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
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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
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 10:14 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 The Detroit Lions will be without Justin Coleman for at least the next three weeks. According to a league source, the starting nickel cornerback will be placed on injured reserve with the hamstring injury he suffered in Sunday’s season-opening loss. Coleman is one
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 9:08 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 The Detroit Lions are placing their best cornerback, Justin Coleman, on injured reserve. Coleman was one of two Lions cornerbacks to suffer a hamstring injury in Sunday’s season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears and is one of three corners dealing with the injury
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 You’re a Detroit Lions fan. You can’t help it. I know. It’s just a thing, like being lactose intolerant or one of those people who get way too excited about seasonal craft beers. You can’t change who you are. As a Lions fan,
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 8:44 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 The string of mistakes the Detroit Lions made at the end of Sunday’s season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears was easy to see. “I think we understand the plays that happened at the end of the game that we’ve got to do a
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 8:00 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 It’s inescapable, the drumbeat of the Detroit Lions’ history. With each mind-boggling failure, each creative way they find to lose games, the drumbeat drowns out the offseason’s trumpets of optimism. Lions fans are a scarred bunch, but they let themselves believe, seemingly every offseason,
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 7:26 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 The Detroit Lions have been trying to piece together a competent offensive line longer than many fans can remember. And while one game is hardly a sample size worthy of any declarations, left tackle Taylor Decker was happy with a lot of what