Lions Wire

https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.jsThe Detroit Lions have lost a starting pass rusher to major injury in each of their last three games. In Week 3, EDGE Marcus Davenport was lost for the season, followed by SAM Derrick Barnes in Week 4. After the bye week, Detroit lost NFL Defensive Player of the Year front-runner Aidan Hutchinson. That … [Read more...] about James Houston must seize his ‘great opportunity’ with all the Lions’ injuries

https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.jsThe Detroit Lions lost SAM backer Derrick Barnes in the Week 4 win over the Seattle Seahawks. Rather than looking outside the organization to replace the unique skills Barnes brought to the role, the Lions gave the first crack at replacing him to young Trevor Nowaske. Nowaske, reclaimed earlier this year … [Read more...] about Trevor Nowaske: Breaking down the Lions new SAM and how he played against the Cowboys

https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.jsFor the second Detroit game in a row, a Lions player has earned the NFC Player of the Week honor for his performance in a win. Brian Branch earned the NFC Defensive Player of the Week award from the NFL for his dominant play in Detroit’s 47-9 walloping of the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6. Branch picked off two … [Read more...] about Brian Branch named NFC Defensive Player of the Week

https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.jsSupremacy in the NFC is on the line in Week 7 when the Detroit Lions head to Minnesota to face the Vikings. The two NFC North powerhouses enter the game with sterling records: Detroit at 4-1 and Minnesota at 5-0. The Lions head into the game off a blowout victory in Dallas, but they are still slight … [Read more...] about The Lions are underdogs vs. Vikings in Week 7 showdown

https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.jsPutting the beatdown on the Cowboys in Dallas certainly helped the national credibility of the Detroit Lions as top Super Bowl contenders. In fact, the 47-9 blowout lifted the Lions to the top spot in ESPN’s ever-adaptive Football Power Index. In the last daily update of the index, the Lions win in Week 6 … [Read more...] about Huge Week 6 win lifts Lions to the top of ESPN’s Football Power Index