Pride of Detroit

The Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face off in Week 2, and both teams were back on the practice field on Thursday. For the Lions, they were able to return one starter to practice but they still have two starters not practicing, which will raise some concerns amongst the fan base.

Detroit Lions legendary linebacker Joe Schmidt passed away on Wednesday night, as first reported by the Detroit News. Schmidt had the most prestigious career of any Lions linebacker. He was a 10-time All-Pro, a 10-time Pro Bowler, a two-time NFL champion, an NFL Hall of Famer, and one of 21 players inducted into the team’s…

The Lions move into a second playoff rematch already in this 2024 NFL season. So far it’s been the second verse same as the first for Detroit as they dispatched the Rams, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came off a strong showing to start the year in Florida, with quarterback Baker Mayfield airing out the…

As if you need another reason to be impressed by Amon-Ra St. Brown, some quick thinking by the star receiver may have saved the Detroit Lions from the losing the game Sunday night. After squandering a sizable lead in the second half, the Lions put themselves in a tight spot. Detroit had the ball, quarterback…

New week, new X factor, and despite an average performance from the group last week in the win against the Los Angeles Rams, the Detroit Lions offensive line is the X factor this week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While the Bucs secondary is dealing with injuries at cornerback and safety, I think the trenches…

I’m guessing Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph doesn’t have a lot of fans in Los Angeles. Last year, Joseph was called out by Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford after he hit tight end Tyler Higbee low, resulting in a torn ACL and MCL. Higbee has still not returned to the lineup since that January collision.

The Detroit Lions are taking on a familiar foe in Week 2, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be in town for a Sunday afternoon matchup at Ford Field. On Wednesday, the Lions held their first official practice of the week and a couple of starters landed on their initial injury report.

On Wednesday, the Detroit Lions announced changes to their active roster, signing veteran nose tackle Kyle Peko while adding defensive tackle Chris Smith—who was released from the active roster on Monday—to the practice squad. The team also confirmed the previously reported signing of kicker Greg Joseph to the practice squad.

One of the most surprising developments from the Detroit Lions’ Week 1 victory over the Los Angeles Rams was the lack of production from All-Pro receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. Over the course of his three-year career, St. Brown has averaged 6.4 catches and 72.0 yards per game. On Sunday night, he managed just three catches…

The Detroit Lions found a way to win against the Los Angeles Rams on “Sunday Night Football” in a way completely asymmetrical to how they won against the Rams in the Wild Card round back in January. Some things remain the same—the Lions have a strong running game, their linebacking corps anchors the defense, and…

Ford Field has life and character for the first time since the stadium opened up back in 2002. Don’t get me wrong, Detroit Lions fans have been psychotic (a compliment) for decades, but that has never really translated to a transformative experience on game days. It could get loud at times, but there just didn’t…

This might be at this point a grudge match, as the Lions and Rams met again in Detroit, and moods don’t seem to be mending. But the good news is we get some killer football out of it, and as a bonus the Detroit Lions picked up their first victory of 2024 on Sunday night,…

On Sunday night—and nearly into Monday morning—the Detroit Lions got their first win of the 2024 regular season against the Los Angeles Rams in overtime, 26-20. 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…

Like a pitcher in baseball, you aren’t always going to have your best stuff. Sometimes your fastball just doesn’t have the same bite as other nights, or maybe you can’t seem to get in a rhythm. You can apply this same analogy to basketball, cooking—you name it. Some days you just don’t have your best…

In the NFL, you don’t expect to be playing your best ball in Week 1, but you also don’t want to come out so flat that you kill the vibes and start with a loss. For the Detroit Lions, they did what great teams do. They didn’t play their best game—not even close—but they found…

Week 1 of the 2024 NFL has been chock full of excellent Primetime games. The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens in a game that came down to a toe being out of bounds on Thursday, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers in a game that came down to the final possession…

It appears DJ Reader will make his Detroit Lions debut on Sunday for the team’s Week 2 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Reader has spent his entire offseason rehabbing from a torn quad suffered in December, and while it looked like there was a chance for him to play in the team’s season opener,…

In Week 1 of the 2024 NFL regular season, the Detroit Lions took on the Los Angeles Rams, and while it took overtime, they were able to secure the victory, just like they did last January in the Playoffs. In Week 2, another former Playoff foe is coming back to Ford Field, as the Lions…

The Detroit Lions defeat the Los Angeles Rams yet again in a heart-racing overtime thriller that really got the people going. New kicker Jake Bates (of Michigan Panther fame and I’ll never stop pointing that out) got a rather intense welcome to the NFL when it came down to a field goal to send the…

The Detroit Lions have won 21 of their last 28 regular season games. Hold on, I just had to quadruple check that to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. Anyway, the wins have been such a regular occasion that it’s almost possible to take them for granted. The Victory Mondays, the top Dan Miller calls of…