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He finally did it. Matthew Stafford finally won a playoff game. In his lucky 13th NFL season, but his first with a new team, the longtime Detroit Lions quarterback has gotten off the schneid. On Monday night, Stafford led a 34-11 dismantling of the visiting Arizona Cardinals in an NFC wild-card game with an effort

Bill Dow |  Special to Detroit Free Press It’s hard to believe that it was 64 years ago last month when Detroit Lions fans hoisted team captain Joe Schmidt onto their shoulders and carried him off the Briggs Stadium gridiron after Detroit won its last NFL championship and the third during the golden decade of Lions football. The

Julian Okwara racked up two sacks in the season-ending win over the Green Bay Packers, bringing his season total to a career-high five and giving his older brother, Romeo, even more confidence the Detroit Lions have the makings of a formidable pass rush in 2022. The Lions finished 27th in the NFL in sack rate

He’ll be wearing royal blue and yellow tonight for the Los Angeles Rams, but it will be tough not to be reminded of his days in Honolulu Blue and silver when Matthew Stafford takes his first playoff snap against the Arizona Cardinals. Stafford, who spent 12 seasons with the Detroit Lions, will be at quarterback

A long time ago, Jim Harbaugh almost drowned his older brother, John. They were college aged and vacationing with their family in Amelia Island, Florida. The brothers were on the beach, and being young men and brothers and especially competitive Harbaughs, of course they started wrestling in the surf. It was then that John discovered

The NFL is a bottom-line business where wins are the only thing that matters, but it’s OK to acknowledge that winning is often a process. That’s why so many people came away from this year’s 3-13-1 season feeling good about where the Detroit Lions are headed, all while knowing they did not play good football

Let’s go streaking (but not the good kind). The Detroit Lions now own the longest streak in the NFL without a playoff win. The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Las Vegas Raiders in AFC wild-card action Saturday, snapping a 31-year drought without a postseason victory. The Lions have gone 30 years since their last playoff win,

Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary of what might have been the greatest moment in the Detroit Lions’ modern history, or (if your “modern” goes back a bit farther than ours) at least their greatest moment since winning the NFL title in 1957. At 4 p.m. on Jan. 12, 1992, the Lions were seemingly ready to

Before Justin Herbert was one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, he was the best quarterback on the field Senior Bowl week. Herbert played for the South team in the game two years ago, when the Detroit Lions got an up-close view of his talent while coaching the North team. It wasn’t quite the gift

Aaron Glenn has made his pitch to be the next Denver Broncos coach. The Broncos announced Thursday they completed their first head coaching interview with Glenn, the Detroit Lions‘ first-year defensive coordinator. The Broncos traveled to Detroit for the interview, Denver’s 9 News reported, and are scheduled to meet next with Green Bay Packers assistants Nathaniel Hackett

Penei Sewell said his rookie season was “not good enough — at all.” But to most everyone who watched him play this year, the Detroit Lions appear to have a star on their hands. Sewell started 16 of a possible 17 games this season, sitting out only last week’s win over the Green Bay Packers

The first stage is over. When Brad Holmes took over as the general manager of the Detroit Lions, he had a long to-do list: 1. Clean up the mess left behind by Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn; 2. Revamp the front office by  bringing in Ray Agnew as the assistant general manager; 3. Instill a

It was tempting, that big board of best available veteran free agents, and as the Detroit Lions lost one key player after another to early-season injury — first Taylor Decker, then Jeff Okudah, then Frank Ragnow and Romeo Okwara — general manager Brad Holmes could have been coaxed into plucking a name off the list.

If Tracy Walker played his final game with the Detroit Lions last week, he went out with a bang. Walker, who will be an unrestricted free agent in March, was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week after making 14 tackles and a game-clinching interception in the Lions’ 37-30 win over the Green Bay Packers.

It was tempting, that big board of best available veteran free agents, and as the Detroit Lions lost one key player after another to early-season injury — first Taylor Decker, then Jeff Okudah, then Frank Ragnow and Romeo Okwara — general manager Brad Holmes could have been coaxed into plucking a name off the list.

I don’t think this will happen, but I’m scared it will happen, so I’m going to politely ask Brad Holmes to make sure it doesn’t happen. Please, please, please don’t select an offensive lineman No. 2 overall in the 2022 NFL draft. Did I forget to say please? The Detroit Lions general manager held his

Brad Holmes’ advice to Dan Campbell when it comes to who calls offensive plays for the Detroit Lions next season is simple. “It’s his football team,” Holmes said in his end-of-season news conference Tuesday. “And I told him, ‘Man, you need to do what you want.'” Campbell usurped offensive play calling duties from coordinator Anthony

They have 3½ months to figure out who they want with the No. 2 pick, but one way or another Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said he hopes to land an impact player at the top of this year’s NFL draft. “I hope it’s a difference maker at two,” Holmes said Tuesday in his

[embedded content] Follow along with us as Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes speaks to the media Tuesday afternoon after the end of the 2021 regular season. Twelve months ago, Holmes was hired as the team’s GM, and has since been the leader of the rebuild along with head coach Dan Campbell. Be the first

Jared Goff still may turn out to be a bridge quarterback for the Detroit Lions, but for now that bridge has no obvious end in sight. Goff led the Lions to wins in his final two starts, Sunday against the Green Bay Packers and Dec. 19 against the Arizona Cardinals, playing well enough in the second