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Getty Images Quandre Diggs played his first game as a Seahawk on Monday night, and coach Pete Carroll loved what he saw. Diggs, a safety acquired for a fifth-round draft pick in a trade with the Lions, intercepted a pass and played all 88 defensive snaps in the Seahawks’ overtime victory over...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford practiced last week, at least on a limited basis, before watching Sunday’s game from the sidelines because of a back injury. They’re not saying at the moment whether he’s practicing this week or not. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press...

Getty Images The Lions gave quarterback Matthew Stafford the option to play last week, after he had practiced while dealing with a back injury. But he said Monday he thought the Lions were better off without him. “Ultimately, I think, made the right decision,” Stafford said, via Michael...

Getty Images The 49ers lost their first game of the year on Monday night, which didn’t knock them from the top perch in the NFC playoff picture but did make things tighter in the race for the No. 1 seed in the conference. A win would have left them two games up on the Packers and Saints in the...

Getty Images The Bears used the 44th overall choice on Ashland tight end Adam Shaheen in 2017. They selected Shaheen before Joe Mixon, Cooper Kupp, Alvin Kamara, JuJu Smith-Schuster and George Kittle were selected in what is looking like a draft of missed opportunities for the Bears. (See...

Getty Images Lions coach Matt Patricia gave no real update on Matthew Stafford‘s status Monday. “No updates on him,” Patricia said, via video from the team. “Again it is truly day by day, week by week right now as far as he’s concerned. You know he practiced all last week, so we’ll move ahead...

Getty Images The Lions lost 20-13 to the Bears on Sunday, which leaves them with a 3-5-1 record and losses in five of their last six games. That’s left them with little margin for error if they want to extend their season beyond Week 17, which cornerback Darius Slay pointed out after facing...

Getty Images Charles Rogers, a talented wide receiver who was selected by the Lions with the second overall pick in the 2003 NFL draft but had a troubled and short NFL career, has died at the age of 38. Some of Rogers’ former teammates confirmed the news this morning. “Devastated to learn of...

Getty Images The Lions may be in hot water with the NFL over the way they reported on quarterback Matthew Stafford‘s back injury. Stafford missed Sunday’s game against the Bears despite saying he would be “good to go,” and the Lions listed him as questionable on their injury report. That...

Getty Images When Charles Rogers flamed out of the NFL after going to the Lions with the second overall pick in the 2003 NFL draft, he became a symbol of the failures of former Lions President Matt Millen. But after Rogers died overnight, Millen said he has fond memories of Rogers as a man...

Getty Images Bears head coach Matt Nagy was “all about positivity” this week as the team tried to snap a four-game losing streak and it will be easier to come up with reasons to smile this week. The Bears held off the Lions for a 20-13 win that will make it a bit easier to stumble across a...

Getty Images Mitchell Trubisky can enjoy watching TV this week. Trubisky, the Bears quarterback who asked that televisions be turned off in the team facility last week because he was tired of hearing about how disappointing he and his teammates have been, threw three touchdown passes today to...

Getty Images Once again, the Bears have removed from the roster their unofficial 54th man. Tight end Bradley Sowell was waived on Saturday, a week after he’d last been waived. Just like last week, his roster spot was filled by linebacker James Vaughters, who was elevated from the practice...

Getty Images The Lions are still more than two hours from announcing whether quarterback Matthew Stafford will be active today in Chicago, but it doesn’t look good. Stafford is not expected to play today against the Bears, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Although Stafford was listed as...

Getty Images Sunday morning’s news that Matthew Stafford will not start at quarterback for the Lions due to a back injury means that three teams will be starting a new quarterback in Week 10. The Bengals announced that they benched Andy Dalton in favor of Ryan Finley ahead of their Week Nine...

Getty Images As undesirable conditions go, broken bones in the back reside not far down the list from rabies. But that’s what Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has. (Not rabies.) PFT has confirmed that Stafford has broken bones in his back, and that his status is currently week-to-week, and...

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. Giants at Jets Giants: TE Evan Engram, WR Sterling Shepard, C Jon...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has said he’ll be good to go on Sunday, despite hip and back injuries. The Lions ultimately may say otherwise. Ian Rapoport of the NFL, citing unnamed sources, reports that “[t]here is concern” regarding Stafford’s status, and that his avalablity...

Getty Images When the Lions traded starting safety Quandre Diggs, it created some dismay and anger in the locker room there. For his part, Diggs believes that internal dynamics led directly to his being shipped to the Seahawks. Diggs told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press he thought his...

Getty Images The Lions were already thin in the secondary, now will be without another safety this week. According to Kyle Meinke of MLive.com, safety Miles Killebrew suffered a concussion in practice Thursday. That doesn’t leave much time for clearance through the concussion protocol, so...