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• Lions vs. Commanders preview, score prediction: On Paper

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Our preview, statistical breakdown, and prediction for Detroit Lions vs. Washington Commanders in the Division Round of the NFL playoffs. The Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders face off for a spot in the NFC Championship game on Saturday night. If Vegas odds are any indication, the public seems to think the Lions are clear favorites in this matchu...2025
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• The Honolulu Blueprint: 10 keys to a Lions victory over the Commanders

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images In this week’s Honolulu Blueprint, we explore what the Detroit Lions need to do in order to advance to the next round of the 2024-25 NFL Playoffs. The Detroit Lions will host the Washington Commanders in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs. If the Lions want to come away with a victory and advance to the next round of the playoffs, they’ll need to...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs normally deliver when they’re two-score favorites

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Friday, January 17 The latest The Best NFL Bets for the Divisional Round: Shut Up and Dance | The Ringer Saturday Games Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (-8.5) This is a rematch of a Week 16 game in which the Chiefs closed as 3.5-point favorites at Arrowhead. The market has massively downgraded the Texans, evident in the wild-car...2025
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• Will Brinson's NFL divisional-round best bets: In Lions' Sam LaPorta we trust, plus a strong teaser in the AFC

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• Lions scouting report: Comeback Commanders won’t go away

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images In an NFC divisional matchup, the Lions host the Commanders on Saturday night. Could Washington go into Detroit and pull off an upset? Welcome to the beginning of the end of the 2024 season. The 2024 NFL postseason began last week and the Detroit Lions were at home, kicking back and watching the games like you and I. They earned the top seed after going 15-...2025
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• Why Lions are Super Bowl contenders for years to come

Jamie Sabau-Imagn Images The Super Bowl window for the Detroit Lions opened early in 2023 and it’s not shutting for a while. I never thought I would say this, but the Detroit Lions are Super Bowl contenders. This franchise has seen Hall of Fame players never receive a Super Bowl ring, and it’s time for that to change. The Lions had a franchise-best season, going 15-2 and clinching the top ...2025
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• Cowboys should consider upgrading tight end position after Jake Ferguson’s down year

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images The Cowboys have to prioritize finding more weapons for their offense. The Cowboys ended the 2024 season on a bit of a high note, with the defense looking legitimately special and several young pieces of the offense taking important steps forward. However, the biggest story of this year that doomed the Cowboys was the offense regressing even before Dak Presc...2025
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• Tight end rankings for Wild Card Round fantasy football

Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images We rank out all the tight ends playing in the Wild Card round as you prepare for playoff fantasy football. The 2025 NFL Playoffs kick off this weekend with a Wild Card round featuring some talented tight ends. If you’re looking for something to keep you engaged beyond the elimination nature of the playoffs, fantasy football remains an option. You can pla...2025
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• Injuries weren’t only hurdle Aaron Glenn had with Detroit Lions defense

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images The Detroit Lions didn’t just have the most injured defense in football, it was also the youngest in the NFL> We all know that the Detroit Lions defense had to battle through the adversity of injuries in 2024. If you needed any kind of visual evidence just how devastated the Lions’ roster was by injuries, this chart from Sports Info Solutions visua...2025
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• Wild Card contenders and pretenders in the NFL playoffs

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It is time to figure out who will succeed in the NFL playoffs. Sunday marked the end of the NFL regular season which is fine and all of that jazz (funny enough seeing as Chicago authored that line and is central to all things offseason), but that means that the playoffs are officially here and we can tee off (lots of offseason participants wil...2025
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• Lions-Vikings Week 18 snap counts: Return of the king

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images A look at how the Detroit Lions deployed their snaps against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 18. As the Detroit Lions headed into their season finale with the Minnesota Vikings, one of the biggest talking points was the possible return of captain Alex Anzalone. After missing six weeks with a broken forearm, Anzalone weighed the risks of playing and eventua...2025
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• Cowboys should consider upgrading tight end position after Jake Ferguson’s down year
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• 19 Detroit Lions finish top-5 in Pro Bowl fan votes

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images A whopping 19 Detroit Lions finished in the top five of 2025 Pro Bowl fan votes. Voting for the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games finished last week, and on Tuesday, the NFL revealed the final fan vote tally. Before we get into it, the fan vote only represents one-third of the equation when determining the Pro Bowl roster. Coaches account for another third, while...2025
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• Detroit Lions match 49ers’ offer, keep TE Brock Wright

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The Lions have matched Brock Wright’s offer from the 49ers, keeping the tight end in Detroit. Tight end Brock Wright isn’t going anywhere. According to a report from NFL Network, the Detroit Lions have opted to match the San Francisco 49ers’ offer sheet for Wright, meaning he’ll now be under contract with the Lions on a three-year, $12 million with repor...2024
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• Detroit Lions re-sign TE Shane Zylstra

