Strangers In Our Midst: Lions And Texans
Here's a playoff head-scratcher: accompanying the Patriots and Packers, Steelers and Giants, are the Lions and Texans.
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Here's a playoff head-scratcher: accompanying the Patriots and Packers, Steelers and Giants, are the Lions and Texans.
Detroit making first playoff appearance since 1999.
I guess I am happy the Lions are in the playoffs.
Detroit Lions star receiver Calvin Johnson has returned to practice.
Detroit could have avoided this matchup with the hottest team in the league with a win over the Green Bay Backups.
Lost in all the gaudy, record-breaking numbers Drew Brees puts up in the Saints' passing game is the fact that New Orleans' running game isn't half bad.
The Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints have offenses so potent that oddsmakers have set the over-under betting line at a playoff-record 59 points.
It's pretty interesting to hear all the chatter as the Lions get ready to play in their first playoff game in 12 years.
Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith and tight end Tony Scheffler have collided at practice.
There is so much digest following the Lions 105-101 loss Sunday to the Green Bay Packers, a game where teams seemed to score on every drive and there was pass interference on every play.
Saturday night, Detroit will get its second crack at the Saints this season. The first one was one of those big Saints wins — 31-17 in the Superdome on Dec. 4 on a Sunday night.
Matthew Stafford has lifted the Detroit Lions to the playoffs for the first time since the 1999 season.
Tuesday morning the Lions were back on the practice field getting ready for what most people call "an unwinnable game" against the Saints at the Superdome in the first round of the NFL playoffs.
When Barry Sanders topped the 2,000-yard rushing mark in 1997 at the Silverdome during a late-season game vs. the New York Jets, it was the cause of a big celebration.
Losing always stinks, but some losses hurt. File the final game of the Lions regular season under the "hurts" category.
