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When a 5-10 NFL team is eliminated from playoff contention after a 34-0 shutout in week 16, it signals a change at the top is underway. One of the emerging leading candidates for the New Orleans Saints‘ head coaching vacancy is Detroit Lions defensive coordinator, Aaron Glenn, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Lions’ Aaron Glenn a

It’s Christmas Eve, but the Detroit Lions are still doing some work. The team made a couple of roster moves on Tuesday. Here’s what they did:  Waived David Long This one is a bit surprising. The Lions grabbed David Long a few weeks back after the Miami Dolphins surprisingly waived him while he was a

Alexander, 27, went undrafted out of Florida International back in 2020. He was later drafted by the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL in February of 2022. The Lions signed Alexander in August of 2022 and he’s bounced on and off their roster since.  In 2024, Alexander has appeared in three games for the Lions and

The Detroit Lions have battled multiple injuries this season, but they still have the best record in the NFC at 13-2.  Their focus is still clearly on winning a Super Bowl this season, and the team and the fan base are far from thinking about who they should target in the upcoming NFL Draft.  But

Lions Detroit added another crazy trick play to their highlight reel in their Week 16 win, as they faked a fumble which led to a touchdown by TE Sam LaPorta. Lions QB Jared Goff explained the process of perfecting the play and how OC Ben Johnson originally wanted him to actually fumble the ball.  “We

The Detroit Lions put out this great play on Sunday that they called the “stumblebum.” The idea came from a game from last year when Packers quarterback Jordan Love fumbled the snap against the Bears but was still able to pick the ball back up and throw a deep pass.  The fumble pulled linebackers out

Detroit Lions Running Back Jahmyr Gibbs made franchise history in their Week 16 win against the Chicago Bears. He joined franchise legends Barry Sanders and Billy Sims as the only other running backs in Lions history to have 1,500+ scrimmage yards and 15+ total touchdowns in a season. He still has two more games to

We’re rapidly nearing the end of the season and the Detroit Lions are sitting at 13-2 and are trying to lock down the number one seed. This coming week they have a game against the 49ers that could either be a game in which they clinch that number one seed and the division title with

Bears Bears RB D’Andre Swift was fined $22,511 for unnecessary roughness (use of the helmet) in Week 15. Lions After losing to the Bills in Week 14, Lions DC Aaron Glenn doesn’t understand the panic surrounding their team. “We’re 12-2 and the sky’s falling,” Glenn said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “We’re

Ben Johnson and the Detroit Lions are constantly putting out new play designs that you can’t believe you’re seeing. From snapping the ball through Goff’s legs to David Montgomery to having Penei Sewell play quarterback, there’s always something new.  On  Sunday the Lions ran a play called the “stumblebum” in which both Jared Goff and

The Detroit Lions technically got two big wins on Sunday. They beat the Bears on the road by a score of 34-17. That was big coming off the loss to the Bills the previous week. They also got some huge help in the NFC race went the Commanders scored a last-second go-ahead touchdown to beat

Last week we ran a little experiment where we tried to find what Brad Holmes’ biggest mistake as the Lions GM was. We made our choice, but a lot of Lions fans responded with something else. They feel drafting Brodric Martin was Holmes’ biggest mistake. You can understand why they would feel that way. Martin

The Chicago Bears 34-17 loss to the Detroit Lions marks the team’s ninth straight defeat. If that doesn’t make you start to think about the upcoming  offseason, I don’t know what will. In the 14 seasons since George McCaskey took over as Chairman of the Board, the Bears have endured 19 different losing streaks of

Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson won plaudits for his fake stumble play that he deployed against the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Originally, the design of the play was even crazier. The Lions actually staged a Jared Goff fumble to fake out the Bears on a 21-yard touchdown pass during Sunday’s victory. Goff intentionally stumbled