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Philadelphia Eagles running back Darren Sproles contemplated retirement this offseason, but he decided to give it at least one more season, returning to the Eagles on a one-year contract. At 36 years old, Sproles is long past the typical lifespan for an NFL running back, even if he doesn’t get much playing time in the […]

The Philadelphia Eagles will be looking to get back into the win column in Week 3 against the Detroit Lions at home. Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz knows his group will have their work cut out trying to contain quarterback Matthew Stafford. Both share quite a history during their days as a head coach/quarterback combo in […]

If what Calvin Johnson has claimed about the Detroit Lions is true, the team could be in a lot of trouble from the NFL. Johnson recently sat down for an interview with Sports Illustrated and talked about many things, including his concussion history. Johnson said he couldn’t count how many times he returned to a […]

It’s a little weird to think that this Philadelphia Eagles team won the Super Bowl in 2017. While that team was very talented, this year’s squad has had some ups and downs, and after a Week 2 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, they are looking a lot less threatening than the team that held the […]

When playing in a fantasy football league that uses a PPR (points per reception) scoring system, then it is crucial to play wide receivers who receive volume. That sentiment continued to hold true in Week 2 of the 2019 season. After Sammy Watkins led the way for the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 1 with […]

The Miami Dolphins are attempting to acquire all of the draft capital they can possibly obtain. Among the players who could still be traded soon is running back Kenyan Drake. Just two weeks into the young season, Miami has already traded Laremy Tunsil, Kenny Stills, Kiko Alonso, and Minkah Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick was the 11th overall […]

The Detroit Lions have released quarterback Josh Johnson, the team announced. They did so while signing former Bengals quarterback Jeff Driskel. Johnson signed with Detroit in the preseason as an “emergency signing” after Tom Savage suffered an injury. He was thought to be their quarterback for preseason, that’s it. However, when the cut-down day arrived, […]

The struggles for CJ Anderson to begin the season have become too much for the Detroit Lions to ignore. As a result, Detroit has released Anderson and claimed Paul Perkins off waivers from the New York Giants, per Adam Schefter. Lions released RB C.J. Anderson to claim RB Paul Perkins off waivers from the Giants. […]

The Detroit Lions beat the Los Angeles Chargers by a final score of 13-10 in Week 2. That game came complete with a fourth-quarter comeback illustrated by quarterback Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford now has 28 fourth-quarter comebacks since entering the NFL in 2009 (most in the NFL in that span) #Lions — NFL Research (@NFLResearch) […]

There was some doubt earlier in the week that Mike Williams would suit up for the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 2. Despite his injury, Philip Rivers was able to heave it to Williams on a huge gain versus the Detroit Lions. MIKE WILLIAMS, OH MY! #LACvsDET #BoltUp @darealmike_dub 📺: CBS📱: NFL app // Yahoo […]

The Los Angeles Chargers were in a battle in Week 1. It took overtime to do it, but they snuck by the Indianapolis Colts with a final score of 30-24. Meanwhile, the Detroit Lions also went to overtime in their Week 1 matchup. They were facing off with the Arizona Cardinals; however, there was no winner […]

Week 2 of the NFL season offers a lot of fascinating matchups, and there are some that DFS players can exploit with excellent DraftKings value plays. Compiling a great DFS lineup always involves finding value players at the right spots, and we’ve got three at each position worth your consideration. Here are the best DraftKings […]

On Sunday, the Detroit Lions (0-0-1) will host the Los Angeles Chargers (1-0) in their first matchup since 2015. While both teams didn’t taste defeat last weekend, Detroit is hungry for its first win of the season after watching a big lead against the Arizona Cardinals slip away. As for the Chargers, they continue to […]

The Detroit Lions didn’t beat the Arizona Cardinals Week 1, as their game resulted in a 27-27 tie. However, cornerback Darius Slay won the day, as his statistics prove that he was the best cornerback of the week. According to Logan Lamorandier of Lion Lockdown, the Lions corner was targeted four times, resulting in one […]

The Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Chargers seem to be very similar teams in the 2019 season. Both squads feature a solid veteran gunslinger with a lot of promising skill position players, but question marks throughout the roster. In addition to a similar construction, both teams gained early leads in their Week 1 contests […]

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has spent enough time in the NFL to know how difficult it is to remain consistent in the injury-laden league. This is why he has a ton of respect for Los Angeles Chargers’s Philip Rivers. The Lions are set to face the Chargers at Ford Field on Sunday, and there […]

The Detroit Lions may as well propose to the run because they sure are committed to it. On Sunday, against the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit led the league in rush attempts against a stacked box, according to NFL Next Gen Stats. The Lions had not one, but two, running backs to pace the NFL in Week […]

Detroit Lions fans all over the country felt a sadness that is all-too-familiar yesterday, as despite the fact that they didn’t lose their Week 1 match-up to the Arizona Cardinals, they surrendered an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter, avoiding the win in a pathetic fashion that gave Lions fans P.T.S.D. Despite the disappointing result, […]

Week 1 of the fantasy football season is always fun. There are players who surprise, and there are players who disappoint. Both play a role in the top 10 waiver wire pickups for Week 2. One of the worst mistakes you can make in fantasy is to drop nearly half your team after the first […]

