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Trading Stafford offers Holmes more options in 2022 and 2023, and perhaps a stop-gap quarterback for the time being.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Quarterback Matthew Stafford gathered his team in a huddle before its Week 17 home game against the Minnesota Vikings, doing what he had done so often before in his career with the Detroit Lions. As he did, it’s not clear if he knew this would likely be his last game in Detroit. “Whatever you got left in the f---ing tank today, let’s go,” Stafford said in a video published later on the team website. QB Matthew Stafford urges on his teammates in Week 17 pic.twitter....

Stafford will leave Detroit as arguably the best quarterback in the franchises history. But Lions fans will remember him as a down-to-earth person.

The Lions new head coach wore his feelings on his sleeve and vowed his team would reflect the citys personality.

Lions believe Dan Campbells leadership qualities could help them finally start a winning tradition in Detroit.

With Sheila Ford Hamp in the mix, the Lions exhaustive GM search has them feeling like they got their man in Holmes.

Hed rank his latest candidate, offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, with any of them. "I have not seen many guys that are as great a leader as he is of men," Reid said this week. "In this business, thats huge. Youre never going to have to worry about Eric Bieniemy -- never -- on the field, off the field. Hes going to be honest with you and straightforward, and then he knows the offense." That would be a Chiefs offense that has ranked first in the NFL in two of the past three years. This week, w...

Two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald, 2017 NFL Offensive Player of the Year Todd Gurley II and two-time Pro Bowl quarterback Jared Goff are among notable selections Holmes helped oversee. Recently, as the Rams have gone four years without a first-round pick, Holmes has helped identify mid-to-late-round selections that have played prominent roles, including safety John Johnson III, tight end Tyler Higbee and safety Jordan Fuller. Holmes, who turned 41 in July, has the support o...

Into the adequacy of the investigation, upon which the confirmation was premised, when the fbi director comes before us next month. >> right. >> and the president has asked the doj to come in and rescue kavanaugh, but, of course, the doj is not the personal attorney for the president or any supreme court justice. now, a supreme court spokeswoman said that justice kavanaugh had no comment on the new allegation against him or the calls for impeachment coming from some democratic candidates for pre...

Those not quite supporting impeachment, not calling for it outright, bernie sanders as well as amy klobuchar. klobuchar in an interview with abc news today, she said she wants the evidence in the kavanaugh investigation to be released. heres what she said. >> we concern here is that the process was a sham. i dont think you can look at impeachment hearings without getting the documents. the house would have to get the documents and the attorney general is shielding documents. >> so how would all ...