Detroit Lions Fan Blog

Much has been made about coach Rod Marinelli’s decision to fly the Lions into Oakland, play a pro football game and then fly the team back All On The Same Day. His reasoning behind this was reportedly to show the team some adversity before the season began. Well folks, it worked!
The Lions were sluggish in […]

According to the Detroit Lions web site, the Detroit Lions made the following cuts this afternoon: P Adam Anderson, TE Kori Dickerson, WR Brett Fischer, S Vernon Fox, WR Paris Hamilton, QB Joel Klatt, FB Will Matthews, DT Marcus Parker, K Matt Prater, CB Harrison Smith and TE Jed Weaver.
No big surprises here. I will […]

I’ve got my fantasy football draft coming up on Thursday. Our league is by far the toughest I’ve ever played in, so doing lots of research is paramount to having a good draft. I know that alot of folks are in the same boat, and so I thought I might share my analysis of the […]

Game three of the pre-season is the closest thing to a “real game” in pre-season. The coaching staff prepares actual game plans, the starters play at least a full half, and the team uses the game as a full tilt test run of what’s to come for the season. After last night’s 21-3 drubbing at […]

Tom Kowalski of MLive.com has a great article on how the Lions Should Trade Charles Rogers Outside Of The NFC. He wisely points out that Rogers is definitely on the outs in Detroit. Neither side is happy. He’s going to leave, either by trade or waiver. However, if Rogers is cut, he is claimable via […]

According to the Detroit News, offensive lineman Damien Woody (hand) was in Birmingham, Ala., Monday to have his broken right hand examined, but tests came out good. He will rest it and protect it through the pre-season. If all goes well, he could be ready for the season opener. We know how important that offensive […]

Hey guys, check this out. We’ve signed up with Amazon to launch the Lions Fan Blog Store!
The store contains tons of Lions merchandise and everything checks out through Amazon - so its convenient, fast and totally secure. We all know that there’s alot of poor quality NFL merchandise out there, so we’ll be refining it […]

After an impressive pre-season win over the Broncos, the Lions got beat up (literally) by the Cleveland Browns. Even though the score indicates that the game was close, this game was all Cleveland. The Lions looked sluggish in just about every aspect of the game, and they lacked the fire that was evident in pre-season […]

A good friend (and Chicago Bears fan) e-mailed me this bit of humor this morning. It’s damn funny. I also have no idea who wrote it, or what web site it came from. If you know (or wrote this) let me know so I can give credit where credit (or blame) is due. So here […]