Detroit Lions Strategy And Personnel 9-19-11
Keiland Williams got his first live action as a Lion and he showed some hard interior running.
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Keiland Williams got his first live action as a Lion and he showed some hard interior running.
This wasn't a preseason game. It wasn't a meaningless late-season game with nothing on the line.
After the Lions manhandling of the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, there were a couple of interviews that stuck out to me in the Detroit locker room afterwards.
So I am waiting in the media room for the Lions game to end to listen to head coach Jim Schwartz and an assortment of other Detroit players address the media when all of a sudden our webmaster Evan Jankens grabbed me and yelled "follow me."
The Lions benched right tackle Gosder Cherilus in favor of Corey Hilliard.
Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions are hoping to do what Kansas City did last season - emerge from a stretch of futility by winning a division title.
The Lions haven't started 3-0 since 1980 and they haven't won in Minnesota since 1997, which is why the celebration was tempered after whipping the inept Chiefs 48-3 on Sunday.
In a game that saw scoring much like basketball, the Detroit Lions crush the Kansas City Chiefs 48-3 on Sunday.
Why stop now? It's a question worth asking in the aftermath of the Tigers' clinching the American League Central championship in the wee hours Saturday morning, local time, with a victory at Oakland.
The Detroit Lions have put wide receiver Calvin Johnson and safety Louis Delmas on their active roster against the Kansas City Chiefs.
It's the home opener for the Detroit Lions against the Kansas City Chiefs, and that means it's the kick off for tailgating season too.
The NFL says it has "enhanced" its pat-down procedure for fans entering stadiums to improve safety.
The Lions don't have a fullback on the roster and they didn't use any two-back sets against the Bucs.
Thursday at Lions practice I had one goal and I am proud to say that I accomplished what I set out to do.
From fired-up fans in Motor City bars to bookies in Las Vegas, the long downtrodden Detroit Lions have people believing that this could be their breakout season.
