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Getty Images The Lions are doing everything they can to buoy the spirits of running back D'Andre Swift, after he dropped what would have been a game-winning touchdown. In fact, quarterback Matthew Stafford says he wouldn’t hesitate to throw the same pass in the same situation. “No, not at...

Getty Images The chances of Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay and cornerback Desmond Trufant getting on the field against the Packers this Sunday are not looking good. Lions head coach Matt Patricia said that both players will remain out of practice on Thursday. Both players are dealing with...

Getty Images The Lions are dealing with several injuries at cornerback, so they added another one to the active roster on Wednesday. Head coach Matt Patricia said at his press conference that the team is signing cornerback Chris Jones. Jones was on the Cardinals practice squad and has 22...

Getty Images The first season had plenty of good performances. It also had plenty of not so good performances. So who were the Week One Goats in a Bad Way? Yes, our weekly in-season feature is back. If Bruce Arians can call out his own players, we can call out anyone who deserves to be called...

Getty Images Adrian Peterson is already the Lions’ best ball-carrier. That does not mean he’s going to be the busiest. Via Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press, Lions offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said they want to continue to use a rotation with Kerryon Johnson and D'Andre Swift...

Getty Images The Lions will be without cornerback Justin Coleman for at least a few weeks. According to multiple reports, the Lions will place Coleman on injured reserve. Coleman hurt his hamstring during Sunday’s loss to the Bears. He was limited 19 snaps in the game and was credited with...

USA TODAY Sports Even though it appeared that Lions linebacker Jamie Collins was trying to demonstrate something that had happened to him, officials went letter-of-the-law in ejecting him yesterday. Via Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press, NFL referee Alex Kemp used the strictest...

The Lions signed linebacker Jamie Collins this offseason because they wanted some veteran leadership from a player who had previously played under coach Matt Patricia in New England. The results from Collins’ first game as a Lion were not impressive. Collins was ejected in the second quarter...

Getty Images Mitchell Trubisky continues to own Matt Patricia’s defense. Trubisky, the much-maligned Bears quarterback, never gets maligned when he goes against the Lions. In four games against the Lions since Patricia became Detroit’s coach, Trubisky has completed 88 of 127 passes for 1,108...

Getty Images The Lions blew a 23-6 lead in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 27-23 loss to the Bears, but they had a chance to win before time expired. Their best shot at pulling out the victory came on a pass from Matthew Stafford to rookie running back D'Andre Swift in the end zone. Swift...

Getty Images When the Bears were down 23-6 to the Lions in the second half of Sunday’s game, it was easy to imagine chatter after the game about whether they erred by naming Mitchell Trubisky as their starting quarterback. By the time the game was over, it was clear that such talk would not be...

Getty Images The Bears take on the Lions today in Detroit, and the injury situation appears to be better for the Bears than for the Lions. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports that two key members of the Bears who were listed as questionable, running back David Montgomery and wide receiver...

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. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of kickoff. Jets at Bills Jets: QB Joe Flacco, QB James Morgan, WR Denzel Mims...

Getty Images Cairo Santos will handle the kicking duties for the Bears in Sunday’s game against the Lions. The Bears announced Santos’ promotion from the practice squad on Saturday afternoon. The move was expected after Eddy Pineiro was placed on injured reserve on Monday. Santos will return...

Getty Images The Bears hope it’s anything but The Last Dance this season. But that hasn’t stopped coach Matt Nagy and G.M. Ryan Pace from paying homage to the Bulls of yesteryear as the Bears get 2020 rolling. As explained by Larry Mayer of the team’s official website, Nagy and Pace gave all...

Getty Images The NFL has created plenty of rules and protocols for the pandemic. Some make sense. Some don’t. Here’s one that doesn’t, as applied to FOX’s Kenny Albert: Anyone coming in from a foreign country must quarantine for two weeks. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports that the...

Getty Images The news doesn’t sound encouraging for Kenny Golladay. Via Tim Twentyman of the team’s official website, Lions coach Matt Patricia said his star wide receiver would be “very limited” in practice Friday. Golladay suffered a hamstring injury in practice Wednesday and didn’t take...

Getty Images The Lions invested heavily in their offensive line this offseason, and one of the big additions won’t be on the field for the opener. The team announced that right tackle Halapoulivaati Vaitai was out for Sunday’s game against the Bears because of a foot injury. The Lions gave...

Getty Images The Bears may be without both of their top pass rushers against the Lions on Sunday. Robert Quinn remained out of practice on Friday due to the ankle injury that kept him off the field on Wednesday and Thursday. Quinn has been listed as doubtful, so it’s unlikely that he’ll make...

Getty Images The 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chiefs and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 26 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release their final...