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• Lions sign 3 defenders to the practice squad

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have signed three defenders to their practice squad. The Detroit Lions have been busy with their roster gymnastics of late, shuffling players between the practice squad, the active roster, and injured reserve. In their latest move, the Lions signed three defenders to their practice squad: defensive tackle Chris Smith, linebacker Abraham ...2024
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• Detroit Lions cut 2 defenders, create 2 open roster spots

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions have created two open roster spots after cutting a pair of defenders. On Monday, the Detroit Lions made two roster moves that may cause fans to raise an eyebrow or two. Detroit waived both linebacker Abraham Beauplan and defensive lineman Chris Smith from their 53-man roster. That, obviously, creates two open roster spots. One of...2024
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• Lions snap counts: LBs play key roles in bend-don’t-break defense vs. Packers

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images A look at the Detroit Lions' Week 9 snap counts against the Green Bay Packers, including how the linebackers played key roles in the Lions' bend-don’t-break defense. Let’s take a detailed look at the Detroit Lions’ Week 9 snap counts from their 24-14 win over the GreenBay Packers, giving them a 7-1 record and a firm lead in the NFC North. Offense Quarter...2024
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• Open thread: Who is the most important player on the Lions defense right now?

Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With many names playing key roles in the Detroit Lions’ defensive success, who gets your vote for most important defender right now? The defense of the Detroit Lions was always going to be centered around Aidan Hutchinson. Five games into the 2024 NFL season, it certainly was. Disaster struck, however, when the star pass rusher suff...2024
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• Detroit Lions Week 9 inactives: Who is in, who is out vs. Green Bay Packers

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Detroit Lions have declared their inactives ahead of their Week 9 game against the Green Bay Packers The Detroit Lions have declared their inactives ahead of the Week 9 matchup with the Green Bay Packers. The Lions have four players injured this week and needed to dip into their practice squad for reinforcements. With two spots o...2024
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• Detroit Lions updated 2024 depth chart: Week 9 at Green Bay Packers

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A lot of injuries and roster moves this week. So here’s an updated look at the 2024 Detroit Lions’ depth chart heading into their matchup with the Green Bay Packers. The Detroit Lions (6-1) are taking on the Green Bay Packers (5-2) in Week 9, in an important NFC North showdown. “We’re looking forward to this,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said on ...2024
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• Lions sign 3 defenders to the practice squad
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• Detroit Lions cut 2 defenders, create 2 open roster spots
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• Lions snap counts: LBs play key roles in bend-don’t-break defense vs. Packers
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• Open thread: Who is the most important player on the Lions defense right now?
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• Detroit Lions Week 9 inactives: Who is in, who is out vs. Green Bay Packers
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• Detroit Lions updated 2024 depth chart: Week 9 at Green Bay Packers
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• Detroit Lions sign 2 players to 53-man roster, elevate 2 from practice squad

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images The Detroit Lions will have 4 players from their practice squad eligible to play against the Packers. The Detroit Lions have made a flurry of roster moves to get ready for their important bout against the Green Bay Packers. Here’s a full list; Released TE Parker Hesse Signed LB Abraham Beauplan to the 53-man roster Signed DL Chris Smith to the 53-man r...2024
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• Detroit Lions downgrade 2 players to OUT for Packers game

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have altered the game statuses of Mekhi Wingo and Sione Vaki, downgrading them to OUT for this Sunday’s game against the Packers. The Detroit Lions have adjusted the game statuses of rookies Mekhi Wingo and Sione Vaki in Week 9, downgrading them from doubtful to OUT and the pair will not travel to Green Bay with the team. Wingo appeared...2024
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• Lions sign Pat O’Connor to 53-man roster, elevate practice squad players

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have added Pat O’Connor to their 53-man roster, while elevating 2 others from the practice squad, including a big surprise. The Detroit Lions have made their final roster moves ahead of Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. As expected, they are adding a couple players from the practice squad to make up for the injuries to Aidan H...2024
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• Week 7 injury report: Carlton Davis, 3 others miss Wednesday practice

