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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,

There’s a part of Josh Reynolds that misses playing in preseason games. The first catch, the first hit, the first time running a route across the middle with a real chance your head gets crushed — there’s something about it all that helps Reynolds feel ready for the NFL regular season. “I would like to

Denzel Mims isn’t “in the room” anymore. A day after Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell used that foreboding phrase to describe Mims’ spot in the battle for a wide receiver job, the Lions waived Mims with an injury designation Friday. Mims suffered an ankle injury in practice Aug. 5, returned briefly the following week but