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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The New York Jets and Detroit Lions will get an up-close look at some of college football's top players at the Senior Bowl.
The coaching staffs of both teams were assigned by NFL Football Operations on Tuesday to lead the all-star squads for the game in Mobile, Alabama, on Feb.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Dan Campbell leaned into a lectern and gripped it with both hands, looking and sounding slightly somber.
Leading the Detroit Lions and winning just three games will do that to you.
DETROIT (AP) — It has been a long season for the Detroit Lions, and there is still more adversity ahead.
At 2-13-1, things obviously haven’t gone well, but first-year coach Dan Campbell has been dealing with a roster decimated by injuries and COVID-19.
DETROIT (AP) — Dan Campbell has already shown himself to be an aggressive coach.
Next season, he’s hoping to be able to channel that attitude into more than moments of desperation.
This year, though, he’s just trying to keep an outgunned offense on the field.
ATLANTA (AP) — Arthur Smith is running out of time to collect his first true home win in his debut season with the Atlanta Falcons.
Smith's best opportunity could come Sunday against Detroit, when Lions first-year coach Dan Campbell will try again for his first road win.
DETROIT (AP) — This season has never been easy for Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell.
After all, his team lost its first nine games, and only two wins in the past three weeks have pulled its record to 2-11-1.
DETROIT (AP) — A week ago, the Detroit Lions looked as if they had finished their season early.
After avoiding a winless season by beating the Minnesota Vikings on Dec. 5, the Lions went to Denver and were taken apart in a 38-10 loss.
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions knew they didn’t have much of a chance Sunday against the Denver Broncos.
Not only were they going in with a 1-10-1 record, but their roster had also been decimated by illness.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions had a walk-through instead of practice because coach Dan Campbell said “there's a lot," of players with flu-related illnesses.
DETROIT (AP) — Dan Campbell had been waiting for 2,160 days to celebrate another win as an NFL coach.
When it finally arrived, he was ready to celebrate.
Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell had a play sheet in his left hand and a walkie-talkie in his right hand during a recent practice.
In many ways, Campbell has his hands full. And he knows it.
The first-year coach, searching for ways to spark his winless team last month, took over play-calling duties from offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn and gave himself the important chore for the first time.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The winless Detroit Lions may be without their best player against the Minnesota Vikings.
Detroit coach Dan Campbell said Monday that running back D’Andre Swift’s injured shoulder is still sore, adding it’s hard to envision him playing on Sunday.
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions, for all the mistakes they had made Thursday against the Chicago Bears, still had one chance to pick up their first win of the season.
Detroit led 14-13, but the Bears had driven to the Lions 16 with 1:54 to play.
It's difficult enough choosing winners and point-spread coverers and upsets when there is one Thursday night game each NFL week.
As for three, well, c'mon. Short breaks between games is ridiculously tough when there is only that one contest.
DETROIT (AP) — Dan Campbell knows he can’t be picky.
With his team at 0-9-1 and seven games left, the Detroit Lions coach would happily take a win on any day at any NFL stadium.
Beating the Chicago Bears on Thursday, though, would be even better.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A change at quarterback did nothing, and the Detroit Lions were plagued by many of the same problems they've had all season.
Once again, close. Once again, losers.
Unable to get one more big play down the stretch and thwarted by coach Dan Campbell's conservative approach in the final minutes, the Lions fell 13-10 on Sunday to the Cleveland Browns, who leaned on star back Nick Chubb to run out the clock in the final minutes.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions held out Jared Goff from Wednesday’s practice after the starting quarterback suffered an oblique injury in last week’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Detroit's long losing streak is over. The threat of a winless season still remains.
For now, the Lions will take it, no matter how ugly it looks.
The Lions slogged their way to a 16-16 tie in dreary Pittsburgh on Sunday, surviving a nearly four-hour marathon against the Ben Roethlisberger-less Steelers that ended with Detroit mercifully avoiding the loss column for the first time in nearly a year.
Dan Campbell spent much of last week scouting his own winless team, searching for the good, bad and ugly the Detroit Lions put on film while opening the season with a string of setbacks.
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions have a lot of long-suffering fans and they're starting to show their displeasure by simply not showing up for games to watch the NFL's only winless team at Ford Field.
DETROIT (AP) — For eight weeks, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell has been consistent about one thing. When his team loses - and that's all it has done - he's going to take the blame.
“I got outcoached today; I didn't help these guys at all,” he said after Sunday's 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
DETROIT (AP) — Boston Scott and Jordan Howard made the most of filling in for running back Miles Sanders and took advantage of Philadelphia dominating Detroit's defensive line.
Scott and Howard each had two touchdowns on the ground, helping the Philadelphia Eagles run over the Detroit Lions in a 44-6 win Sunday.
Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions are desperate for a victory, growing tired of being the NFL’s only winless team.
The first-year coach was fired up about the opportunity to turn around the long-suffering franchise when he was hired 10 months ago, but seven setbacks without success have taken a toll.
DETROIT (AP) — There were a lot of positives for Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell to take out of Sunday's 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
After all, the winless Lions, who hadn't played a single offensive snap with the lead in their first six games, led 10-0 before Matthew Stafford got on the field and 19-17 going into the fourth quarter.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Dan Campbell emptied the playbook in an effort to get his first NFL victory as a head coach, only to see it fall short.
The Detroit coach saw his Lions successfully execute an onside kick and two fake punts Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.
DETROIT (AP) — Dan Campbell doesn't like watching film when he's angry.
That's why the Detroit Lions coach took some time before attempting to grade his 0-6 team's performance in Sunday's 34-11 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell isn't considering a change at quarterback.
That doesn't mean he's happy.
“I'm not putting all of this on Jared Goff, because this is a collective performance by our offense," Campbell said after the Lions fell to 0-6 with a lopsided 34-11 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have found no more reliable remedy for their problems than the Detroit Lions, the team they have defeated by far more than any other over their 60-plus years in the NFL.
DETROIT (AP) — Justin Tucker’s 66-yard field goal will be the play everyone remembers about the Baltimore Ravens’ win over Detroit.
A lot had to happen before Tucker even got the chance.
There would have been no record-breaking kick if Lamar Jackson hadn’t hit Sammy Watkins for 36 yards on 4th-and-19.
DETROIT (AP) — Justin Tucker's 66-yard field goal will be the play everyone remembers about the Baltimore Ravens' win over Detroit.
A lot had to happen before Tucker even got the chance.
There would have been no record-breaking kick if Lamar Jackson hadn't hit Sammy Watkins for 36 yards on 4th-and-19.
DETROIT (AP) — Two games into the season, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is still trying to find a foundation for his struggling defense.
After giving up 41 points in a season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Lions allowed 35 in an 18-point loss on Monday night.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Lions coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes will be using the team’s final preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts on Friday night to make their last decisions on the regular-season roster.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Penei Sewell knows that scrutiny is part of what comes with being a top-10 NFL draft pick.
So, when the rookie starting right tackle allowed a sack on third-and-10 in the first series of his first exhibition game Friday against the Buffalo Bills, he knew he had to take it in stride.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Dan Campbell was so fired up on the eve of his first practice with the Detroit Lions that he did not get any rest.
“Man, I didn’t sleep at all, but that’s OK," Campbell said Wednesday morning.
Detroit players joined a coordinated effort by the NFLPA to say they were going to stay away from the team's voluntary offseason program before most of them showed up for practices.
Conversations with first-year coach Dan Campbell found enough middle ground for some players to think twice about skipping.