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images The Detroit Lions released their Week 7 initial injury report ahead of the upcoming matchup with the Minnesota Vikings. The Detroit Lions stay on the road in Week 7, as they travel to the Twin Cities to take on the undefeated Minnesota Vikings, in a showdown for the early lead for the NFC North crown. While the Lions demolished the Cowboys in Week 6, the...2024
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"But the Lions defense quickly got the ball back thanks to an Isaac Ukwu strip sack and Chris Smith recovery."

2023
"Defensive end Chris Smith, who played eight seasons in the NFL, most notably with the Browns, has died at age 31, his agent announced on social media Tuesday."

2022
"Detroit Pistons forward Chris Smith has undergone an ACL reconstruction procedure on his left knee."

2021
"The Detroit Pistons signed Luka Garza and Chris Smith to two-way contracts on Tuesday."

2020
"Chris Smith reportedly signs a one-year deal with hometown Panthers after a year of tragedy"

2019
"DE Chris Smith, whose girlfriend was struck and killed by a driver after exiting his vehicle in September, has been released by the Browns."

2018
"The Tigers announced Wednesday that they’ve signed right-handers Eduardo Paredes and Chris Smith to minor league pacts with invitations to Major League Spring Training."

2017
"Later, when the Colts had the ball back in the final 90 seconds, Cincinnati defensive end Chris Smith hit Brissett as he was releasing the ball on fourth down, causing a game-sealing incompletion."

2016
"Here are today’s minor moves from around baseball… The Athletics selected the contract of righty Chris Smith from Triple-A Nashville, the team announced."

2015
""They need to find another scorer within the offense, and right now it has to be him," said Chris Smith, J."

2014
"Last year, Chris Smith of Forbes did a study that concluded that Reese ranks among the "worst-drafting general managers."

• Lions sign 3 defenders to the practice squad
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• Detroit Lions cut 2 defenders, create 2 open roster spots
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• Lions snap counts: LBs play key roles in bend-don’t-break defense vs. Packers
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• Open thread: Who is the most important player on the Lions defense right now?
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• Detroit Lions sign 2 players to 53-man roster, elevate 2 from practice squad
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• Detroit Lions downgrade 2 players to OUT for Packers game
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• Lions sign Pat O’Connor to 53-man roster, elevate practice squad players
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• Week 7 injury report: Carlton Davis, 3 others miss Wednesday practice
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• Lions injury update: DT Kyle Peko’s season ‘likely’ done

Eamon Horwedel-Imagn Images Another Detroit Lions defensive lineman’s season is likely done due to injury. The bad news keeps coming for the Detroit Lions and their defensive line. Not only did Aidan Hutchinson suffer a broken leg that will likely cost him his entire 2024 season, but nose tackle Kyle Peko will also likely miss the rest of the year. Against the Dallas Cowboys, Peko suffer...2024
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• Lions RT Penei Sewell, DT DJ Reader ACTIVE vs. Buccaneers

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Lions RT Penei Sewell, DT DJ Reader ACTIVE vs. Buccaneers. Here is who is inactive in week 2: The Detroit Lions have declared their inactives ahead of the Week 2 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The big news is that All-Pro right tackle Penei Sewell is active and will start, despite dealing with an ankle injury. Sewell is an incredibly important cog...2024
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• Lions snap counts: LBs play key roles in bend-don’t-break defense vs. Packers
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• Detroit Lions downgrade 2 players to OUT for Packers game
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• Report: Detroit Lions signing veteran kicker to their practice squad

Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK As GM Brad Holmes hinted at 2 weeks ago, the Detroit Lions have added a veteran kicker to their practice squad. Two weeks ago, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said that the team intended to bring in some competition and guidance to their kicker room. “We’ll still look at adding another kicker to the practice squad,” Holmes said. ...2024
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• Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position vs. Steelers

