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Getty Images Lions running back Adrian Person is expected to return to the starting lineup this week after last week’s starter, D'Andre Swift, suffered a concussion. Peterson is glad to get the playing time, but he thinks Swift should be starting when both of them are healthy. In fact...

Getty Images The Lions and Panthers both listed their starting quarterbacks as questionable for Sunday’s game. Matthew Stafford was a limited participant in practice for the second straight day after sitting out on Wednesday due to a right thumb injury and he was listed as questionable on...

Getty Images Week 11 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Seahawks and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images A report Thursday morning indicated Teddy Bridgewater is unlikely to play Sunday against Detroit. It may well turn out that way, but the Panthers quarterback isn’t ready to rule himself out. “We haven’t decided on anything,” Bridgewater said Thursday afternoon. “Just taking it one...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford did not practice on Wednesday and said after the session that he is “just going to take it day by day” with the right thumb injury that he suffered last weekend. Thursday brought a change in his practice workload. Kyle Meinke of MLive.com reports...

Getty Images The Panthers have gotten a chance to see quarterback Teddy Bridgewater on the practice field the last two days and it doesn’t look like those sessions have convinced the team he will be able to play against the Lions. NFL Media reports that it is unlikely that Bridgewater will...

Getty Images The Lions got quarterback Matthew Stafford back at practice Thursday, but they were missing running back D'Andre Swift. Swift was out of practice due to a concussion. It is not clear when Swift was injured as he practiced on Wednesday and was not listed on the injury report...

Getty Images Matthew Stafford played through a middle finger injury in 2016, but the Lions quarterback called his right thumb injury different. Two days after telling FOX 2 that he liked his chances of playing, Stafford was noncommittal about his availability for Sunday. “I’m just going to...

USA TODAY Sports Panthers head coach Matt Rhule said on Monday that he was hopeful that quarterback Teddy Bridgewater will be able to practice on Wednesday after spraining his MCL during last Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers. It looks like Rhule’s hopes are going to be realized. Tom Pelissero...

Getty Images The Lions came close to giving away a game against the Washington Football Team last Sunday, but they managed to get out with a win. Matt Prater‘s foot had a lot to do with that. Prater made a 37-yard field goal to put the Lions up 27-24 in the fourth quarter and, after Washington...

Getty Images A report earlier this week indicated that the Panthers would be without running back Christian McCaffrey again this week because of a shoulder injury and it appeared that the team confirmed it on Wednesday. The team’s Twitter account sent out a tweet saying McCaffrey had been...

Getty Images Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay was back on the practice field Wednesday. Golladay has missed the last two games with a hip injury, but multiple reporters passed along word that he was on the field and working with the rest of the team during the open portion of Wednesday’s...

Getty Images Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has a partially torn ligament in the thumb on his throwing hand, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Stafford had X-rays on his thumb on Sunday after injuring his thumb in the first quarter of the Lions’ win over the Washington...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford hurt his right thumb during the first quarter of Sunday’s win over the Washington Football Team, but remained in the game and went for tests when it was over. Word on Monday morning was that nothing came up in those tests that would suggest...

USA TODAY Sports Panthers coach Matt Rhule called quarterback Teddy Bridgewater‘s knee injury a sprain. “He does not have a significant injury,” Rhule said Monday, via Steve Reed of The Associated Press. Rhule said he is “hopeful” Bridgewater can practice Wednesday and play Sunday. The...

USA TODAY Sports As the pandemic reaches unprecedented levels, some sports teams are somehow welcoming more fans for games. The Lions will be going in the other direction. Via Chris Thomas of the Detroit Free Press, an emergency order issued Sunday by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer...

Getty Images Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has avoided a serious knee injury. Bridgewater’s MRI came back showing no structural damage, Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports. Although Bridgewater is sore and his knee is swollen, the medical staff said the MRI results should be considered...

Getty Images Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater indeed received good news from his Sunday night MRI. Per a league source, Bridgewater’s injury is believed to be an MCL sprain. He’s day-to-day, which implies it’s the lowest level of injury to a rope-like ligament that will heal on its own...

Getty Images Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey‘s injury-plagued season isn’t getting any better. McCaffrey is expected to miss Sunday’s game against the Lions and the Panthers are preparing for him to miss multiple weeks, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. It’s been a rough season for...

USA TODAY Sports The Washington Football Team drafted defensive end Chase Young second overall with the hope that he’ll make impactful plays that swing close games their way. Young made an impactful play late in Sunday’s game, but it worked against the Football Team. Young was flagged for...