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Getty Images Matthew Stafford is technically still a Lion for another month, as the trade that will send him to the Rams won’t be official until the start of the new league year in March. But when Stafford asked Detroit to trade him, he reportedly was willing to go anywhere but New England...

Getty Images Earlier this week, soon-to-be former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford sat down for an interview with Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press that touched on topics related to his pending trade to the Rams. On Sunday, the newspaper shared more of that conversation with their...

Getty Images Hall of Fame receiver Terrell Owens hasn’t been to the Hall of Fame, and he still has no intention of going. “This past weekend was a further indication of why I wouldn’t go,” Owens told Bob Glauber of Newsday. “No disrespect to anybody that got in, but I just don’t understand the...

Getty Images New Lions quarterbacks coach Mark Brunell believes his own playing career may show Jared Goff how a fresh start can help him. Goff does not officially become a Lion until the start of the league year, when Detroit will ship Matthew Stafford to the Rams in exchange for Goff, a 2021...

Getty Images Anthony Lynn spent four seasons as the Chargers’ head coach, guiding the team to a 33-31 record over that time. Los Angeles finished 9-7 and 12-4 in Lynn’s first two years. After a 5-11 record in 2019, the club started 3-9 in 2020 before rallying to win four in a row to end the...

USA TODAY Sports Matthew Stafford spent 12 years in Detroit. He made a lot of memories, even if he never won a playoff game there. The quarterback, whom the Lions recently traded to the Rams, is leaving something permanent behind in Detroit. Stafford and his wife, Kelly, announced Thursday...

Getty Images It’s often said that tight ends have one of the biggest jumps to make from college to the pros and that their second season can be a better signal of how their NFL career will unfold. The Lions hope that’s the case for T.J. Hockenson. The 2019 first-round pick had 32 catches for...

Getty Images Duce Staley spent the majority of his playing career in Philadelphia. He then coached for the Eagles for the last 10 seasons. Now, Staley is Detroit’s assistant head coach/running backs coach. He was a candidate to become the Eagles next head coach, a job that went to former Colts...

New Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is not impressed with the way the defense he inherited played last year. Glenn said that when he watches film of the Lions’ 2020 season, he sees a group of players who have the potential to play a lot better than they did — if they get better...

Getty Images The Lions have added a tight end with ties to head coach Dan Campbell to their offseason roster. The team announced the signing of Alize Mack on Tuesday. Mack was a 2019 seventh-round pick of the Saints and Campbell was the team’s tight ends coach and assistant head coach at the...

Getty Images Quarterback Matthew Stafford played every game for the Lions in 2020, but it wasn’t because he was healthy. In an interview with Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press about leaving the Lions, Stafford discussed the injury issues that affected him in what will go down as his final...

Getty Images In 12 seasons since the Lions drafted quarterback Matthew Stafford with the first overall pick in the NFL draft, they made the playoffs three times. They lost in the wild card round all three times. Now Stafford is about to get traded to the Rams, and although he says, “I never...

Getty Images Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn said on a Wednesday video conference that he’d prefer a rookie quarterback sit and observe to open his career while also sharing a bit about the offense that hypothetical rookie would be observing. As long as neither side of the trade with...

Getty Images The Lions have announced a couple more additions to head coach Dan Campbell’s staff. Jett Modkins will be the team’s assistant special teams coach while DeOn’tae Pannell will join the team via the William Clay Ford minority coaching assistantship. Modkins spent the 2020 season...

Getty Images Between injuries and some spotty play, cornerback Jeff Okudah did not have a good rookie year for the Lions in 2020. He appeared in only nine games, starting six of them. And he didn’t play at all following Detroit’s 20-0 loss to Carolina on Nov. 22, undergoing surgery to repair a...

Getty Images Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn was the head coach of the Chargers last season and he opened the year with Tyrod Taylor as the team’s starting quarterback. Taylor hurt his ribs in the opener and a botched painkilling injection the next week forced first-round pick Justin...

Getty Images Lions running back D'Andre Swift accounted for 878 yards from scrimmage and 10 total touchdowns in his rookie year, rushing for 521 yards and making 46 receptions for 357 yards. Speaking to the media in a Wednesday press conference, new Lions assistant head coach/running backs...

Getty Images Adrian Peterson has done a lot in his NFL career, but one thing he hasn’t done is play in a Super Bowl. He’d like to sign with a team that he thinks will be back in the Super Bowl next year. That’s why Peterson, who becomes a free agent in March after playing on a one-year...

Getty Images The Jets are bringing one of their former players back as a member of Robert Saleh’s coaching staff. The team announced on Wednesday that Leon Washington will be back with the team as a special teams assistant. The Jets have not formally announced the return of Brant Boyer as...

Getty Images Lions head coach Dan Campbell is picking up a member of his first staff from the Super Bowl champions. Detroit is expected to hire Antwaan Randle El as its wide receivers coach, according to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero. Randle El has been the Buccaneers assistant wide receivers...