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Checking in on every Detroit Lions player's stock after their final 2024 preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Detroit Lions' third and final exhibition of the 2024 preseason ended on a positive note, as they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-17. The Steelers opened with their starters, while the Lions trotted out their t...2024
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• Recap: Hooker’s scrambles help Lions close out preseason with win vs. Steelers

Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Detroit Lions closed out the preseason with a win, thanks to a strong effort from the reserves in the final 3 quarters. Recap and highlights here. Early in the Detroit Lions’ preseason finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers, things were pretty ugly. Of course, that’s exactly what you would expect when a team’s second and third string player...2024
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• Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position vs. Chiefs

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Checking in on every Detroit Lions player's stock after their preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Detroit Lions second exhibition of the 2024 preseason is behind us and it’s time to check in on the players who helped or hurt their chances of making the roster. The Kansas City Chiefs played their starters in the first half, while the Lions rested...2024
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• 11 winners from the fourth week of Detroit Lions training camp

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK The best 11 players from Week 4 of Detroit Lions training camp. Dan Campbell described this week’s training camp schedule for the Detroit Lions with wanting to ramp up Sunday, after a busy week in New Jersey, and that the week would be “circled” while hoping for two competitive practices on Monday and Wednesday. Sunday afternoon’s practice was just shells (...2024
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• Training camp observations: Jake Bates ends practice with a BOOM

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK Our observations from Day 12 of Detroit Lions training camp practice. The Detroit Lions returned to Allen Park on Sunday to reset after a busy week in New Jersey. Coach Dan Campbell said the purpose of Sunday’s practice was to get the team’s feet wet before bigger practices on Monday and Wednesday. “Really prepping them for tomorrow,” Campbell said...2024
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• Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position at Giants

Kevin R. Wexler / NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK Checking in on every Detroit Lions player's stock after preseason Game 1 against the New York Giants in New Jersey. The Detroit Lions' first preseason game of the 2024 season is in the books and it’s time to check in on the players who helped or hurt their stock. Attendance The Lions rested 27 players on Thursday night, plus an additio...2024
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• 2024 Detroit Lions updated depth chart: Preseason Game 1 at Giants

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK An updated 2024 Detroit Lions depth chart based on what we have seen at training camp practices, including how defensive roles change in different formations. Ahead of every Detroit Lions game in 2024, we will provide readers with an updated depth chart of the team’s roster based on what we are seeing at practices. The preseason offers a unique look at the t...2024
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• Open thread: Who is the most important player on the Lions defense right now?
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• Producer Matt Maxson: Vince McMahon Is Not A Reliable Narrator, We Set That Up At The Beginning Of ‘Mr McMahon’
'Mr McMahon' producer Matt Maxson speaks on how Vince opens up to the more passionate. On Wednesday the 25th of September, Netflix released the 'Mr McMahon' documentary that featured six episodes and covered the career of the former owner and chairman of WWE. The show featured interviews with Vince McMahon himself, in which Vince would cover a litany of topics up until 2022. While speaking to Kev...2024
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• Spokesperson For Janel Grant Says Group Behind Vince McMahon Netflix Documentary Reached Out For An Interview
Vince McMahon will be profiled in a new six-part docuseries that will premiere on Netflix on September 25th. The series will "chronicle the rise and fall of the WWE's controversial founder." The series will include interviews with McMahon prior to his resignation, his family, and more. It was previously reported by Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics that Janel Grant was not interviewed for the docu...2024
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• Janel Grant Not Interviewed For Vince McMahon Docuseries
More information on Vince McMahon docuseries. Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics confirmed that Janel Grant nor her representatives were interviewed for the new Vince McMahon docuseries that premieres on Netflix on September 25. "Neither Janel Grant nor her representatives were interviewed for the "Mr. McMahon" Netflix documentary, a spokesperson for Grant tells Wrestlenomics & POST Wrestling." ...2024
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• Vince McMahon’s Netflix docuseries finally gets a release date

