Traditionally, the team designates a linebacker to handle captain duties as well as on-field play-calling. While the team has struggled at times defensively over the last 25 years, there have been ...

“Lions defense (or lack of it) is on pace to allow 578 points this season,” Malumphy tweeted.. Indeed, the Lions are on pace for a horrible year. At this point, their 170 points allowed is the ...

Don't look now, but through three weeks, the Lions’ defense – not the team's offense – has performed like a top-tier unit in the NFL. And it's the very reason why Detroit owns a 2-1 record ...

Overall, the Lions did a very good job of defending the pass to running backs. Only the New York Giants allowed fewer receptions to RBs (58) than Detroit’s defense (59), and teams didn’t throw ...

The Detroit Lions’ defense has taken a major step forward in 2024. And, the numbers back it up. Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn's unit has gone from allowing the 10th-most points per game in ...

Middle linebacker Jack Campbell said he wants the Detroit Lions to finish as a top NFL defense after finishing near the bottom statistically in 2023.

Yet, as would become the No. 1 bullet point on Aaron Glenn's head coaching resume before the New York Jets hired him, the Lions finished seventh in scoring defense (20.1 points per game) and fifth ...

While the Lions wouldn’t point fingers, having several new players on the defense in a high-pressure situation likely didn’t help. And that issue was emblematic of the Lions’ struggles in ...

As the win in Houston showed, it’s that improved, stifling, Aaron Glenn defense that gives the Detroit Lions a legit chance to win Super Bowl 59.

The defense of the Detroit Lions was always going to be centered around Aidan Hutchinson. Five games into the 2024 NFL season, it certainly was. Disaster struck, however, when the star pass rusher ...

The Lions’ defense chased Lamar Jackson all day in a Week 7 loss. (Mitch Stringer / USA Today) Ravens QB Lamar Jackson had an EPA/DB of 0.73 against the Lions.