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Lions take leap forward ending 11-season playoff drought despite some …

Coach Isiah Thompson 9 hours ago A very reliable anonymous source has confirmed that the Detroit Lions have replaced defensive back Aaron Berry with a corpse from the county morgue because even that stiff would make more plays and tackles than Aaron Detroit Lions David Grunfeld/The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Saints defensive tackle Shaun Rogers hits Detroit [...]

Detroit Lions' secondary torched in 45-28 NFC wild-card loss against New …

In the NFC game Saturday night, it'll be a showdown between Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions and Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints in the first matchup in NFL history involving two 5000-yard passers. Both of these games are rematches from the NEW ORLEANS — Having shed their long-held reputation for losing with [...]

Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints face amended overtime rules if tied after …

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Lions Get Wild Card; Patriots Earn Playoff Bye

By Anwar S. Richardson The National Football League played the role of Scrooge once against by handing out its weekly fines to Detroit Lions players. Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch was fined $15000 for unnecessary roughness (horse collar tackle) By AP The last time the Detroit Lions made the NFL playoffs, Barry Sanders was their star. [...]

49ers rally, beat previously unbeaten Lions

But Stafford did come up short on the scoreboard as well, failing to move the Lions on their final drive of the game. Stafford entered Week 6 averaging 287 passing yards per game this season with 1436 yards and 13 touchdowns in his first five weeks of JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/Detroit Free Press BY DAVE BIRKETT [...]

National writers heap praise on Lions, Detroit

With their victory over the Chicago Bears on ESPN's Monday Night Football last night, the Detroit Lions have opened an NFL campaign at 5-0 for the first time since 1956. Not only are Lions' fans basking in the glory, but so is The Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears Monday night to go 5-0 for [...]

Detroit Lions Still Undefeated: Calvin Johnson, Matthew Stafford Unstoppable

With their victory over the Chicago Bears on ESPN's Monday Night Football last night, the Detroit Lions have opened an NFL campaign at 5-0 for the first time since 1956. Not only are Lions' fans basking in the glory, but so is He finished with 22 carries for 116 yards, and he hauled in four [...]

Detroit 24, Chicago 13: Prime time is Lions time

It has been a long time since the Bears have been underdogs to the Detroit Lions. It's been a long time since members of the media, the popular football media of PFT, have predicted the Lions to beat the Bears by 30 points. (WJBK) – Detroit Lions President Tom Lewand is proud of the NFL's [...]

Lions drop Bears, improve to 5-0 for first time since 1956

By Max DeMara Entering week five, the Lions remain in good shape regarding injuries. A few players are nicked up, but none of the injuries are critical enough to hold players out of practice for very long or put much of a dent in playing time. But grab Detroit Lions linebacker Justin Durant's headphones and [...]

Detroit 34, Dallas 30: Lions erase another big deficit, stay unbeaten

by Sonari Glinton Detroit Lions Jason Hanson (left) and Don Muhlbach walk off the field after Hanson kicked a 32-yard field goal in overtime to beat the Minnesota Vikings last Sunday in Minneapolis. The Lions won 26-23. Detroit Lions Jason Hanson A statistical breakdown of the Lions and Cowboys, two of the best teams in [...]