It was nearly four years ago (October 2020) when we first heard about Netflix working with WWE and Bill Simmons on a documentary series about Vince McMahon. That was before Vince stepped down from WWE in disgrace in summer 2022 following a hush money payment scandal, forced his way back onto the WWE Board of Directors in January 2023 to help facilitate a sale of WWE to Endeavor, and then lost all...2024
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• Vince McMahon Docuseries Coming To Netflix On September 25
Vince McMahon docuseries gets a premiere date. Netflix announced that the Vince McMahon docuseries will premiere on September 25. The series will feature interviews with Vince McMahon, prior to his WWE resignation in January, and family members. The journalist who uncovered the allegations against McMahon is also interviewed. Mr. McMahon, a documentary series chronicling the rise and fall of t...2024
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• Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position vs. Chiefs
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• 11 winners from the fourth week of Detroit Lions training camp
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• Detroit Lions bubble watch: Big shifts in DL, DB roster predictions

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK Our roster predictions for the Detroit Lions bubble players on defense have drastically changed in the past week. The opening preseason game is always a good display of how the Detroit Lions view the hierarchy of their own players. Which players rest, who is in the first half, and who is still in there in the final quarter are all very telling sign...2024
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• How the Detroit Lions defensive line fared against the Giants

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The Lions offensive line, much like the weather, was a wash but the defensive line caused a storm of their own With some semblance of real competitive Detroit Lions football on our television screens Thursday night, I gave my remote control all it could handle rewinding to cover as many meaningful observations as possible from the Lions defensive line pe...2024
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• The Wrong J.R. Smith Showing Up at Most Inopportune Time for Cavs in NBA Finals
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• Agent: Former Browns DE Chris Smith dies at 31

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• Chris Smith dies at 31: Former NFL player passes away just one week after playing in XFL game

Smith played for five different teams over eight seasons during his NFL career...2023
• Sea Dragons 28, Vipers 9: Final day playoff berth!
Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports The Sea Dragons will play the DC Defenders in the XFL playoffs next Sunday. The Seattle Sea Dragons (7-3) needed a win against the Vegas Vipers (2-8) and to avoid certain scorelines in order to make the XFL playoffs, and that mission was accomplished. Seattle dominated Vegas by a score of 28-9 in front of over 15,000 fans at Lumen Field to secure a playoff spo...2023
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• XFL defensive end Chris Smith dead at 31
Chris Smith was a North Carolina legend, that made a huge impact on people and fans when making it to the NFL. According to his high school, the star pass rusher passed away at the age of 31. “Rest in Peace to a West Rowan Legend! Chris was a better person than he was player! … The post XFL defensive end Chris Smith dead at 31 appeared first on NFL Draft Diamonds ....2023
• Week 8 Snap Judgments

Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we dive into a Week 8 in the NFL that featured some bad weather and surprisingly good finishes… * Get ready for the NFC West to lead the way in drama in the season’s second half. Because this two-team Seahawks and Rams skirmish could be the most fascinating and entertaining of all division races as November and December unfolds. The Rams (5-2) we...2017
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• Chris Smith reportedly signs a one-year deal with hometown Panthers after a year of tragedy
Smith gets another chance in the NFL playing where he grew up...2020
• Blue Jays Designate Jason Grilli
The Blue Jays announced that veteran reliever Jason Grilli has been designated for assignment. Righty Chris Smith has been called up to take his spot in the pen, as Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reported earlier today. While Grilli proved to be an excellent reclamation project for Toronto last year, he fell off badly in 2017. The…...2017
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• Lions snap counts: LBs play key roles in bend-don’t-break defense vs. Packers
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• Open thread: Who is the most important player on the Lions defense right now?
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• Detroit Lions Week 9 inactives: Who is in, who is out vs. Green Bay Packers
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• Detroit Lions updated 2024 depth chart: Week 9 at Green Bay Packers
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• Detroit Lions sign 2 players to 53-man roster, elevate 2 from practice squad
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• Lions sign Pat O’Connor to 53-man roster, elevate practice squad players
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• Week 7 injury report: Carlton Davis, 3 others miss Wednesday practice
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• Vince says he’s nothing like ‘Mr. McMahon’, those around him disagree

