When Dan Campbell was asked by 97.1 The Ticket on Tuesday morning what the one thing the Detroit Lions needed to improve upon after their lackluster performance in Week 1 against the Green Bay Packers, the fifth-year coach didn’t hesitate.

“Communication. Communication. Communication. It’s that simple,” Campbell said.

It’s a solid answer, because watching the tape from Sunday’s game, you could see there were several breakdowns in communication. Nowhere was that more evident along the offensive line, where several players had very visible missed assignments.

That has led some to question whether the Lions took the right approach in the...

Just a few short days removed from a brutal Detroit Lions loss to start the season, a video of a third-grade classroom receiving an incredible gift from the Lions may help put the pep back in your step.

You may remember her viral videos — Mary Cripper is a third-grade teacher in Miami who made national headlines for incorporating the NFL in her lessons. What started with tracking the Dolphins’ wins and losses last season became an entire curriculum she named “NFelementary.”

In a video that has nearly 1 million likes on TikTok, Crippen explains that her students sent letters...

The Detroit Lions are coming off a tough Week 1 loss to the Green Bay Packers, and it has some national analysts questioning the team’s future.

In this week’s power rankings, a handful of national analysts believe the Lions’ rough start was an anomaly and something they can rebound from, while other writers can’t get off the bandwagon quick enough, citing—and stop me if you heard this one before—the change of coordinators being a primary problem.

Following the game, Lions coach Dan Campbell said there was plenty of blame to be shared among players, coaches, and himself, included. Then, on...

The Detroit Lions’ 2025 season opener was an afternoon to forget. The offense nearly went without a touchdown for the first time since 2022. The defense gave up 17 points on the first three possessions. And special teams was a mess for nearly the entire game.

Coach Dan Campbell insisted all of the issues were fixable, and that Sunday’s performance was not an accurate portrayal of who they are.

“Everything that showed up is so correctable, and we will. We’ll hit it head on, our players are accountable man, they’re ready,” Campbell said. “And nobody takes it worse than they...

On Monday, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell revealed that veteran offensive tackle Jamarco Jones is out for the season with an ankle injury suffered during last week’s practice. It appears they have found a potential replacement.

According to his agency, offensive tackle Devin Cochran has signed with the Lions. At this point, because the transaction is unofficial, it’s unclear if Cochran is signing to the 53-man roster or the practice squad. There is an open spot on the practice squad after the Lions signed running back Jacob Saylors to the active roster on Saturday, but if the Lions were to...

On Monday night, the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears faced off in a highly anticipated NFC North matchup. Both teams entered 2025 with massive questions, and we got our first look at a couple of key pieces on each team.

For the Vikings, they finally unveiled 2024 first-round pick J.J. McCarthy for his first career start. After a rough first half in which the Vikings only scored six points and McCarthy went 5-of-8 for 48 yards, the former Michigan quarterback was electric in the final quarter of the game. In the final 15 minutes alone, McCarthy was 6-of-8 for 87...

The NFC North Week 1 matchups continue on Monday night with the Minnesota Vikings facing off against the Chicago Bears in a huge game.

The Bears, under new coach Ben Johnson, are trying to prove that they’ve finally got the right people in place to lead a somewhat talented roster to victory. It’s been six straight years since they’ve had a winning season, and 15 years since their last playoff victory. They’ve finished at the bottom of the NFC North for three straight seasons.

The Vikings, on the other hand, have had plenty of regular season success under coach Kevin...

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell faced a gauntlet of questions on Monday afternoon following the team’s rough performance against the Green Bay Packers. Topics included offensive line woes, pass rush troubles, John Morton’s game plan, and some injury updates.

Here’s a breakdown of the most important takeaways from Campbell’s presser.

Injury updates: Good news for Terrion Arnold, bad news for Jamarco Jones

Campbell confirmed earlier reports that Terrion Arnold’s groin injury is not considered serious. However, his status for Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears is still up in the air.

“I don’t feel like this is serious. Now, that...

The Detroit Lions exited Week 1 likely wanting to put their loss to the Green Bay Packers behind them, but with two new coordinators calling the action, a look back at the game’s snap counts can give us a picture of what to expect in the future.

Quarterbacks:

• Jared Goff: 67 snaps (100%)
• Kyle Allen: Did not play (DNP)

The Lions offense was on the field a tick longer than usual, due to Green Bay’s defense forcing Goff to dink-and-dunk his way down the field. This was the same approach the Lions took against Packers defensive coordinator...

Detroit Lions not only lost decisively to the Green Bay Packers, but they also lost the services of 2024 first-round pick Terrion Arnold for the second half of the game. Initially, Arnold—one of the team’s two starting cornerback—was ruled questionable to return at the start of the third quarter with a groin injury. However, he was quickly downgraded to out.

Lions coach Dan Campbell didn’t have much in terms of an update on Arnold’s situation.

“Don’t know how (severe). It was enough to not come back, so we’ll see,” Campbell said.

However, Arnold himself was available to the media after...

The Detroit Lions’ season opener against the Green Bay Packers was the kind of performance that would require an immediate parent-teacher conference. In some ways, that’s a good thing. Early intervention is important, and hopefully a wake-up call to kick off the season is exactly what the Lions need to fix what appear to be some major problems.

But in the meantime, we’re sending Roary home with an ugly-looking report card. Here are our grades from Detroit’s 27-13 loss to the Packers.

Quarterback: C-

It’s hard to grade Jared Goff in a vacuum, considering he had no help from...

The NFL’s list of most disappointing Week 1 teams includes the Dolphins, Texans, Bengals, and Lions. And that pitiful display in Green Bay may have been the worst by any NFC squad. It was a nightmare start to life after Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn, with national pundits’ preseason skepticism about the Lions looking prescient.

Sure, last year’s Super Bowl-winning Eagles lost to the Falcons in Week 2. The 2023 defending and eventual repeat champion Chiefs dropped their opener to this very Lions team. But this felt different. Detroit was demoralized in ways they hadn’t been since before their late-season...