Fairley Getting Closer To Contributing
The best and deepest position unit on the defense just got deeper and better.
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The best and deepest position unit on the defense just got deeper and better.
It has been so long - a decade, in fact - since the Detroit Lions played a regular season game on Monday night that kicker Jason Hanson can't remember it.
In the latter stages of yet another losing season, the Detroit Lions suffered a close defeat at home to the Chicago Bears.
Longtime Lions fan Reverend Horace Sheffield III, pastor of New Destiny Baptist Church in Detroit ... will be at Ford Field Monday night, watching the Lions take on the Bears.
GMC, in partnership with the NFL, will bring its second annual Monday Night Football Tour to The Mall at Partridge Creek, in Clinton Township this weekend, with a player-attended United Way event on Tuesday in Detroit.
The expectation was that the Lions would be out looking for a veteran safety to fill in on a short-term basis, but no such signing has occurred.
Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is easily the harshest critic of the Lions' defensive line play thus far this season.
Brandon Pettigrew is Detroit's forgotten first-round pick.
Nick Fairley practiced Wednesday for just the second time since breaking his foot on Aug. 1.
It has been reported that Nick Fairley will play on Monday night. 97.1 The Ticket's Tony Ortiz spoke with Nick Fairley moments ago and he said he has no idea if he will play Monday.
The Detroit Lions have signed safety Vincent Fuller and released guard Jacques McClendon.
The expectation was that the Lions would be out looking for a veteran safety to fill in on a short-term basis, but no such signing has occurred.
So, will the Lions dare kick the ball to Devin Hester? Seems like a bad idea.
The Detroit Lions, like the rest of the NFL, had to act quickly in free agency during the lockout-shortened offseason.
Nick Fairley practiced Wednesday for just the second time since breaking his foot on Aug. 1. But nobody should be holding their breath on his debut.
Pink will compete with Honolulu blue and silver at Ford Field during Monday night's football game between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears.
Coming up next week, for the first time in a decade, the Detroit Lions will host a regular season Monday Night Football game against the Chicago Bears.
Cbssports.com has posted their NFL Power Rankings going into week 5.
Matthew Stafford stepped into the huddle, looked into his teammates' eyes and delivered a message.
The Lions are taking a look at the veteran safeties on the market with injury concerns adding up in the secondary.
The Lions had 63 total rushing yards Sunday. Jahvid Best had 19 yards on the first play from scrimmage and just 28 in his next 10 carries.
Kyle Vanden Bosch had his sack streak stopped at three games, but he did throw a monster block to spring CB Chris Houston on a 56-yard pick-six.
Sooner or later, the Lions are going to pay for their slow starts.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz says teams take on the personality of their quarterback.
The Lions were bailed out by their defense Sunday. Down 27-3 and with the offense struggling, outside linebacker Bobby Carpenter had a 35-yard pick-six and on the Cowboys' next possession, cornerback Chris Houston had a 56-yard pick-six.