#detroit-lions

#detroit-lions

Jordan Love converted a pair of fourth downs with touchdown passes in the first half and finished with a career-high-matching four TD throws, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 31-24 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday. The Packers (8-3-1) swept the season series to earn a potential tiebreaker in the NFC North and are in second place in the division behind Chicago (8-3), who play at Philadelphia on Friday.

The Lions have played every Thanksgiving since 1934, with the exception of 1939-44, despite the fact they haven't been a good team most of those years. The Lions played their first season in Detroit in 1934 (before that, they were the Portsmouth Spartans). They struggled their first year in Detroit, as most sports fans there loved baseball's Detroit Tigers and didn't come out in droves to watch the Lions. So Lions owner George A. Richards had an idea: Why not play on Thanksgiving?

Oh, come on... come on! That is terrible! That is an absolutely terrible call that's going to decide this football game! If anything, it's an offensive push! You want to call a foul, that's an offensive foul... wow.

But he was at his best on a 16-yard pass to receiver Jalen Nailor on third down to seal the victory. "We saw a lot of things that he's capable of doing," coach Kevin O'Connell said. "And we saw some things that as he continues his ascension and his growth, he'll only get better and better at."

Their upcoming busy offseason is just one of the many reasons why the Lions wanted to finalize the deal they completed last week with standout Aidan Hutchinson. The organization wanted clarity on Hutchinson's contract numbers, it wanted to structure the deal with cap flexibility to re-sign its other key players, and it knew the challenges ahead. With Hutchinson now signed to a four-year, $180 million extension that includes $141 million guaranteed, the Lions can begin preparing for another challenging offseason.

Week 7 of the NFL season wraps up in style as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1) travel to Ford Field to face the Detroit Lions (4-2) in a Monday Night Football clash. This matchup pits one of the league's hottest quarterbacks against a Detroit defense struggling to stay healthy. The result could have lasting implications for postseason seeding - and perhaps even the MVP race.

Patrick Mahomes proved that he is still the best quarterback in the NFL with his performance tonight. He completed 22 of 30 passes for 257 passing yards and three TDs. He also had 31 yards on the ground and a rushing touchdown. The Lions made a crucial error on the game's first possession. After ramming the ball down Kansas City's throat and getting to the one yard line,

The bottom line is, this is about execution and the details of everything and then taking a little bit less, so guys are playing a little bit faster, so everybody knows exactly what to do," Morton said. "But I'm encouraged, there were some encouraging things in the game, obviously, and then we move on. "That's what we've done, great attitude by the guys, 'How do we fix this?' Because we're in the fix-it business as coaches.

I thought we would be cleaner than we were. I thought we'd be much cleaner than we were," Campbell said. "And it wasn't as clean, but there again, you're talking about a few plays that were critical. But, like I told the team, these are so correctable. Everything that showed up is so correctable and we will hit it head on.

The Detroit Lions are trading veteran wide receiver Tim Patrick to the Jacksonville Jaguars, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. Detroit will receive a 2026 sixth-round pick in return, the source said. The trade sends Patrick to a Jacksonville wide receiver room that includes second-year wideout Brian Thomas Jr., two-way rookie Travis Hunter and Dyami Brown, who signed a one-year deal with the Jaguars this offseason.

As the Patriots continue to assess their options ahead of Tuesday's roster cutdown day, the future of Anfernee Jennings in Foxborough remains uncertain. The 28-year-old veteran has said all of the right things about wanting to stay in New England as of late, with the 2020 third-round pick also producing on the field during preseason action (three sacks against Minnesota).

Tate Ratledge looked like a starting NFL guard yesterday. He started at right guard for the Lions in a joint practice with the Dolphins.