Tony Ortiz: Overheard From The Lions After The Win Over The Vikings
Center Dominic Raiola, on where this win ranks for him since he was drafted by the Lions back in 2001
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Center Dominic Raiola, on where this win ranks for him since he was drafted by the Lions back in 2001
Jim Schwartz met with the media for his weekly news conference this afternoon.
Watching the Detroit Lions big comeback win in Sunday's game against the Vikings made me think about the parallels between the city and its long struggling football team.
You can only act like a great team for so long before you need to be acknowledged ... as a great team.
For whatever reason, the Lions' defense has been slow starting in each game this season. Running back Adrian Peterson ran all over them in the first half Sunday.
Matthew Stafford has now rallied the Lions out of 20-point deficits twice in three seasons. The only other Lions quarterback to do that was Bobby Layne in 1957.
The last time the Lions were in this position, Jim Schwartz was a skinny freshman in high school. Only a handful of his players were even alive.
I understand that the Lions were just the latest team to mount a second half comeback against the Vikings.
Much went right for the Lions Sunday that could define their 26-23 overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
Staring at a 20-0 deficit as they trudged into the Metrodome locker room at halftime, the old Detroit Lions would have started making plans to leave Minnesota with another loss
The Detroit Lions stage a huge comeback and beat the Minnesota Vikings in overtime 26-23 on Sunday.
Minnesota Vikings receiver Percy Harvin returned to practice on Friday and is listed as probable for the game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford has been voted as the FedEx Air Player of the Week after his performance against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Lions rookie DT Nick Fairley stepped onto the Lions practice field today.
The Lions' offense will have two significant issues to deal with Sunday at Minnesota.
For so many years, those words have been a comfort to the Minnesota Vikings and their fans, a sure sign of victory no matter how well or poorly they were playing at that moment.
Lions WR Calvin Johnson vs. Vikings LCB Antoine Winfield -- In their one clash last season (Johnson was injured when they met in Week 17), Winfield limited Johnson to six catches for 56 yards.
Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best if often overlooked when people talk about the NFC's highest-scoring offense.
Matthew Stafford was mic'ed during this past weekend's Kansas City Chiefs.
Lions QB Matthew Stafford might have had the best of both worlds.
There are two topics du jour around here these days. One, of course, is whether this early success is for real or if it is just another in a long line of Lions' teases.
Message sent, message received. Head coach Jim Schwartz benched starting RT Gosder Cherilus last week in favor of Corey Hilliard.
The Lions have had good starts before. They were 2-0 in 2004 and 2007. By the end of the following seasons, both head coaches, Steve Mariucci and Rod Marinelli, had lost their jobs.
Matthew Stafford has thrown seven touchdown passes in two games. The last Lions quarterback to throw seven touchdowns in the first two games of a season was Milt Plum in 1962.
The Lions are the talk of the NFL this week. We see their game film broken down on NFL highlight shows.
Jordan Addison took a jet sweep handoff 65 yards for the game-sealing touchdown with 3:43 left after the Minnesota Vikings forced six turnovers and eliminated the Detroit Lions from contention for the playoffs with a 23-10 victory.
A winter weather advisory has been issued for all of Southeast Michigan on Dec. 26.
In early November, President Trump said that he had instructed the Pentagon to "prepare for possible action" in Nigeria.
A man was struck by an oncoming car as he walked across M-50 in Monroe County, Dundee police say.
Three people were injured – one critically – in the aftermath of a two-vehicle crash Thursday in Oakland County.
A winter weather advisory has been issued for all of Southeast Michigan on Dec. 26.
A dog that was living for over a year with Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue was reunited with his former family.
A Powerball lottery player in Southeast Michigan is $1 million richer from a runner-up prize in Wednesday's drawing.
Three people were injured – one critically – in the aftermath of a two-vehicle crash Thursday in Oakland County.
