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Six Free Press sports writers chime in on whether the Lions can avoid their first losing streak since the 2023 season.
It's Monday night at Ford Field, and the Detroit Lions are hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1) for a showdown of two of the NFC's top teams in Detroit. The Monday Night Football game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. ET, with the TV channel broadcast available on ABC and ESPN, and the streaming link available on Fubo (free trial).
Safety Erick Hallett II had never played a defensive snap before Monday night. Lions DC Kelvin Sheppard had him, and the defense as a whole, humming.
Tate Ratledge opens up about adjusting to life in the NFL, lessons from veterans, and his first impressions of Dan Campbell.
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If there's one thing that is universally hated by fans of every single NFL team, it's the fact that teams now have to declare they're kicking an onside kick. It's the dumbest thing the league has ever done to something that used to be kind of cool because you never saw it coming.
In the brutal, physically demanding world of the NFL, player health is paramount. For the Detroit Lions, the return of their stalwart left tackle, Taylor Decker, for their Monday night game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a welcome sight.
The Week 7 game between the Buccaneers and Lions will air on ABC, ESPN and ESPN Deportes. You can tune in to ESPN and ABC through your cable provider, or on streaming platforms like DirecTV, Fubo and more. You can also stream the game on the ESPN App with ESPN unlimited, or with NFL+ (via phone or tablet only).
Brown recently joined MLive's Dungeon of Doom podcast to discuss his career, the current Lions and the team's push to get him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The Lions, however, were missing Pro Bowl defensive back Brian Branch in this one after the 23-year-old was suspended by the NFL for the Bucs game. Branch was penalized for instigating a fight in the aftermath of their loss to the Chiefs, where he threw an open-faced strike on Kansas City wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster’s helmet.