On Monday evening, the Detroit Lions made a curious roster move; they released veteran Kendall Fuller from their practice squad.

In the midst of a handful of cornerback injuries, Fuller—who has started 104 games over nine seasons—was signed just two weeks ago. The hope was to provide some stability to a cornerback room that was missing D.J. Reed, Terrion Arnold, Ennis Rakestraw, Khalil Dorsey, and Avonte Maddox. However, when game day came against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Lions didn’t call Fuller’s number. Instead, they relied upon players who had been there a little longer, including Amik Robertson, Rock Ya-Sin,...

Tuesday morning, I woke up to news of what could be argued as the greatest baseball game in history. Game 3 of the 2025 World Series went 18 innings, lasted six hours, 39 minutes, and ended in a walk-off home run for the home team. It included incredible defensive plays, clutch hitting, and the biggest star in baseball reaching base a record nine times—including two home runs. While there’s a danger of being a prisoner of the moment, it seems fair to call this one of the greatest games in MLB history.

Which got me thinking: what is the greatest...

Week 8 comes to a close with a “Monday Night Football” matchup featuring the Washington Commanders (3-4) at the Kansas City Chiefs (4-3).

For Detroit Lions fans, this will be an opportunity to do some advanced scouting, as Detroit travels to Washington to face the Commanders in Week 10. The Commanders have had an inconsistent 2025 season, going 3-2 in their first five games but dropping their last two to the Bears and Cowboys. They’ll have a tough task on Monday, taking on a hot Chiefs team, but they’ll also have to overcome the officiating of… checks notes… Brad Allen....

The bye week is a always an opportunity or NFL team to self-scout, finding ways they’ve been predictable or underwhelming in several aspects of the game. While Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell send the coaching staff home early last week (with some homework), he even admitted that he wasn’t fully out of work mode when hanging with the family.

“I’m saying it’s a bye and I’m not working but I’m working. So, the mind is always there,” Campbell said.

Instead, there was work and reflection to do. While Campbell was a little scant on the details of what exactly the...

During his Monday afternoon press conference, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell revealed that three players are expected to return to practice this week.

The first, which was already reported by Jordan Schultz, is linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez. He is expected to take part in Tuesday’s practice, his first since tearing his ACL last Thanksgiving. Per Schultz, they’re targeting a Week 11 return for Rodriguez against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Campbell also revealed the team started the evaluation clock for safety Daniel Thomas. Thomas suffered a broken forearm during the team’s Week 3 game against the Baltimore Ravens. Despite the fact that the...

“It’s a passing league.”

That’s been one of the mantras of NFL analysts for years. Since the explosion of offenses in the 2000s, like the Greatest Show on Turf or the proliferation of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, the passing game has taken over the league. But even at the core of those beliefs remained a belief that teams needed balance and the physicality of the running game still had valuable—particularly late in the season when the weather turned.

However, the analytic community took some of the passing rhetoric to an extreme. Early in the 2020s, a new narrative started...

According to a report from NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Detroit Lions linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez is expected to return to practice this week in the lead up to the team’s Week 9 game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Rodriguez is currently on the Physically Unable to Perform list after suffering a torn ACL in last year’s Thanksgiving game against the Buffalo Bills. And while he’ll be practicing for the first time in nearly a calendar year this week, don’t expect him to play right away.

“He is targeting a mid-November return, that’s my understanding,” Schultz said.

Rodriguez’s return comes at a pretty...

The Minnesota Vikings are next up on the Detroit Lions’ schedule, and they are currently fighting through some adversity. They’ve lost three of their last four games, have a laundry list of injuries—particularly on their offensive line, where they’ve been missing both starting tackles and their starting center for much of the season.

But there is no bigger question with the team right now than at quarterback. After starting both games to open the season, second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy has been sidelined with an ankle sprain. That’s left Carson Wentz as the starter, and the veteran quarterback has struggled, throwing...

The NFC playoff pictures is becoming more and more clear. Week 8, in particular, seemed to separate the contenders from the pretenders, and for a team like the Detroit Lions—who were on their bye week—it was a productive set of games. Not only did two of three division foes lose, but one of the top playoff contenders in the division also caught their third loss of the season, and while Detroit still lags behind the frustratingly mediocre Green Bay Packers, the Lions are creating distance ahead of the teams behind them.

Let’s take a look at the overall NFC standings...

The bye week is a key opportunity for rest and recuperation, but it also gives coaches a week to adjust their playbook. The Detroit Lions are sitting comfortably with a 5-2 record, but that does not mean Dan Campbell and company have been idle.

The Lions have learned a lot through seven games, and with another 10 still to come, they will certainly put that tape to good use. A strategy that worked in Week 1 might not work in Week 11. Inversely, an early-season weakness can be improved upon over the course of the season. Part of what makes...

It’s been a pretty darn good Sunday for the Detroit Lions. Not only are the players resting up and healing from their injuries prior to their Week 9 matchup with the Minnesota Vikings. But as they watched the action from home, they saw some NFC contenders fall to their opponents—creating some room for the Lions in the playoff race. Among the favorable outcomes include:

• Ravens defeating Bears
• Broncos defeating Cowboys
• Dolphins defeating Falcons
• Texans defeating 49ers

Combine that with the Vikings’ loss on Thursday night, and the Lions are officially winning their bye week.

But they...

The Detroit Lions (5-2) and Minnesota Vikings (3-4) will square off in Week 9, with both teams coming off extended breaks. The Lions are riding high after a Week 7 win on “Monday Night Football,” convincingly taking down a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that was previously sitting atop the NFC. Meanwhile, the Vikings are limping in their break after a disastrous Week 8 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on “Thursday Night Football.”

With this in mind, it should come as no surprise that the folks over at FanDuel Sportsbook are leaning towards Detroit at home and have set the...