Jordan Addison took a jet sweep handoff 65 yards for the game-sealing touchdown with 3:43 left after the Minnesota Vikings forced six turnovers and eliminated the Detroit Lions from contention for the playoffs with a 23-10 victory.
Ford Motor Co. is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles.
A 15-gallon tank of gas will cost Michiganders about $42, which is around $15 less than the highest price drivers paid in July 2024.
Ford Motor Co. has stepped up technology in its popular F-150 pickup to combat ever-evolving techniques car thieves have at their disposal.
The management company of the LaFontaine Automotive Group in Metro Detroit has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle an alleged Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud.
Slower adoption of electric vehicles was cited as the reason for pending layoffs at GM's Factory Zero.
The "Taylor Swift" bill package, which includes House Bills 4262 and 4263, authorizes the Michigan attorney general to pursue action against anyone using ticket bots.
James Ransone, the actor who played Ziggy Sobotka in the HBO series "The Wire" and appeared in many other TV shows and movies, has died.
Comedian and actor Bowen Yang performed his final sketch on "SNL" Saturday night, after announcing his unexpected mid-season exit from the show.
The special features interviews with Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry O'Connell and Mandy Patinkin.
The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
Traffic safety regulators are reviewing a motorist's complaints that the manual door handles on some Model 3 cars are hard to find, a potential hazard in a crash.
The Justice Department said the process of releasing the Epstein files may take "a few more weeks" due to the volume of materials.
The economy remained on track this year, defying the gloomiest predictions. That doesn't mean Americans are thrilled with how things are going.
NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, tracks Santa's Christmas Eve flight around the world each year.
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana. While it might seem like a small move, it opens a new door for the industry as a whole.
Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
Henry Ford Health has announced new labor agreements with registered nurses and radiology technicians at its Rochester hospital.
A Michigan hospital is asking members of the public to raise their flashlights as well as the spirits of children during the holiday season.
Oakland County health officials are reporting a confirmed case of measles in a pediatric patient at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital.
Jordan Addison took a jet sweep handoff 65 yards for the game-sealing touchdown with 3:43 left after the Minnesota Vikings forced six turnovers and eliminated the Detroit Lions from contention for the playoffs with a 23-10 victory.
The Minnesota Vikings host the Detroit Lions in Week 17 of the 2025 NFL season on Christmas Day.
The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings have gone from 29 combined wins last season to just 15 this season entering their Week 17 matchup on Christmas Day.
Dylan Larkin scored the tying goal late in the third period and then got the winner 34 seconds into overtime to rally Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars for their third straight win.
The Detroit Lions are sending five players to the 2026 Pro Bowl Games.
The roundtable discusses efforts by political and corporate leaders to raise the bar and improve K-12 education with a focus on raising reading scores.
With one in eight adults at risk for kidney disease, Dr. Silas Norman, a University of Michigan doctor specializing in kidney health, and Sandy Baruah, President and CEO of Detroit Regional Chamber, appear on Michigan Matters.
The state of Michigan can do better when it comes to raising the bar on K-12 public education.
The Detroit show will attract hundreds of thousands to the area as automakers, tech companies and more gravitate to downtown Detroit.
This week on Michigan Matters, Carol Cain speaks with retail owners and entrepreneurs ahead of the holiday season.
A winter weather advisory that includes all of southeast Michigan starts at 5 a.m. Friday. The problem will be freezing rain.
The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's drawing - one of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history - has gone to one lucky winner.
Several of the volunteers who helped make holiday meal packing, preparing and delivering happen to Metro Detroit seniors shared their stories and reasons of why they spent Christmas morning volunteering for the cause.
A dog that was living for over a year in a shelter with Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue was reunited with his former family. Ziggy was known as Toby when a Metro Detroit family raised him, a later owner surrendered him to shelter care.
The Consumer Products Safety Commission shared video scenes that show how much faster a dried-out Christmas tree will catch fire than one that is kept watered.