We got our first Dan Campbell press conference since the postgame of the Lions’ controversial Week 17 loss at Dallas. Campbell’s demeanor calmed in the 36 or so hours after the officiating gaffe by Brad Allen that cost the Lions a go-ahead two-point conversion. As Rage Against the Machine would put it, “Calm Like a
If you were hoping for a full-fledged apology from the NFL for the fiasco that was the end of the Detroit Lions vs. Dallas Cowboys game, I’m going to need you to sit down for a moment. Because the NFL is going in the exact opposite direction. Per Pro Football Talk, the NFL has no
The Brad Allen saga continues into the new year, and it’s not headed in a direction that many Detroit Lions fans will like. Allen, the referee who mistakenly announced Dan Skipper as an eligible receiver instead of Taylor Decker on the critical 2-pt. conversion late in Detroit’s loss in Dallas in Week 17, has the
The Detroit Lions’ defense continues to improve down the stretch and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn deserves a lot of credit for how he has been mixing and matching his available personnel. In their Week 17 game against the Cowboys, the Lions leaned on a more athletic front in order to stop the run and the…
Former Tennessee Vols linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin, a linebacker for the Detroit Lions, was praised this week by longtime NFL columnist Peter King. King, in his weekly “Football Morning in America” column for NBC Sports, named Reeves-Maybin as one of his special teams players of the week after the former Vol threw a pass for a
The Detroit Lions are taking on the Minnesota Vikings in Week 18, closing out the 2023-24 regular season at home in Ford Field. The folks over at DraftKings have set the opening betting line at Lions -4, with the moneyline settled at Lions +160 and Vikings -192, with the over/under line set at 44 points.
With 2023 in the books, let us reflect on the 2023 that was for the Detroit Lions. The year kicked off in style for Detroit, walloping the Chicago Bears on New Year’s Day before crushing the playoff dreams of the Green Bay Packers in the regular season finale. While the Lions fell short of the…
There isn’t any drama about the Detroit Lions making the playoffs. The team took care of that by winning the NFC North championship back in Week 16. But there is some ambiguity about where the Lions wind up in the NFC standings and who will be their first postseason opponent as we enter Week 18.
The NFL finally released the schedule for Week 18, setting up a couple of primetime games with big playoff stakes. For the Detroit Lions, it’s a standard 1 p.m. ET game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, January 7. Both the Lions and Vikings have something to play for, but both require a lot of…
The NFL doesn’t set dates or times for the final weekend of action until the Week 17 action concludes. When the Packers domination of the Vikings was near its merciful end on Sunday night, the league released the full slate for Week 18. The Lions will host the Vikings in Ford Field at 1 p.m.
Week 17 is officially in the books. Just one more week left for teams to clinch their spot in the postseason. But for the Detroit Lions—and really much of the NFC—a ton has already been decided. The San Francisco 49ers have clinched the top seed in the conference. Five teams have already secured their spot…
Not every player, coach and team can shine. With that in mind, let’s look at some of the more unremarkable moments and performances from Week 17 of the NFL season: Detroit Lions fans: The Lions already had the NFC North locked up, but Brad Allen’s officiating crew and their inexplicable blown call on Detroit’s two-point
The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings are fighting for their playoff lives on a New Year’s Eve edition of “Sunday Night Football.” The division rivals each sit at 7-8 and on the outside looking in at a Wild Card berth. A loss tonight would be season-ending, so expect a hard-fought and intense battle. The…
In a season marred by controversial officiating, referee Brad Allen’s brutal crew faced another major storyline during the Dallas Cowboys’ recent victory over the Detroit Lions. This time, a missed call on who was an eligible receiver in an important game is raising concerns. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that mixed crews are used for the