Category Archives: Sports ~ Detroit Lions
Lions select Iowa TE T.J. Hockenson with the No.8 pick of the 2019 NFL Draft
Photo: Lions/Twitter By Michael Stets ALLEN PARK - The talk of trading out of the No.8 overall pick in the opening round was just that, talk. In the end, Lions GM Bob Quinn stayed put and drafted Iowa...
Apr 26, 2019
Lions Radio Mock Draft: Who will Detroit take at No.8?
By Michael Stets The 2019 NFL Draft is drawing near and after finishing with a 6-10 record last season and missing the playoffs for a second straight year, Lions GM Bob Quinn will once again be tasked...
Apr 24, 2019
Lions’ Frank Ragnow is excited for first padded practice: ‘It’s real football now’
Photo: WJR By Michael Stets ALLEN PARK — Frank Ragnow, the Lions’ 2018 first-round draft pick out of Arkansas, hasn’t been in pads since suffering a season-ending ankle injury during...
Jul 29, 2018
Lions’ Golden Tate awaits new contract, congratulates receivers who signed ‘big deals’
Photo: Detroitlions.com By Michael Stets ALLEN PARK - Lions wide receiver Golden Tate is entering the final year of his five-year contract, which he signed back in 2014, but the veteran doesn’t ...
Jul 27, 2018
Matthew Stafford is out to prove himself right, not prove everybody wrong
Photo: WJR ALLEN PARK - Matthew Stafford is entering his 10th season as Lions quarterback, thus entering his 10th training camp. While acknowledging he’s not in his 20s anymore, the veteran sign...
Jul 27, 2018
Lions’ Jarrad Davis: Matt Patricia is family
Photo: DetroitLions.com By Michael Stets DETROIT - As far as Lions second-year linebacker Jarrad Davis is concerned, once you don the Honolulu blue and silver, you become a family member. And that, of...
May 17, 2018
Lions, Matt Patricia respond to report of 1996 sexual assault indictment
Photo: Detroitlions.com By Michael Stets Lions head coach Matt Patricia, as well as the team’s front office and ownership, released statements late on Wednesday evening after a Detroit News repo...
May 10, 2018
NFL Draft Recap Podcast: Sean Baligian and Scott Bischoff
NFL Draft Recap Podcast: Sean Baligian and Scott Bischoff talk about their first reaction of the Lions’ draft (0:13), 1st round pick Frank Ragnow’s potential (3:33), how 2nd round pick Ker...
May 02, 2018
Lions’ Frank Ragnow: ‘Finishing’ is one of my favorite things about playing football
Photo: Detroitlions.comBy Michael StetsALLEN PARK-Lions GM Bob Quinn said, “It starts in the trenches,” after drafting Arkansas center Frank Ragnow with pick No. 20 in the first round of t...
Apr 27, 2018
Lions draft Arkansas Center Frank Ragnow with pick No. 20 in 2018 NFL Draft
Photo: Lions/Twitter By Michael Stets ALLEN PARK-Many were under the impression the Detroit Lions would be drafting a defensive lineman in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft on Thursday evening. Bu...
Apr 27, 2018
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