Pride of Detroit

The Detroit Lions have had a poor stretch of games after a hot start, and a big reason for their struggles is their inability to overcome injuries. Early in the season, the Lions suffered some pretty significant injuries on defense when C.J. Gardner-Johnson and James Houston were forced to miss most of the season. Despite…

The Detroit Lions are slumping, but it wasn’t always like this. Some are quick to call the Lions frauds, but over the first six weeks of the season, the Lions were anything but. They had amassed a 5-1 record and were coming off four straight wins of 14 points or more. Bad teams don’t do…

Going into Week 14, the Green Bay Packers were feeling themselves, and why not? They had won three games in a row, including a big Thanksgiving win over the Detroit Lions, and they followed it up with a huge primetime win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Suddenly, after a 2-5 start, the Packers were 6-6…

Against the Chicago Bears in Week 14, the Detroit Lions put up one of their worst offensive efforts of the season. Their 13 points scored was the second fewest of the season, and their 267 yards gained was the lowest of the year. Mix in three turnovers and a 1-in-5 conversion rate on fourth down,…

The Detroit Lions continue to try and shake things up on defense, looking for the right mixture of player to accomplish their weekly game plans. In Week 14, a loss to the Chicago Bears, the Lions adjusted for injuries on their defensive line, increased their bulk in the box, and gave opportunities to new faces…

What do you call a quarter where the Detroit Lions didn’t reach a single first down? The turd quarter—and rest assured that the turd quarter on Sunday against the Chicago Bears was one of the turdiest of turd quarters this season. What do you do with an offense that refused to move down the field,…

The Detroit Lions are in need of a wake-up call. The Lions’ loss to the Chicago Bears in Week 14 still has them sitting with a solid 9-4 record, but the panic is setting in. For as dominant as the team looked early on, issues are arising lately that spark fear for a Lions division…

It’s a battle of the best on “Sunday Night Football.” The Dallas Cowboys play host to the division-rival Philadelphia Eagles Sunday evening. Not only are the Cowboys competing with the Eagles for the top spot in the NFC East, but the NFC itself. A game like tonight’s could prove pivotal down the stretch for the…

A gut punch if there ever was one, the Detroit Lions fell to the Chicago Bears in disappointing fashion. Losing to a team more interested in chasing draft picks than the playoffs is one thing, but the Lions were outmatched in every facet. The offense put up a mere 13 points, all of which came…

The Detroit Lions continued their road trip on Sunday as they traveled to Illinois to take on the Chicago Bears in an NFC North matchup. Unfortunately, the Lions would lose this game to the Bears 28-13, keeping the magic number for the divisional crown at three unless the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers…

The Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears face off in Week 14 in a game that has some underrated intrigue. For the Lions, the intrigue is obvious. They’re scrapping their way towards a possible divisional title for the first time in over 30 years. At 9-3 and with a three-game lead in the division over both…

It’s Week 14. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is running out of ways to surprise you, but I’m not. We’ve seen so many iterations of complete, team wins on the road to a 9-3 record —Jared Goff galore, David Montgomery’s one-man show, a dominant run defense, the Sam LaPorta spectacle, and more. We’ve seen the…

The Detroit Lions are headed to Chicago for a bout with the Bears, and they’ve already made some interesting personnel choices. Whether it’s due to injury or something else, Detroit has opted to keep defensive end Bruce Irvin on the practice squad this week, despite him adding some juice to the pass rush against the…

The Detroit Lions announced their Saturday roster moves, and it’s surprisingly bare. Detroit is simply elevating offensive lineman Michael Niese from the practice squad. That specific move isn’t all that surprising. With center Frank Ragnow already declared out, the Lions were likely to elevate an offensive lineman to raise their gameday roster to eight active…

We may have finally cracked the Madden code. For the past three weeks, we have been installed a user-made modification to the game that is supposed to produce more realistic gameplay. Lo and behold, our weekly Madden 24 simulations have now correctly predicted the outcome of the Detroit Lions game in three consecutive weeks after…

Earlier in the week, the Detroit Lions quietly signed cornerback Kindle Vildor from the practice squad to their 53-man roster in a move that was overshadowed by placing defensive tackle Alim McNeill on injured reserve. It’s an eyebrow-raising move, considering many expected defensive tackle Quinton Bohanna to receive the promotion given the positional need and…

Whenever it’s Chicago Bears on the road, weather becomes a big storyline for the Detroit Lions game. This week, the forecast looks relatively mild—only a seven percent chance of precipitation and 10-15 MPH winds—but with temperatures expected to be in the 30s, it will be Detroit’s only cold-weather game on the schedule this year.

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell confirmed on Friday morning what fans were fearing: center Frank Ragnow is expected to miss Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears. “Yeah, I don’t see him going,” Campbell said. “I don’t see him going, but he is improving. He’s getting better, he’s getting better. So, yeah, I don’t see him…

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I love an away game. Don’t get me wrong, I love home games at Ford Field, too. Waking up, getting everything situated, and heading to Eastern Market or Midtown before Detroit Lions’ home games is one of my favorite feelings in the world.

The Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears face off this Sunday in Detroit’s fourth NFC North matchup. Detroit is currently 2-1 in divisional games, but each contest has been close in the fourth quarter. The last time these two teams met—a mere three weeks ago—I warned in this very preview that this Bears team was going…