Netflix’s YouTube In his statement condemning the Netflix documentary series he’s the focus of, Vince McMahon accused Mr. McMahon‘s creators of taking “the predictable path of conflating the “Mr. McMahon” character with my true self, Vince.” The team behind the six-episode show, which is available on Netflix in its entirety today (Sept. 25), foresaw that criticism (or perhaps heard it from...2024
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• Lions RT Penei Sewell, DT DJ Reader ACTIVE vs. Buccaneers
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• Lions sign NT Kyle Peko to active roster, sign two to practice squad

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images The Detroit Lions made a few roster moves on Wednesday, signing Kyle Peko to the active roster and adding two players to the practice squad. On Wednesday, the Detroit Lions announced changes to their active roster, signing veteran nose tackle Kyle Peko while adding defensive tackle Chris Smith—who was released from the active roster on Monday—to the pract...2024
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• Vince says he’s nothing like ‘Mr. McMahon’, those around him disagree
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• ‘Mr. McMahon’ producers on why it was the strangest doc they’ve ever done

Netflix’s YouTube WWE may have exited the production team for Netflix’s documentary series about Vince McMahon when its former Chairman’s various scandals changed the tone of the project, but Bill Simmons and his team at The Ringer were involved throughout. Simmons spoke about the making of Mr. McMahon — all six episodes of which dropped on the streamer today (Sept. 25) — on his eponymou...2024
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• Report: Vince McMahon Tried To Buy 'Mr. McMahon' Series Back From Netflix
Vince McMahon reportedly wanted to purchase the 'Mr. McMahon' series from Netflix. People within the world of wrestling are eagerly anticipating Netflix's 'Mr. McMahon' series, which is set to release on Wednesday, September 25. The series, which has been in the works for years, will chronicle the rise and fall of McMahon. According to Puck's Matt Belloni, the series was nearly finished in 2022 w...2024
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• Lions vs. Rams snap counts: Detroit makes surprising choices at LB, CB

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK A detailed look at the Detroit Lions’ snap counts vs. the Rams shows a DRASTIC change in strategy from their last matchup. To get a better sense of the Detroit Lions’ strategy against the Los Angeles Rams in their 26-20 overtime victory, let’s take a closer look at their personnel choices. Here’s a detailed look at the team’s Week 1 snap counts for the 2024 ...2024
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• Spokesperson For Janel Grant Says Group Behind Vince McMahon Netflix Documentary Reached Out For An Interview
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• 'Mr. McMahon' Director Says Goal Behind Docuseries Was To 'Pull Back The Curtain And Reveal The True Vince McMahon'
The docuseries chronicling the life of Vince McMahon is set to premiere on Netflix on September 25. The six-episode series will be entitled "Mr. McMahon" and has been pushed back several times from when it was first announced in 2020. At the time the documentary was announced, McMahon was still in his position as Chairman of WWE and running the creative operations. In the nearly four years that h...2024
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• Janel Grant Not Interviewed For Vince McMahon Docuseries
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• Vince McMahon’s Netflix docuseries finally gets a release date
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• Vince McMahon Docuseries Coming To Netflix On September 25
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• Lions 53-man roster: Erik Schlitt’s final projection

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Erik Schlitt predicts the Detroit Lions' 53-man roster following the Lions’ final preseason game. The Detroit Lions have completed their preseason and now are required to reduce their roster to 53 players by the Tuesday, August 29, 4 pm ET deadline. Throughout the offseason, Jeremy Reisman and I (Erik Schlitt) have collaborated on several joint 53-man proj...2023
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