Center Dominic Raiola is torn about the idea of teams resting players, as the Green Bay Packers might do when they host the Lions in Sunday's regular-season finale.
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December 25, 2011
Detroit police say a Detroit Lions fan ran in front of a city bus and was killed during the teams NFL playoff berth-clinching win at Ford Field. Police spokesman Sgt. Alan Quinn said Sunday that two men were on a street outside the downtown Detroit stadium about 5:40 p.m. Saturday, or about 90 minutes after kickoff. Quinn says one of the men, a 21 year old whose name hasn't...
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December 26, 2011
My father always said Detroit wouldn't be so good forever and that we should appreciate it, but I'm sure he didn't know that more than 50 years would go by with the Lions only winning one more playoff game. And that one playoff win was the last game my father watched before he died.
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December 24, 2011
Nothing like some fireworks on Christmas Eve, right? Lots of passing yards were expected Saturday at Ford Field as the Lions' Matthew Stafford lined up against San Diego's Philip Rivers.
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December 27, 2011
Even though Detroit is fresh off of clinching their first playoff berth in 12 years the team is still playing for something. The Lions came into Monday Night with a half game lead over the Atlanta Falcons who as of the writing of this are being absolutely run out of New Orleans.
New Orleans is a scary team when they play at home and Detroit could not agree to that point more. The...
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December 25, 2011
Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has had a trying year, but he closes out 2011 with some positive recognition.
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December 24, 2011
After a decade of (redacted) and the nightmarish reign of (redacted), the Lions will return to the postseason, and what matters here is not just what, but how and why.
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December 25, 2011
Forget next year's draft. The Detroit Lions have something different to look forward to this December.
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December 24, 2011
FYI, Stafford is 10-13, 116 yds, 1 TD.
Gates with another 1st down catch near midfield. He's been damn near unstoppable so far.
2nd and 9....Rivers throws the ball to the invisible man. The pattern run was 20 yards short of the throw.
Swing pass on 3rd and 9 only gets 5...another punt on the way!
Logan holds on to this punt...WHEW.
Dammit, I still have butterflies. WHY?...
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December 25, 2011
Forget next year's draft. The Detroit Lions have something different to look forward to this December.
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December 24, 2011
It's time.
It's time for family and friends to get together, gather 'round the big blue bonfire and share in the old traditions. We feast in this time of plenty. We ding the song handed down through generations. We stand and cheer the brave.
It's felt like the Lions have been guided by fate this season. The fourth-quarter comebacks, the signature wins, the tough losses...
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December 26, 2011
At his weekly news conference today, Lions coach Jim Schwartz didn't directly answer the question about whether hell rest anyone for Sundays game against the Green Bay Packers accoding to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. But he repeated what he said after Saturdays playoff-clinching win over the San Diego Chargers: Were going to play the game to win. Several...
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December 24, 2011
The Detroit Lions made the playoffs for the first time since'99 as Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes in the first half to beat the San Diego Chargers 38-10 Saturday.
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December 27, 2011
Jan 1, 1:00 PM | Grass of Lambeau Field
Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers Odds
10-5TEAM RECORD14-1
On Dec. 15, 1991, when Detroit beat the Packers for the third straight time at Lambeau Field, they had no idea it would be a generation before it happened again.
Since then, the Lions have lost 20 straight at Green Bay and only covered the spread five times. In Week 17, with...
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