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Getty Images The Texans ruled wide receiver Randall Cobb and defensive tackle P.J. Hall out of Thursday’s game in Detroit and they’ll both miss at least two more games. Cobb and Hall were both placed on injured reserve Thursday. Cobb suffered a toe injury in last Sunday’s win over the Patriots...

Getty Images The Panthers shut out the Lions on Sunday, and Panthers defensive end Brian Burns deserves a lot of the credit for that. Burns had two sacks and hit Matthew Stafford four other times, and as a result he’s been named the NFC defensive player of the week. The Lions’ offense could...

Getty Images The Texans will be down a couple of wide receivers for their Thanksgiving Day tilt with the Lions. The team announced that neither Kenny Stills nor Randall Cobb will make the trip to Detroit. The news on Cobb is no surprise as word was that the toe injury he suffered last Sunday...

Getty Images The Lions signed receiver Mohamed Sanu from the practice squad to the active roster, agent Mike McCartney tweeted. That probably is not a good sign for Kenny Golladay’s availability for Thursday’s game against Houston. The Lions will release their status report later in the day...

Getty Images Both of the Lions’ top two draft picks from April are carrying injuries into Thursday’s game against the Texans and only one of them has a chance to play. Running back D'Andre Swift has been listed as questionable due to the concussion that kept him out of last Sunday’s loss to...

Getty Images The Lions signed Halapoulivaati Vaitai to a five-year, $45 million contract this year even though he had never been a full-time starter in his NFL career. That is now looking like a big mistake. Detroit moved Vaitai from right tackle to right guard early in the season, then...

Getty Images The Lions played without running back D'Andre Swift in Week 11 after he landed in the concussion protocol last Thursday and a short week before this Thursday’s game against Houston didn’t leave him much time to get cleared. Swift is making some progress, however. He was listed as...

Getty Images Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson, Jared Allen and Calvin Johnson headline the list of 25 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021. Manning, Woodson, Allen and Johnson are in their first year of eligibility. The list also includes four players – Eric Allen...

Getty Images The Lions fell to 4-6 on the season and head coach Matt Patricia fell to 13-28-1 over his tenure in Detroit in Sunday’s 20-0 loss to the Panthers. Carolina had lost five straight games before Sunday and they had P.J. Walker making his first NFL start at quarterback, which only...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford played with a right thumb injury Sunday. After completing 18 of 33 passes for 178 yards, Stafford said his thumb “felt pretty good.” The Lions list him as limited in Monday’s estimated practice in advance of Thursday’s game against the Texans...

Getty Images The Lions came into Sunday’s game with a chance to even their record at 5-5 against a Panthers team on a five-game losing streak and starting a quarterback who last started a game in the XFL. That might have seemed like a dream scenario for a team to get a win, but it turned into...

Getty Images No Teddy Bridgewater, no Christian McCaffrey, no problem for the Panthers. Carolina backup quarterback P.J. Walker, making the first start of his career, had no trouble finding open receivers in the Lions’ secondary as the Panthers earned an easy 20-0 win. Walker was far from...

Getty Images The Lions are 78-107-1 since they drafted Matthew Stafford No. 1 overall in 2009. Stafford, who started 85 of those losses, has played for three head coaches and chances are, with where the Lions are, the quarterback will play for a fourth sometime in the not-too-distant future...

Getty Images Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was listed as questionable for today’s game against the Lions with a knee injury, and he will remain questionable until pregame warmups. Bridgewater plans to test the knee in pregame and then decide in conjunction with the Panthers’ coaching...

Getty Images The Panthers and Lions listed their starting quarterbacks as questionable for Sunday’s game in Carolina. It sounds like Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is a bit more questionable than Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. The Panthers are waiting until pregame warmups to make...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. The Saints will have a new starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Falcons after placing Drew Brees on injured reserve and they’ll also be...

Despite reports that Teddy Bridgewater would be active for today’s game against the Lions, the Panthers are going with P.J. Walker as their starter. Carolina decided at the last minute to go with Walker instead of Bridgewater, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. It’s unclear what transpired at the...

Getty Images The Lions promoted receiver Mohamed Sanu from the practice squad to the active roster for Sunday’s game against the Panthers. Sanu signed with the Lions’ practice squad Nov. 6. Sanu became a free agent after the 49ers released him Oct. 6. He spent less than a month with the team...

Getty Images The Lions added running back D'Andre Swift to their injury report on Thursday with a concussion and it doesn’t look like he will be getting out of the protocol before Sunday’s game against the Panthers. Lions head coach Matt Patricia said on Friday, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit...

Getty Images A report on Thursday indicated Teddy Bridgewater is unlikely to start at quarterback for the Panthers on Sunday, but Bridgewater said later in the day that nothing’s been decided and that remains the case on Friday. The Panthers have listed Bridgewater as questionable to play...