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The Detroit Lions have not yet decided if Jameson Williams will make his NFL debut Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the excitement is building for Williams’ return. Lions cornerback Jerry Jacobs called Williams’ playmaking ability “legit” after going against him in practice Thursday, and receiver DJ Chark predicted Williams will be a “superstar.” “I
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Eleven games into his tenure as Detroit Lions offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson is beginning to generate some buzz as a head coaching candidate. But the first-year NFL play caller insisted Thursday that’s the furthest thing from his mind. “Don’t even want to talk about it,” Johnson said. Johnson, 36, has guided a Lions offense that’s
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The accolades keep coming for Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson. Hutchinson was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month on Thursday after he finished November with two interceptions, one sack and one fumble recovery. The No. 2 pick of April’s draft, Hutchinson was named NFC Defensive Rookie of the Week after a three-tackle, two-takeaway performance
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One year later, Dan Campbell is still Oxford Strong. Campbell, the second-year Detroit Lions coach, wore an Oxford hat to his weekly news conference Wednesday, a gesture he said he made to let the community know “we’re thinking about them” on the one-year anniversary of the deadly school shooting at Oxford High. “If you’re outside
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After Aidan Hutchinson won NFC Defensive Player of the Week before Thanksgiving, a couple friends asked what I thought about Hutchinson’s chances of winning Defensive Rookie of the Year. Hutchinson has had a nice season for the Detroit Lions. He has made some huge plays and disappeared at times, which is to be expected for
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Twenty-two months after the Detroit Lions agreed to trade quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams for Jared Goff and three draft picks, the deal looks like a rare win-win for both sides. Stafford led the Rams to a Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals last February, the final piece to L.A.’s championship
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They were raggin’ on Frank Ragnow. “He eats like a child,” Detroit Lions guard Logan Stenberg said about the starting center. “It’s chicken fingers and fries.” Lions left tackle Taylor Decker got more specific. “He eats like a third grader,” Decker teased. “Oh, it’s the worst. The only thing that he likes, that’s, I guess,
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Detroit Lions defensive end Austin Bryant said he did not realize Josh Allen had thrown the ball when he whipped the Buffalo Bills quarterback to the ground late in the fourth quarter of Buffalo’s 28-25 come-from-behind victory Thursday, but Bryant said that’s no excuse for the roughing the passer penalty he incurred on the play.
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Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell made an announcement a few days before playing the Buffalo Bills. “Houston — we have a problem!” Campbell said, while informing his team that James Houston, a practice squad linebacker, was going to get elevated and make his NFL on Thanksgiving Day. “He’s an animal,” Chase Lucas, a fellow rookie,
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