Pride of Detroit

It may have been a brutally cold week here in metro Detroit, and as I look out my window now, there is quite a bit of snow falling. Still, that isn’t stopping the city from buzzing. And as the Detroit Lions dispatched the Los Angeles Rams last week in the Wild Card Round, the city…

The Detroit Lions have declared their injury designations ahead of their matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Divisional round of the 2023-24 NFL playoffs. The Lions continue to be a very healthy team late in the season, but there are a few injuries that could force Detroit to adjust.

On Thursday, the Detroit Lions were forced to make a decision on edge defender James Houston: either activate him to the 53-man roster or keep him on injured reserve for the rest of the postseason. The Lions opted to activate him, seemingly setting him up to play in this weekend’s Divisional Round playoff game against…

The Detroit Lions will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Divisional round of the 2023-24 NFL playoffs at Ford Field. The Lions opened the week as favorites over the Bucs and you can check out the updated odds, as well as player prop odds, for this game courtesy of the folks over at DraftKings…

It’s fair to say that Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is likely one of the most popular people in the state of Michigan right now and for good reason. In just a matter of three seasons, he’s taken one of the historically worst franchises in professional sports, and turned them into a serious contender the…

The Detroit Lions will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Divisional Round of the playoffs at Ford Field at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, and both teams were back on the practice field on Thursday. For the Lions, they continue to trend in the right direction. Not only did they activate edge rusher James…

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell started off the week warning of the challenge that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense presents. “They’ve got a number of guys on that defense that have been together and so it’s evolved so much,” Campbell said. “And so, (defensive coordinator Todd Bowles’) got these things that they believe in, that…

The Detroit Lions have officially activated edge rusher James Houston from injured reserve and waived edge rusher Julian Okwara in a corresponding move. Houston injured his ankle/lower leg in early September and was placed on injured reserve to recover. Three weeks ago, he was healthy enough to begin practicing and the Lions opened his 21-day…

The Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers faced off back in Week 6 down in Florida. Detroit walked away with a 20-6 road victory, but the game was a bit closer than that score suggests. It was a one-score game for nearly the entirety of the first three quarters, until a 49-yard touchdown pass to…

You may have noticed after Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph collided with Los Angeles Rams tight end Tyler Higbee in a hit that sent the receiver head over heels (and caused a torn ACL), quarterback Matthew Stafford confronted Joseph and clearly had some choice words for him. Thanks to a mic’d up segment via the…

Check and check — the Detroit Lions have both won the NFC North and won a playoff game. While that is enough by most standards for a successful season, the Lions actually have a great shot at winning a second postseason game and reaching the NFC Championship Game, something that would have sounded absolutely bizarre…

Detroit Lions safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield have spent the early part of the week talking some trash. It all started last week when Gardner-Johnson was talking about having to deal with a tough pair of Los Angeles Rams receivers in Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp. Gardner-Johnson said he believed…

The Divisional round of the 2023-24 NFL playoffs is upon us and the Detroit Lions have begun practicing as they prepare to host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday. After 21 games played—including the preseason, regular season, and postseason—the Lions have made an effort to manage players’ workloads.…

During Sunday’s playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams, Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph tackled tight end Tyler Higbee with a blow to the legs that sent the Rams tight end flipping over onto his head. Days later, it was revealed Higbee tore his ACL on the play. Just a few weeks earlier, Joseph laid…

The injury evaluation window for James Houston is set to expire on Wednesday evening, forcing the Detroit Lions to make a decision on the immediate future of their edge rusher. Houston injured his ankle/femur back in early September and has been on injured reserve working his way back since. On Thursday, December 28, the Lions…

We are in mid-January, and the Detroit Lions are still playing football. The Lions made the playoffs this season and got their first playoff victory since 1991 last week against the Los Angeles Rams. Despite wanting to enjoy the playoff victory for a longer period of time, it’s time for Detroit to turn their attention…

The Detroit Lions can’t seem to escape playing in games that end in referee scrutiny. After the Brad Allen debacle in Dallas, the Lions drew Craig Wrolstad—a 10-year veteran referee with 21 years of NFL officiating experience—for their playoff matchup with the Los Angeles Rams, a move that seemed promising. The results were disappointing, as…

On Tuesday, the NFL announced six candidates for the fan-voted Pepsi Rookie of the Year award for the 2023 season. Not to be confused with the official Offensive Rookie of the Year or Defensive Rookie of the Year award, the Pepsi Rookie of the Year is completely decided by fan vote.

During the Detroit Lions’ big win over the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round, social media was a buzz. While the national audience was watching the best game of the weekend, there was a fun interaction between Lions Hall-of-Famer Barry Sanders and soon-to-be Hall-of-Famer J.J. Watt on Twitter (X) that Detroit fans will…

Any quarterback for the Detroit Lions comes with constant questions, expectations, and worries. But in one night, Jared Goff claimed a victory that will echo for Lions fans and cemented his legacy in Detroit. Once cast off from the Los Angeles Rams and dismissed as broken, Goff accomplished what no Lions quarterback since Erik Kramer…