The San Francisco 49ers beating the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game came in handy on Wednesday night. The Sacramento Kings played host to the Detroit Pistons, and thanks to the Niners’ thrilling comeback to punch their ticket to Super Bowl LVIII, the team had some pretty good ammunition to troll their opponents however […]
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Eminem Shelved A Potential Diss Track For Lions’ Coach Ben Johnson After Johnson Decided To Stay In Detroit
Many a celebrity has felt the wrath of Eminem’s scathing pen, but it looks like the Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator Ben Johnson will avoid such a fate — for now. The coach had potential offers to move up to a head coaching role for teams like the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Commanders, but opted […]
Read MoreSuper Bowl odds: If you like KC, pounce while you can
The Super Bowl is set, and now is as good a time as any to take stock of the board and secure some initial positions in this matchup. It’s the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, a rematch of Super Bowl LIV, the first Patrick Mahomes championship. Is anything going to change? Securing […]
Read MoreEverything That Went Wrong In The Lions Catastrophic Second Half Collapse Against The 49ers
The Detroit Lions took a 24-7 lead into halftime in Santa Clara on Sunday evening, as they stunned the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers in the first half of the NFC Championship Game. From that point, seemingly everything that could go wrong for the Lions did go wrong, while the Niners capitalized on mistakes and managed […]
Read MoreBrandon Aiyuk Made A Wild Catch On A Ball That Bounced Off A Defender’s Facemask
The Detroit Lions dominated the first half of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers, leading 24-7 at the half, but there was a feeling that at some point the Niners offense would wake up. Brock Purdy did not look sharp in the early going, and while they drove into Lions territory to […]
Read MoreCharles Barkley Has ‘Fell In Love With The Detroit Lions’
The Detroit Lions are one win away from making the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. It’s quite the achievement for a group that has long been synonymous with finding spectacular ways to lose football games, but this season, the Lions are among the best teams in the NFC, as the team […]
Read More‘It’s a Money Day’: Detroit Businesses Are Loving the Lions’ Playoff Run
The Detroit Lions, whose roots stretch back to 1930, are just one of four N.F.L. teams to have never played in the Super Bowl. (Pop quiz: Can you guess the other three?) Before this season, the team had won only one playoff game since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. So Lions fans were justifiably delirious […]
Read MoreThe Lions Sealed A Spot In The NFC Title Game By Picking Off Baker Mayfield In The Fourth Quarter
The Detroit Lions are headed to the NFC Championship Game for the first time in over 30 years after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon in Detroit, holding on for a 31-23 win. The Lions never trailed in the game, but their first three scores were each answered by the Bucs, as Baker […]
Read MoreDetroit Lions Fan Eminem Has An Urgent Message For LA Rams’ Matthew Stafford Ahead Of Wild Card Round
Eminem isn’t afraid to hit folks with a cease and desist letter to protect his intellectual property. Sadly for him, legally, there’s nothing he can do to tip the scales in favor of the Detroit Lions. As a native of the Motor City, Eminem is putting all his faith into his beloved team to bring […]
Read MoreDean Blandino Broke Down Mistakes By The Lions And The Ref On Controversial Two-Point Conversion Penalty
The Dallas Cowboys escaped Saturday night with a controversial 20-19 win over the Lions after Detroit went for two and the win after a touchdown in the final minute. Their initial two-point conversion try was a pass to lineman Taylor Decker that seemingly won them the game, but he was flagged for illegal touching, as […]
Read MoreA Terrible Last Minute Nick Mullens Interception Gave The Lions Their First Division Win In 30 Years
The Detroit Lions came into Sunday afternoon with a chance to win their first division title since 1993 (back when they were in the NFC Central) if they could beat the Nick Mullens-led Vikings in Minnesota. Early on it looked like they might cruise, as Mullens had a dreadful start to the game with a […]
Read MoreBehind the Scenes of the Most Spectacular Show On TV
Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, the N.F.L.’s defending champions, is a very loud place. Players say that when the noise reaches top volume, they can feel vibrations in their bones. During a 2014 game, a sound meter captured a decibel reading equivalent to a jet’s taking off, earning a Guinness World […]
Read More‘Detroiters’ Star Sam Richardson Rooting For His Beloved Detroit Lions Is The Most Pure Thing On The Internet
Taylor Swift is the world’s most famous football fan. She’s also one of the world’s most famous people, period, but that’s besides the point. Swift has appeared at multiple Kansas City Chiefs games this season to cheer on Travis Kelce, who she has been seeing since the Hall of Fame-bound tight end had somebody in […]
Read MoreAmon-Ra St. Brown Had To Dress Up Like A Leprechaun Because Notre Dame Annihilated USC
The Detroit Lions are one of the best stories in the NFL this season, posting a 5-1 record that is tied for the best mark in the league. While Detroit’s roster is filled with talented players, one of the best is Amon-Ra St. Brown, who emerged as a budding star with 106 catches and more […]
Read MoreLions Dare Their Way to a Win Over Short-handed Chiefs
In his first six years in the league, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes has pulled off a career’s worth of surprises, trick plays and comebacks. So with 2 minutes 37 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and his Chiefs trailing by just a point at home against the Detroit Lions, Mahomes seemed poised to mount […]
Read MoreThe Lions Scored The First Touchdown Of The NFL Season After Running A Fake Punt From Their Own 17
The Detroit Lions are coming off of their first winning season since 2017, going 9-8 and just narrowly missing out on the final Wild Card spot in the NFC in 2022. However, the optimism about last year was going to be put to the ultimate test in the opener, as they had to travel to […]
Read MoreNFL Week 1 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
Thursday’s Matchup Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p.m., NBC Line: Chiefs -4.5 | Total: 52.5 Kansas City seems to love to play a game within a game: How many players can be taken away before Patrick Mahomes can’t thrive? The speedy receiver Tyreek Hill, as demonstrated last year, was expendable. So were other […]
Read MoreHow the N.F.L. Used Supercomputers to Solve Its TV Schedule Problems
The announcement of the N.F.L.’s opening matchup is meant to be a curtain raiser for the regular season. But when this year’s season opener was announced in May, the participants were the ones who raised their eyebrows. As is the norm, the first game will feature the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. […]
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