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Cliff Avril Not Offering Hometown Discount to the Detroit Lions

Cliff Avril has a huge payday looming, there is no doubt about that.  What remains in doubt is whether or not it will be the Detroit Lions giving him that payday. Read | Share

Marshall Faulk Gets it Wrong Concerning Matthew Stafford

Marshall Faulk was once a very good NFL running back. Now he gets paid to talk. Some of his most recent talk is certain to ruffle the feathers of Detroit Lions fans. Mlive.com’s Anwar Richardson…Read More

Detroit Lions Place Two in 2012 Fantasy Football Mock Draft First Round

The 2011 NFL season may have just concluded but NFL.com fantasy football writer Michael Fabiano is already looking ahead at the 2012 season. He published a fantasy mock draft on Monday afternoon and two…Read More

Counting Down The Top Moments of the Detroit Lions 2011 Season: Moment Number 5

Longtime Lions fans have endured their share of misery and disappointment, and while the 2011 season may have ended on a sour note, it wasn’t devoid of pleasant surprises. There was a different…Read More

Which 2012 Opponents are the Detroit Lions Most Likely to Meet in Primetime?

I remember in the 1990s, anticipating the release of the NFL Schedule and having merely mild interest in the NFL Draft.  There was usually optimism that with the schedule announcement I’d learn…Read More

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New Thursday Night Football Games Devalue Detroit Lions Progress

As you’re surely aware, Roger Goodell delivered his own State of the NFL speech last Thursday…Read More

Would Mario Manningham Make Sense for the Detroit Lions?

While Mario Manningham has slowly been slipping down the depth charts in New York, he might have given…Read More

SLR Detroit Lions Player Of The Year Tournament Second Round: Calvin Johnson vs. Jahvid Best

The second round of the 2011 SideLion Report Detroit Lions player of the year tournament is underway! Take…Read More

How Today’s Detroit Lions Were Recruited in High School

As you probably know, yesterday was National Signing Day.  Signing Day is one of the biggest days of…Read More

Scanning The Savanna: Detroit Lions News From Around The Web

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your…Read More

Interesting Words From Bill Ford Jr.

On DetroitLions.com, writer Tim Twentyman unveiled part one of an exclusive interview with Lions Vice…Read More

Scanning The Savanna: Detroit Lions News From Around The Web

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your…Read More

Detroit Lions Land Two on Bloomberg Businessweek’s Power 100

The Detroit Lions weren’t near the forefront of public consciousness prior to this season but…Read More

Scanning The Savanna: Detroit Lions News From Around The Web

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your…Read More

Expectations for the 2012 Detroit Lions

The 2011 season hasn’t even been over for two weeks and already fans (including me) are looking…Read More

Lions Congregation: Post Playoffs

Thanks to Joshua over at DetFan1979′s Roar of the Lions, SideLion Report is part of what is called…Read More

Martin Mayhew Lays Out Detroit Lions’ Free Agency Strategy

With the coordinators re-signed and an extension for head coach Jim Schwartz likely in the works, the…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your…Read More

It’s Finally OK For Detroit Lions Fans to Do These Things Again

While the 2011 season ended like so many others for the Detroit Lions — with a loss — the…Read More

Introducing the SLR Detroit Lions Player of the Year Tournament

I started to think about Detroit Lions player awards late in the regular season but I wanted to do something…Read More