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Week 9 Officiating: Meet Clay Martin and Crew

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

Oct 291 min read

Lions Sign Aiden Hutchinson to 4-Year $180M Extension

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

Oct 291 min read

NFL Week 9 TV Broadcast Maps

Week 9 NFL coverage reverts back to a normal schedule with the Thursday night Amazon streaming only* game (BAL @ MIA), no London game Sunday morning and a single Monday Night Football game (ARX @ DAL). The Lions return from their bye week and will be part of the FOX single-game regional coverage as an early game. CBS has reginal early games of CHI @CIN, SF @ NYG, IND @ PIT, ATL @ NE and LAC @ TEN. The CBS Late game is national KC @ BUF. The Fox single game is split between

Oct 291 min read

Week 7: Lions – Buccaneers Saturday Injury Report with Game Designations

Final injury report dropped, and the Lions will be without key starters Arnold and Joseph and there is question on whether Reader, Decker, and McNeil will play. It’s assumed all three will be in, but until elevations are made today, we won’t know the general direction of the trending. The Bucs appear to be playing games with Egbuka on their report and in public comments, claiming he is Questionable after having him out for stretching only on Saturday. Others of note, David

Oct 202 min read

Week 7: Lions – Buccaneers Friday Injury Report

There was some movement for both teams on a couple of key players on Friday, good for the Lions and potentially bad for the Bucs. Otherwise, a lot of status quo. Buccaneers Friday: The Bucs saw star WR Mike Evans, who was a Limited Participant on Thursday, regress to a Non-Participant on Friday. This may have been planned as part of his process working back form the Hamstring, but we will know for sure his direction when the game designations come out later today. The onl

Oct 182 min read

Week 7 Staff Predictions – Buccaneers at Lions

Coming off a very disappointed loss to the Chiefs in Kansas City, the Lions will be heading home on the early (7:00pm EST) MNF game this week against the NFL leading Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Not much went right in KC, as the offense sputtered, the defense bent and finally broke, and the Lions appeared to once again be on the short end of the stick of the mystical Chiefs officiating vibe. Oh, and Brian Branch, one of the remaining healthy DBs on the roster, got suspended for a f

Oct 184 min read

NFL Week 7 TV Broadcast Maps

Week 7 NFL coverage starts Thursday night with on Amazon streaming only* game (PIT @ CIN) and a fourth straight Sunday Morning UK game LAR @ JAX) in London at Wembley Stadium and back to double-header Monday Night. This includes our Detroit Lions hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 7:00pm on ESPN/ABC and HOU @ SEA at 10PM on ESPN. The Lions, after having a not-so-great time in Kansas City will get a shot at redemption against the red-hot Buccaneers, but it will be a battle

Oct 152 min read

Week 7 Officiating: Meet John Hussey and Crew

Name: John Hussey Age: 61 Promoted To Referee: 2015 Last Game: Week 6 2025 CAR @ DAL Last Lions Game: 12/05/24 – GB 31 @ DET 34 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras The Green Bay Packers committed 7 penalties for 59 yards. They were flagged a total of 7 times. The Detroit Lions committed 7 penalties for 56 yards. They were flagged a total of 7 times. Together there were 14 penalties for 115 yards. There were 14 total flags in this game. Notable After last week, where a c

Oct 151 min read