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Tracy Walker’s season is officially over, and the Detroit Lions are promoting a familiar face to fill the safety’s spot on the 53-man roster. The Lions placed Walker on injured reserve Tuesday and signed linebacker Anthony Pittman off their practice squad to take his place. Pittman has played in every game this season as a

Three weeks into the season, the NFL already is down to its final two unbeaten teams. The Philadelphia Eagles have looked like the class of the NFC since the season’s opening kick and take over the No. 1 spot in this week’s power rankings. Jalen Hurts is playing at an MVP level, the offense is

I’ve covered the Detroit Lions for nearly 20 years, but on Sunday I did something I had never done. I watched the game with fans, and by that I mean serious fans, the kind who live and die with every down and know the team’s history probably a little too well for their own good.

With his injuries mounting and his production on the decline, the Detroit Lions are considering giving running back D’Andre Swift time off to rest his various ailments. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday he is considering holding Swift out of games this week against the Seattle Seahawks and next week against the New England Patriots

Dan Campbell hated his decision to try a long field goal late in Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings, but the Detroit Lions coach insisted Monday he has not lost any faith in kicker Austin Seibert. “Well, yeah, listen, I’d be willing to give him another go,” Campbell said at his weekly news conference. “I

The Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions play on Sunday in a game on the NFL Week 4 schedule. Which team will get the victory? Check out these NFL Week 4 picks and predictions for the game, which can be seen at 10 a.m. MST on Fox. The Lions are a 5.5-point favorite in the game. NFL Week 4

The Detroit Lions are considering several options to replace injured safety Tracy Walker, who will miss the rest of the season with a torn left Achilles tendon. Juju Hughes played the final three quarters of Sunday’s 28-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at safety in Walker’s absence, but Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday he

Follow along with live updates, as Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell speaks to the media in his weekly Monday news conference around 2:15 p.m. from the practice facility in Allen Park. The Lions (1-2) are coming off a heartbreaking 28-24 loss at the Minnesota Vikings one day ago, when Campbell took criticism for attempting a long

The Detroit Lions‘ locker room was a somber place Sunday, with players sitting quietly in front of their lockers long after the cooling off period expired and reporters were let in. The Lions let a winnable game slip out of their grasp against the Minnesota Vikings, and chances are they’ll come to regret it later

In case there was any doubt if misery likes company, just ask Dan Orlovsky. The former Detroit Lions quarterback-turned-ESPN analyst now has company on infamous play. Orlovsky, who spent 12 years as an NFL quarterback including two stints with the Lions (2005-08, 2014-16), went viral late Sunday evening after celebrating Jimmy Garoppolo making one of

The fourth-ranked Patriots trailed early. And even got punched in the mouth. But how they responded says everything about this year’s squad. It had the makings of a trap game. Sandwiched in between matchups between Livonia Churchill and Livonia Stevenson was a Week 5 trip to Westland John Glenn. The Livonia Franklin football team entered

When you think of states that produce the most football talent, Texas and Florida are probably the first that come to mind. According to numbers released by the NFL this month, there were 199 players who went to high school in Texas on opening day rosters, and 185 from Florida. But Missouri also had a

MINNEAPOLIS — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell entered the locker room after Sunday’s 28-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings and told his team its latest gut-wrenching defeat was on him. One of the most aggressive coaches in the NFL when it comes to in-game decision making, Campbell made a slew of choices Sunday that had

MINNEAPOLIS —Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions in their 28-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday. Quarterback Jared Goff was more statistically prolific in last week’s win over Washington, but I thought he played his best game of the year Sunday. Goff completed 25 of 41 passes

The Detroit Lions lost two key defensive players to Achilles tendon injuries last season, and the unit is bracing for bad news on the injury front again. Lions coach Dan Campbell said safety Tracy Walker suffered an ankle or Achilles tendon injury in the first half of Sunday’s 28-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Walker,

MINNEAPOLIS — Can you imagine Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell in Las Vegas? Gambling all night, putting his paycheck on the line, taking calculated gambles. Would he play poker? Nah. He wears his heart on his sleeve too much. I can’t imagine him being very good at bluffing. He is who he is — the

Free Press columnists Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor answer three questions after the Detroit Lions’ 28-24 loss to the Vikings on Sunday in Minneapolis: What does Sunday tell you about the Lions’ ceiling? The Lions continued their impressive offense under coordinator Ben Johnson, who called an effective and mostly aggressive game in a 28-24 loss

Jeff Okudah walked through the Detroit Lions locker room Friday with a drink of amino acid supplements in one hand and an iPad in the other. Okudah, a few days earlier, sat on the padded chair in front of his locker with his iPad on his lap. He lounged last week in one of the

It’s almost a Week 3 tradition for the Detroit Lions. Somehow, over their first two games every season, they wind up doing something that sends us to the history books and delivers a lead-in such as, “For the first time since the Lions played at Tiger Stadium … “ Of course, seeing as how their

Detroit Lions starting safety Tracy Walker is expected to play on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis despite note practicing much this week. Walker is scheduled to travel to Minneapolis separately from the team after the birth of his second son this week. He did not practice on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday for what