Allen Park — Ahead of the team’s annual training camp practice at Ford Field in August, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell made a passionate plea to the fans in attendance to come back during the regular season, be loud and have an impact on the games. “Let me tell you something, we’re gonna bring the firewood,
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Any hope Detroit Lions will avoid 0-17? We break it down Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez share their thoughts after the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Eagles on Oct. 31, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press Update: Detroit Lions’ Dan Campbell on NFL trade deadline: ‘We’re open
Allen Park — Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. First down It’s tough to know where to start when you’re dominated so thoroughly by an opponent, but Lions coach Dan Campbell knows exactly where he’ll begin his bye week review of his winless club. “I do
The Detroit Lions were driving me bananas, playing pathetic, uninspired, mistake-filled, what-a-waste-of-a-day football against a bad, boring team. This has to be rock bottom, right? This horrible, unacceptable, dumpster-fire of a game? “That was brutal,” said Lions coach Dan Campbell after Philadelphia demolished the Lions, 44-6. “We got out-coached today; we got outplayed.” Yep. That covers
Michael Brockers said it best. After his team was humiliated, dragged around Ford Field by the hair in Sunday’s 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Detroit Lions defensive lineman spoke these words: “The coaches can’t want it more than the players. We have to want it more than the coaches.” He’s absolutely right. Anything
Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, and looks at players who helped and hurt their stock Sunday at Ford Field: Three up WR Amon-Ra St. Brown: A rookie fourth-round pick out of USC, St. Brown was the only Lions receiver to catch a pass Sunday.
Minneapolis — Former Central Michigan QB Cooper Rush subbed for the injured Dak Prescott and passed for 325 yards and two second-half touchdowns, the last a 5-yarder to Amari Cooper with 51 seconds left in the Dallas Cowboys’ 20-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. Rush, the fifth-year backup was handed the offense
Thirteen years ago, the Detroit Lions became the first team in NFL history to go 0-16. If they don’t stop making self-inflicted mistakes in all three phases of the game, one player said the organization is headed for an even more shameful finish this season. CARLOS MONARREZ: Lions’ humiliating loss to Eagles is their worst
Detroit — You can admit to failures and commit to a rebuild. You can beg for mercy and patience. But you can’t do this. You can’t throw this slop on the field and pretend you know what you’re doing. An awful season just turned embarrassing. The Lions had nothing Sunday — no poise, no fight and
Detroit — This is how it happens. This is how the impossible becomes possible, or even plausible. It starts with a stumble, and then a fumble. A tough loss followed by a humbling embarrassment. One week you’re treading water, and the next you find yourself “in that sea of trash that we were in,” as
Detroit — The Philadelphia Eagles limped into Ford Field on Sunday losers of five of their past six games and looked to be the wounded prey the winless Detroit Lions needed to get that first taste of victory. Instead, for the second time in three weeks, the Lions were embarrassed on their home turf as
After an embarrassment at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles, the Detroit Lions winless season continues Surprise, the Detroit Lions are not a good football team! Who would have guessed? After trading away Matthew Stafford and then hiring the worst head coaching candidate, the Detroit Lions signposted this offseason that they were going to continue
Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions in their 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at Ford Field. Quarterback Jared Goff catches a lot of arrows for the Lions’ offensive ineptitude, many of them deserved. As quarterback, he must do more for this team to have a chance. The truth, though, is
Detroit — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance in their 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Quarterback Jared Goff opened the game with a crisp 18-yard pass to tight end T.J. Hockenson, showing a willingness to work the ball downfield, and by the half, the quarterback was 14-for-17 with one of those three completions an ugly
Dan Campbell is easy to like. He’s honest, raw, empathetic and serious. Clearly, he cares. As much as anyone who has held his seat. Right now, though, the Detroit Lions’ head coach is lost. What’s worse, he’s got nowhere to go. About the only thing he doesn’t have to worry about is going winless for the season. That’s already
The Detroit Lions are a bad football team, but for most of the season’s first seven weeks they had an endearing quality about them, that they would do everything short of biting off kneecaps to get a win. That narrative no longer applies after the Lions put on an embarrassing display for the second time
Detroit —Sometimes, the best thing a coach can do for his team is listen. Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Siriani knows that better than anyone right now. After the Eagles’ first few drives against the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Ford Field, his offensive line kept coming back to the sidelines and telling him that Detroit’s
Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez answers three questions from the Detroit Lions’ 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at Ford Field. SUNDAY STRUGGLES: Detroit Lions, Dan Campbell looked lost Sunday. They’re not far from finding 0-17 finish How bad was this loss? No way to sugarcoat this one, even though it happened on Halloween.
The Detroit Lions are a bad football team, but for most of the season’s first seven weeks they had an endearing quality about them, that they would do everything short of biting off kneecaps to get a win. That narrative no longer applies after the Lions put on an embarrassing display of football for the
Detroit — Surrounded by more than 40 former players as part of the team’s homecoming weekend, Chris Spielman was inducted as the 19th member of the franchise’s “Pride of the Lions” during halftime of Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Ford Field. Introduced by Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders, Spielman thanked the fans