This would have shaken things up tremendously in this year’s playoffs, as the NFC North was extremely competitive with the Lions, Vikings and Packers all reaching the postseason. The division ...

The Lions proposed changing the seeding structure of the league's playoffs to favor a team's overall record over its place in ...

Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, pushed for the Detroit Lions' proposal to change the ...

The April 24-26 NFL draft is approach and each team's plan of attack may have changed based on the results of free agency.

Under the Lions' proposal, the playoffs would simply be seeded 1-7 by record. Had that been in place last year, the Vikings would've been the No. 3 seed (based on losing a strength of victory ...

Terrion Arnold is changing numbers. The Detroit Lions cornerback will switch from No. 0 to No. 6 as he heads into his second ...

which fielded three playoff teams last season -- the Lions (15-2), Minnesota Vikings (14-3) and Green Bay Packers (11-6). The Lions received the NFC's No. 1 seed, but the Vikings were seeded No. 5 ...

The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings shared the best record in the NFC when they met in a winner-take-all game in Week 18 of the regular season last year. The winner got the No. 1 seed ...

In a playoff-like atmosphere in Week 18, Detroit held Jefferson to a modest 54 yards in a 31-9 win after Jefferson went for a combined 414 yards and three touchdowns in the previous three meetings.

The Detroit Lions announced earlier this month some number changes among their players, including a switch by cornerback ...