In the story that refuses to completely die, the NFL tried to provide a little more clarity on the operation of a ruling during the Detroit Lions’ Week 6 game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

The controversy in question has less to do about the call on the field and more to do with whether officials overstepped their boundaries. The Lions ran a trick play that put quarterback Jared Goff in motion and had him as a receiver on a pass from running back David Montgomery. While the play was initially ruled a touchdown, the officials gathered together and decided...

The Detroit Lions are on their bye week, but I’m sure many of the players will be locked in to “Thursday Night Football” from home. That’s because the Lions face off against the Minnesota Vikings next week, their first game against their NFC North foe. Why not do a little early scouting for a big game out of the bye?

The 3-3 Vikings are in action against the 4-3 Los Angeles Chargers in what should be a pretty darn good matchup.

The Vikings are still holding off on bringing J.J. McCarthy back, leaving Carson Wentz to keep the boat afloat...

The Detroit Lions’ secondary was the story of the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With starting cornerbacks D.J. Reed and Terrion Arnold sidelined, along with starting safeties Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph also out, not many give Detroit’s “no-named” defensive backs much of a chance to stop Baker Mayfield and the Bucs offense—that had averaged 34 points in the last two games.

The initial players called on to stop Tampa were already some lesser-known guys, including Arthur Maulet, Thomas Harper, and Erick Hallett. But at the halfway point of the game, the Lions had to rely on another player...

We’re nearing the halfway point of the NFL regular season. Feel free to rub your eyes and get a clearer look at what you just read: We’re nearing the halfway point of the NFL regular season. Time flies when you’re having fun watching the football.

As we have done in past seasons, our staff will be making weekly predictions for every game on the NFL schedule. Each of the Pride of Detroit staff will pick the moneyline (winner of the game, no spread), but some of the members will also pick against the spread and even the over/under lines—there’s an...

A few months into the season, Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard is quickly becoming known for his infectious, run-through-a-brick-wall energy on the sidelines.

It’s that type of explosive fire that sets him apart from former DC Aaron Glenn, explains Amik Robertson.

“I think Shep is a little more passionate … He understands me a lot more and he puts high expectations on me,” the cornerback said on a new episode of the St. Brown Podcast.

Amon-Ra asked him about the differences between coaching styles as DC. Robertson said it’s clear Sheppard took quite a bit away from learning under...

Former Detroit Lions cornerback Jerry Jacobs was one of the most beloved players in the early days of the Dan Campbell era. The undrafted talent out of Arkansas beat a ton of odds just to make it onto an NFL roster, including starting out his college career at Hutchinson Community College. With Detroit, his gritty attitude and sticky coverage eventually landed him in the starting lineup, and in the first three years of his career, he started 29 games, tallied 23 pass breakups, and grabbed four interceptions.

Unfortunately for Jacobs, the Lions eventually devoted a ton of resources to their...

With the Detroit Lions at the bye week, now is a good time to reflect upon the first seven weeks of the season. A 5-2 start is right about where expectations were for this team, despite a tough-looking schedule to start the season. It hasn’t looked exactly as we expected, though. The Lions offense has had some ups and downs, the defense has, too, but suddenly looks like it could be a much more dominant unit than some expected. Detroit’s opponents have looked drastically different, too. What looked like extremely tough games in Baltimore and Cincinnati have quite a different...

With Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch coming off the reserve/suspended list this week, the team needed to create a roster spot to accommodate him returning to the 53-man roster. That move comes with some bad news. The Lions have officially placed veteran linebacker Zach Cunningham on injured reserve.

Cunningham returned to the lineup on Monday night after missing the past three games with a hamstring injury. He played in 15 special teams snaps and three on defense before leaving the game with another hamstring injury. Per Detroit Football Network, it was an aggravation of the same hamstring.

While it must...

When we last heard about Detroit Lions’ 2025 sixth-round pick Ahmed Hassanein, the former Boise State defensive end had suffered a pectoral injury, resulting in the team waiving him with an injury settlement. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Hassanein was going to miss “a while” with the injury, although it was still a surprise to see the Lions cut him.

Lions general manager Brad Holmes provided some clarity shortly thereafter, indicating that the team fully expects to re-sign him once the defender gets healthy.

“What we wanted to do is what is going to be the best path for him...

The Detroit Lions returned home and, with a raucous Ford Field crowd behind them, completely took the wind out of the sails of their NFC rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They now head into their bye week riding high and due for some much-needed rest and recovery.

In what was expected to be a high-scoring affair—with an eye-popping betting total of 54.5—the story of the night turned out to be Detroit’s defense. Despite being without their top four starting defensive backs, Kelvin Sheppard’s unit threw together arguably its best game plan of the season. The preparation, execution, and relentless disruption made...

The story of Monday night’s game between the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers was Detroit’s improbable defensive performance. Missing every starting player in the secondary of their base defense—and several reserves—the Lions managed to somehow hold Baker Mayfield in check for essentially the entire 60 minutes. Players like Nick Whiteside, Thomas Harper, and Erick Hallett made names for themselves in some of their first NFL action on a national stage.

But the Lions’ defensive performance runs a lot deeper than that. Detroit’s defensive front, with Alim McNeill back in the fold, was giving Mayfield hell all night. Aidan Hutchinson,...

Through 15 weeks of the NFL season last year, the Detroit Lions had 21 players on injured reserve. Some of the most important pieces to their defense, including Aidan Hutchinson, Alim McNeill, and Derrick Barnes, were put on the shelf before the team eventually won 15 games and earned the top seed in the NFC. They also weren’t on the field when the Lions lost in the Divisional Round to the Washington Commanders, a nightmarish end to a surreal season.

But for the first time in over a year, those three players were all back on the field, making all...