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The Detroit Lions will start quarterback Shaun Hill again this weekend at Green Bay while Matthew Stafford recovers from a shoulder injury.Coach Jim Schwartz said Stafford won't be healthy enough to play Sunday and Hill will make his second-straight start.Stafford was knocked out of the season opener by Chicago's Julius Peppers , putting him on the sideline with a banged-up right shoulder — his third injury in two seasons. Stafford missed six games last year after being the No. 1 pick in the draft because of a banged-up left shoulder and right knee.Detroit is 0-3 this season and 3-40 since midway through 2007, giving the Lions the worst 43-game mark in NFL history, according to STATS LLC.Stafford told WJR-AM on Monday that he would likely test his injured right shoulder with some throwing this week. He didn't throw any passes Wednesday during the part of practice open to the media....
No longer the laughing stock of the NFL, the Detroit Lions come into the 2012 season hungry for further success.Last season saw the team go 10-6 and post its first w...
Brandon Weeden's first appearance in the NFL was an inauspicious one but the Cleveland Browns did take a 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions in the preseason opener for...
The Detroit Lions knew exactly what the Minnesota Vikings were going to do on Sunday. They still had no answer for Adrian Peterson.The Vikings' remarkable comeback k...
Adrian Peterson trampled the Detroit Lions down the stretch, then said again he's still not 100 percent healthy.With Christian Ponder and the rest of the Vikings pro...
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford did not participate in Wednesday's practice due to a strained hip he sustained near the conclusion of the team's game at T...
Defiance turned to pragmatism early Thursday morning when the NFL tapped out to public opinion and reached an eight-year collective bargaining agreement with the NFL...
The Houston Texans literally left a part of themselves on the field last weekend in recording the first 3-0 start in franchise history.Quarterback Matt Schaub and th...
Intrigue over Matthew Stafford will greet an improving Minnesota team on the verge of matching its win total from all of last season as the Detroit Lions host the Vi...
Calvin Johnson's nickname is enough to scare opponents, even if he's not finding the end zone with regularity.The All-Pro wide receiver will try to catch his first t...
Even after the offense committed three more turnovers, the defense generated zero sacks again and the whole team was sloppy and undisciplined for 55 minutes, the Phi...
Desperate to save a season, Matthew Stafford rallied the Lions in the fourth quarter.With a chance to cap an unlikely comeback, Jason Hanson finished the job in OT.D...
Hard feelings? Bad blood?The Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions for the most part did their best to downplay the idea leading into their game on Monday night.It wasn't ...
Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz says quarterback Shaun Hill will start at Minnesota on Sunday.Quarterback Matthew Stafford did not practice Wednesday. Schwartz says...
The Detroit Lions would prefer to see as little as possible of quarterback Shaun Hill on the field this season.However, that doesn't mean he's not wanted.The Lions t...
The Detroit Lions will start Shaun Hill at quarterback in Sunday's home opener against Philadelphia as Matthew Stafford recovers from a shoulder injury.Coach Jim Sch...
Detroit Lions linebacker Zack Follett was hospitalized after a violent helmet-to-helmet hit with a Giants player while covering a fourth-quarter kickoff return.The L...
Matthew Stafford, sure. Ndamukong Suh, you bet.But there's no way the Lions looked ahead to the 2010 season and figured on veteran quarterback Shaun Hill playing a m...
Jeff Wolfert kicked a 45-yard field goal with 28 seconds left to lift the Cleveland Browns to a 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions on Friday night.Detroit (No. 11 in t...
Terrelle Pryor threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran one in in the second half to give the Oakland Raiders a 31-20 win over the Detroit Lions in preseason action....