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Name: Alan Eck Age: 56 Promoted To Referee: 2023 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: Week 14 2025 - HOU @ KC Last Lions Game: Week 13 2024 - CHI 20 @ DET 23 The Chicago Bears committed 8 penalties for 78 yards. They were flagged a total of 9 times. The Detroit Lions committed 6 penalties for 79 yards. They were flagged a total of 6 times. Together there were 14 penalties for 157 yards. There were 15 total flags in this game. Notable Alan Eck and crew are one

The Lions once again let a game (literally) slip through their fingers against a team they were favored again and should have beaten. The same issues that have plagued them since the injury bug hit flared again, with communication problems in the Defensive Backfield and on the OL the main problems allowing the Lions to underwhelm. With the Cowboys vising on Thursday night, both teams are on even footing in terms of prep, although the injury situation is less than ideal for th

The final injury report is now live, and the Cowboys will be down two starters while the Lions will be without a couple but have significant more that are questionable. Cowboys Wednesday: The Cowboys ruled out Guyton and did not activate Diggs but also saw upgrades to Clowney and everyone else is unchanged and ready to roll. Tuesday: Cowboys had three starters upgraded to FP Tuesday, while the rest of the team status remained the same. S Wilson, WR Pickens and DE Fowler w

Week 14 NFL coverage finally goes back to your regularly scheduled programming, with the Thursday night Amazon streaming only* game (DAL@BUF), Sunday Night Football (HOU@KC) and Monday Night Football (PHI@LAC). In addition to streaming on Amazon, the Lions will be shown locally on WJBK Fox/2 Detroit. CBS has the Single game (regional) and their early slate will be PIT@BAL, MIA@NYJ, IND@JAX, NO@TB and a single late game of DEN@LAV. FOX has early games of WAS@MIN, CIN@BUF, SEA

Tuesday injury report finally came in late, and it's a tale of two teams going in opposite directions. The Lions not only put Terrion Arnold on season-ending IR, but they had FIVE players downgraded from Monday’s practice, including two that may have been aggravated recently. The Cowboys, meanwhile, continue to be healthy and got even healthier with FOUR players upgraded to Full Practice. Cowboys Thursday: Cowboys had three starters upgraded to FP Tuesday, while the rest o

Name: Shawn Hochuli Age: 47 Promoted To Referee: 2018 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: Week 13 2025 NYJ @ ATL Last Lions Game: Week 17 2024 – DET 40 @ SF 34 The Detroit Lions committed 6 penalties for 57 yards. They were flagged a total of 7 times. The San Francisco 49ers committed 5 penalties for 30 yards. They were flagged a total of 7 times. Together there were 11 penalties for 87 yards. There were 14 total flags in this game. Notable Shawn Hochuli and his

Both the Lions and Cowboys are on a normal, but short week with each having played on Thanksgiving and facing each other again this Thursday night. As a result, both teams had a normal practice schedule bumped up a couple days, with Monday being 1st practice of the week. Each team is a bit banged up with lots of starters showing up on the list, but many of them should play this week. Cowboys Wednesday: The Cowboys appear healthy, with four guys listed as FP in addition to

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone form the staff here at the grey Manes. In light of this being a short, and very busy Holiday week, we condensed our usually weeks' worth of game posts into this single thread to cover everything about the Packers visiting the Lions today. Game Prediction Tale of the Tape - Matchup Final Injury Report Officiating

Sigh. Gambling Dan showed up against the Eagles and left the Lions on the outside looking in the Playoff standings once the dust settled. The Liosn were the better team on paper and even on the field Sunday night, but the Offense underwhelmed as a slew of old issues popped up again leading to a 16-9 loss. Next stop is Week 12 and back to the comfy confines of Ford Field with the struggling 2-9 NY Giants coming to town. They fired their coach; they have a QB quandary with y

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 saw quite a few guys improve their health, but one downgrade could be a bad omen. The Eagles remain very healthy coming off their first practice (walkthrough yesterday), but tomorrow is the key day for both teams. Eagles Thursday: As expected, the eagles are in pretty good shape physically, as everyone but Starting OL Cam Jurgens was a FP today. Wednesday: The Eagles had a walkthrough after their MNF win at Green Bay, and everyone was listed as either LP or FP. O

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