The Detroit Lions probably would have won the game against the Arizona Cardinals if it wasn’t for a timeout that Matt Patricia takes the blame for. The Lions had a perfect play call with a swing pass that would have resulted in an easy touchdown. The Cardinals were out of timeouts, and they would have […]

Sometimes, a team lucks out when it comes to finding the perfect rookie for their team. And if they’re extremely lucky like the Detroit Lions, that rookie, T.J. Hockenson, will manage to break some records along the way. Hockenson announced his arrival to the biggest stage by setting the record for receiving yards by a […]

The Arizona Cardinals selected Kyler Murray with the first overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Despite also having a chance to play in the MLB (having been drafted there too), Murray stuck with football. The quarterback didn’t take long to make an impression either. The Arizona Cardinals faced off with the Detroit Lions in […]

The Detroit Lions will kick off their 2019 season against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 1. To begin the year, head coach Matt Patricia will coach from behind the team’s bench due to his injured foot per Ian Rapoport. #Lions coach Matt Patricia, whose injured foot has meant he couldn’t walk the sidelines in the […]

While his former team, the Green Bay Packers, play tonight, safety Josh Jones will be looking for his new NFL home. ESPN’s Rob Demovsky reports that Jones is visiting with the Minnesota Vikings on Friday and the Detroit Lions next week. ESPN’s Adam Schefter previously stated that he visited with the Buffalo Bills. The only […]

Hopes of Laquon Treadwell living up to his draft position have all but vanished entirely. Just because the fourth-year wide receiver was released over the weekend by the Minnesota Vikings, though, hardly means he won’t get another chance to establish himself as a worthwhile pass-catching weapon. Following his visit with the Buffalo Bills earlier this […]

The Detroit Lions aren’t done adding quarterbacks. Detroit hosted Tyree Jackson and Taylor Heinicke for workouts Tuesday, per Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com. For a while on their 90-man roster, the Lions had five quarterbacks. They cut Tom Savage and former AAF passer Luis Perez on cutdown day to get them down to three. Currently they […]

The Detroit Lions received a significant boost to their offensive line on Tuesday. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, second-year center Frank Ragnow is back at practice for the first time since leaving the team’s Week 3 preseason loss against the Buffalo Bills. With Ragnow returning, the Lions moved right guard Graham Glasgow back to […]

After losing to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday Night, the 2019 preseason for the Detroit Lions is officially over. The next time the Lions take the field, the result of the game will actually go on their official record. Lions fans always seem to have a somewhat-dumbfounded ‘this year is our year’ mentality at the […]

The Detroit Lions had to make a ton of tough decisions to reduce their roster to 53 players on Saturday. General manager Bob Quinn admitted to drafting mistakes by way of the roster cuts but he wants the best 53-man roster for 2019. Via Dave Birkett in the Detroit Free Press: “[Head coach] Matt [Patricia] […]

The Detroit Lions added to their backup quarterback arsenal on Friday. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Detroit is swapping a 2022 seventh-round selection with the Cleveland Browns for quarterback David Blough. Undrafted out of Purdue, the rookie quarterback played Detroit on Thursday night. Blough went 11-of-17 for 115 yards and two interceptions. Despite the measly […]

As NFL teams begin to move toward trimming their roster down to 53, the Detroit Lions have officially cut defensive back Teez Tabor, ending his chances of making the team and giving him an early head start when it comes to possibly finding another team to land on. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero was one of […]

The Detroit Lions and head coach Matt Patricia are hoping to bounce back after a poor first season. They went 6-10 in the former New England defensive coordinator’s first season as a head coach. Many players on Detroit’s roster weren’t fans of the faux-Patriots way from last year. However, Patricia is beginning to gain the […]

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Mike Daniels came across a blessing in disguise this offseason. The Green Bay Packers parted ways with him earlier this summer, and he quickly found his new home with the division rival Lions. When asked about the change, Daniels had nothing negative to say. “You come into the NFL, you work […]

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is known to be an avid fan of Barry Sanders. The ascending star rusher went as far as to say that he believes that Sanders could still play in the NFL. Saquon Barkley says Barry Sanders is the one player from the #NFL100 Super Bowl commercial who could […]

The Detroit Lions released running back Zach Zenner on Tuesday, per the team’s official Twitter account. Zenner, 27, had been with the NFC North franchise since the 2015 season when the Lions signed the South Dakota State product as an undrafted free agent. Zenner, however, is a victim of Detroit whittling down its roster to […]

The retirement of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has brought the focus back to other players that decided to call it quits at the height of their powers. Among the most notable is former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders. Sanders shocked the NFL world when he retired after 10 seasons of pure dominance. He […]

Some fans of the Indianapolis Colts didn’t appreciate Andrew Luck’s retirement on Saturday night. They booed him off the field. Somebody who knows all too well what Luck is going through is Barry Sanders. “It was tough,” Sanders told the New York Daily News today. “But I understood because I had been an avid fan before myself, so […]

The Detroit Lions seemed to have dodged a bullet with the injury to Jarrad Davis. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Davis suffered what is believed to be a high-ankle sprain. On the play that Davis sustained the injury, the inside linebacker was attempting to make a tackle on LeSean McCoy of the Buffalo […]

The Detroit Lions suffered a 24-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills in their third preseason game on Friday night. However, the Lions’ biggest losses came on the injury report with two of their key starters, Jarrad Davis and Frank Ragnow getting hurt. Matt Patricia was quick to point out that injuries are part of football. […]