Falcons G Garland, Former Detroit Lions QB Hipple Award Finalists
Former Detroit Lions quarterback Eric Hipple and Atlanta Falcons guard Ben Garland are the finalists for the NFL's Salute To Service Award.
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Former Detroit Lions quarterback Eric Hipple and Atlanta Falcons guard Ben Garland are the finalists for the NFL's Salute To Service Award.
Darrell Bevell and Matt Patricia crossed paths in one of the most famous plays in Super Bowl history.
The Detroit Lions are starting a social justice program with $600,000 from players on the team and owner Martha Firestone Ford.
Rick Forzano, who was the coach of the Detroit Lions during the mid-1970s and hired a young Bill Belichick to work on his staff, has died. He was 90.
The Detroit Lions have hired Mike Disner as vice president of football administration.
Quinn said in no uncertain terms Friday that Stafford is Detroit's quarterback.
Caldwell, who led Indianapolis to the Super Bowl and made Detroit respectable, became the second candidate to interview with Browns general manager John Dorsey, who is in the early stages of finding the franchise's ninth coach since 1999.
The Lions are not renewing offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter's contract after the team sputtered to a 6-10 season.
Both teams had long been eliminated from playoff contention. But the Lions (6-10) at least got a little positive push at the end of Matt Patricia's first season as coach.
The Detroit Lions have been assigned defensive end Mitchell Loewen via waivers from the New Orleans Saints.
The Packers are 2-1 under Philbin going into their season finale against the Detroit Lions, who have stumbled to the finish line having lost seven of their past nine games.
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It was Victory Monday without the victory in Allen Park, as the players didn't have organized meetings the day before their regular day off Tuesday for Christmas Day.
There's still one more game to go, but the Lions are now assured of their first last-place finish since 2012 after a 27-9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
A season of ups and downs for the Minnesota Vikings comes down to this: beat Detroit and Chicago and they're in the playoffs.
