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The Michigan Panthers, part of the United States Football League reboot, have found their head coach. Jeff Fisher, who spent more than 20 years as a head coach in the NFL who led the 1999 Tennessee Titans to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV, will coach the Panthers in the inaugural 2022 season. Fisher, 63,

After interviewing for the Denver Broncos’ head-coaching vacancy that is going to Green Bay offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is getting consideration from his former employer, the New Orleans Saints, according to multiple reports. The Saints are in the market for new leadership after longtime coach Sean Payton decided to

By Jerry Green |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Those historic 13 seconds — while Patrick Mahomes was performing his first magic act — nearly 52 million weary Americans were transfixed in therapy! Therapy? Yep! After 22 stupefying months of misery — of deciding whether to wear a mask or not; of the searing hatred that has divided

It will be a long time before we see a more compelling week of NFL football. The divisional round gave us four wild finishes, with three road teams emerging victorious on last-second field goals, followed by a scoring flurry in Kansas City as the Chiefs improbably survived not one, but two knockout blows last in

Associated Press Matthew Stafford is heading to the NFC Championship Game. The former Lions quarterback passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another to lead the Los Angeles Rams to a 30-27 victory over Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. The Rams won on Matt Gay’s 30-yard field goal as time expired. The

Allen Park — At his end-of-the-season news conference earlier this month, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes spoke excitedly about the offseason to come. The Lions have more money to work with in free agency, plus better draft assets to utilize, as the team looks to build upon the early foundation established by Holmes and coach Dan Campbell.

With the Detroit Lions’ 2021 season in the books, it’s time to hand out our annual awards. Offensive player of the year: Offensive tackle Penei Sewell This choice isn’t as bold as it might seem. The first-round draft pick overcame some early struggles and was a model of consistent excellence throughout the remainder of the

With enough unanswered items from yesterday’s Detroit Lions mailbag, we thought we’d follow it up with a second batch today. Enjoy. ► Question: It seems like a majority of fans were all aboard the Matt Patricia train even after the first year. Not to be pessimistic, but where might we be wrong concerning the Holmes/Campbell train?

Holding the No. 2 pick in the upcoming draft, don’t expect much variety with the projections regarding who the Detroit Lions will be taking at that spot. The overwhelming consensus opinion is the team will be taking one of the top two edge rushers in the class, either Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson or Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux.

Detroit — One year ago, the Lions finally admitted they had a problem. It wasn’t a Matthew Stafford problem, not exactly. It was a team-building problem, an organizational problem, and Stafford was not the solution, no matter how desperately they and fans tried to believe it. So they set him free, traded him where he

With a bit of a lull between the end of the regular season and next month’s Senior Bowl, it seemed a good time to catch up on our Detroit Lions mail. ► Question: When will comp picks be announced this year? Do you feel the projected third-, fifth- and sixth-round picks will be accurate? — @TimVanHouten1 ► Answer: A specific date

By Jerry Green |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The mob poured from the grandstands at Briggs Stadium that frosty Sunday. They dashed onto the football field and grabbed the champion in the Honolulu blue No. 56 jersey. They hoisted Joe Schmidt aboard their shoulders. They bounced him around like “cork on the ocean” as

AP Sports Writer Matthew Stafford passed for 202 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score in his first playoff victory, and the Los Angeles Rams roared out of the wild-card round with a 34-11 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night. Odell Beckham Jr. and Cooper Kupp made touchdown catches for the

Allen Park — A year after fielding the worst defense in franchise history, and seeing those struggles continue through the first half of the 2021 season, the Detroit Lions were in desperate need for an identity on that side of the ball. Whether intentionally borrowed or absorbed through subconscious osmosis, they found one in Pittsburgh coming

Allen Park — Beyond the losses — which were probably to be expected in the first of of a multi-year rebuild — one of the greatest disappointments of the Detroit Lions’ 2021 season was the lost year of development for cornerback Jeff Okudah. It’s often said a professional football player experiences their biggest growth between their first and

It’s been three decades since the Detroit Lions have tasted a playoff victory, but until Sunday night, it wasn’t the NFL’s longest drought. With a 26-19 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders in the Wild Card round, the Cincinnati Bengals ended their 31-year streak without a postseason win, pushing the Lions to the back of

Allen Park — Despite the rarity of immediate success for a 20-year-old offensive tackle, no one within the Detroit Lions organization seems particularly surprised by Penei Sewell’s rookie season. “I thought he was going to be pretty good and he’s pretty good,” center Frank Ragnow said. “And he’s got a long way to go too, man, which

Allen Park — It’s easy to point to the Detroit Lions offensive line as the roster’s strength, but when asked about his team’s positions of need for the upcoming offseason, general manager Brad Holmes casually slipped in he carries a similar view about the defensive trench. “I would agree, yes, offensive line,” Holmes said. “You could say

Allen Park — One of the biggest questions the Detroit Lions will face this offseason is what the team will do at offensive coordinator. Particularly of interest is whether the next person in that role will handle play-calling or if it will remain in the hands of head coach Dan Campbell. General manager Brad Holmes doesn’t have

Allen Park — One of the biggest questions the Detroit Lions will face this offseason is what the team will do at offensive coordinator. Particularly of interest is whether the next person in that role will handle play-calling or if it will remain in the hands of head coach Dan Campbell. General manager Brad Holmes doesn’t have