The question was simple. The answer was not. Does Jared Goff get enough respect from people outside the Detroit Lions’ facility? “I mean, I don’t know,” Dan Campbell said in response to my question Tuesday. “I don’t even know how to answer that, honestly. I don’t know.” The Lions coach was at a loss for
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Jahmyr Gibbs scored his first semi-real touchdown Tuesday afternoon. Real in the sense that he was lined up against another team. Finally. It’s still practice, technically, but you can bet the New York Giants tasked with tracking him out of the backfield and stopping him were keen on doing it. They couldn’t. Partly because a
When Barry Sanders came to Detroit as the second pick in the 1989 NFL draft, he joined a 4-12 team that hadn’t made the playoffs in six years, with a likable new head coach. “I think the slogan was ‘Restore the Roar,'” Sanders said Tuesday. One of the best running backs in NFL history, Sanders
Associated Press | The Detroit News Foxborough, Mass. – Trey Flowers signed with the New England Patriots on Tuesday, returning to the team where he played his first four NFL seasons and won two of three Super Bowls. The defensive end was placed on injured reserve after playing in four games for the Miami Dolphins last
Allen Park — The Lions keep acting like a contender. Case in point, they finally added an experienced backup quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater, the most important insurance policy an NFL team can purchase. The Lions keep looking like a contender. Case in point, Dan Campbell talked about the state of his offense Tuesday and said, “In
Practice? We talking about practice? Indeed we are, and with all due respect to Detroit casino legend Allen Iverson, Tuesday’s Detroit Lions-New York Giants joint practice felt like something a little more to some of the parties involved. Lions coach Dan Campbell came to the podium for his morning news conference sounding like he had
Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Tuesday’s joint training camp practice between the New York Giants and Detroit Lions. These shared practices get a little chaotic. To maximize our coverage, I looped in colleague Nolan Bianchi. I spent the day watching Detroit’s offense, while he kept tabs on the defense. To
Teddy Bridgewater spent two seasons with the New Orleans Saints and made quite the impression on Dan Campbell during that time. On the field, Bridgewater went 5-0 as a fill-in starter for Drew Bress in 2019 after Brees broke his thumb early in the season. Off it, he helped nurture the Saints’ skill position talent,
Allen Park — The Teddy Bridgewater signing still isn’t official, and the expectation is he won’t take the field until next week, after the Detroit Lions’ first preseason game, but the intent of adding the quarterback was made crystal clear by coach Dan Campbell on Tuesday morning. To summarize, the Lions believe in what they’ve
Jonah Jackson didn’t have joint practices as a rookie when the NFL put a temporary stop to them due to COVID, and in his second season, the Detroit Lions didn’t schedule any training camp workouts with other teams because Dan Campbell was still settling into life as an NFL coach. The Lions visited the Indianapolis
Allen Park — After months of flirtation, the Detroit Lions are signing quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. A source familiar with the negotiations confirmed the pending addition to The Detroit News. Bridgewater had visited the Lions late last month, meeting with several staffers, including offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. The next day, coach Dan Campbell explained the team’s
Dan Campbell never hid the Detroit Lions’ interest in signing Teddy Bridgewater, and it’s clear now that interest was mutual. The Lions signed Bridgewater to be their new backup quarterback Monday, on the eve of their joint practices with the New York Giants. Bridgewater, 31, was considered on the top backup quarterbacks on the market
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions brought in Bobby Hart, a veteran with Pro Bowl experience, this offseason to push returning long-snapper Scott Daly. They liked the results so much through two weeks of training camp that the team effectively awarded backup Daly the job on Monday, releasing challenger Jake McQuaid, freeing up a roster
The Detroit Lions have picked a long snapper, and it’s the same one they employed the past two years. The Lions released veteran long snapper Jake McQuaide on Monday, giving the job to incumbent Scott Daly for 2023. Daly handled long-snapping duties for the Lions the past two seasons, but the team signed McQuaide, a