Detroit Free Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For the Detroit Lions, picking a 53-man roster might have gotten more difficult Friday night. The Lions got standout performances from several bubble players competing for roster spots in the first half of Friday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, further complicating decisions that are due by 4 p.m. Tuesday. Dylan Drummond capped

Detroit Lions (1-1) vs. Carolina Panthers (0-2) in preseason exhibition When: 8 p.m. Friday. Where: Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. TV: CBS. Radio: WJR-AM (760), WXYT-FM (97.1). • Box score Trending: The Lions erupted in the first half vs. the Panthers with Teddy Bridgewater at quarterback. Read in-game observations from our Lions beat writer Dave Birkett for subscribers.

Most years, the NFL preseason is largely meaningless. Then there’s the third and final preseason game. It’s the last chance potential starters have to make their case or for bubble players to stay on the roster. Sure, there are always the first looks at rookies. And a few starting position battles that need to get

Exhibit C: Detroit Lions (1-1) vs. Carolina Panthers (0-2), exhibition When: 8 p.m. Friday. Where: Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. TV: CBS. Radio: WJR-AM (760), WXYT-FM (97.1). • Box score ROSTER MOVES: Detroit Lions’ Chase Lucas has won Dan Campbell’s heart. Can he win a roster spot, too? Game notes: Week 3 of the preseason is when the

Position battles aren’t as cut and dry as they sometimes appear in the preseason. Sure, NFL teams like to keep five and often six receivers on their 53-man roster, but the Detroit Lions had seven on their Week 1 roster in 2021, and have rolled with four at times in the past. Fifth and sixth

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor (@shawnwindsor) and Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Guest: Jeff Riger, 97.1 The Ticket host • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: With Shawn away this week, Carlos recruits The Ticket’s Jeff Riger to help out with co-hosting duties. Jeff and Carlos discuss Michigan football‘s self-imposed suspension on Harbaugh, the Detroit Lions‘

Sitting in a team meeting, Chase Lucas braced for a tongue-lashing. The second-year Detroit Lions cornerback had no idea what he’d done, but when he heard Lions coach Dan Campbell sternly calling out his name, Lucas worried he’d done something to tick off his coach. “I was just like, ‘Oh shit,’” Lucas recalled. “Like, I

Amon-Ra St. Brown started Wednesday’s practice working on the side with trainers, rehabbing the ankle injury he suffered last week. He ended it on the field with the first-team offense, as the Detroit Lions closed training camp with a light practice that was mostly a jog-through to prepare for their Sept. 7 season opener against

Two years ago, Dan Campbell said something that will always stick with me about his approach to being a head coach and doing his part to build a team and re-shape an organization. It was March 2, 2021, and he had been on the job for 41 days as the Detroit Lions’ coach. Back then,

For Jared Goff, David Montgomery and most of the rest of the Detroit Lions starters, the preseason is probably over. Lions coach Dan Campbell said before practice Tuesday his personnel plan for Friday’s exhibition finale against the Carolina Panthers likely would look “a lot like” the past two weeks, when the Lions sat most of

The Detroit Lions proposed the NFL’s new emergency quarterback rule that allows a third quarterback to dress for games and not count against the gameday roster. But as pleased as he was to see the rule pass, Lions coach Dan Campbell said that does not mean his team will keep three quarterbacks at next week’s

Hendon Hooker could open the season on the non-football injury list at next week’s roster cut deadline, but the Detroit Lions are planning to have the rookie quarterback on their 53-man roster at some point this fall. Hooker, a third-round pick in April’s draft, continues to progress in his rehab from the knee injury he

After the Detroit Lions lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars in preseason action Saturday, Lions coach Dan Campbell said he “found out about a few guys” in the game, and it was clear by his tone he did not mean in a good way. The Lions struggled to move the ball offensively Saturday for a myriad

With two of their backup safeties likely out for Friday’s preseason finale against the Carolina Panthers, the Detroit Lions added help at the position Sunday. The Lions signed Scott Nelson, a former U-D Jesuit standout who spent part of last season on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad. Nelson originally signed with the Seattle Seahawks as

Steven Gilmore has learned a lot over the years from his brother, Stephon, a two-time first-team All-Pro cornerback and the 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. But the most important lesson Gilmore, an undrafted rookie out of Marshall, learned was something he experienced first-hand Saturday with the Detroit Lions. Gilmore got beat on a

Bill Dow |  Special to the Detroit Free Press “I decided finally to pack the football.” So begins the first chapter of writer George Plimpton’s 1966 bestselling book “Paper Lion,” based upon his experience of “trying out” as the last-string quarterback at the Detroit Lions training camp 60 years ago this summer while on assignment for

So about that quarterback insurance policy for the Detroit Lions’ Super Bowl hopes — how are we feeling today, Detroit? Probably not great if you watched Teddy Bridgewater’s debut in Saturday’s 25-7 preseason loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Field. The much-hyped backup was billed as part elite veteran and part Yoda-like mentor ahead

Dan Campbell doesn’t like to lose, even in the preseason. But even he acknowledged the most important thing to come from Saturday’s 25-7 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Field were the evaluations the Detroit Lions got on players fighting for roster spots. “I felt like we found out about a few guys today,”

Teddy Bridgewater had three practices with the Detroit Lions. Even after nine NFL seasons, that is not enough to be sharp for a preseason game. So this is not meant as a referendum on Bridgewater or his play in the Lions’ 25-7 preseason loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday. But with the start of

NFL preseason: Detroit Lions vs. Jacksonville Jaguars When: 1 p.m. Saturday. Where: Ford Field in Detroit. TV: Fox (Channel 2 in Detroit). Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1). • Box score Game notes: The Lions face the Jaguars in Week 2 of NFL preseason, after two days earlier in the week of joint practices in Allen Park. The Lions will once again sit starters,