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Getty Images The Lions defense may have suffered a major blow early in Friday night’s game against the Bills. Linebacker Jarrad Davis got his legs rolled up from behind by teammate Devon Kennard while pursuing Buffalo running back LeSean McCoy. Davis needed help getting to the sideline as he...

Getty Images The first half of Friday night’s game between the Bills and Lions has seen both teams lose players to injury. Lions linebacker Jarrad Davis was carted to the locker room on the first series of the game and two Bills have now left the game as well. Left guard Quinton Spain rode a...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has gotten more days off than most people expected this summer, but he was working on Friday night. Stafford got the start against the Bills in his first game action of the preseason and first game action under offensive coordinator Darrell...

Getty Images Lions cornerback and return man Jamal Agnew has a very rare problem among NFL players: He has a lot of student loans to repay. The vast majority of NFL players went to college on a football scholarship, but Agnew attended the University of San Diego, a smaller school that doesn’t...

Getty Images The Lions used a second-round draft pick on cornerback Teez Tabor in 2017, and after two disappointing seasons, he may not make it to a third. Tabor hasn’t played yet in the preseason with a leg injury he couldn’t describe. “These things are weird,” Tabor said, via the Detroit...

Getty Images Detroit defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison was seeking a new contract, and the Lions gave him what he was looking for. The Lions and Harrison have agreed to add one year and $11 million in new money to his contract, a league source tells PFT. His deal now includes $12...

Getty Images Defensive end Trey Flowers came off the physically unable to perform list 10 days ago and he feels he’s had enough practice time to take things to the next level. Flowers was recovering from shoulder surgery and took things slow to open training camp, but said on Tuesday that he...

Getty Images The Lions have added a wide receiver to their roster, but it isn’t Dontrelle Inman. Word on Monday was that Inman was visiting with the Lions after being released by the Patriots, but the team opted to sign former Ravens and Raiders wideout Jordan Lasley instead. Lasley was a...

Getty Images Dontrelle Inman didn’t land a job with the Lions during a Monday visit, so he’s moved on to meet with another team. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Inman is meeting with the Jets on Tuesday. Inman was released by the Patriots over the weekend after making three catches for...

Getty Images Lions defensive lineman A'Shawn Robinson faces a prove-it season. He is entering the final year of his rookie contract, needing a big year either to re-sign with the Lions or to find a big deal waiting for him in free agency. Robinson, a second-round choice in 2016, has played 45...

Jim Hardy, a member of the 1952 Detroit Lions NFL Championship team, died Friday of natural causes at the age of 96. According to the Associated Press, Hardy, the MVP of the 1945 Rose Bowl for USC, passed away at home in La Quinta, Calif. He was the oldest living football player for both USC...

Getty Images Defensive lineman Mike Daniels has been a member of the Lions for nearly a month, but his stay in Detroit didn’t include participating in practice until Monday. Daniels is coming off a foot injury that ended his final season with the Packers and that’s led the Lions to take a...

Getty Images Lions General Manager Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia used to work for the Patriots, so there’s little surprise that they’ve added several players who used to play in New England since coming to Detroit. Their interest in former Patriots apparently goes beyond players who...

Getty Images The Lions haven’t played quarterback Matthew Stafford in either of their first two preseason games and he had a stretch of nearly a week without throwing a pass during training camp, but he’s not worried about getting enough work in before the start of the regular season. Stafford...

Getty Images The new blindside block rule is telling replay review of pass interference to hold its beer. With multiple questionable, at best, applications of the new procedure for reviewing pass interference calls and non-calls during the 2019 preseason, the new, sweeping banishment of all...

Getty Images The Lions have never won the Super Bowl. Their 93-year-old owner thinks they will, and she’ll be there to see it. In an upcoming special set to air on ESPN, Lions owner Martha Firestone Ford says she hasn’t yet had her best football memory, because that’s going to come when she...

Deshaun Watson didn’t play in the preseason opener. He didn’t play much Saturday night. But the Texans quarterback played long enough to lead his team to a touchdown. In his one series, Watson needed 11 plays and 5 minutes, 33 seconds to cover 75 yards. He completed 5 of 7 passes for 60 yards...

Getty Images Seahawks defensive end Ziggy Ansah’s shoulder is back to full strength, coach Pete Carroll said Friday. But now Ansah is dealing with a groin pull. Carroll called it minor and still expects Ansah to return in time for the season opener, which was the goal all along. “He had a...

Getty Images The Lions and Texans have spent time practicing together this week. They’ll play on Saturday night. Houston’s starters may get the night off. “I don’t know,” coach Bill O’Brien said regarding whether he’ll use his first-string players. “We have got to look at the reps they got...

Getty Images Since’s he’s just 31, those of us in the world who are actually old sort of resent Matthew Stafford getting multiple days off to rest his arm during training camp. But he said he think they’ll help him down the road, whether he needs them in August or not. “I’m not 21 anymore, so...