Lions Want To Shed Reputation For Being Penalty-Happy, Undisciplined
Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz must have minded the team's 11 penalties for 88 yards a little more than he let on after the season opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
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Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz must have minded the team's 11 penalties for 88 yards a little more than he let on after the season opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
"The league's out of control with some of these fines," placekicker David Akers said. "It's like it's Monopoly money, it's not real. That's a lot of money."
Writing that a perennially hapless Detroit Lions team that went 4-12 in 2012 will play for a conference championship in 2013 takes a considerable measure of vision and optimism.
Barkevious Mingo doesn't have to wait any longer. He's recovered from a scary injury and cleared to play.
It's not everyday you get to hear what happens between the lines of a NFL franchise.
The Buffalo Bills have promoted cornerback Johnny Adams from the practice squad to the active roster.
"I don't think there was any attempt to injure or things like that," Schwartz added. "It wasn't 40 yards behind the play..."
"It's actually on film, and I don't know if you want that," Schwartz said. "There's a reason I don't dance at weddings and anywhere else - because of cameras."
"I don't know how many running backs touched the ball as many times as he did yesterday, but anybody that did is probably experiencing the same kind of things today," Schwartz continued. "It's life in the big city."
The Lions responded quickly with a 20-yard touchdown strike to the league's best wide receiver, Calvin Johnson. One small problem: the score was overturned.
Here's the breakdown of the good, the bad and the ugly from what was still, most definitely, a solid start to the 2013 season.
The NFL came back in a big way on opening day, with long plays highlighting games from coast to coast.
While playing Adrian Peterson can be daunting for any team, the Lions stepped up, performed relatively well, and pulled out the ever-important first game win.
The Calvin Johnson-Reggie Bush duality worked exactly as the Detroit Lions dreamed it would in the team's regular season opener Sunday.
The Lions overcame a slew of miscues on offense, defense and special teams.
Adrian Peterson started the 2013 season in MVP style.
Grammy-winner Bruno Mars will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl.
Their teams will look for each superstar to take some pressure off their much-maligned quarterbacks as Minnesota visits Detroit in Sunday's season opener.
The 2013 Detroit Lions regular season is finally here and there are hopes, dreams, and of course despair as the new season kicks off.
Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers and his fellow coaches went back to school after the team's ugly loss to San Francisco in the playoffs last season.
Peyton is still here. He's still active. Boy, is he active. And last night was more than dropping a double-nickel, like Jordan did against the Knicks on his comeback trail.
Ndamukong Suh said earlier in the week that he would be lying if he said he did not want to be a captain, and his teammates granted that desire.
Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge Friday following his indictment in the killing of a friend authorities say was shot five times in an industrial park.
It always happens: Some team that everyone has figured the Super Bowl turns in a turkey of a season.
