick in the 2023 NFL…
We got another chance to talk with Amon-Ra St. Brown, star Detroit Lions wide receiver, as he works to recover and make his way back to the field for the 2023 NFL season. We discussed all manner of things this time: what it’s like to be recovering and staying competitive, how much the new Lions…
On Tuesday, our beloved Chris Perfett made the case that the Lions should be prepared to buy at the trade deadline. This is the first time under the Holmes & Campbell regime that the Lions have a legitimate case to be buyers—in years past, the season looked almost lost at this point.
The Detroit Lions have signed veteran cornerback Anthony Averett to their practice squad, according to the team. Detroit finds themselves a bit shorthanded in the secondary right now after Emmanuel Moseley suffered a torn ACL on Sunday, while Brian Branch is nursing an ankle injury and C.J. Gardner-Johnson remains on IR with a long-term pectoral…
On Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, the Detroit Lions pulled off one of the most unique-looking trick plays I’ve ever seen. Quarterback Jared Goff went under center, but instead of snapping him the ball, center Frank Ragnow rifled the ball between Goff’s legs to running back David Montgomery. He then took the direct snap and…
I wonder how many times Detroit Lions’ general manager Brad Holmes has had the, “Well, I certainly got that pick right,” moment this season. Through five games of the 2023 season, he and coach Dan Campbell’s Lions sit at 4-1 atop the NFC North division, and many of his draft picks from his first three…