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Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith, left, has a good shot at surpassing the 100-yard rushing mark Sunday against the 32nd-ranked Cleveland defense.

Brett Favre passed for a season-high 344 yards, 201 to Sidney Rice, and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Detroit Lions 27-10 on Sunday.

Many teams keep their safeties deep to defend wide receiver Calvin Johnson, leaving seven in the box against the run.

They couldn't cover Sidney Rice, and they couldn't stop Brett Favre. Combine that with an offense that dropped passes and a big fumble to start the second half, and it all come out as another Lions loss, this time to the Vikings 27-10 in Minnesota.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford, receiver Calvin Johnson and running back Kevin Smith are players the Lions can build around.

Allen Park -- Detroit's youth movement spent much of Sunday's 27-10 loss at Minnesota spinning its wheels.

Neither athletes were on the Detroit Lions week 10 injury report. Both practiced the entire week.

Matthew Stafford had to know there'd be days like this. The Lions had to know it, too.

The Minnesota Vikings got 133 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Adrian Peterson -- not to mention 201 receiving yards from Sidney Rice -- as the Vikings beat the Detroit Lions 27-10 today at the Metrodome.

Since the Kansas City Chiefs released running back Larry Johnson, many Detroit Lions fans have wondered aloud whether the team should have claimed him.

For the first time in his NFL career, Matthew Stafford will get to play against an opponent for the second time.

Kevin Smith was drafted by the Lions to be the running back of the future. The Lions saw Smith as a durable, multi-dimensional back they hoped would be a staple in Detroit for years.

Detroit Lions punter Nick Harris won't be at practice Friday because he'll be at the hospital where his wife, Heather, will deliver twin daughters.

Allen Park If you don't mind, Jim Schwartz will take a pass on his first midterm exam as the Lions' head coach.

Here are the key injury updates heading into the late games of Week Nine: Lions RB Kevin Smith is active at Seattle.

In each of the first eight weeks of the season, at least one Detroit Lions player has lost his job for one reason or another, usually because of ineffective performance.

A big run by Kevin Smith set up Jason Hanson's 50-yard field goal -- into the wind -- to cut the lead to five points with 8:04 left.

Don't blame Kevin Smith for Detroit's offensive ineptitude. He is not at fault. Yes, his 3.1 yards per carry average is below par, as is his 393 total rushing yards eight games into the season.

SEATTLE - Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson will return today against the Seahawks after missing two games with a right knee injury.

The past two years have not been kind to either of these teams. Detroit is coming off a winless 2008 campaign, and the Seahawks struggled to four wins.