If there were any surprises for Lions fans in the recently released Top 100 NFL Players list from Fox Sports, it could be that there were any Lions on the list at all. It is of course no surprise that, if the Lions have just one player on the list, that player [...]
CBS Sports reports that WR Calvin Johnson and QB Matthew Stafford are looking more like they are on the same page:
Lions WR Calvin Johnson has recovered from his 2009 injuries, and the work he’s put in this offseason with QB Matthew Stafford is showing on the field. The two have improved communication with each other, [...]
The San Francisco 49ers, during their game agaisnt the visiting Detroit Lions, began rather slowly – perhaps a result of the hangover from last week when they were eliminated from playoff contention. But they got their act together in the second half, as turnovers, along with two touchdowns scored about six minutes apart, helped San [...]
The Cincinnati Bengals were happier than a pig in slop knowing that running back Cedric Benson would start for them during Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions at Paul Brown Stadium. And to stay on the pig-in-slop reference, Benson ran like the proverbial pig running to the trough; he ran for 110 yards in his [...]
Two of the Detroit Lions’ young stars appear to not be in line to play Thursday against the Green Bay Packers, according to Tim Twentyman of the Detroit News. To recap a bit, let’s rewind to last week’s game against the Cleveland Browns.
Stafford was flattened by a Cleveland defensive lineman but would then return to [...]
NFL.com reports that Calvin Johnson will sit Saturday vs Cleveland:
Lions head coach Jim Schwartz announced Thursday that WR Calvin Johnson won’t play in Saturday’s preseason game against the Cleveland Browns. Schwartz said that Johnson, who has been sidelined with a sprained thumb, will probably be held out another week. Schwartz is targeting to get Johnson [...]
The news was better today for Lions wide out Calvin Johnson, who took the field without a cast covering his right thumb. The team’s leading returning receiver ran in some drills, but quarterbacks were instructed not to throw to him. He missed the preseason opener and his status for Saturday’s second exhibition game at Cleveland [...]
Newly acquired WR Dennis Northcutt is excited to be playing up North again. After a stint with the Jaguars, Northcutt was moved to the Lions last week in a deal that will see him likely be the number three wide out for the Lions in the 2009 season.
Some would think that coming to the [...]
The Detroit Lions came into Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers trying to avoid the distinction of becoming the first team in NFL history to go 0-16 in a regular season. One thing went against them from the jump – the game was at Lambeau Field. One more thing blew up in [...]
Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has “an ankle or knee bruise,” according to head coach Rod Marinelli. Johnson sat out the last quarter and a half of Sunday’s 42-7 loss to New Orleans with what was originally called a coach’s decision. Marinelli revealed the injury in his postgame press conference and Johnson will be re-evaluated [...]
