Justin Rogers, Nolan Bianchi, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for Week 2 of the NFL season. All picks made against the spread. Commanders +2 at Lions Rogers: Commanders Bianchi: Lions Niyo: Lions Wojo: Lions Chargers +3.5 at Chiefs Rogers: Chargers Bianchi: Chargers Niyo: Chiefs Wojo: Chiefs Dolphins +3.5 at Ravens Rogers: Dolphins Bianchi: Dolphins Niyo: Ravens (best bet) Wojo: Ravens
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Aidan Hutchinson’s NFL debut was a dud, but the Detroit Lions have no reason to be down on their rookie defensive end. “Honestly, I’m not even worried about him,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday. “He’s going to adjust from this. He’s prideful, he’s a pro. I already know that about him as a rookie,
In case you missed the highlights, here are ten moments from Week 1 that capture the chaotic essence that was the return of the NFL season. After months of tortuous wait, Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season finally arrived. A span of a mere five days, and like that, it’s now over. NFL fans
With the NFL regular season underway, we welcome you back to another year of Detroit Lions film reviews. Each Tuesday, time permitting, we’ll review the tape from the previous weekend’s game, digging deeper into an important theme from the contest. Following Sunday’s season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, we struggled to limit our focus to
Sometimes, Week 1 of the NFL season is incredibly meaningful. Sometimes, it’s not. Take last season, for instance. The Green Bay Packers got absolutely throttled in their 2021 opener, losing 38-3 to a New Orleans Saints team playing its first game without Drew Brees. The Saints were considered a middling team entering the season —
There are two ways to walk into work Monday after a tough loss on a Sunday — bad or worse. For the Detroit Lions, it was the former according to coach Dan Campbell, who’d just finished watching the game film before addressing reporters. “There was a lot of encouraging things on tape,” he said. “I’ll
The Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions play on Sunday in an NFL Week 2 game. The Lions are a 2.5-point favorite, according to Tipico Sportsbook. Detroit is -130 on the moneyline in the game, which will be played at Ford Field in Detroit. The Commanders are +110. The over/under for the game is set at 49.5 points.
After a loss inside the stadium to a packed crowd, some Detroit Lions fans outside Sunday packed a punch. A video of a fight that has gone viral after the Lions’ 38-35 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, shows a group of about 11 men and women pushing each other to the ground and throwing punches and kicks in
The Detroit Lions have found all kinds of ways to lose over the years. Sometimes, far too many times to count, they have lost at the end of games. We have seen everything from heartbreaks to the absurd — like Justin Tucker bouncing a 66-yarder off the crossbar as time expires last season. But on
After a loss inside the stadium to a packed crowd, some Detroit Lions fans outside Sunday packed a punch. A video of a fight that has gone viral after the Lions’ 38-35 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, shows a group of about 11 men and women pushing each other to the ground and throwing punches and kicks in
Lions fans got into a bizarre street fight featuring people on the floor, punches and dance moves after losing to the Eagles. The NFL is back and so are the wild and crazy antics of NFL fans. In Week 1, Lions fans supplied an early entry for most WTF fan fight of the season. Detroit
Coach-speak and clichés are constant during news conferences, but every now and then the truth slips out and when it does, it’s easy to recognize. The truth of the matter Monday, as the Detroit Lions licked their wounds from a 38-35 defeat Sunday vs. the Philadelphia Eagles was this: They genuinely believe this offense has
The Detroit Lions will not see many more quarterbacks like Jalen Hurts this fall, and that’s welcome news for edge rusher Austin Bryant. “We definitely like a statue back there, somebody that’s going to sit still and let us pin our ears back and rush,” Bryant said Monday. “But that wasn’t the case this week.
Allen Park — In his pro debut, Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson did some good things — namely, generating three quarterback pressures — but there ended up being more almost-moments than made plays. There were multiple times when Hutchinson got a hand on Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, but couldn’t complete the sack. And on a critical 3rd-and-2 in
The Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions play on Sunday in an NFL Week 2 game. Which team will get the victory? Check out these NFL Week 2 picks and predictions for the game, which can be seen at 10 a.m. MST on Fox. The Lions are a 2.5-point favorite in the game. NFL Week 2 picks, predictions: Jeremy Cluff
Allen Park — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell would prefer his words weren’t as prophetic as they ended up being, but he clearly had a pretty good idea how the Philadelphia Eagles would attack his team’s defense. In the teams’ matchup last season, the Eagles ran wild, rushing for 236 yards and four touchdowns. So absent
It wasn’t the 85 points Dan Campbell joked he’d need to cede play-calling duties this spring, but the Detroit Lions scored enough points and produced enough big plays — while leaving plenty of both on the field — in Sunday’s 38-35 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles to think they might have something in new coordinator
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell will take the stand Monday. Campbell has his first after-game Monday news conference of the season, following the Lions’ 38-35 loss Sunday to the Philadelphia Eagles. Scroll down for live updates from reporters on the scene. The Lions nearly came back vs. the favored Eagles, but could not get
Allen Park — Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 38-35 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at Ford Field. First down After opening the game with an impressive nine-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, which included 77 yards on the ground — a couple of false start penalties make that math work —
Do you want to know what improvement looks like for the Detroit Lions? It looks like a 38-35 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday that could have been worse than last year’s 44-6 loss. Do you want to know what improvement sounds like for the Lions? It sounds like 64,537 fans at Ford Field