Detroit Lions News

I found Cupid sitting in a cubicle. He was working on a computer. He wore a coat over his wings.

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was in Bristol, Connecticut, earlier this week to film a "This Is SportsCenter" commercial.

ESPN.com's All-NFC North team for the 2011 season was posted a few days ago. It includes five Detroit Lions players -- three on offense and two on defense.

The latest NFL Hall of Fame Class has a distinctive Pitt Panthers flavor to it, with Curtis Martin and Chris Schmidt was an All-American linebacker at Pitt in 1952 and was the first Panther player ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

How many Detroit Lions fans would shutter if they were playing in the Super Bowl against Eli Manning and The New York Giants.

Defense must be the hot button topic that has to be brought up in the management and scout meetings.A The Detroit Lions have a great defensive front-line lead by Ndamukong Suh, Kyle Vanden Bosch, and hopefully Cliff Avril if they can re-sign him.

By Alek Frost Senior Writer The Detroit Lions are in a bit of a bind with the salary cap this offseason, but if Martin Mayhew can free up cap space, the secondary may be the first issue the team addresses outside of re-signing its own free agents.

To help muddle through our first weekend without football in six months, let's take a look at Mel Kiper Jr.'s NFC North-heavy analysis of the top veteran players whose eventual replacement should comprise at least a part of his team's offseason.

It's certainly not boring to be a fan of a team with a pick in the 20's coming up to the NFL draft.

At 5' 11" and 240 lbs, Stephen Tulloch is the "Pocket Hercules" of NFL linebackers.

The second round of theA 2011 SideLion Report Detroit Lions player of the year tournament A is underway!A Take a look at the bracket .

Calvin Johnson, left, is "a great teammate, a great worker," Matthew Stafford, right, said during the ESPN interview.

Hand weeding is one of the most demanding chores in gardening, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Oct 2, 2011; Arlington, TX, USA; Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh rushes Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo in the fourth quarter at Cowboys Stadium.

Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand said the team's goals aren't centered around a win-loss record, but day to day improvement.

ESPN.com's Mel Kiper Jr., compiling a list of 10 aging NFL stars that teams need to think about replacing in the draft, gave only one a "1" rating for most urgent: Lions left tackle Jeff Backus.

No, there aren't any games scheduled for a while, but there's now plenty of time to discuss how the Lions can improve their roster and make a return trip to the playoffs .

The Detroit Lions are a team on the rise with promise. A couple more shrewd moves, and they could be a Super Bowl contender.

SEPTEMBER 25: Calvin Johnson #81 of the Detroit Lions makes a catch over Cedric Griffin #23 of the Minnesota Vikings in overtime on September 25, 2011 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Martin Mayhew and the rest of the front office are faced with some difficult choices to make this offseason.