Photo by Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images After suffering a training camp injury and missing all of 2023, tight end Shane Zylstra is back with the Detroit Lions for 2024. With agency less than a week away, the Detroit Lions are working toward retaining some of their players, and on Monday afternoon, they announced that they have re-signed tight end Shane Zylstra. Zylstra joined the L...2024
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• Detroit Lions’ 2023 draft voted best NFL Draft by fellow scouts

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images NFL scouts agree: The Detroit Lions had the best selections in the 2023 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions were the recipients of the 2023 “Best Draft Award” as presented by Inside The League. The award was voted on by fellow NFL scouts. Lions general manager Brad Holmes—plus a ton of his front office staff—were on hand at the NFL Combine to accept the award....2024
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• Dan Campbell, Brad Holmes named Coach/Executive of the Year by peers

Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes were named 2023 coach and executive of the year, respectively—in a vote by their peers. The Detroit Lions accolades keep coming in. The latest come from the publication Sporting News, who have named Lions general manager Brad Holmes the NFL Executive of the Year and Dan Campbell the NFL...2024
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• Dolphins RB De’Von Achane Nominated for Pepsi Rookie of the Year

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images It was a historically productive season for the rookie and he’s getting some much deserved love. The Miami Dolphins selected De’Von Achane out of Texas A&M in the 2023 NFL draft with the 84th overall pick (3rd round). Achane ran a 4.32 40 yard dash and was a part of an All-American 4x100 meter relay team in 2021. Dolphins fans were excited to see what h...2024
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• Lions Week 18 report card: Defense rises from the ashes vs. Vikings

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions defense earns some of their highest marks of the season after their dominant performance against the Minnesota Vikings. The Detroit Lions made an empathic statement Sunday night, as they head into the postseason for the second consecutive year. With their commanding 31-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, the Lions are now NFC and Su...2025
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• Recap: Lions clinch first-ever 1 seed in statement win over Vikings

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions made a statement for the rest of the NFC with their decisive win over the Minnesota Vikings. The Detroit Lions are NFC North champions again! On Sunday night, the Lions displayed their dominance in the division—and in the conference—with a decisive win over the Minnesota Vikings. With the win, the Lions are division champions in back-...2025
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• Detroit Lions report card: Linebacker, coaching issues vs. Bills

David Reginek-Imagn Images Handing out position grades for the Detroit Lions after their 48-42 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Let’s hand out some grades in our Week 15 Detroit Lions report card. You won't’ be very surprised by the defensive grades of the team’s 48-42 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Quarterback: A Jared Goff put up as good of a game as you could possibly hope for in a shootout. Th...2024
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• Lions Thanksgiving grades: More good than bad in narrow win over Bears

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions escaped what would’ve been a brutal collapse vs. the Bears. But there was still more good than bad on Thanksgiving. Let’s hand out some grades. For the second time this season (Texans game), it was a story of two very different halves for the Detroit Lions on gameday. The first half was utterly dominant against the Chicago Bears, but ...2024
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• VIDEO: Yes, Detroit Lions GM Brad Holmes went crazy in an elevator again

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has a new playoff victory tradition: Going crazy in the elevator. Last week after the Detroit Lions' first playoff win in 32 years, general manager Brad Holmes started a new tradition I didn’t know we needed so bad. On his way down to the locker room from his suite, he went absolutely crazy in the elevator and it was caught on video by TV anchor Mark Pear...2024
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• 5 winners, 2 losers from the Lions’ win against Bucs

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports In an NFC divisional matchup, which Detroit Lions players stepped up and who is still a step behind? Coming off their first playoff victory since 1991, the Detroit Lions returned to Ford Field on Sunday to take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the chance to advance to the NFC Conference Championship game. Although the Bucs held off the defending NFC champion P...2024
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• Lions vs. Rams stock report: 9 movers after Lions’ playoff win

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Check out your movers for the week. SAME OLD BRAND NEW LIONS BABY, THE DETROIT LIONS HAVE WON A PLAYOFF GAME! Here are your movers for the week: Stock down: C.J. Gardner-Johnson, S Stats: 7 tackles For all the hype around Ceedy Duce’s return, he laid a dud against the Rams. All day, Gardner-Johnson seemed a step behind where he needed to be. On the p...2024
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• 7 takeaways from the Lions’ Wild Card win over the Rams

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions playoff drought is officially over as they topple the Los Angeles Rams—and here are the takeaways. It has been a long time coming for the Detroit Lions. After decades of frustration, disappointment, and heartbreak, the Lions have emerged victorious in the playoffs. Heartrates were certainly elevated against the Los Angeles Rams. The Dan Campb...2024
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• Winners & Losers: Jared Goff outclassed Matthew Stafford in Detroit

Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images LA’s red zone shortcomings determined outcome in Wildcard round The Los Angeles Rams were one of the hottest football teams in the National Football League coming into the NFC wildcard round. LA started the year 3-6 but turned a corner once Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, and Cooper Kupp all rounded into full health. The Rams were playing with house mon...2024
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• Lions vs. Rams, Wild Card: How to watch, game time, TV schedule, roster moves and more

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images All the TV, radio, and online streaming info you need for Detroit Lions vs. Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Detroit Lions will host a playoff game for the first time in 30 years this Sunday when they welcome the Los Angeles Rams—one of the hottest teams in the league—into Ford Field for the Wild Card round of the 2023-24 NF...2024
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• Open thread: Would the Lions have defeated the Chiefs in the Super Bowl?

