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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Even in a win, Detroit Lions’ flaws are apparent. Can they fix them? Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor break down the Detroit Lions after their 30-27 win over Washington on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Matthew Stafford has a long track record of leading

Bill Dow  |  Special to Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Barry Sanders’ retirement: Here’s how it all went down Former Detroit Free Press sports editor Gene Myers describes the night Barry Sanders retired and flew unannounced to London. Free Press special writer Bill Dow continues his “where are they now” series about former Detroit

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Even in a win, Detroit Lions’ flaws are apparent. Can they fix them? Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor break down the Detroit Lions after their 30-27 win over Washington on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Football players are tough. We’ve seen it locally here

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Even in a win, Detroit Lions’ flaws are apparent. Can they fix them? Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor break down the Detroit Lions after their 30-27 win over Washington on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. A new day sometimes brings a new perspective. So,

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Even in a win, Detroit Lions’ flaws are apparent. Can they fix them? Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor break down the Detroit Lions after their 30-27 win over Washington on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. The Detroit Lions would be 3-6 right now if Todd Gurley

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Even in a win, Detroit Lions’ flaws are apparent. Can they fix them? Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor break down the Detroit Lions after their 30-27 win over Washington on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford avoided serious injury to

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Even in a win, Detroit Lions’ flaws are apparent. Can they fix them? Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor break down the Detroit Lions after their 30-27 win over Washington on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Desmond Trufant threw his hands up in exasperation. Trufant

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford avoided serious injury and should not miss game time because of the right thumb injury he suffered in Sunday’s 30-27 win over Washington, NFL Network reported. Stafford injured his thumb on a sack late in the first quarter, but stayed in the game and

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Should the NFL consider a bubble system for the playoffs? USA Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon breaks own the NFL’s fight against COVID-19 with NFL writers Mike Jones and Jarrett Bell. Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions‘ 30-27 win over Washington and

Jeff Seidel   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Should the NFL consider a bubble system for the playoffs? USA Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon breaks own the NFL’s fight against COVID-19 with NFL writers Mike Jones and Jarrett Bell. Because they are the Lions. Only the Detroit Lions could blow a three-touchdown second-half lead, a

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press There’s no good reason the Detroit Lions should have been in the position they were Sunday: Tied with 16 seconds to play, in a game they led by 21 points midway through the third quarter, against a team they absolutely had to beat. But when Matthew Stafford trotted onto

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Should the NFL consider a bubble system for the playoffs? USA Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon breaks own the NFL’s fight against COVID-19 with NFL writers Mike Jones and Jarrett Bell. One of the best long-range kickers in NFL history, Matt Prater has had some uncharacteristic struggles

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating Detroit Lions at midseason; what’s on line vs. Washington? Debating the Detroit Lions’ good and bad at midseason, and what’s on the line vs. Washington this week? Filmed Nov. 12, 2020. D’Andre Swift called no one. Not his friends. Not even his dad. No

Chris Thomas   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption A Detroit tradition: Lions on Thanksgiving Looking back at some top performers for the Lions on Turkey Day. Video by Ryan Ford/DFP The Detroit Lions will not have fans at Ford Field for their annual Thanksgiving game.  On Sunday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced an

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Midseason review: the NFL’s good, bad and ugly Weekly Pulse: We’ve hit the halfway point in the season, and its time to examine how the teams are doing around the league. Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions after Sunday’s 30-27 win

Tyler J. Davis   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Midseason review: the NFL’s good, bad and ugly Weekly Pulse: We’ve hit the halfway point in the season, and its time to examine how the teams are doing around the league. It’s OK, Detroit Lions fans. Your squad survived the Washington Football Team. After

Kirkland Crawford   | Detroit Free Press Detroit Lions (3-5) vs. Washington Football Team (2-6) When: 1 p.m., Sunday. Where: Ford Field. TV: Fox (Channel 2 in Detroit). Radio: WJR-AM (760). INJURY REPORT: OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai, DL Nick Williams inactive vs. Washington SCOUTING REPORT: Lions vs. Washington: Dave Birkett’s prediction WHAT A SKID: Lions can’t count on homefield advantage, with

Dave Birkett ,  Carlos Monarrez ,  Shawn Windsor   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating Detroit Lions at midseason; what’s on line vs. Washington? Debating the Detroit Lions’ good and bad at midseason, and what’s on the line vs. Washington this week? Filmed Nov. 12, 2020. Free Press sports writers make predictions for

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating Detroit Lions at midseason; what’s on line vs. Washington? Debating the Detroit Lions’ good and bad at midseason, and what’s on the line vs. Washington this week? Filmed Nov. 12, 2020. There’s no explanation for it. Not really. At least nothing that is quantified

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Debating Detroit Lions at midseason; what’s on line vs. Washington? Debating the Detroit Lions’ good and bad at midseason, and what’s on the line vs. Washington this week? Filmed Nov. 12, 2020. Forty games into his tenure as Detroit Lions coach, it seems like the