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The Thursday report brings quite a few improvements for both teams, but another DB added to the injury concerns for the Giants. Giants Thursday: The Giants also saw some improvements, notably starters Slayton, Payton and Flannigan-Fowles were back to Limited instead of DNPs. All other players stayed the same, apart from Nickle CB Nic Jones, who was added as an LP with a hamstring injury. Wednesday: The Giants have some serious issues in their CB room, as four of their CBs i

Looks like the Lions finally found a team as beat up as they are with the NY Giants coming to town. They have nine starters on their Practice report, with six DNP and 3 that were LP. The Lions weren't much better, as they had 10 starters on the report today. Giants Wednesday: The Giants have some serious issues in their CB room, as four of their CBs including both starters (DNP) and top reserves (1 DNP and 1 LP) were hindered today. Much of it was for Illness, so they lik

Week 12 NFL coverage Thursday night with the Amazon streaming only* game is BUF@HOU, Sunday Night Football will be TB@LAR and the week will wrap on Monday night with CAR@SF. The Lions will be part of the regional early games for Fox, once again drawing (WTH) Keny Albert and Jonathan Vilma. CBS has the Single game (regional) and their early slate will be IND@KC, PIT@CHI, NE@CIN and NYJ@BAL with the late games being JAX@ARZ and CLE@LAV. Most of the country will get the IND@KC

Name: Craig Wrolstad Age: 60 Promoted To Referee: 2014 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: Week 11 2025 LAC @ JAX Last Lions Game: Week 6 2025 – DET 17 @ KC 30 The Detroit Lions committed 4 penalties for 38 yards. They were flagged a total of 6 times. The Kansas City Chiefs committed 0 penalties for 0 yards. They were flagged a total of 1 times. Together there were 4 penalties for 38 yards. There were 7 total flags in this game. Notable Lovely. For the fir

Welcome back, Dan Campbell! DC took back the reins on play calling from John Morton last week, and the beast was unleashed, with a resounding 44-22 whupping handed to the Washington Commanders. On to the next team from the NFC East, which is the division leading Philadelphia Eagles and their 7-2 record. However, that record is a bit of smoke and mirrors, as this team has been struggling to patch up holes in their defense all year and are simply not performing at their Super B

Woof. One of the biggest games of the year, and the Lions will be down several starters, with several more nicked up, specifically in the defensive backfield. Of course, Philly is fully healthy, so guess we will need to see the Legion of Whom come back out again and hope that Dan Campbells offensive playcalling will simply outscore the Eagles. Eagles Friday: The Eagles are about as healthy as they have been all year, with their OL and Defense back to 100% with everyone at

The Lions and Eagles meet Sunday night in a battle between two of the top teams in the NFC. Both teams have some injuries they are working through, and the Eagles are coming off a MNF game and will have a short week to prep for the game. Week 11 Practice Report 1 Eagles Wednesday: The Eagles had a walkthrough after their MNF win at Green Bay, and everyone was listed as either LP or FP. Only item of note is that four of five starting linemen were listed on the report, with o

Week 11 NFL coverage starts Thursday night with the Amazon streaming only* game (NYJ@NE) then continues the Sunday Morning International game in Madrid, Spain with WAS@MIA and a single Monday Night Football game (DAL@LAV). The Lions will be featured on the Sunday Night Football Broadcast against Philadelphia on NBC. CBS early game features TB@BUF, CIN@PIT and LAC@JAX with the late games being KC@DEN and BAL@CLE. Most of the country will get the TB@BUF early and the KC@DEN la

Name: Alex Kemp Age: 52 Promoted To Referee: 2018 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: Week 10 2025 TB @ NE Last Lions Game: 09/03/24 – SEA 29 @ DET 42 The Seattle Seahawks committed 9 penalties for 70 yards. They were flagged a total of 10 times. The Detroit Lions committed 12 penalties for 101 yards. They were flagged a total of 15 times. Together there were 21 penalties for 171 yards. There were 25 total flags in this game. Notable With the season apparentl

The last practice of the week is in the books and we now know who is in and who is out for the Lions and Commanders game Sunday. As expected, most of the players coming off reserve lists (Rodrigo, Frazier, Thomas or Paschal) are likely to play, although Rodriguez and Thomas do have Questionable designation, so there is a chance. Commanders Friday: It appears that the Commanders were sandbagging their injury situation a bit, as their entire injured list except for Daniels an

