A scary bike crash turned into a Lions heart story in Warren. Travier, 7th grader at Lincoln Middle School, was riding near Van Dyke and 9 Mile on Oct 15 when hit by a truck that kept going, dragging him. Airlifted to Children’s Hospital Ann Arbor, several surgeries already with more ahead, but will make…
Detroit knows what’s coming Sunday — and it’s a lot of blitz. Tim Twentyman answers fan questions weekly on X @ttwentyman. This week: “It’s going to be a full team effort this week against a Minnesota defense that sends the blitz about 70 percent of the time this year, far and away the most in…
Seeing Detroit on the schedule has always made Justin Jefferson salivate — but Sunday brings a new wrinkle. In 12 games vs Lions since 2020, Jefferson has 82 catches on 114 targets for 1,285 yards and 5 TDs — the most receptions, targets and yards he’s had against any team. Single-game high 223 yards came…
Nike’s Rivalries program is in Year 2 — and Jacksonville just cracked the Top 5. For The Win ranked all 16 Rivalries uniforms today. Jaguars come in at #4: “Yeah man, I dunno, I guess I just like numbers that look like they were ripped from the menu of a whimsical ice cream shoppe.” The…
The Lions have a cornerback problem — but Ennis Rakestraw Jr. is making Brad Holmes think twice before trading. Per SideLion Report published today Oct 30, Rakestraw is among the best CBs with at least 80 snaps at preventing separation and elite at disrupting receiver’s hands when ball arrives. Injuries derailed his first two seasons,…
The NFL’s best defense vs one of its best offenses — and experts are leaning Detroit. Vikings.com published the expert roundup tonight: Minnesota leads NFL with historic 70.8% blitz rate (per Next Gen Stats) — Washington is second at just 42.6%. Last week vs Colts, Brian Flores sent extra rushers on 85.2% of dropbacks (15…
Encouraging news for the 6-0 Vikings before Sunday at Ford Field. Running back Aaron Jones returned to practice Thursday on a limited basis after missing Wednesday with an aggravated sprained MCL in his left knee. He suffered the setback in the 16-10 win over Indianapolis on Sunday and left early in the 4th quarter. Jones…
Green Bay safety Xavier McKinney said he’d rather get fined than stay quiet — and the NFL made him pay. After the Packers’ 20-17 loss to the Lions at Ford Field in Week 7, McKinney ripped the officiating: “I don’t know how the NFL’s going to treat it, but I’m not a big fan of…
The Green Bay Packers just made a late addition to their injury report — and it’s a big one for Thursday Night Football. Cornerback Keisean Nixon is now listed as questionable to play vs. the Carolina Panthers with a shoulder injury, per PackersWire and Packers.com. He was not on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday reports…
If Lions fans wanted an aggressive deadline move, look at Chicago. Bears GM Ryan Poles just sent two 1sts and a 4th to Tennessee for star DT Jeffrey Simmons. The Bears are going all-in — expensive, huge draft capital, absorbing his contract, but it adds pop to a D-line that needs run defense vs Jahmyr…