I just returned from Houston where I voluntarily and eagerly overdosed on smoked brisket and Tex-Mex fajitas. Conversely, I involuntarily and begrudgingly overdosed on watching interceptions. At least the final result was a panacea. Other notes from the stadium: The Texans Battle Red helmets looked fantastic with the mirror red finish. The Lions silver helmets
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Jake Bates made Detroit Lions history in the team’s Week 10 comeback win in Houston. Bates became the first kicker — on a franchise with a rich history of great kickers — to make two field goals of at least 50 yards in the fourth quarter of the same game. The second of those came
The Detroit Lions host the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11, but the Jaguars will not look the same as they typically do. Thanks to an injured shoulder, starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence has been ruled out for the game by Jaguars coach Doug Pederson. Lawrence was injured in Jacksonville’s Week 9 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
NFL’s Week 11 features a matchup between the Detroit Lions — who have been one of the best teams this season — and the Jacksonville Jaguars — who have been the polar opposite — this Sunday. Do you want to see this matchup in person at Ford Field? Here are the ticket details you need
The Detroit Lions have Super Bowl aspirations as they sit with the best record in the NFC at 8-1. Behind the scenes, scouts are already working on the 2025 NFL Draft. With college football’s regular season hitting its home stretch, draft season is starting to ramp up. That means mock drafts will ramp up, thus
The Lions signed two players to their practice squad Tuesday. One was defensive end Isaiah Thomas, which the team announced. The other is wide receiver Maurice Alexander, as reported by Aaron Wilson of KPRC2 in Houston. Thomas has appeared in two games this season for the Lions, against the Packers and the Titans. He had
The Detroit Lions offense played at about a C-minus level on the road in Houston. Yet Jared Goff and friends still managed to eke put 26 points and a road win over a top-10 defense. Things aren’t going nearly as well in Chicago. The Bears have scored just two touchdowns in their last three games,
The Lions certainly put their fans through the wringer Sunday night, but it was worth it in the end as Detroit erased a 16-point deficit to score a 26-23 win over the Houston Texans to move to 8-1. It’s Detroit’s best start since 1954. Most power rankings already had the Lions as the top team
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell offered up some encouraging health updates on a couple of key Lions offensive players. In his Monday press conference after the team’s comeback Week 10 win in Houston, Campbell gave vaguely positive status reports on left tackle Taylor Decker and tight end Sam LaPorta. Decker missed Sunday’s game with
Despite throwing five interceptions and spotting the Houston Texans a 23-7 lead, the Lions once again showed the definition of resiliency, climbing back to score a 26-23 win to move to 8-1 on the year. Detroit is off to its best start in about 70 years and continue to close in on having the road
Resiliency. That’s been a key word regarding the 2024 Detroit Lions. The latest example came Sunday night when the Lions erased a 16-point deficit to score a 26-23 win on a game-winning field goal over the Houston Texans. Needless to say, the locker room was buzzing after the game. Head coach Dan Campbell provided yet
Lions quarterback Jared Goff threw five interceptions. The offense looked out of sorts. Yet, the Lions found a way to win on Sunday Night Football, 26-23 over the Houston Texans. For Goff, it may have been a rough day, but he’s putting things into a bigger perspective. He spoke with the media after the game
In watching Sunday night’s amazing comeback win by the Lions in Houston, one of the things that stood out in real-time was how well the Detroit defense handled business on first downs. It sure felt that way in the second half, when Aaron Glenn’s defense pitched a shutout against C.J. Stroud and the Texans. That
Injuries across the Detroit Lions roster forced head coach Dan Campbell to ask a lot of his healthy regular starters, and also more than expected from several reserves. It wasn’t always pretty of confidence-inducing, but the Lions delivered in a thrilling 26-23 comeback win. The snap counts from Detroit’s Week 10 trip to Houston reveal