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'D' faces big test: West Coast offense Lions Football

07 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

The Seahawks look like a team that could pick apart the Lions today. Their West Coast offense is designed to move down the field with short, high-percentage passes, and the Lions are allowing opponents to complete 70.5% of their passes, second-worst in the NFL. Admittedly, Seattle quarter...

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Extra points

05 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

See what losing to an 0-7 team does to you? The Lions, who had been ranked 26th after beating Washington a few weeks ago, are sinking again in Don Banks' NFL power rankings at SI.com.

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Detroit Lions Notes, Quotes

02 Nov 2009 23:40:59 PST

Coach Jim Schwartz said veteran Jon Jansen "battled through" his first game at left guard, blocking "pretty well" on runs with "a couple issues here and there" on passes. Jansen, who had always played right tackle, replaced Daniel Loper and Manny Ramirez, who had been rotating at the posi...

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Mike O'Hara: Pick kid's spelling bee over Lions for excitement

02 Nov 2009 08:47:00 PST

There is a class system in the NFL, and the Lions are the bottom dwellers. There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the place the Lions inhabit. With nine games left in their joyless season, they have no safe haven anywhere, even at home.

Original story at DetNews.com .

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Packers vs. Lions: Upon Further Review

18 Oct 2009 23:00:00 PDT

With three starters on the defensive line inactive, the Lions dressed six defensive linemen and lost one -- end Copeland Bryan -- to a hamstring injury.

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TICKER: Experts don't give the Lions a chance

10 Oct 2009 23:44:00 PDT

After getting a little respect the past couple of weeks, the Lions have fallen off the radar today as far as the big NFL prognosticators go. If there's one out there picking them to beat Pittsburgh -- or even cover the 10 1/2 -point spread -- it's probably a typo.

Original story at Freep.com .

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Detroit Lions news and blogs - November 09, 2009

09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Detroit Lions news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Lions notebook: Stafford-Johnson reunion fails to generate spark -- from Freep.com - RSS
• Seahawks turn 17-0 hole into 32-20 win over Lions -- from AP
• Seattle 32, Detroit 20: Stafford throws five picks as Lions lose in Seattle -- from Freep.com - RSS
• Seahawks turn 17-0 hole into 32-20 win over Lions -- from The Seattle Times: Seahawks
• Johnson back in Lions' starting lineup -- from detnews.com - Lions-NFL
• Lions WR C. Johnson, RB Smith to play today -- from Freep.com - RSS
• Detroit at Seattle | 4:05 p.m. | FOX: Is Curry the one who got away? -- from Freep.com - RSS
• Seahawks Turn 17-0 Hole Into 32-20 Win Over Lions -- by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT > Detroit Lions
• With a one-win Lions team in town, the Seahawks realize they must win Sunday at Qwest Field or watch a stumbling season turn into a free fall. -- from The Seattle Times: Seahawks
• Detroit 14, Seattle 0 | 1st quarter: Live blog: Lions get 2nd turnover, touchdown -- from Freep.com - RSS

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Schwartz Brings Lions New School Of Thought

23 Sep 2009 03:37:35 PDT

ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The first changes were obvious, the kinds of things any new coach might do when finding himself suddenly in charge of a team that went 0-16 the previous year. So Jim Schwartz did the predictable upon his arrival to the Detroit Lions last winter. He assigned the players park...

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Lions vs. Saints: Upon further review

13 Sep 2009 23:00:00 PDT

Good signs from the Lions' special teams, bad calls from the officiating crew, dumb penalties -- including one by a rookie who should know better -- and a lot of NFL debuts.

Original story at DetNews.com .

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Martin Mayhew on Stanton, Hanson, pregame fight

24 Aug 2009 14:16:00 PDT

Lions general manager Martin Mayhew just gave his thoughts on Saturday night's 27-10 exhibition loss at Cleveland, plus a few other matters. Here is what he had to say about subjects not named Matthew Stafford: •Mayhew didn't jump into the lake after the game. "I thought it was so...

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Lions notes

07 Aug 2009 11:30:41 PDT

DETROIT Lions COACH Jim Schwartz has been purposely vague during camp about distributing injury information about the players, especially minor ailments. The National Football League does not require teams to issue an injury report during camp. On Wednesday, Schwartz didn't want to r...

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Opinion: Class AA: Stoudt tosses 2-hitter as Lions lose

12 Jun 2009 21:49:47 PDT

Stoudt pitched a two-hitter and struck out six as Brandywine Heights (22-4), located near Kutztown, knocked the legs out from a third WPIAL team in a title game yesterday. Serra lost in Class A and Chartiers Valley in AAA. ... One left(y) for Brandywine baseball team to claim first state title R...

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Opinion: New Lions Club planned for west end

19 May 2009 03:29:07 PDT

Canada She has been involved with Lions clubs for the past 17 years. Her stepfather has been a member for 30 years, and her husband became a Lion 25 years ago. An information meeting was held Monday night at the Chippawa Lions Community Centre on Welland ...

