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The Detroit Lions’ playoff win over the Los Angeles Rams last season will not soon be forgotten. Not only was it the franchise’s first postseason win since the 1991 season, but it was the first Lions playoff game ever in Ford Field—and it just so happened to feature two quarterbacks going against their former teams.

We hear it all the time in reference to football players. “He’s just a gamer.” Well, on Thursday night, nearly 60 Detroit Lions players had their opportunity to prove that when the lights are on, their star shines bright. It’s one thing to make some plays in Allen Park, where full contact is rarely allowed,…

On Thursday night, the Detroit Lions lost an ugly and wet preseason opener to the New York Giants, 14-3. As we’ll do every week throughout the season for this Lions team, we have some data we can comb through courtesy of Pro Football Focus that better helps us understand the football the Lions have played…

With the Detroit Lions resting their starters against the New York Giants in their first game of the preseason, it was a great opportunity for players on the bubble to make their case for a roster spot. Though the team as a whole performed quite poorly and only put up three points in their defeat,…

The Detroit Lions’ first preseason game of the 2024 season is in the books and it’s time to check in on the players who helped or hurt their stock. The Lions rested 27 players on Thursday night, plus an additional four injured players—Emmanuel Moseley and John Cominsky—who are likely headed for injured reserve at cutdowns.…

With some semblance of real competitive Detroit Lions football on our television screens Thursday night, I gave my remote control all it could handle rewinding to cover as many meaningful observations as possible from the Lions defensive line performances against the New York Giants. One of the glaring takeaways, throughout the game, was that the…

Last Friday, the Detroit Lions’ training camp scrimmage practice was a tough one for kicker Jake Bates. As the team’s only kicker, Bates went just 8-of-14 on field goals on the day, and added a missed extra point to boot. Bates had a chance to finish the day on a high note, but his 40-yard…

The preseason is more about individual performances than it is team performances. The Detroit Lions sat 31 players on Thursday, most of whom are expected to be big contributors to the 2024 team. So, no, the score doesn’t matter. The team unit performances don’t really matter. It’s all about players and how they helped or…

Welcome to the 2024 NFL season! It was perhaps not the debut the Detroit Lions were looking for, but there were plenty of opportunities to evaluate the roster heading into the thick of training camp. The Lions were felled 14-3 by the New York Giants in a quiet offensive affair, yet the score of the…

It was a rough first half for Detroit Lions veteran quarterback Nate Sudfeld. But the offense had a notable extra dimension when second-year passer Hendon Hooker took over in the second half. The Lions utilized Hooker’s mobility early and often, and the former Tennessee Volunteer got into a nice rhythm. But no play was more…

After two physical practices on Monday and Tuesday earlier this week, the Detroit Lions went on the road to take on the New York Giants in a slow-moving, rainy game on Thursday night. It wasn’t a downpour, but the rain seemed to affect the players on the field as players were slipping and there were…

The Detroit Lions kick off their preseason schedule on Thursday night with a matchup against the New York Giants. It’s the culmination of a fiery week of practices between the two teams. And while neither team is expected to play many starters, it’s still exciting to watch some “real” football, particularly when it’s kicking off…

We’re starting to finalize our plans for the 2024 Detroit Lions season, and, as always, we’re looking to expand our reach to the community. Part of what has always made Pride of Detroit special and unique is our interactivity with the fans. Be it fantasy football leagues, community mock drafts, Movember, or our podcasts, we’re…

We are entering Year 4 for the Detroit Lions under Dan Campbell and now, following their fourth different series of joint practices under this regime, it’s easier to project what to expect as far as who will play against the New York Giants in preseason Week 1. Dan Campbell places high value for the development…

In what is sure to be the most hotly contested matchup of practice football, the Detroit Lions kick off their preseason tonight against the New York Giants in East Rutherford. After a couple of incredibly physical practices spurred more fights than anyone in person or on Twitter could keep track of, the Lions and Giants…

Per multiple reports, the NFL has fined both the New York Giants and Detroit Lions $200,000 each for the amount of fights and scuffles that broke out during their pair of joint practices this week. The first practice on Monday was filled with fights from the beginning to the end, with Lions reporter Kyle Meinke…

The Detroit Lions have Wednesday off as they prepare for their preseason opener against the New York Giants. So I thought this was a good opportunity to open up our mailbag—but with a twist. Yes, myself and Erik Schlitt did a Midweek Mailbag podcast on Tuesday night, but I thought for those that don’t love…

If you read the New York Giants media’s take on Day 1 of joint practices with the Detroit Lions, most believed New York—at the very least—hung with the gritty Lions. But the tone out of New Jersey was a little different for Tuesday’s practice. While things certainly remained high-intensity, it certainly sounds like the Lions…

Hearts are breaking for Emmanuel Moseley as the Lions announced Tuesday he suffered an injury that’ll keep him off the field indefinitely. The cornerback suffered a torn pectoral at practice that will keep him sidelined for an undetermined amount of time. While all injuries straight up stink, what makes this news particularly brutal is this…

The Detroit Lions are wrapping up joint practices in New Jersey on Tuesday in preparation for their preseason Game 1 against the New York Giants on Thursday. In previous training camps, the Lions have shown a pattern of resting key players during preseason games following joint practices with their opponent, and in 2024, they appear…