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Lions Will Live or Die With Stafford

Detroit tried to pretend that it could live without Matthew Stafford. The Lions let rumors swirl about them trading out of the No. 1 pick, taking an offensive tackle, even being satisfied with Aaron Curry.Their deal with Stafford, announced late Friday night, makes all that seem ridiculous now. A 6-year contract...

Lions' Orlovsky to Test Free Agency, Not Interested in Sitting Behind Culpepper

Maybe he will go on to NFL greatness, but for now, Dan Orlovsky is best known as "that dude who ran out of the end zone for no apparent reason." The Lions' 2005 fifth-round pick, Orlovsky started started seven games at quarterback last season, but has decided to test the free-agent market instead of returning to Detroit....

Detroit Lions GM: 'Now Would Be a Good Time to Draft a Quarterback'

Lending credence to the widely held belief that Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford will be the first pick in the 2009 NFL draft, the general manager of the Detroit Lions has acknowledged that the time is right for the team to find its quarterback of the future.General manager Martin Mayhew hedged a bit in his comments at...

Whole NFL Thinks Lions Will Pick Georgia QB Matthew Stafford First

TAMPA, Fla. -- In talking to a cross-section of the National Football League intelligentsia over the last couple of days, one thing is clear: Almost everyone believes the Detroit Lions are planning to select Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford with the first pick in the NFL draft.That doesn't necessarily mean it's going...

Even With Millen Gone, Lions' Schwartz Could Have to Contend With Front Office

Jim Schwartz, probably more than any other current NFL coach, uses advanced statistics to measure player performance. The former Georgetown economics major graduated third in his class, and he's a fan of Football Outsiders, basically the only site doing for football what Bill James did for baseball some 30 years ago....

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05/23/12 NFL trade deadline moved back; changes to IR put in... Source: NFL - Detroit Lions NFL owners have voted to move the trading deadline from after Week 6 to after Week 8 (Oct. 30 this season) during this week's league meetings in Atlanta.
05/22/12 Lions support NFL's move to push back trade deadline Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI NFL owners approved moving the trade deadline back two weeks at their meeting in Atlanta today, and while the change still must be formalized by the NFL Players Association, it's one the Detroit Lions support.
05/18/12 Five reasons Detroit Lions could win Super Bowl XLVII Source: The Saginaw News - Saginaw MI Here are five reasons the Detroit Lions could win Super Bowl XLVII. 1.
05/18/12 Michael Rosenberg: Sports genius is more work than luck Source: The Merced Sun-Star - Merced CA We often mistake competence for brilliance.
05/17/12 NFL offseason report cards: NFC North Source: USA Today The Huddle will be grading each NFL team's offseason based on roster maneuvers, coaching changes, current events and so forth.