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Getty Images An NFL team’s success is determined by the extent to which it exceeds expectations. If the Houston Texans win only one game in 2021, they will have exceeded expectations. The Westgate sportsbook has the Texans as the underdogs in each of the team’s 2021 regular-season games. The...

Getty Images Hall of Fame G.M. Ron Wolf recently decried “diva” quarterbacks who want to disregard long-term contracts and secure trades to new teams. They’re not “divas”; they’re instead recognizing the power they have, and they’re using it. Whatever the label, the trend likely won’t be...

Getty Images There were no joint practices in training camp last summer because of COVID-19 protocols and it looks like there won’t be any for the Lions this summer either. It’s not because of those protocols, however. Head coach Dan Campbell told reporters on Sunday that he wasn’t early...

Getty Images There are plenty of players who have cited their draft position as a motivational tool after they went later than they would have hoped when they entered the NFL. Some of them don’t ever wind up making teams regret passing on them, but others — Tom Brady may be the most prominent...

Getty Images The Lions have three quarterbacks on their roster right now: Jared Goff, Tim Boyle and David Blough. None of them are rookies, and none of them participated in this weekend’s rookie minicamp. So who threw the passes to the rookie receivers? Some quarterbacks who are way past being...

Getty Images Three players who tried out for the Lions during their rookie minicamp have signed with the team. Cornerback Alex Brown, safety Alijah Holder, and tight end Charlie Taumoepeau were announced as new additions to the roster on Monday. Holder was the only one of the three to play in...

Getty Images Lions first-round pick Penei Sewell announced last week that he would not be attending the team’s rookie minicamp because he tested positive for COVID-19 and head coach Dan Campbell downplayed the significance of the absence on Sunday. This weekend’s minicamp works as an...

Getty Images Running back Jermar Jefferson has joined defensive tackle Alim McNeill in the group of Lions draft picks who have signed their first NFL contracts. The Lions announced Jefferson’s signing on Friday while confirming McNeill has also agreed to a deal. Both players got four-year...

Getty Images The Lions signed third-round pick Alim McNeill to a four-year deal that includes a $1.090 million signing bonus, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. The North Carolina State defensive tackle earned second-team Associated Press All-America and first-team All-ACC honors. He made 26...

Getty Images There will be several games in the 2021 season pitting quarterbacks against teams they used to play for, but the Week 7 matchup between the Lions and Rams in Los Angeles offers the rare double reunion. Matthew Stafford was traded from the Lions to the Rams in exchange for Jared...

Getty Images The NFL announced its 2021 schedule on Wednesday night. The includes 17 games on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. It does not feature a doubleheader on the first Monday night of the season. ESPN also will air a Week 18 Saturday doubleheader. Those games, which will kickoff at 4:15...

Getty Images The Buccaneers and Cowboys will begin the 2021 the season on Thursday, Sept. 9. But Thursday Night Football will technically begin the next week with a divisional contest between the Giants and Washington on NFL Network. After Carolina visits Houston in Week Three, the Week Four...

Getty Images Matthew Stafford may want to wear some extra knee protection in Week 7. That’s when Stafford and the Rams will welcome his former team to SoFi Stadium. The Lions will be in town for a 4:05 game on FOX and the presence of an old teammate may increase the hunger for kneecaps that...

Getty Images Ten teams each received five primetime games. The Packers, Saints, Cowboys, Seahawks, Steelers, Ravens, Rams, 49ers, Chiefs and Bucs are scheduled for five night games each. The Saints and Cowboys also have Thanksgiving Day games, and the Packers a Christmas Day game. The Bears...

Getty Images The release of the schedule for the first weekend of the 2021 NFL season has led to sportsbooks releasing point spreads for the first 16 games of the year. A pair of NFC West teams have been installed as the biggest early favorites. William Hill has the 49ers favored by seven...

Getty Images Dan Campbell will have to wait a little longer to see one of his newest kneecap biters on the field. Lions No. 7 overall pick Penei Sewell said on social media Wednesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 and therefore will not attend this weekend’s rookie minicamp in Detroit...

USA TODAY Sports Whether Aaron Rodgers is still with the Packers or makes his way to the Broncos, he’ll be playing at 4:25 p.m. on FOX in Week One. But there will be at least one familiar quarterback in a new place in the network’s early slate to open the season. The Seahawks will travel to...

Getty Images The full NFL schedule will officially get released on Wednesday night, but the first week’s games were announced on Wednesday morning and reports of other notable games are leaking out. One of those leaks involves the Thanksgiving slate of games. Master Tesfatsion of Bleacher...

Getty Images The Lions were on the phone with a final offer to trade up when the Falcons were on the clock with the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. In video from inside their draft room that the Falcons posted today, Atlanta General Manager Terry Fontenot takes a call from the Lions...

Getty Images When the Lions drafted tight end T.J. Hockenson at No. 8 overall in 2019, they likely envisioned a dynamic playmaker who could elevate their offense. But Detroit now has a different regime in place, one Hockenson recently said appears to be moving the franchise in the right...