Good Grief, that was a painful game to watch last week, shadowing the Green Bay Packers opening season loss in many ways. The Lions came off the bye, as healthy as they have been in many weeks, and played terrible against a mediocre Vikings team that didn't really outperform them in that 27-24 loss. Self-inflicted problems and three key plays cost the Lions the game, which they honestly deserved to lose. They also saw a significant number of new injuries pile up across mul

The second practice of the week is complete, and now we now that a large chunk of the guys that made up the initial Wednesday list were just getting some time off to recover from their injuries along with a bunch of guys that are just getting back onto the field after coming off a reserve list. Commanders Thursday: As expected, the Commanders had a bunch of players back at FP today, with only Daniels and McLaurin NP and likely out. Back were Tunsil, Croskey-Merritt, Goldman

Week 10 NFL coverage starts with the Thursday night Amazon streaming only* game (LAV @ DEN), has the return of Sunday Morning International game in Berlin with ATL@IND and a single Monday Night Football game (PHI @ GB). The Lions return to a surprising light coverage map in the Fox Late game window. CBS has the Single Game this week with Early slate being NE@TB, JAX@HOU, BUF@MIA, and CLE@NYJ. The late game is ARZ@SEA, which is in several weird market's west of the Mississip

Name: Scott Novak Age: 54 Promoted To Referee: 2019 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: Week 9 2025 MIA @ BAL Last Lions Game: 11/17/24 – JAX 06 @ DET 52 The Jacksonville Jaguars committed 6 penalties for 40 yards. They were flagged a total of 6 times. The Detroit Lions committed 4 penalties for 46 yards. They were flagged a total of 4 times. Together there were 10 penalties for 86 yards. There were 10 total flags in this game. Notable After experiencing anot

The Vikings final injury report has eight starters in various stages of practice and game availability for Sunday, including a couple of improvements and one downgrade. The Lions had one downgrade, but he is expected to play and one key player that everyone should be happy to have back. Vikings Friday: The Vikings appeared to have two OL starters trending back to playing Sunday in Darrisaw and O’Neil, but both are listed as Questionable. The same three players that haven't

The week 9 matchup between the Lions and Vikings is a tale of two teams heading in opposite directions. The Lions are 5-2 and coming off a bye where they are on the path to getting healthier, while the Vikings are the current NNFC North Bottom dweller with 3-4 record battling injuries all year. Both teams will be getting back key players, with the Lions seeing Brian Branch return form suspension along with several other players in their secondary finally starting to get heal

The Lions last game was a dominating performance over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite playing with only a single regular DB in the secondary. With two full weeks to get healed up, the Lions will now face the Minnesota Vikings to complete the first round of divisional games, looking to keep pace with the streaking Green Bay Packers.  The 3-4 Vikings are coming off a humiliating road loss at the Chargers in LA and are continuing to nurse a beat-up roster, especially on the O-L

Teh Lions came out of the bye week looking fairly healthy with some of the IR guys now practicing and hitting the Injury Report. The Vikings are also getting healthier but have a few concerns at certain spots and a lot of starters that are banged up. Buccaneers Wednesday: The Vikings have been hit hard by injuries over the last month or so, but they also saw some relief with a bunch of guys back to practice that have been hurt. The DNPs were CJ Ham and backups Jeff Okudah

Name: Clay Martin Age: 50 Promoted To Referee: 2018 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: Week 7 2025 PIT @ CIN Last Lions Game: 10/20/24 – DET 31 @ MIN 29 The Detroit Lions committed 8 penalties for 49 yards. They were flagged a total of 12 times. The Minnesota Vikings committed 8 penalties for 59 yards. They were flagged a total of 10 times. Together there were 16 penalties for 108 yards. There were 22 total flags in this game. The Lions will be looking for so

Multiple NFL Media National guys (Adam Schefter had it first) are reporting that the Lions have signed Aiden Hutchinson to a four-year extension this morning. Per Hutch's agent, the extension is four-years for $180M with $141M guaranteed. Hutchinson has been one the best EDGE players in the NFL since he joined the Lions, and the extension was a matter of when, not if. What is interesting is that he actually took less money on the deal than Micah Parsons but below shows how