The final exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Steelers was the only home preseason date on the Detroit Lions calendar. A packed Ford Field full of fans watched as the team tried to sort out the bottom of the depth chart and potential roster decisions with the 53-man deadline looming on Tuesday afternoon. Some players rose
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Jake Fromm wasn’t supposed to play in the Detroit Lions preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Head coach Dan Campbell said as much in his final press conference of the week. Heck, Fromm didn’t take a single snap in either practice leading into the game. Brought in as a camp arm to provide reps while
Over the last 60 years, the Detroit Lions have had some great players, but they’ve been mired in the mediocrity around them. It turns out Matt Stafford really is a Super Bowl QB, but he had to get out of Detroit to prove it. Other great players such as Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson had
As the Lions wrap the preseason and move onto the difficult task of whittling the roster down from 90 to 53 plays by Tuesday afternoon, one of the biggest decisions involves the fate of EDGE James Houston. Based on what head coach Dan Campbell said after the Lions’ preseason win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s
The Detroit Lions’ third and final exhibition of the 2024 preseason ended on a positive note, as they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-17. The Steelers opened with their starters, while the Lions trotted out their third team, which unsurprisingly resulted in a quick 14-0 lead for Pittsburgh. But once the Steelers started shuffling in their…
DETROIT — The Pittsburgh Steelers first-team offense scored zero points in the first two preseason games, and panic was starting to rumble in Steelers Nation and in the media. The Steelers were not wavered by the outside noise, however, and Russell Wilson said that’s what made Saturday success against the Detroit Lions so satisfying. Wilson and
The preseason finale was a much better showing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, mainly because the first-team offense showed some signs of life with both Russell Wilson and Justin Fields promptly leading touchdown drives early in the contest. To be fair, the Detroit Lions didn’t play their starters on either side of the ball but that’s
Saturday’s preseason finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers was a golden opportunity for Lions quarterback Hendon Hooker to show he was ready to be the team’s backup behind Jared Goff. Getting the start against a Steelers defense that played several starters in the first couple of drives was a great chance for No. 2 to prove
James Houston was one of the first players out of Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell’s mouth when talking about individual standouts from the preseason finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Houston had a couple of rushes,” Campbell said. “He’s been out (with injury), so it was good to see him there.”
Early in the Detroit Lions’ preseason finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers, things were pretty ugly. Of course, that’s exactly what you would expect when a team’s second and third string players are going up against starters from another franchise. The Steelers quickly got out to a 14-0 lead, as the deep reserves of the Lions…
The Detroit Lions wrapped up their 2024 preseason against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hendon Hooker got the start for the first time in the preseason and played most of the game. There was some good stuff from Hooker. He made a few nice throws and he showed that his scrambling ability is a real advantage to
Quarterback (3) In: Jared Goff, Hendon Hooker, Nate Sudfeld Out: Jake Fromm The Lions keeping three quarterbacks has been talked about a ton all offseason and now it seems like that is exactly what’s going to happen. While Hooker has played well during the preseason, the Lions still seem to feel that he’s not ready to be
Coming off their first preseason win against the Kansas City Chiefs last week, the Detroit Lions came home for the preseason finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers. No starters saw any playing time as many backups fought for roster spots in their last attempt to show the coaches what they could do for the team.
DETROIT — Entering the 2024 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers had won six consecutive preseason games, nine of their last 10, and 18 of their last 22. The last time they had a losing record in the preseason was 2016. This time around, they went winless. After dropping their first two outings while looking anemic on