Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 3:10 PM EDT Sep 10, 2020 While common at the college level, it’s far more unusual for an NFL player to switch positions, especially from offense to defense or vice versa. But, the 2020 Detroit Lions are unique in this regard. The team has not one, not two, but three
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Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 1:55 PM EDT Sep 10, 2020 Matthew Stafford’s favorite target is dealing with a new hamstring injury three days before the Detroit Lions open the season against the Chicago Bears. Lions coach Matt Patricia said leading receiver Kenny Golladay suffered a hamstring injury in practice Wednesday that landed him
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 12:29 PM EDT Sep 10, 2020 Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia announced Halapoulivaati Vaitai wouldn’t be participating in Thursday’s practice, one day after the right tackle showed up as limited on the team’s injury report with a foot injury. The lineman’s absence casts doubt on his availability for Sunday’s
The Detroit News Published 12:49 PM EDT Sep 10, 2020 Justin Rogers, Rod Beard, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for how the Lions will fare this season. ► Justin Rogers: As if season predictions weren’t already an impossible task, now we’ve got to tackle them without the benefit
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Sep 10, 2020 Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett provides his game-by-game predictions for the 2020 Detroit Lions: Sept. 13: vs. Bears The Bears are going with Mitchell Trubisky in what can only be a Lions-related move considering how well he played against them last year
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:32 AM EDT Sep 10, 2020 When Rod Wood and his wife, Susan, went out for a recent dinner at the Renaissance Center, the Detroit Lions president got a glimpse of what the not-too-distant future might look like when it comes to attending NFL games. Everyone who enters the
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 It had been a triumphant end to a dismal season. The Detroit Lions went on the road and walloped the Green Bay Packers, 31-0, to end the 2018 campaign — a drop of sweetness to counter the otherwise overwhelmingly sour taste of Matt
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 The Detroit Lions defense was bad last season. To be frank, it’s been pretty rough each of the past two seasons. So, it should come as now surprise the team made significant changes this offseason, including a change at coordinator and potentially six
Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 This NFL season will be unlike any other, with fans not in stadiums, at least to start, and teams under different protocols because of COVID-19. Football will be football and the NFC North could be as topsy-turvy as it’s been in recent years,
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 7:21 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 As a professional athlete, there are two ways to react to your team adding players at your position — you can view them as a threat or reinforcements. Detroit Lions running back Kerry Johnson is choosing the latter. After the Lions added a high-profile draft pick
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 6:39 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 A little more than two months after Kerryon Johnson turned 10 years old, Adrian Peterson made his NFL debut and rushed for 103 yards for the Minnesota Vikings. So yes, it was a little strange for Johnson to sit in the same meeting
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 6:09 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 With no preseason games to go on, the Detroit Lions are left to study last year’s tape to prepare for Sunday’s season opener against the Chicago Bears. It’s a sound strategy, given its a division opponent they saw twice in 2019, while much
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 4:45 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 The Detroit Lions released their first injury report of the season on Wednesday and it’s probably longer than anyone would have hoped. In addition to rookie tight end Hunter Bryant and special teams standout C.J. Moore not practicing, the team listed seven players
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 2:02 PM EDT Sep 9, 2020 As part of new COVID-19 protocols, the NFL changed its roster restrictions this season to allow every team the ability to protect four players on its expanded 16-man practice squad. The idea behind the new rule is to give teams insurance for a coronavirus outbreak,
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:03 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 There’s more buzz about the Detroit Lions as playoff contenders this fall than there has been in recent years. How they answer these three questions will help determine how far they go: (Read the offense breakdown here) How big a role will Jeff
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:02 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 The 2020 NFL season will begin Thursday, and the Detroit Lions open their season on Sunday. Here’s where all 32 teams rank to start the campaign: 1. Chiefs As long as Patrick Mahomes stays healthy, the Chiefs will be the favorites to repeat
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 With the 2019 season upon us, beat writer Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions defense and special teams. Defensive line It’s always an interesting exercise to look back at last year’s season preview and see how things have changed.
Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 4:23 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 In a normal season, coaches can prepare for the season opener by looking at some game tape from the preseason to get a sense of some tendencies. By and large, teams are very vanilla in the exhibition games, seeking more to strengthen their
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 12:40 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 In an offseason that lacked some of the more-traditional roster battles, two of the more hotly contested spots on the Detroit Lions’ roster this year were on special teams, where longtime long snapper Don Muhlbach and punter Jack Fox emerged victorious, beating out
Bob Wojnowski The Detroit News Published 10:52 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit — It’ll be different, from the mostly empty stadiums to the COVID uncertainties. It’s hard to judge anything right now, as the NFL plunges ahead after a historically strange offseason and a non-existent preseason. In some ways, the season will be reduced to