Backus Struggled Against Atlanta
Jeff Backus' 163rd straight start will not be going on his career highlight reel - especially not the final drive in regulation.
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Jeff Backus' 163rd straight start will not be going on his career highlight reel - especially not the final drive in regulation.
The climb began late in 2010. First, Detroit beat a Green Bay team that went on to win the Super Bowl. Then the Lions even won a road game.
The climb began late in 2010. First, Detroit beat a Green Bay team that went on to win the Super Bowl. Then the Lions even won a road game.
Center Dominic Raiola, on where this win ranks for him since he was drafted by the Lions back in 2001
Jim Schwartz met with the media for his weekly news conference this afternoon.
Watching the Detroit Lions big comeback win in Sunday's game against the Vikings made me think about the parallels between the city and its long struggling football team.
You can only act like a great team for so long before you need to be acknowledged ... as a great team.
For whatever reason, the Lions' defense has been slow starting in each game this season. Running back Adrian Peterson ran all over them in the first half Sunday.
Matthew Stafford has now rallied the Lions out of 20-point deficits twice in three seasons. The only other Lions quarterback to do that was Bobby Layne in 1957.
The last time the Lions were in this position, Jim Schwartz was a skinny freshman in high school. Only a handful of his players were even alive.
I understand that the Lions were just the latest team to mount a second half comeback against the Vikings.
Much went right for the Lions Sunday that could define their 26-23 overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
Staring at a 20-0 deficit as they trudged into the Metrodome locker room at halftime, the old Detroit Lions would have started making plans to leave Minnesota with another loss
The Detroit Lions stage a huge comeback and beat the Minnesota Vikings in overtime 26-23 on Sunday.
Minnesota Vikings receiver Percy Harvin returned to practice on Friday and is listed as probable for the game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford has been voted as the FedEx Air Player of the Week after his performance against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Lions rookie DT Nick Fairley stepped onto the Lions practice field today.
The Lions' offense will have two significant issues to deal with Sunday at Minnesota.
For so many years, those words have been a comfort to the Minnesota Vikings and their fans, a sure sign of victory no matter how well or poorly they were playing at that moment.
Lions WR Calvin Johnson vs. Vikings LCB Antoine Winfield -- In their one clash last season (Johnson was injured when they met in Week 17), Winfield limited Johnson to six catches for 56 yards.
Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best if often overlooked when people talk about the NFC's highest-scoring offense.
Matthew Stafford was mic'ed during this past weekend's Kansas City Chiefs.
Lions QB Matthew Stafford might have had the best of both worlds.
There are two topics du jour around here these days. One, of course, is whether this early success is for real or if it is just another in a long line of Lions' teases.
Message sent, message received. Head coach Jim Schwartz benched starting RT Gosder Cherilus last week in favor of Corey Hilliard.