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How To: Madden NFL 09 Achievement (Steal Their Thunder)

04 Jan 2009 15:35:29 PST

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Gridiron Rewind Week Nine Podcast Show

03 Nov 2008 07:45:44 PST

Written by Matt Loede
John Sefcik from NFL Gridiron Gab Covering and Talking About the Vikings win over Houston One game remains in Week 9, and here at the Gab we are back with another edition of Gridiron Rewind to talk about all the big matchups from the week gone by. Today here on the show Matt Loede along with the s...

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Opinion: Rugby union: Lions on their minds

01 Nov 2008 17:04:43 PDT

Written by Michael Aylwin
The allusion to unfinished business refers to the last Lions tour to New Zealand, a thoroughly miserable affair that Robinson and O'Driscoll remember with a wince. O'Driscoll, the captain, was carried off, out of the tour, in the early minutes of the first Test, his shoulder dislocated i...

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Podcast: Gridiron Gabbin - Turn of the Tables: Jeff Sack Talks to Editor Matt Loede

08 Oct 2008 12:13:16 PDT

Written by Matt Loede
It’s a special “Turn the Tables” edition of Gridiron Gabbin, as Patriots Gab Editor Jeff Sack takes over as host, and talks to NFL Gridiron Gab Editor Matt Loede. The duo talk about the recent NFL firings, the Lions and their state, the Raiders and Al Davis, Gene Upshaw and the future of the la...

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Podcast: Gridiron Gabbin w/ Our NFL Insider Lloyd Vance

26 Sep 2008 20:58:24 PDT

Written by Matt Loede
Our NFL Insider - Lloyd Vance is back on NFLGridironGab.com with his news and notes around the league. Lloyd, who runs www.takingit2thehouse.com will join us each week to talk about all the hot topics in the league, and give his views and insight as to what is going on. Today we talk to Lloyd about...

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Examining the Matt Millen Era

25 Sep 2008 06:32:00 PDT

William Clay Ford, Sr. purchased the team in 1964. Since then the Lions have played 10 playoff games, 6 of those in the Barry Sanders era. They have won exactly one playoff game Ford’s tenure. That was in 1991 when they lost to the eventual champion Washington Redskins.

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Podcast: Morning links: Alexander visits Detroit

17 Sep 2008 09:36:24 PDT

Written by Eric Williams
Lost in all of the news about Koren Robinson’s return to Seattle was Shaun Alexander visiting the Detroit Lions on Tuesday. gt; Read more! Lost in all of the news about Koren Robinson’s return to Seattle was Shaun Alexander visiting the Detroit Lions on ...

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Opinion: Tatum Bell off Dallas Cowboys radar; re-signs with Lions

10 Mar 2008 11:45:35 PDT

Written by Dave Halprin (Grizz)
Lions RB Tatum Bell is off the free agent market. The Lions have reached an agreement for a one-year deal reported for $1.6 million. After Matt Mosley reported the Cowboys might be interested in him, he’s been on the list of potentials for Cowboys fans. If the Cowboys are planning to sign a veter...

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Podcast: JT's Rant 82

07 Oct 2007 09:11:46 PDT

Oct. 7, 2007 -- NFL's wild weekend Even with baseball playoffs going on, the NFL will be huge with Jaguars-Chiefs, Seahawks-Steelers, Lions-Redskins, Bears-Packers as games to watch.

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Podcast: What Should Childress Do?

19 Sep 2007 15:06:48 PDT

Written by Gonzo
But anyway, as you can probably judge from both the poll on the right and the title of this post, we've got a situation here, people. Access Vikings is reporting that Tarvaris Jackson didn't practice today, and is still pretty sore after injuring his groin against Detroit on Sunday. Judd Z...

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Week 2 Review: Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This

17 Sep 2007 11:36:03 PDT

Written by Gonzo
And yet, despite Tarvaris Jackson's four interceptions and all the penalties and everything else, the Vikings were still approximately 3" away from starting the season 2-0. Not that winning a game like yesterday's would have made me feel any better about the team's performance at Ford...

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The "I have too much time on my hands on Sunday" post/experiment I

09 Sep 2007 12:29:31 PDT

Written by Kirkendall
The Miami Dolphins newest quarterback, Trent Green: 13/21 for 128 yards and a score. Reason why not having the NFL Network isn't so bad: Oakland vs. Detroit Packers QB, Brett Favre has 35 yards passing and a pick in the first half against the Eagles.

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The Lions Number One Prospect

01 Apr 2007 12:06:19 PDT

Written by Brian Schonfeld
The Lions have a top prospect they want to take at #2 that is not on anybody’s radar. It appears he is so unknown that while he is #1 on the Lions draft board, I haven’t been able to find any mention of him in any draft publications or internet sites. A google search turned up nothing. However, accor...

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