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Everyone’s talking about it, so let’s address it: would the Lions have won the Super Bowl had they won the NFC Championship? “The Detroit Lions would have played better!” That was a thought appearing quite frequently amidst the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl matchup. Both offenses struggled early and often, leading a halftime score ...2024
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• Recap: Lions get mojo back with dominant 42-17 win over Broncos

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions are officially out of their slump with their first blowout win in nearly two months—and over a team with a winning record. The Detroit Lions had earned some doubters over the past few weeks, and it was hard to blame them. Detroit had played uninspired ball for most of November and had dropped two consecutive divisional games. But against the ...2023
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• Detroit Lions TE Sam LaPorta wins NFL Rookie of the Week... again

Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images For the second time in three weeks, Detroit Lions TE Sam LaPorta has won NFL Rookie of the Week. Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta just keeps racking up the accolades. On Thursday, he was named NFL Rookie of the Week, the second time he’s won the award in the past three weeks. Against the Denver Broncos, LaPorta tallied five catches for 56 yards and th...2023
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• Sam LaPorta topples T.J. Hockenson’s most prolific season as a Lion

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Rookie tight end Sam LaPorta continues to climb the Detroit Lions record books. Detroit Lions rookie tight end Sam LaPorta is having an incredible first season in the NFL. How good? During the Lions Week 15 game against the Denver Broncos, LaPorta caught three passes for 43 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he brought his season total up to 69 recep...2023
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• Brian Branch responds to penalized hit on Bijan Robinson: ‘F- it... I’ll take the flag’

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Lions rookie defensive back Brian Branch wasn’t sweating the flag after he destroyed Bijan Robinson. The Detroit Lions rookie draft class has been stepping up in massive ways to open the 2023 NFL season. In Week 3 alone, tight end Sam LaPorta and running back Jahmyr Gibbs set records, linebacker Jack Campbell recorded his first career sack, and Colby ...2023
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• Recap: Lions clinch first-ever 1 seed in statement win over Vikings
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• VIDEO: No one had a better night than Lions GM Brad Holmes

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes played an essential part in the team’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs, and he let everyone know. A lot of Detroit Lions players, coaches and fans had themselves a night on Thursday. A win over the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead was yet another milestone for this franchise in the step towards legitimacy. And while Lions fans packed Arrowhead and celebrat...2023
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• Dan Campbell rips NFL Draft critics of Jahmyr Gibbs, Sam LaPorta

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions took a lot of heat for drafting Jahmyr Gibbs and Sam LaPorta, but after the two combined for 5 TDs vs. the Broncos, Dan Campbell got his revenge. Detroit Lions rookie tight end Sam LaPorta and running back Jahmyr Gibbs combined for five touchdowns against the Denver Broncos—only the second time since the 1970 merger two rookies from t...2023
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• Dan Campbell promises increased role for RB Jahmyr Gibbs coming

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Detroit Lions rookie RB Jahmyr Gibbs played in just 19 snaps against the Chiefs. But that was part of the plan, and Gibbs’ role is expected to increase quickly. On Thursday night, the Detroit Lions unleashed the fury of their 2023 NFL Draft class. Defensive back Brian Branch and tight end Sam LaPorta essentially had full-time starter roles (44 and 58 sna...2023
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• Fantasy football: What Lions-Chiefs start/sit decisions are you making?

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Week 1 is never easy for fantasy, let alone Game 1 of the entire season. It’s game day! The Detroit Lions begin their quest for the playoffs on Thursday night in Kansas City, and so too do many fantasy managers. The first game of the season is always tricky, as is any sort of Thursday night decision, and with the stakes of personal fandom and offseason im...2023
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• Vikings vs. Lions stock report: 12 movers after division-clinching win

David Reginek-Imagn Images Check out your movers in this week’s Detroit Lions stock report. The Detroit Lions are back-to-back NFC North champions and have staked their claim as the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs for the first time in team history. They did so in dominant fashion on offense, defense, and special teams in their most well-rounded win in recent memory. It was a strong finish ...2025
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• Cowboys draft analysis: Dallas bolsters defensive line with DT Mazi Smith in first round
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images After years of struggling against the run, Dallas addressed it with their top pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. The Dallas Cowboys made Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith the 26th pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Despite having a slew of tight ends and some other major talents available at cornerback and edge rusher, Smith joins Dallas as they...2023
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