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| Lions place Stafford on IR |
NFL Football |
12/24/2010 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions placed quarterback Matthew Stafford on injured reserve on Friday with a separated right shoulder. It's the second consecutive year Stafford has ended his season on injured reserve after suffering knee and shoulder injuries in 2009. "We were hopeful that he'd be able to come back," said head coach Jim Schwartz. "His rehab has been going good, but when he threw a couple weeks ago, he wasn't at the point to keep on throwing." The 2009 No. 1 overall pick left |
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| Surging Lions visit Dolphins squad that's heading south |
NFL Football |
12/24/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - When is it better to have four wins than seven? Such may actually be the case for the two teams scheduled to square off this weekend at Sun Life Stadium, where the 4-10 Detroit Lions come in with a sense of progress while the 7-7 Miami Dolphins enter with the look of impending uncertainty. Detroit ended an NFL-record 26-game road losing skid with a 23-20 overtime victory last week at Tampa Bay and will head back to the Sunshine State on Sunday guaranteed no worse than double the two wins |
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| Lions QB Shaun Hill takes snaps with 1st offense |
NFL Football |
12/22/2010 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - Detroit Lions quarterback Shaun Hill has taken snaps with the first-string offense, making it appear he will start against the Miami Dolphins. Hill practices Wednesday with his injured right finger taped after missing three straight games. Drew Stanton hurt his left shoulder Sunday at Tampa Bay as he led Detroit to a second straight win. Matthew Stafford wasn't on the field during the early parts of practice open to the media. He will likely miss his seventh straight game si |
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| NFC North: Bears still have work to do |
NFL Football |
12/21/2010 |
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| kings are hoping Peterson will make a return this weekend in Philadelphia and spoil the Eagles' chances of capturing an NFC East title on their watch. Witnessing a team celebrate on back-to-back weeks is not on Minnesota's agenda. LIONS: The upstart Detroit Lions are on their longest winning streak -- two games -- since a three-game run midway through the 2007 campaign. Detroit possibly ruined the playoff chances for both Green Bay and Tampa Bay with consecutive wins, and squeezed out a 23-20 overtime triump |
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| NFC South: Falcons set for immense showdown |
NFL Football |
12/21/2010 |
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| Tampa Bay. BUCCANEERS: The 7-3 start for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has vanished with three losses over the past four games. Their playoff chances are not too far off. Tampa Bay put its postseason hopes in jeopardy with a disheartening loss versus the Detroit Lions on Sunday in front of the home crowd, as Lions kicker Dave Rayner split the uprights from 34 yards away minutes into overtime. Josh Freeman, known for his fourth-quarter magic, came up short in his attempt to put the Bucs ahead for good and gave the |
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| Lions end skid, take top spot in NY Life Protection Index |
NFL Football |
12/21/2010 |
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NORTHBROOK, Ill. (STATS) - In the midst of a historical road losing streak and armed with a third-string quarterback who was downright dreadful the week before, the Detroit Lions didn't have much reason to be confident when they visited Tampa Bay last weekend. After four-plus quarters of impressive offensive line play, however, history was turned on its head and even the lowly Lions were walking around with a contender's swagger. Detroit graded out with a Week 15-best 96.3 in the New York Life Protect |
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| AFC East: From frying pan to fire for Dolphins' Sparano |
NFL Football |
12/21/2010 |
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| arano's regular-season and postseason records are 25-21 and 0-1, respectively. "I just need to get my team ready to play this week," Sparano said in reference to his status. "That's all I need to do. That's my concern. Get the team ready to play the Detroit Lions this week. Everything else is out of my control. Let somebody else deal with it." BILLS: Don't look now...but here come the Buffalo Bills. Okay, sure, head coach Chan Gailey & Co. have long been eliminated from playoff contention after an ugly 0 |
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| Week 15: Two Tales of One City |
NFL Football |
12/20/2010 |
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| r, that scenario seemed like a foregone conclusion to begin with. "This win may surprise a lot of people, but it never surprised us," he stated moments after the Pittsburgh game. Then again, in a week where Rex Grossman threw for 322 yards and four touchdowns, the Detroit Lions ended a 26-game road losing streak behind a third-string quarterback and in which an outdoor gathering in Minneapolis is about to take place for the first time in nearly three decades, perhaps we should have seen it coming after all. |
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| Lions win 23-20 in OT, end record road skid at 26 |
NFL Football |
12/20/2010 |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - When Dave Rayner's kick sailed through the uprights to end the longest road skid in NFL history at 26 games, the Detroit Lions did the predictable. They streamed off the sideline to congratulate one another before retreating to a jubilant locker room. ``Everybody's happy,'' defensive end Cliff Avril said after Rayner's 34-yard field goal in overtime lifted the Lions over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 on Sunday. ``It's cool when the coaches can come in here and actually be happy a |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, December 19, 2010) |
NFL Football |
12/19/2010 |
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| omas, T Charles Brown, DT Anthony Hargrove, LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar, CB Patrick Robinson, S Usama Young Ravens - WR Donte' Stallworth, S Tom Zbikowski, FB Jason McKie, LB Jason Phillips, DT Brandon McKinney, DT Lamar Divens, G Bryan Mattison, TE Todd Heap DETROIT LIONS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Lions - 3rd QB Zac Robinson, QB Matthew Stafford, G Donald Thomas, T Tony Ugoh, DE Willie Young, LB Landon Johnson, LB Vinny Ciurciu, RB Aaron Brown Buccaneers - 3rd QB Rudy Carpenter, S Larry Asante, T Will B |
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