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Allen Park — Each Saturday during the college football season, we’ll highlight five prospects with locally televised matchups who could be a fit for the Detroit Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft, based on projected needs. Every week, the list will aim to highlight early-, mid- and late-round prospects. This will give you a chance to watch

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are in the throes of a rebuild. And even though most everyone knew what was coming from the early days of new leadership, particularly after trading of quarterback Matthew Stafford, it hasn’t been any less painful or frustrating for a fan base that has seen its fair share of rebuilds

Allen Park — As running backs coach Duce Staley likes to put it, the Lions have a thunder-and-lightning combination in their backfield. But the one thing missing from the tandem of D’Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams have been the electric, big-gain run plays. Through five games, the duo has combined for one run of 20 yards

Allen Park — Twice in the past three weeks, the Lions held the lead with under a minute to go before end-of-game defensive play calls burned them. It happened on the second-to-last play against the Baltimore Ravens. And it happened again last weekend against the Minnesota Vikings. In both of those late-game situations, defensive coordinator Aaron

Detroit Lion and Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson and Bishop Edgar Vann will be grand marshals of next month’s America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Detroit, parade officials announced Thursday morning. “We are thrilled to welcome Calvin Johnson and Bishop Vann as this year’s Grand Marshals for America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner-White,” said Tony Michaels, president

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions didn’t make any long-term commitments in free agency this past offseason. Outside of running back Jamaal Williams, every player the Lions signed was to a one-year contract. In the earliest stages of the team’s rebuild, there was little reason to approach it any differently. But general manager Brad Holmes and

Allen Park — Before Dan Campbell fully committed to pursuing a coaching career after his playing days had ended, he phoned coach Mike Sherman, who was heading up Campbell’s alma mater at Texas A&M. He wanted to get a taste of what the job entailed during the Aggies’ spring practice in 2010. There only a few short weeks, Campbell

Justin Rogers, James Hawkins, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for Week 6 of the NFL season. All picks made against the spread. Cincinnati -3.5 at Detroit Rogers: Detroit Hawkins: Detroit Niyo: Detroit Wojnowski: Detroit Tampa Bay -6.5 at Philadelphia Rogers: Tampa Bay Hawkins: Tampa Bay Niyo: Tampa Bay

Allen Park — Frank Ragnow didn’t want to have season-ending surgery. He wanted to try to return this year and he didn’t want to let his teammates down, but the Detroit Lions convinced their Pro Bowl center that surgery was the best decision for his long-term health. “It’s tough, especially for someone like him,” Lions coach

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are signing cornerback Mark Gilbert off the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad, according to the player’s agent. To make room on the roster, the Lions placed receiver Quintez Cephus on injured reserve. A former standout at Duke, Gilbert found himself on the NFL’s radar after his sophomore season in 2017, when

Allen Park — Fractured cartilage in his throat only managed to sideline Frank Ragnow for two games last season, but a toe injury will end the Pro Bowl center’s 2021 campaign. A little more than a week after suffering the injury that already had landed Ragnow on injured reserve, a team source confirmed he will undergo season-ending surgery. It’s

Five games into the 2021 season and the Detroit Lions are winless. If you predicted that two months ago, few would have been surprised. But fan frustrations don’t seem to be any lower, likely because of how close the team has come in some of those games and the all-too-familiar, but still heart-wrenching ways they’ve managed

Allen Park — A significant part of the Detroit Lions’ winless start is the team hasn’t been scoring enough points. And there are two primary culprits contributing to those woes: Turnovers and the inability to consistently generate big plays. When it comes to protecting the ball, the Lions rank in the bottom half of the

Allen Park — When the Detroit Lions made the decision to part with veteran linebacker Jamie Collins, many assumed it was to hand the starting job to rookie Derrick Barnes. But in the three games since the change, Jalen Reeves-Maybin has seen the bigger part of the timeshare, out-snapping Barnes, 106-77. The Lions never hid their intention

Allen Park — It’s still too early to say definitively, but the Detroit Lions are hopeful to get back offensive tackle Taylor Decker and wide receiver Tyrell Williams this week, ahead of the team’s Week 6 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals. Lions coach Dan Campbell confirmed Monday that Decker is expected to test out his surgically

Allen Park — In what feels like has become an unfortunate weekly occurrence, the Detroit Lions’ worst fears with an injured player have been confirmed. On Monday, coach Dan Campbell acknowledged wide receiver Quintez Cephus has suffered a broken collarbone. That injury likely will land Cephus on injured reserve and potentially end his season. A fifth-round

Minneapolis — Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 19-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. First down There’s an interesting dichotomy to Lions coach Dan Campbell I’ve been struggling to figure out. On offense, he’s wildly aggressive, at times more so than he probably should be. The fourth-down decisions in Chicago are

Minneapolis — It happened again, unbelievably and also believably, the same outcome by the exact same score, with almost the exact same finish. It happened again in excruciating fashion for the Lions, this time to the point of despair and tears. Every time it happens, you rightly wonder — how and when can the Lions make

Minneapolis— Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance in their 19-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Quarterback It’s easy to focus on the frantic final moments, but Jared Goff’s performance through the first 55 minutes of the contest wasn’t good enough to get a win. Leaning on an effective ground game, the Lions worked their

Minneapolis — The Detroit Lions appear as if they’ve suffered another serious injury at one of their thinnest position groups. In the closing minutes of the first half of Sunday’s 19-17 loss, wide receiver Quintez Cephus exited the contest after he was landed on by a Vikings defender making a tackle near the sideline on