MOBILE, Ala. — Duce Staley, whose intense coaching style and straightforward approach with players made him a hit on “Hard Knocks,” is leaving the Detroit Lions to join Frank Reich’s staff with the Carolina Panthers. Staley spent the past two seasons as the Lions’ assistant head coach/running backs coach, and helped the Lions post two
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Sitting on the couch, eating my morning yogurt, watching ESPN’s “Get Up.” And the news popped across the TV. Tom Brady is retiring. No, seriously this time. And they aired his short, homemade retirement video. “I know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up this morning, I figured
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions coaching staff continues to undergo offseason changes, as running backs coach and assistant head coach Duce Staley is departing to join the Carolina Panthers, a source familiar with the move confirmed to The Detroit News. In Carolina, Staley will reconnect with the recently hired Frank Reich. The two previously
It’s easy to overreact to such things, but the Detroit Lions had a extra chat session with Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker at the Senior Bowl on Tuesday. A mere mention of any quarterback the Detroit Lions could procure to (even eventually) replace Jared Goff will draw ire from fans, as if Goff is an infallible
MOBILE, Ala. — Aubrey Miller Jr. did not get to watch many Detroit Lions games this season, but the Jackson State linebacker kept close tabs on the team — and his good friend, James Houston — through social media. Houston had eight sacks in seven games after opening the season on the Lions practice squad.
BURROWHEAD, Mo. — OK, I’m not actually in Missouri. But I am firmly and figuratively situated in the mind space that belongs to the Cincinnati Bengals’ quarterback. So that’s where I thought I’d start this column, because, frankly, I can’t stop thinking about what Joe Burrow said after the Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens in
You watch these NFL playoffs and, for the first time in a long time, you think: Why can’t this be the Detroit Lions next year? Why can’t it be the Lions in the NFC championship game? Why can’t it be in the Lions, getting ready for the Super Bowl? And I have come to a
Mobile, Ala. — Just a few months after Detroit Lions rookie James Houston took the NFL by storm, there’s another Jackson State prospect looking to make a similar impact. His name is Aubrey Miller Jr., and he’s a participant at the Senior Bowl down in Mobile, Alabama this week. He, like Houston, started his college
Mobile, Ala. — In his season-ending press conference, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said there was “a lot of merit” to the idea of drafting a quarterback that can develop behind Jared Goff. On the first day of Senior Bowl practices Tuesday, University of Tennessee quarterback and former Heisman hopeful Hendon Hooker said a
The Chicago Bears may not actually trade Justin Fields, but a recent trade proposal has the Detroit Lions not having to go all-in to get him. With the No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft and the most salary cap space in the league, the Chicago Bears are in a pretty nice spot entering the
Somehow he was named an alternate, and now Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley and former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford now have the same number of career Pro Bowl selections. Tell me, even as the Pro Bowl gets devalued and players bow out in a favor of alternates, are these the numbers of a Pro Bowl quarterback?
The Detroit Lions have added another Pro Bowler for this year, with quarterback Jared Goff now headed to Vegas for this weekend’s events. As players bow out or are rendered inegible because their teams made it to the Super Bowl, the final 2023 Pro Bowl rosters are being shaped. The Detroit Lions added two Pro
Jared Goff is in rare company as a Detroit Lions quarterback. Goff was added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster Tuesday, joining teammates Frank Ragnow, Penei Sewell and Amon-Ra St. Brown in the game. The Lions have four offensive players in the Pro Bowl for the first time since 1971, and Goff is the second
Allen Park — A day after teammates Amon-Ra St. Brown and Penei Sewell were added to the Pro Bowl roster, Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff got the bump on Tuesday. Initially named third alternate for the NFC squad, Goff will take the place of Philadelphia Eagles starter Jalen Hurts, who will be leading his team