Jahvid Best News

With the offseason rolling along the way it has been, pretty much every second of every early game, both preseason and regular season, will be under minute observation by fans and media.

The formula seems simple: Keep Matthew Stafford healthy and the Detroit Lions could be headed to the NFL playoffs for the second consecutive season.

There are five Detroit Lions veterans that many would like to have replaced, but at the moment, they probably will have a large impact on the team's success or failure in 2012.

The Detroit Lions , not so long ago, would have been hard-pressed to find 10 guys who belonged on an NFL roster.

This is a team with tremendous talent and ability. This is also a team with a penchant for aggressive play which occasionally spills across the line into penalties .

Ah, training camp. Freshly cut grass, renewal, time for guys to get back into the swing of things in the NFL .

Despite not having reached a Rose Bowl in over 50 years, the Bears have had their fair share of electrifying players.

Maybe they produce great things on the field, but do things before or after the whistle that make you shake your head.

Detroit Lions fans have to be cringing at the thought of the "Madden Curse" hampering their superstar wide receiver, Calvin Johnson.

J.L. Sousa/Times-Herald Marlon Blanton, head coach of the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School football team for the past 14 years, will be taking over the reins of Jesuit High's football program in Carmichael.

Alex Marvez is a Senior NFL Writer for FOXSports.com. He has covered the NFL for the past 17 seasons as a beat writer and is the former president of the Pro Football Writers of America.

The Detroit Lions began their second week of organized team activities on Tuesday with two of their troubled players back on practice field.

The Detroit Lions are on the cusp of becoming an elite NFL team. Every franchise must begin their quest to greatness by establishing themselves through their respective division.

It's almost June, and NFL players across the country are joining their teammates in official workouts and drills, with coaches there and everything.

The Detroit Lions are looking to do more than show up to the playoffs in 2012. To that end, there are several players who need to contribute more than last year.

Today's pass-happy National Football League has trickled down to the world of fantasy football.

Matt Flynn has 19.5 million reasons to thank the Detroit Lions secondary. You see, Flynn had the good fortune of starting versus Detroit on January 1st.

We're Black and Blue All Over: The Detroit Lions had a busy news day Monday. We noted both the charity of quarterback Matthew Stafford and the poor behavior of receiver Titus Young, but that left out plenty of other tidbits.

Jahvid Best suffered a season-ending concussion in Week 6 last year against the San Francisco 49ers and beyond that there were even questions whether or not it might jeopardize the rest of his career.

The Detroit Lions are coming off a 2011 season that pumped the blood back into the city of Detroit, after going 10-6 and making the playoffs for the first time since 1999.