Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 7:11 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 The Detroit Lions have rallied around D’Andre Swift all week after he dropped the winning pass in the final seconds of Sunday’s gut-wrenching 27-23 loss to the Chicago Bears. But the rookie running back got the biggest vote of confidence yet Wednesday, when
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Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:04 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 It was made a footnote by their late-game meltdown, but Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford became one of the highest-profile players in any sport to take a knee during the playing of the national anthem when he did so before Sunday’s game against the
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 5:54 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 When the national anthem played before Sunday’s season opener with the Chicago Bears, the Detroit Lions didn’t have a uniform response. Some players stood, others briefly returned to the locker room and several took a knee. Among those kneeling during the anthem was
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 5:34 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 Jeff Okudah was back at Detroit Lions practice Wednesday, but the team’s issues in the secondary continue to grow. Desmond Trufant sat out Wednesday’s practice with a hamstring injury he suffered in last week’s season opening loss to the Chicago Bears, and backup
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 4:24 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 During a typical season, NFL teams dedicate a portion of their week ahead of road games planning how to combat noise. They simulate it in practice, with sound systems blaring loud music, while devising hand signals and silent counts to counter the inability
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 4:46 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 The Detroit Lions’ secondary, already reeling from multiple injuries, was down another cornerback during Wednesday’s practice. Darryl Roberts, a versatile and experienced veteran, joined the team’s lengthy list of injury concerns, sitting out with a calf injury. It’s another blow for a defensive backfield
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 2:34 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 In an announcement that will surprise no one who watched him play, former Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson was announced as one of 130 nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2021 on Wednesday. Johnson is one of 14 players
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 12:38 PM EDT Sep 16, 2020 The Detroit Lions added some depth to its badly banged-up secondary on Wednesday, plucking cornerback Chris Jones off the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad. Jones had a previous stint with the Lions, signing with the team as an undrafted rookie out of Nebraska in
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 11:11 AM EDT Sep 16, 2020 Brayden Coombs did not make the call to send Matt Prater out for a 55-yard field goal attempt late in Sunday’s season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears, but the first-year Detroit Lions special teams coordinator said he agreed with the decision 100%. “No question,”
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 16, 2020 D’Andre Swift’s dropped touchdown pass with 6 seconds to play in last week’s loss to the Chicago Bears overshadowed an otherwise promising debut. Swift has to catch that pass, there are no two ways about it, even if Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia
The Detroit News Published 10:09 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 The Detroit News’ Justin Rogers and John Niyo examine what exactly went wrong in the Lions’ 27-23 loss to the Bears on Sunday at Ford Field. In their postmortem, they drill down on the fourth quarter where the home team blew a 17-point lead to a
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 8:35 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 The Detroit Lions’ defense held Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky in check for three quarters. But the pass rush continued its struggles from last year and couldn’t get much pressure on Chicago’s pocket. Lions defensive coordinator Cory Undlin said Tuesday that the lack of
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 7:10 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 After just one game, the Detroit Lions running backs seem to have established a pecking order: Adrian Peterson and then everyone else. Peterson, who rushed for 93 yards, had by far the best game among the three running backs and possibly any Lions player
Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 7:10 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 In the early part of the season, the Lions are facing a battle of attrition with injuries. It has hit especially hard in the secondary, where they already were without No. 3 overall pick Jeff Okudah going down last week in practice.
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 6:10 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 The message since the Detroit Lions’ 27-23 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday has been no one play decides a football game, but there are clearly moments and decisions that have a greater impact on the outcome than others. The lasting image
The Detroit News Published 5:15 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Justin Rogers, Rod Beard, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions against the spread for Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season. Detroit +5.5 at Green Bay Rogers: Green Bay Beard: Green Bay Niyo: Green Bay Wojnowski: Green Bay Cincinnati +6
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 1:02 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 So much for the Detroit Lions being underrated. I put the Lions at No. 18 in my preseason NFL power rankings last week, and wanted to put them higher but wrote I couldn’t “based off last season’s failures.” Well, Sunday’s loss was reminiscent
DETROIT, MI – SEPTEMBER 13: Justin Coleman #27 of the Detroit Lions. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) Justin Coleman has been placed on IR for the Detroit Lions. Cornerback was supposed to be a position of strength for the Detroit Lions in 2020, as Jeff Okudah, Desmond Trufant, and Justin Coleman formed a pretty exceptional
John Niyo The Detroit News Published 11:23 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 For Jon Runyan, it’s all happening quickly now. The All-Big Ten lineman out of Michigan was a sixth-round draft pick by the Green Bay Packers in April. And after a virtual offseason, the rookie made the Packers’ 53-man roster to start the regular
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 10:22 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 So much for the Detroit Lions being underrated. I put the Lions at No. 18 in my preseason NFL power rankings last week, and wanted to put them higher but wrote I couldn’t “based off last season’s failures.” Well, Sunday’s loss was reminiscent