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Packers will show up, try to avoid more injuries. Even then, they can make it close
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Packers will show up, try to avoid more injuries. Even then, they can make it close
Suh might have lost support after drawing a two-game suspension for stomping an opponent
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford did not make the Pro Bowl because he has the wrong name and plays for the wrong team.
The usual names — Tom Brady, Ray Lewis, Troy Polamalu, Tony Gonzalez — are headed for Hawaii, barring a trip to the Super Bowl.
When the Lions broke their 19-game losing streak with a victory over the Redskins in 2009, they celebrated by giving their fans in the stands at Ford Field, "high fives."
The Detroit Lions have signed running back Joique Bell and released running back Aaron Brown
At 23, Matthew Stafford hasn't only shattered the Lions' record book, but his 2011 season statistically could put him among the NFL's truly elite quarterbacks.
It's tough to top the year in sports the state of Michigan has had in 2011.
Week 16 NFL Power Ranking have the been released.
Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz isn't fretting over circumstances beyond his control.
It's not necessarily how you play in the NFC playoffs, but often who you play.
Start in the Motor City, where Lions fans haven't seen their team in the playoffs since 1999.
"This is an accomplishment," coach Jim Schwartz said. "It's a big step for our team and our organization."
Detroit police say a Detroit Lions fan ran in front of a city bus and was killed during the team's NFL playoff berth clinching game at Ford Field.
The last time the Lions were a force, Barry Sanders was in their backfield. Sanders retired after the 1998 season, and Detroit made the postseason the next year then plummeted to the bottom of the league.
For the first time since Ford Field opened, the Lions played in a meaningful game that had the whole state of Michigan buzzing.
Matthew Stafford led a victory-lap parade around the perimeter of Ford Field, high-fiving fans that have been waiting since 1999 for the Detroit Lions to make the playoffs.
The bars and restaurants were thinning out by the time I finished writing following the Lions playoff clinching victory over the San Diego Chargers Saturday night.
Christmas Eve. In Detroit Lions' lore, it meant a lump of coal.
The Detroit Lions made the playoffs for the first time since 1999 as Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes in the first half to beat the San Diego Chargers 38-10 Saturday.
Great opportunity to really feel good about the Detroit Lions if they can get this win verses the Chargers.
A Los Angeles coroner's office says the cause of death for the 18-year-old son of former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer was a heroin overdose.
As Stafford has led his team to one improbable comeback victory after another this season, Lions fans are pinching themselves, knocking on wood and have their fingers crossed.
Part of being a Lions fan is being laughed at. They really were awful. But now, they are a win away form a 10 win season and its freaking awesome.
If the Lions beat San Diego at home Saturday, they will make the playoffs for the first time since Backus and Raiola were drafted by the team in 2001.
