Pat Caputo: This Time The Detroit Lions 2-0 Start Isn't An Illusion
The Lions have had good starts before. They were 2-0 in 2004 and 2007. By the end of the following seasons, both head coaches, Steve Mariucci and Rod Marinelli, had lost their jobs.
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The Lions have had good starts before. They were 2-0 in 2004 and 2007. By the end of the following seasons, both head coaches, Steve Mariucci and Rod Marinelli, had lost their jobs.
Matthew Stafford has thrown seven touchdown passes in two games. The last Lions quarterback to throw seven touchdowns in the first two games of a season was Milt Plum in 1962.
The Lions are the talk of the NFL this week. We see their game film broken down on NFL highlight shows.
Coach Jim Schwartz hates to use the word swagger, but he couldn't come up with a better way to describe the feeling his team has coming into Week 3.
Champ: The Detroit Lions for their 48-3 win over the Chiefs and their 2-0 start.
A year ago, Detroit coach Jim Schwartz would show up for his Monday news conferences, and more often than not, he'd face questions about the previous day's defeat.
The Lions had to toss most of the pre-game preparation out the window in the first quarter Sunday.
The Lions did their level best to downplay any bad blood between them and the Chiefs, even though it was GM Scott Pioli who accused the Lions of tampering before the 2010 season.
A year ago, Detroit coach Jim Schwartz would show up for his Monday news conferences, and more often than not, he'd face questions about the previous day's defeat.
In the past five years you always heard the same words about Detroit. People allowed the words "depressed", "downtrodden" and "suffering."
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.
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.
Two of the Lions' top three draft picks were seated at different ends of the locker room Thursday.
