Jeff Backus

INDIANAPOLIS - While Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz acknowledged that his offensive line unit has a lot of work to do, he also pointed out that there were some good individual performances. Speaking at the NFL scouting combine, Schwartz...  

A familiar face could find its way back to Motown. Last year, rumors —started by then-Lion Shaun Smith—indicated that Shaun Rogers was interested in playing for his former team. Maybe it was his friendship with Shaun Smith, who was cut soon after. Perhaps Detroit has better cooking and nightlife. Whatever the reason, it didn't matter. It didn't happen. Coach Mangini smoothed things over with the hulking former Pro Bowl tackle. That was then...  

LB Ernie Sims, DE DeWayne White, and LT Jeff Backus?  I am asking mainly about draft picks, but players could work too.  I tried this trade on Madden 10, and got the 2nd overall pick, and the 2nd pick of the 3rd round.  Is this realistic?  Or would you give up more?  If you want stats, Sims got over 100 tackles in '06, '07, and '08, but was injured a bit this year.  White had 5 sacks in both '07 and '08, but has been injured this year.  Backus...  

Matt Millen left both the offensive and defensive lines decimated in the 10 years he was with the Lions.  Granted, his first draft teased the Lion fan base in 2001 when two offensive line players were taken, left tackle Jeff Backus and center Dominic Raiola, in the first two rounds.  With the second pick in round two, defensive tackle Shaun Rogers was taken. Millen's first draft gave Lions fans hope that finally, finally, there was a GM within...  

Here's the latest update of my 2010 NFL mock draft. The order is based on each team ... praised tackle Jeff Backus, and Head Coach Jim Schwartz believes Backus should have gone to the Pro Bowl. Another genius in Detroit. Yet quarterback Matthew ...  

Defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch agreed to a four-year deal Friday with the Detroit Lions thanks to the personal touch of coach Jim Schwartz. The Detroit coach wanted the Tennessee Titans starter to open free agency and landed the Lions' top target by waiting in Nashville outside Vanden Bosch's home when free agency began.  

The Silverdome used to be a venue that welcomed everyone from the Detroit Lions and the Detroit Pistons to Pope John Paul II, Elvis Presley and WrestleMania III. Its new owners are hoping to make the domed stadium a legitimate place for entertainment again. Toronto-based Triple Investment Group LLC had a news conference Thursday to announce its plans to host six to eight events this year.  

Every NFL quarterback would like more options on offense, more game-breakers. Matthew Stafford is doing something about it. Even though Stafford has only played part of one season, he is already consulting with general manager Martin Mayhew and the rest of Detroit's front office about player moves.  

Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson believes in what he can't see. "You always have to have faith things are going to get better," Johnson said Thursday. "You can't get down and think things won't get better or they definitely won't." Detroit won just two games last season after going winless the previous year, the first time that's happened to any NFL...  

For the last decade, the Detroit Lions have been historically unsuccessful during the fall and winter months. That includes an NFL-record 30 losses over the last two seasons. The Lions, however, once again think they are having a great spring. "This week has been quite a challenge, because of all of the new free agency rules and all the moves we feel we need to make," said Lions coach Jim...  

PONTAIC, Mich. - The Silverdome's new Canadians owners say they plan to host six-to-eight events this year in the stadium that has been quiet since the Detroit Lions left eight years ago.  

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - The Detroit Lions have re-signed tight end Will Heller to a three-year deal and signed free agent wide receiver Brian Clark to a one-year deal.  

DETROIT - The Detroit Lions have traded two late-round draft picks to acquire cornerback Chris Houston from the Atlanta Falcons.  

The Lions are well on their way to retooling and improving their defensive line. Acquiring defensive tackle Corey...  

The San Francisco 49ers have agreed to trade quarterback Shaun Hill to the Detroit Lions for a seventh-round...