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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

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

Both the Lions and Vikings saw some movement in their injured players yesterday, but one team is trending the right way and the other is not. Vikings Thursday: The Vikings appeared to be getting back Christian Darrisaw after Wednesday, but then he missed Thursday and is now trending the wrong way. That would be a big blow, as O’Neil is also limited, and McCarthy is going to need all the help he can get. The one positive was that Greenard was a full participant, but his imp

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

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

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

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

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