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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. The NFL trade deadline is less than a week

Chris Solari   | Detroit Free Press Herb Adderley, one of three former Michigan State players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Friday. He was 81. A two-way player for Duffy Daugherty from 1958-60, Adderley ran for 813 yards and four touchdowns and caught 28 passes for 519 yards and four scores during his

Kirkland Crawford   | Detroit Free Press There’ll be no college bowl game in Detroit this year.  The Quick Lane Bowl has been bumped from this season’s schedule, according to Bowl Season, the new branding for the Football Bowl Association.  The Detroit Lions and Quick Lane, the two entities that run the bowl game at Ford

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. To Reggie Ragland, the reason behind the Detroit Lions‘

Jeff Seidel   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. I went in for neck surgery — a fusion

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. The NFL trade deadline is less than a week

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. Detroit Lions running back Adrian Peterson first heard his

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption How good are the Detroit Lions? And when will they pay Kenny Golladay? Breaking down the Detroit Lions, after their win over the Atlanta Falcons, and debating the Kenny Golladay contract issue. Filmed Oct. 26, 2020. Desmond Trufant returned to practice Thursday for the first

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford on what team is getting in Everson Griffin Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has respect for former Viking Everson Griffen, who is now his teammate. (Filmed Oct. 28, 2020) The Detroit Lions will host a limited number of fans at Ford

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ Matt Patricia on what he knows about Everson Griffen Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia addressed the media on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, one day after the team traded for defensive lineman Everson Griffen. Everson Griffen is not the missing piece to a previously

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption You can’t read too much into Detroit Lions’ win over Jaguars, right? Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor break down the Detroit Lions’ win over the Jaguars and if it’ll snowball into something else. The difference, Jeff Okudah said about his play, is quite

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ Matt Patricia on what he knows about Everson Griffen Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia addressed the media on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, one day after the team traded for defensive lineman Everson Griffen. Some trades takes days or weeks of negotiations. Others take

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ Matt Patricia on what he knows about Everson Griffen Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia addressed the media on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, one day after the team traded for defensive lineman Everson Griffen. I owe Will Harris an apology, and someone ought to

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ Matt Patricia on what he knows about Everson Griffen Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia addressed the media on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, one day after the team traded for defensive lineman Everson Griffen. It’s official. The Detroit Lions are all-in. Get ready for

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press [embedded content] Kenny Golladay’s name rarely comes up when pundits talk about the best wide receivers in the NFL, but it should — and maybe soon it will. Golladay made his first Pro Bowl as an alternate last season, when he led the NFL in touchdown catches, and has

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption You can’t read too much into Detroit Lions’ win over Jaguars, right? Dave Birkett, Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor break down the Detroit Lions’ win over the Jaguars and if it’ll snowball into something else. It’s official. The Detroit Lions are all-in. Get ready for

Tyler J. Davis   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption NFL power rankings 8.0: Steelers rise to No. 1 spot SportsPulse: For the first time this season, and the first time in a long time, the Pittsburgh Steelers have taken the number one spot in the power rankings. Mackenzie provides the biggest risers and

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Buoyed by back-to-back wins that have them in the wildcard hunt, the Detroit Lions made a trade Tuesday to bolster their pass rush. The Lions traded a conditional sixth-round draft pick to the Dallas Cowboys for defensive end Everson Griffen. Griffen, won’t be eligible to play until the Lions’ Nov.

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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press This happens to a certain extent every year, but it struck me how perfectly imbalanced the NFL is when I was putting together my Week 8 power rankings Monday night. The Detroit Lions, as we’ve seen this season — and for most of my 11 years covering the team