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There is a good chance Taylor Decker makes his season debut Sunday for the Detroit Lions after taking first-team left tackle reps Friday for the third straight practice. “High,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said when asked to put a percentage on Decker’s return. “High percentage. Higher than 50(%).” Decker has not played since injuring his left index

Josh Reynolds connected enough dots before he hit free agency in March to think the Detroit Lions would be major players for his services. He spent four seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, where new Lions general manager Brad Holmes and his top executive, Ray Agnew, were in the front office, and he caught most

The Detroit Lions finished the first half of the season on a sour note, with a 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles that was far and away their worst performance of the year. Before they left for their bye week break, defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn told his players to forget about that game, to bury

Taylor Decker earned positive reviews in his return to practice Wednesday and the Detroit Lions left tackle remains on track to make his season debut Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn said Decker “looked good” in his first practice in nearly a month and was in line to have an expanded workload

Dave Fipp never experienced symptoms during his bout with COVID-19, but the Detroit Lions special teams coordinator was sick to his stomach during one day of his quarantine — when he watched the Lions lose to the Philadelphia Eagles from afar in the only game he’s missed in his 14 NFL seasons. “It was horrible,”

Dan Campbell is looking to someone new to spark the Detroit Lions’ struggling offense — himself. Campbell said Wednesday he is taking a larger role in the offensive planning ahead of Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I would say just it involves spending a lot more time with the offense than maybe the other

The Marines were in a truck, performing convoy security about 250 yards off a road, churning through soft sand in the Iraqi desert. “Stop!” screamed Rod Richards, a gunnery sergeant. Richards saw hundreds of discs spread across the sand. We had driven into a landmine field. Richards thought some were antitank mines. Others he called “toe

Taylor Decker took left tackle reps at practice Wednesday for the first time in nearly a month, and the Detroit Lions should know soon whether the veteran offensive lineman will play again this season. Lions coach Dan Campbell indicated Wednesday the next 24 hours will be key to Decker’s return from the finger injury that

A day after they passed on Odell Beckham Jr., the Detroit Lions found help for their middling receiving corps on the waiver wire Wednesday. The Lions, with top waiver priority, claimed ex-Tennessee Titans receiver Josh Reynolds on waivers and placed defensive lineman Jashon Cornell on the reserve/non-football illness list. Reynolds played his first four NFL

Roger Zatkoff, one of the last living members of the Detroit Lions’ 1957 championship team, died last week at 90 years old. Zatkoff was a standout linebacker at Michigan and with the Lions in the 1950s who went on to a successful business career after his playing days. A Hamtramck native, Zatkoff played his first

It’s November and the Detroit Lions are winless, so naturally it’s draft season here in Detroit. I figured I’d get a lot of questions about next offseason and the 2022 NFL draft for this week’s mailbag and you all did not disappoint. Reader questions edited for clarity: Dave, don’t you feel like the Lions have

It’s November and the Detroit Lions are winless, so naturally it’s draft season here in Detroit. I figured I’d get a lot of questions about next offseason and the 2022 NFL draft for this week’s mailbag and you all did not disappoint. Reader questions edited for clarity: Dave, don’t you feel like the Lions have

The Detroit Lions were on bye last week, which means they didn’t lose for the first time this season. Yay. That tired joke aside, Week 9 really was a week of hope for the Lions, a reaffirmation that anything can happen — and at some point, probably will — in the NFL. The lowly Jacksonville

Greetings from the bye week. I have returned from a week of vacation refreshed and reinvigorated. No, I didn’t go to some fancy pants resort at a lavish destination like the U.S. Virgin Islands. I’m merely a humble sports writer for your morning friendly, where I toil alongside my fellow ink-stained wretches in the hopes

Show Caption Hide Caption Any hope Detroit Lions will avoid 0-17? We break it down Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez share their thoughts after the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Eagles on Oct. 31, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press Taylor Decker’s injured left index finger has

The Detroit Lions have top priority on the NFL waiver wire, but Lions coach Dan Campbell said they will not use that position to upgrade their receiving corps when Odell Beckham Jr. hits waivers later today. Beckham, the talented but mercurial soon-to-be ex-Cleveland Browns receiver, wisely agreed to a restructured contract that should allow him

The Detroit Lions are back in action after a week off and they continue their quest of getting their first victory of the season. If Dan Campbell wants to notch win number one in his run as Lions head coach, he’ll need to do it against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. on Fox. The

Darren Fells tumbled out of the playing rotation in recent weeks. Now, the veteran tight end is looking for a new home. Fells asked the Detroit Lions for his release Monday, and the team plans to grant his request by placing him on waivers. Because it is after the trade deadline, all NFL players are

The Detroit Lions are back in action after a week off and they continue their quest of getting their first victory of the season. If Dan Campbell wants to notch win number one in his run as Lions head coach, he’ll need to do it against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. on Fox. The

It’s time for a mid-term report on the Detroit Lions. Or an early obituary, if you prefer. It’s been that kind of year. In early September, I wrote a column titled: “Detroit Lions are gonna lose a ton, but here’s how they can still have a great season.” I listed 10 things the Lions had