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Shack’s NFC North Predictions: Week 6

After five weeks of play, teams in the NFC North are finally beginning to separate themselves and week six will determine how large the gap is. The Bears and Vikings sit atop of the NFC North with 4-1…Read More

NFC North Roundup: Packers Stunned, Bears Dominate, Vikings Win Again

The first of the NFC North bye weeks hit in week five with the Detroit Lions taking their one week break. The Bears get a rest next weekend but they had some work to do against the Jacksonville Jaguars…Read More

Shack’s NFC North Predictions: Week 5

Fans here we are, a quarter of the way through the season and the NFC North isn’t shaping up like most of us thought. The Vikings and Bears are atop the NFC North while the Packers are in third place,…Read More

NFC North Roundup: Week 4

Minnesota Vikings 20, Detroit Lions 13 (box score) Special teams play doomed the Lions as they allowed a kick and punt return for a touchdown for a second straight week. In the process they became the…Read More

Shack’s NFC North Predictions: Week 4

It was a disastrous week for the Lions and Packers last week as both teams suffered controversial losses on the road in winnable games. Meanwhile, the Bears beat the up-and-coming Rams at Soldier field…Read More

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NFC North Roundup: Expect the Unexpected

Week three is in the book and what a wild week it was, especially in the NFC North! Here is a quick…Read More

Shack’s NFC North Predictions: Week 3

After two weeks of play the NFC North is dead even with each team standing at 1-1. The Detroit Lions…Read More

Shack’s NFC North Predictions: Week Two

Last week the NFC North went 3-1, with the Packers as the only team suffering a loss. Week two features…Read More

NFC North Roundup: Packers Claim Sole Possession of Last Place

It was a wild day in the NFC North in week one. Here’s a recap and a look at the division standings. Vikings…Read More

It All Starts Today: NFC North Week 1 Predictions

The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived, it’s NFL Sunday! This week each…Read More

Detroit Lions release safety Ricardo Silva after signing new corner Florence

The question has been finally answered. Who are the Detroit Lions going to cut in order to make room…Read More

Five Wide: the Detroit Lions dress re-Hearse-al

  The Lions were lucky to escape Saturday night with only a handful of injuries to key players,…Read More

7 Detroit Lions players and the shows they should host

Earlier this week former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan was picked to be Regis Philbin’s…Read More

Scanning the Savanna: Tuesday morning edition

There was so much news involving the Detroit Lions yesterday that we decided to cut it up into two separate…Read More

Scanning the Savanna: Lions ban beat writers from “Live-Tweeting” practices

  Let’s catch up with the news from the last two days of practice and see what has been going…Read More

Detroit Lions Most Likely to Knock off Green Bay Packers as NFC North Champs?

Athlon Sports is using a series of roundtable debates to preview the upcoming NFL season and posed the…Read More

The case against Maurice Stovall making the final 53-man roster

The Lions should not keep veteran wide receiver Maurice Stovall on the final 53-man roster. Detroit is…Read More

ESPN’s John Clayton: Lions QB Moore likely headed to practice squad

Thursday on ESPN 710 Seattle’s twenty-minute daily segment with ESPN NFL Insider’s John Clayton…Read More

Scanning the Savanna: Lions special teams are not very special

Although the Lions pulled out a 27-12 win over the Baltimore Ravens Friday night, there were a lot of…Read More

Five Wide: Lions played Dime defense against the Ravens Friday

There were a lot of things that the Lions did better at this week versus the Baltimore Ravens than they…Read More