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Do NFL Teams Really Get A Bounce After Firing Their Coaches?

Matt Patricia didn’t beat the Chicago Bears once in five tries as Detroit Lions head coach. Not only did his Lions go 0-5 against their divisional rival over three seasons, they were outscored by an average of 6.8 points per game. But in the first game after Patricia was fired, the Lions beat the Bears […]

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Week 12 Taught Us That NFL Teams Really Do Need Quarterbacks

sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): It was a wild weekend of football, on and off the field: coach and GM firings, a game postponement, a rookie Carolina safety scoring fumble-return touchdowns on back-to-back defensive plays against the Vikings. 🙄 But Week 12 of the NFL season will certainly be remembered as the week when the […]

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The Detroit Lions Keep Finding Ways To Blow Leads

Three NFL teams have held a lead in every game they’ve played this season: the 10-2 San Francisco 49ers, the 8-4 Kansas City Chiefs and a 3-8-1 Detroit Lions team stuck deep in the NFC North basement. NFL observers around the country got a great look on Thursday at how the Lions blow leads. David […]

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