For Ben Johnson, being a head coach can wait. He has unfinished business in Detroit. Johnson, the Detroit Lions‘ first-year offensive coordinator, informed the team today he plans to return for the 2023 season, a person familiar with his decision told the Free Press. NFL Network first reported the news. Johnson interviewed virtually with three
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Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is obviously a hot head coaching candidate, so much so he’s the current betting favorite for two jobs. Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson picked up steam as a head coaching candidate during the season, and that has come to fruition with three interviews within about 10 days of the season
He may have been a bit of a scapegoat, but former Lions offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi finds himself unemployed again on Tuesday. After the Los Angeles Chargers blew a 27-0 lead to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Round, someone was going to pay with their job. Head coach Brandon Staley was easy to
Dan Campbell, Detroit Lions. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images) Todd Bowles reveals poor play vs. Cowboys is entirely inexcusable by John Buhler Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell did not rule out zaniest reason why his team is winning. Not since Bobby Layne played quarterback for them have the Detroit Lions been this fricking good.
Dane Brugler of The Athletic has a new mock draft, and it features a bold trade for your Detroit Lions. With four of the top-60 picks in April’s draft, the Detroit Lions are in an enviable position for the 2023 NFL Draft. They can four very good young players to an already young and promising
The Carolina Panthers have their eyes set on their next head coach, and it is not Sean Payton. Credit to the Carolina Panthers by preventing the New Orleans Saints from making a GOB Bluth huge mistake. Although former Saints head coach Sean Payton is still a candidate for the Panthers job, it seems as though Carolina owner David
Two years removed from his last coordinating job, former Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz is set to be named the Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. Schwartz, who coached the Lions from 2009 through 2013, returns to Cleveland, where he got his start in the NFL as a personnel scout for the former
The NFL playoffs are off to an exciting start, including a Giants’ upset over the Vikings and a historic Jacksonville comeback win over the Chargers. As we head to the Divisional Round with several marquee matchups, DraftKings Sportsbook has a spectacular Michigan promo for Lions fans to win big too: Bet $5, Get $200 GUARANTEED
We’re a week removed from the end of the Detroit Lions’ 2022 season, and a week into the NFL playoffs, and as those two realities collided in my head this weekend, I couldn’t help but think what might have been had the Lions made the postseason. Had the Los Angeles Rams beat the Seattle Seahawks
Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell spent the better part of the third quarter of Monday night’s playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a guest on ESPN’s Manning’s “Manningcast,” an alternative broadcast of the contest, hosted by brothers Peyton and Eli Manning. The segments are largely designed to be light, but
If there’s an award for NFL Dude of the Year, Dan Campbell says he’s the man for the honor. That was just one of the many chuckles the Detroit Lions head coach had as a guest in the second half of ESPN’s ManningCast of the Dallas Cowboys-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on Monday night. Since the
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 08: Head coach Dan Campbell of the Detroit Lions leaves the field following a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on January 08, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Lions defeated the Packers 20-16. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Detroit Lions should be very glad C.J. Stroud
Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud declared for the 2023 NFL Draft on Monday, and the Detroit Lions should be jumping for joy that he did. Monday is the deadline for college players with eligibility left to declare for the 2023 NFL Draft, and among the last big-name question marks was Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud.
Jared Goff had a nice closing stretch and a solid season on the whole, but how did that translate to fantasy football production this year? Jared Goff closed the 2021 season, of course his first as a Detroit Lion, on a nice run. The question was if he could carry that into the 2022 campaign,