First place in the division feels pretty nice. It’s been six years since the Detroit Lions laid claim to the lead in the NFC North, a spot they secured with a 34-20 whooping of the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night. The Lions physically dominated their Green Bay counterparts for most of the game. That
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Postgame locker rooms for a losing team are never a pleasant place to be. Players are sullen, exhausted, often edgy about the loss and sometimes quite angry. The coaches of the losing teams typically keep things collected and save the tongue-lashing and visible frustration for when the cameras and reporters are gone, however. That was
The Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers 34-20 on Thursday Night Football in Week 4 to take over control of first place in the NFC North. It was a game that provided an inordinate amount of mood swings for a game that wasn’t within one score after the middle of the first quarter. Here
Thursday night was a fun one for the Detroit Lions. They roared into Green Bay and trounced the Packers, 34-20, to kick off Week 4 around the NFL. The win shoots the Lions to the top of the NFC North with a 3-1 record, dropping the host Packers to 2-2. Detroit had many shining moments
The Detroit Lions seized another victory on a Thursday night, beating the Packers in Green Bay, 34-20. It was the second Thursday night victory in the first four weeks of the season for Dan Campbell’s Lions. After the victory, Lions quarterback Jared Goff spoke with Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network about the impressive win.
The first half of Thursday night’s game in Green Bay was so lopsided in favor of Detroit that a Lions legend wanted back in to get a piece of the action. Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders saw the easy success Lions RBs David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs were having on the ground and
As the Week 4 kickoff between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers nears on Thursday night, it’s time for a few last-minute thoughts about the game, as well as a final score prediction. Why I think the Lions will win [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] The matchup of record-setting rookie TE Sam LaPorta against the Packers, who will
Coming off a big win against the Atlanta Falcons, the Detroit Lions travel to Lambeau Field to battle the Green Bay Packers on a short week. They’ve got a three-day turnaround to get right and be ready for Jordan Love and the Packers. Fortunately, the Packers also have a short week and will have to
Not often do the Detroit Lions play in high-stakes games to start the season, but that is exactly where they find themselves on Thursday. They head to Lambeau Field to battle Jordan Love as he looks to carve out his career as a Packer with the NFC North lead up for grabs between the two
The short rest period between Week 3 and Week 4’s Thursday night matchup leaves the banged-up Lions with a lot of injury-related questions and issues. The same is true for their foes, the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay ruled out four players from Thursday night’s game, including two starting offensive linemen. Left tackle David Bakhtiari
The final Detroit Lions injury report and game status for the short Week 4 preparations has ruled out three players. Along with the trio ruled out by the training staff, several others are listed officially as questionable for Thursday night’s matchup in Green Bay with the Packers. Offensive linemen Matt Nelson and Halapoulivaati Vaitai are
The Detroit Lions are set to make another roster move. This one is not a move that was anticipated earlier in the week. Per his agent, the Lions are signing tight end Darrell Daniels from the team’s practice squad to the active roster. Daniels has been with the Lions since training camp and was quickly
Congratulations to Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson. No. 97 has been honored as the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Week for his outstanding performance against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 3. Hutchinson captured the honor with a two-sack game in Ford Field. The second of those sacks also created a game-sealing fumble, which Hutchinson recovered
After the Detroit Lions lost to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 2, it felt like something had to change on the defensive side of the football for Detroit. There were times when the defense showed promise, but when they needed to make a play, nobody stepped up. When watching the game back against the Seahawks,