It pays to be the boss. Or perhaps, in this situation, you must pay if your team is the boss. The Detroit Lions are, for a change, entering the season with real expectations. It’s something the team has fully embraced, much like the fans have fully embraced this Lions squad. That embracing will come with
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On Friday evening, the Detroit Lions secured a winning record on the preseason when they closed out their exhibition season with a win over the Carolina Panthers, 26-17. Although they were winners, it feels like Detroit might end up on the losing end, stuck in a tough situation with so many bubble players making strong…
Khalil Dorsey was sitting in his special teams meeting the night before the Detroit Lions’ preseason finale against the Carolina Panthers, scanning for his name on the screen. Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp was discussing the next night’s kickoff plans and Dorsey wasn’t in his usual “RF” position — right fullback — on the
Detroit Lions great Lem Barney is in failing health in Texas, and it’s unlikely he’ll return to Michigan amid a bitter family dispute involving his care and estate. Barney, 77, who is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is in advanced stages of dementia. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and dementia in 2013, a
The Detroit Lions announced on Sunday afternoon that they have cut ties with 13 players in their efforts to get down to 53 players by the 4 p.m. ET deadline on Tuesday. The following players were waived—meaning they’re players with less than four years of experience who must face the waiver wire process, which begins…
Allen Park — It’s the time of the NFL season no one likes. Over the next few days, culminating with the league’s 4 p.m. deadline on Tuesday, teams are required to trim their roster from the 90 players permitted in the offseason to 53 ahead of the regular season. That means nearly 1,200 players will
The Detroit Lions have made massive changes on defense this offseason. That has not only increased the expectations for a defense that finished among the league’s worst last season, but it also means some players who were around last year may get pushed off the bottom of the roster in 2023.
Allen Park — The players on the roster bubble for the Detroit Lions didn’t make it easier this week, with several delivering standout performances in the preseason finale. The back of the roster is as complicated of a puzzle to piece together as ever, but here’s a final prediction of what it might look like
The Detroit Lions started roster cuts with their first wave of moves Saturday, letting go of a handful of players who are not expected to stick around on practice squad. Defensive tackle Christian Covington and center Alex Mollette were the first two reported cuts, and tight end Daniel Helm has joined them on the waiver
There was lots of Dan Campbell video content this week, starting on Thursday with an interview posted by NFL on NBC featuring the Detroit Lions head coach and a familiar face as interviewer: former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett. The first part of the interview shows the pair reminiscing about their time together as players…
The Detroit Lions will have a lot of pressure to replicate what was an incredibly successful season on offense last year. Despite all of that success, there are quite a few roster changes made over the offseason, including an overhaul of the running backs room, and the addition of two rookie weapons in the first…
The Detroit Lions 2023 roster cuts are underway, and we’re tracking them all here. It’s a tough few days for both the front office and, obviously, the players themselves. And given that Detroit’s roster is in a much better place than when coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes took over two years ago,…
The Detroit Lions have until 4 p.m. Tuesday to pare their 90-man roster to 53 players, but Lions coach Dan Campbell said he won’t need all that time to make most of the moves. “I don’t see this being one big cut,” Campbell said after the Lions’ preseason finale Friday against the Carolina Panthers. “I
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes met Saturday afternoon to begin the process of whittling the Detroit Lions’ 91-man roster down to 53 players in what Campbell said Friday is a “much harder” exercise than it used to be. “I mean, we’re going to have to let go of some really good players,