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The San Francisco 49ers will have one of their premium offensive weapons ready for Sunday’s NFC Championship game against the Detroit Lions. Star wide receiver Deebo Samuel was removed from the Niners’ injury list, according to head coach Kyle Shanahan. Samuel has missed time with an ongoing shoulder injury, leading to some hopeful speculation that

The final Detroit Lions injury status report for Sunday’s NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers could have been worse. Despite some key players missing some practice time during the week, the Lions only ruled out two players. Both those players, LG Jonah Jackson and WR Kalif Raymond, were anticipated to miss the game

Lions center Frank Ragnow was on this week’s injury list with four different maladies. No matter… According to Lions head coach Dan Campbell, the All-Pro center will be out there starting in the NFC Championship game on Sunday night in San Francisco. Ragnow is living up to his reputation as one of the NFL’s toughest

After a couple of successful weeks donning the all-blue uniforms at home, the Detroit Lions have to change things up this Sunday. The team revealed their uniform choice for the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers. Detroit will look cool in the all-white gear. White jersey, white pants, white socks. The 49ers will

Three years ago, the Detroit Lions were coming off a disastrous season and an even more disastrous coaching experiment. Confidence in the ownership to get the team pointed in the right direction was about as high as a turtle can jump. When Lions principal owner Sheila Ford Hamp hired largely unknown Brad Holmes as the

The NFC Championship is 48 hours away Lions fans. Did you ever expect to hear that just a few years ago? Living in the moment is important, and looking at the numbers is also important in preparation for the game between the Lions and the 49ers. Dan Campbell and his staff will have this Lions

The Detroit Lions practice participation report from Thursday’s session in Allen Park had a couple of notable changes from the Wednesday edition. Good news first! Tight end Sam LaPorta upgraded from out on Wednesday to being a limited participant on Thursday. The All-Pro is still dealing with the knee injury he suffered in Week 18.

The latest set of awards for the 2023 NFL season from the Pro Football Writers of America are now out, and the Lions brought a big one home. Detroit GM Brad Holmes won the PFWA voting for NFL Executive of the Year. Holmes earned the award for guiding the Lions to the team’s first NFC

Detroit Lions assistant coaches Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson are busy preparing the team for the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. But they’re also head coaching candidates for several of the vacancies around the league. There are two less of those vacancies now that there were 24 hours ago. On

James Houston hasn’t been active for a Detroit Lions game since Week 2. In the loss to the Seahawks back in September, the second-year pass rusher suffered a serious ankle injury. The Lions activated Houston from the injured reserve prior to the NFC Divisional round game against the Buccaneers, but he was inactive for Sunday’s

Duce Staley is joining his third NFL team in the last 12 months. The former Lions assistant head coach and running backs coach will be the new RB coach for the Cleveland Browns. Staley was the assistant head coach and RB coach under Dan Campbell in Detroit for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. He left

In an unfortunate turn of events, Brock Wright’s season is now over. The Lions placed the tight end on injured reserve on Wednesday with a broken forearm. Wright had his brightest moment of the entire season in the win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a beautiful catch-and-run that set up a touchdown. Unfortunately, he

The Detroit Lions held a walkthrough in lieu of practice on Wednesday. It was the first day of preparation for Detroit’s trip to San Francisco to face the 49ers in the NFC Championship game. With it being a walkthrough, the Lions coaching staff provided estimated participation reports for the players dealing with injuries. Four Lions