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…
The Lions are 4-2 and finding a groove after back-to-back wins over Arizona (45-21) and Green Bay (20-17), but the pass rush is still too reliant on Aidan Hutchinson. Hutchinson remains the headliner, but when the opposite edge doesn’t win, teams can slide protection his way and attack Detroit’s secondary — which is still allowing…
Detroit Lions (4-2) host Minnesota Vikings (6-0) Sunday Nov 1, 1pm FOX. Dan Campbell said: “Minnesota is playing outstanding football… they play very complementary football.” Vikings offense under Kevin O’Connell/Wes Phillips runs pre-snap motion, play action 33.6% (2nd most), end-arounds. Key is Justin Jefferson, TJ Hockenson uptick, Jordan Addison, Aaron Jones. Vikings defense under Brian…
The NFL Report just dropped a must-listen preview for Sunday’s NFC North showdown. Per the Oct 28 episode (11:50pm ET), NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks joined Steve Wyche and James Palmer to break down Vikings vs Lions — billed as an NFC North heavyweight fight between the Detroit Lions (4-2) and the undefeated Minnesota Vikings…
Kevin O’Connell Highlights Defensive Challenges Vikings Face Against Lions Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell knows his team faces a difficult challenge as they prepare to take on the Detroit Lions in a crucial NFC North matchup. The Lions have a dangerous offense capable of putting pressure on opposing defenses in multiple ways. With quarterback…
Lions Provide Huge Kerby Joseph Injury Update on Wednesday The Detroit Lions have received a major boost regarding safety Kerby Joseph, who returned to practice Wednesday for the first time this season after a lengthy recovery from a knee injury. Joseph has been sidelined since October 2025 and began the 2026 season on the physically…