Jared DeVries News Archives

That's because Wednesday, he played on the right side. And tomorrow? Who knows. "Every other day I'm on a different side.

On Thursday, Cliff Avril likely will play left defensive end for the Detroit Lions.

One important veteran returned to Lions practice,sort of. Another left indefinitely.

Jason Hunter, the former standout for Appalachian State, started at left defensive end for the Detroit Lions on Saturday against the Atlanta Falcons.

Editor's note: Story updated at 2:57 p.m. Quick hits from Day 10 of Lions training camp: Lions defensive end Jared DeVries will have season-ending surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon, the team announced today.

Ita s been a tough week for the Detroit Lions at camp. The moderate temperatures of this summer have given way to the heat and humidity that we all knew was coming.

Lions general manager Martin Mayhew stopped for a Q&A session today looking ahead to Saturday's exhibition opener against Atlanta.

The suspense is over. But the competition is only just beginning. Lions coach Jim Schwartz announced after practice Friday that Daunte Culpepper will be the starting quarterback for today's exhibition opener against the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field.

Saturday's opener against the Atlanta Falcons is Detroit Lions rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford's first big test.

The first of eight installments, this article previews the NFC North. Deemed one of the worst divisions in the NFL, the NFC North only had one team in the playoffs last year.

Get big, or go home. It wasn't quite that cut-and-dried, but that was the offseason directive from the Lions coaching staff to roster holdovers on defense.

Detroit Lions defensive end Jared DeVries left the practice field on a cart Monday after suffering an apparent ankle injury.

Detroit Lions defensive end Jared DeVries left the practice field on a cart Monday after suffering an apparent ankle injury.

With Jared DeVries, a reliable mainstay at left defensive end for the Lions, lost for the season to a ruptured Achilles tendon Monday, the Lions have no choice but to regroup.

The Detroit Lions signed defensive tackle Shaun Smith Tuesday, one day after losing veteran lineman Jared DeVries to a season-ending injury.

Lions defensive end Jared DeVries ruptured the achilles tendon in his right leg during this morning's practice and will miss the 2009 season.

On the third play of a goal line drill during a full team session, Detroit Lions veteran left defensive end Jared DeVries suffered a lower right leg injury.

If new Lions coach Jim Schwartz didn't know Detroit was a die-hard football town before Saturday, he does now.

It's a sad rite of spring for the Lions in recent years: rebuilding after the annual roster purge in the team's secondary.

Allen Park -- Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham is headed to Canton, Ohio, this weekend for the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Detroit Lions safety Louis Delmas went for precautionary tests on a sore left knee this morning and missed both practices on Day 5 of training camp.

Training camp is under way at Allen Park, and the reports are in. Matt Stafford is very good.

Three players failed the conditioning test when the Lions opened training camp Saturday: veteran offensive tackle Ephraim Salaam, rookie defensive tackle Sammie Hill and rookie wide receiver D.J. Boldin.

Moments before the Detroit Lions took the practice field for their first training camp workout, general manager Martin Mayhew gave his assessment of the 80-man roster.