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Some Lions players are expected to participate in a protest in Detroit on Friday, Kyle Meinke of mlive.com.
Meinke said he still is trying to confirm names of specific players who have committed to the event.
The team tweeted about the Belle Isle Peach March, promoting the event...
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Lions head coach Matt Patricia says he’s wired to react to things that go wrong by figuring out a way to fix them, but he’s been operating differently in recent days.
Patricia watched the video of a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee into George Floyd’s neck until well...
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Lions head coach Matt Patricia said toward the end of last month that the team wasn’t in any hurry to get back into their facility and there wasn’t much reason for them to be hurrying because Michigan still had many closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Lions can now start to...
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For weeks, Simms has been saying on PFT Live that NFL players won’t care about catching the coronavirus. On Thursday, an NFL player acknowledged that, indeed, he’s not concerned about it.
“I don’t know if this is the politically correct thing to say, but I’m not really worried...
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Bob Quinn‘s first draft pick after becoming the Lions General Manager was left tackle Taylor Decker and now Quinn and the Lions have to decide about how to proceed with extension talks.
Decker said on a Thursday conference call that there have yet to be any “major” conversations...
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At the moment, with COVID-19 deaths on the decline and pro sports making plans to reopen, it appears that the NFL season will start on time. But that doesn’t mean the whole season will proceed on schedule.
Lions team doctor Asheesh Bedi warns that if the NFL in particular and...
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The Lions are trying to turn Jamal Agnew into a full-time receiver.
Peter King broke the news in his weekly Football Morning in America column Monday after the Lions allowed him access to a virtual receivers meeting. Agnew was on the video call.
Agnew has played 30 offensive...
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Another NFL team could be coming to West Virginia later this year.
Per multiple sources, the Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers have received proposals from The Greenbrier resort for 2020 training camp. The realities of the pandemic are prompting some teams to look elsewhere for...
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Matthew Stafford ranked second in the NFL in touchdowns (19), fourth in passing yards (2,499) and fifth in passer rating (106.0) before a Week Nine back injury prematurely ended his season.
It was the Lions quarterback’s first year in Darrell Bevell’s offense.
Now back to health...
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Not long after Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford met virtually with reporters to dispel offseason rumors that he could be moving on from Detroit, his $6.5 million Michigan home landed on the market. Stafford’s wife, who had a hand in stoking the offseason rumors, quickly tried to...
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Washington running back Adrian Peterson has an eye on the career rushing leaderboard as he heads into his 14th season.
Peterson is currently fifth in NFL history with 14,216 career rushing yards. In fourth place is Barry Sanders, who had 15,269 yards in his 10 NFL seasons...
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Darius Slay and Damon Harrison didn’t hold back on their way out of Detroit.
Both expressed relief at getting out of town and took swipes at head coach Matt Patricia and the Lion Way.
Lions defensive end Trey Flowers, who is entering his second season in Detroit, downplayed their...
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Defensive end Trey Flowers offered support for Lions head coach Matt Patricia’s style in a conference call on Wednesday and another Lions player who knew Patricia in New England did the same thing during his own session with reporters.
Wide receiver Danny Amendola didn’t pick...
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The Lions took running back D'Andre Swift at the top of the second round of this year’s draft in a move that led to questions about whether he or Kerryon Johnson will be the starting back in Detroit.
Head coach Matt Patricia isn’t making aa big deal about it, though. During an...
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Some NFL teams are beginning to reopen their facilities, but the Lions are taking a cautious approach.
Lions coach Matt Patricia said that even if the league and the local authorities give the team the go-ahead to open, it will be a slow process for the Lions do so.
“First and...
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The Lions agreed to terms with sixth-round choice John Penisini on Monday, his agent, David Canter, announced on Twitter.
The Lions also have agreed to terms with fourth-round choice Logan Stenberg, leaving seven yet to go.
Detroit made Penisini, a defensive tackle, the 197th...
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The Lions have started the process of signing their draft picks.
The agents for offensive lineman Logan Stenberg announced that their client agreed to terms on a four-year deal with Detroit on Sunday. The fourth-round pick is the first of nine Lions draft picks to agree to his...
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Lions linebacker Jarrad Davis knew that there was a decision coming sometime about the team’s option on his contract for the 2021 season, but he said Thursday that “wasn’t even aware of it until literally like the day” that the Lions decided not to exercise it.
Davis said that...
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Some scoffed when Patriots quarterback Tom Brady put his Boston house up for sale. They’re not scoffing now.
Will they scoff in response to the latest franchise quarterback with a For Sale in the front yard of his local home? Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Lions...
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Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is selling his house, but according to his wife, it’s only for the safety of their children.
Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Kelly Stafford said in a video posted to social media that it wasn’t for any reason related to football.
“No...