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Getty Images Nick Foles is back at practice for the Bears, but they won’t be putting him back in the lineup for this weekend’s game against the Lions. Bears head coach Matt Nagy stopped short of naming Trubisky the starter for Week 13 during a Monday press conference, saying only that he...

Getty Images The Lions fired head coach Matt Patricia over the weekend and that’s led to questions for the team’s remaining coaches about how much will change in the final weeks of the season. Defensive coordinator Cory Undlin was one of the assistants to get that question on Tuesday. Undlin...

Getty Images Daniel Jones may not be able to play this week and the Giants are looking at depth options at quarterback as a result. Monday brought word that Alex Tanney is coming in for a visit with the team he was with for the last couple of years. Tuesday’s transaction wire brings word that...

Getty Images The Lions won’t be able to talk to any current NFL assistants about their head coaching job until the end of the regular season, but they’re already getting some unsolicited advice about who they should be considering. 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman actually went a little bit...

Getty Images Quarterback Matthew Stafford‘s future with the Lions was a topic of conversation at team owner Sheila Ford Hamp‘s press conference in the wake of the dismissal of head coach Matt Patricia and General Manager Bob Quinn on Saturday. Hamp said the decision was going to be up to their...

Getty Images The Lions cleaned house over the weekend and, in the grand scheme of things, no one noticed. The Lions will get some noticed in 13 days. The NFL has moved the Week 14 game between the Packers and Lions from 1:00 p.m. ET to 4:25 p.m. ET. The Lions stand at 4-7, not entirely out of...

Getty Images Darrell Bevell had some interviews for head coaching positions when he was the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator, but he never landed one of the jobs. Bevell will now get a chance to show what he can do as a head coach on an interim basis in Detroit. He got bumped up into the...

Getty Images There will be many decisions for Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp to make after this season, but the future of quarterback Matthew Stafford is not one of them. Hamp fired head coach Matt Patricia and General Manager Bob Quinn on Saturday and was asked about Stafford at a press...

Getty Images When the NFL unveiled its schedule for the 2020 season, they left five Week 16 games unscheduled because they would decide later about which of them would be played on Saturday, December 26. The league announced those decisions on Monday. Three games will be played that day with...

Getty Images Bears head coach Matt Nagy deemed his team’s performance on Sunday night against the Packers “flat-out embarrassing” in a Monday press conference and challenged players and coaches to do better in Week 13 against the Lions. It sounds like there’s a good chance that one of the...

Getty Images The best job in any NFL team arguably is team president/CEO. Apart from the compensation package, the position typically entails plenty of security. Case in point: Each of the three teams that have fired their coaches and General Managers this season have fired none of their...

Getty Images Amid another losing season, Lions head coach Matt Patricia and General Manager Bob Quinn have both been fired. The hammer came down two days after a disastrous loss to the Houston Texans on Thanksgiving dropped the Lions to 4-7 this season. Everyone knew Patricia was on the hot...

Getty Images Nearly 10 percent of all NFL franchises are currently looking for a new coach and a new General Manager. The Lions have now joined the Falcons and Texans in clearing out both jobs during football season. With three coach/G.M. vacancies, how many more will open up between now and...

Getty Images Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp acknowledged today that the last two games of the Bob Quinn/Matt Patricia era may have been the worst two. Asked if she viewed the Lions’ back-to-back blowout losses to the Panthers and Texans as a last straw, Hamp answered, “Honestly, yes.” “Ten days...

The Texans may find themselves in hot water with the league after they engaged in some poor sportsmanship to get themselves a free timeout in their Thanksgiving win over the Lions. With eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Texans realized they had 12 players on the field on defense...

USA Today Sports As storm clouds gather around the Lions, who were embarrassed twice only four days apart, questions swirl regarding the status of third-year coach Matt Patricia. After Thursday’s 41-25 loss to the Texans, Patricia’s job security became a common topic during post-game press...

Getty Images Lions running back D'Andre Swift is officially inactive for the Thanksgiving game agains the Texans. Swift had been expected to sit out after suffering a concussion. Adrian Peterson and Kerryon Johnson will carry the ball for the Lions. Detroit’s other inactives are receivers...

Getty Images A Thanksgiving game that has the potential to induce more sleep than tryptophan, carbohydrates and wine is actually off to a good start. The Lions’ offense turned in an impressive opening drive, with Matthew Stafford connecting with T.J. Hockenson for 51 yards on a nifty trick...

Getty Images Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt is showing America he’s still one of the great ones. Watt plucked a Matthew Stafford pass out of the air at the line of scrimmage and rumbled 19 yards into the end zone for a touchdown, a spectacular play that was the second pick-six of Watt’s...

Getty Images It hasn’t been the prettiest half of football, but it’s been another encouraging game for Deshaun Watson and the Texans. Watson has 141 passing yards and two touchdowns, plus another 26 yards rushing, as the Texans have a 23-14 lead over the Lions at halftime. The sloppy half of...