The Detroit Lions took to the practice field once again to continue preparing for the Minnesota Vikings. Dan Skipper, Frank Ragnow and Kevin Zeitler were back at practice, with Ragnow and Zeitler missing Wednesday for rest purposes.
As has been the case far too often this season, the officials were a storyline once again in Monday night's game between the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions.
The Detroit Lions were able to overcome a lot of defensive penalties Monday night against the Seattle Seahawks, with cornerbacks Carlton Davis and Terrion Arnold the most-flagged offenders.
The Detroit Lions secondary has been called for a significant amount of pass interference penalties early in the season. Veteran Carlton Davis III was at one point pleading with officials in the first half against the Seattle Seahawks due to being flagged battling Seahawks wideout DK Metcalf.
Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf has three catches for 39 yards, but his effort to get extra yards cost Seattle. The Seahawks drove to the Detroit 48 when Geno Smith found Metcalf for a 14-yard gain.
With just a minute or so to go in the first quarter of "Monday Night Football's" matchup with the Detroit Lions, the big receiver took a simple slant and turned it into something more — fighting for extra yards while Lions defenders held on to dear life.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Carlton Davis III is off to a rough start in his new home with the Detroit Lions, and Bucs fans don’t seem surprised by it.
The Detroit Lions will aim to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a third consecutive time on Sunday afternoon at Ford Field. Key to those efforts will be limiting the production of five-time Pro Bowl receiver Mike Evans, a task that will be easier said than done.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions will lock-in on Sunday afternoon in a rematch of their 2023 Divisional Round Playoffs matchup. In that game, the Buccaneers gave the Lions a strong test but ultimately fell short of their goal of not only winning that game but the next two after it en route to the organization's third Super Bowl title.
In search of a No.1 cornerback, the Detroit Lions made a trade with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for Carlton Davis in March. In the locker room after Wednesday's practice, Davis was of course asked repeatedly asked about facing his former team from all different tentacles of it.
Sunday's Week 2 matchup provides some great storylines for the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. One of the big ones is that this is a playoff rematch from last year.
The Detroit Lions needed upgrades to their secondary this offseason, and the biggest move they made was trading for cornerback Carlton Davis. Davis was viewed as a bonafide game-changer for Detroit because of his presence as a legitimate starter and a former Super Bowl champion at a position of need.
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Add Carlton Davis to the growing list of individuals who have been impressed with the Lions’ youngsters so far in training camp. Davis has had the chance to see first-hand just how talented Jameson Williams is, going one-on-one with the third-year pro on multiple occasions.
EA Sports dropped their Madden ratings for cornerbacks on Thursday and new Lions cornerback Carlton Davis was not a fan of his 83 rating. We had a chance to ask him about it on Friday and he initially had to stop himself from saying what he really wanted to say about Madden and their ratings. "I hate it.
The Detroit Lions took a second run at remodeling their cornerback depth chart this offseason. The first move in that effort was acquiring Carlton Davis from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Carlton Davis was drafted by the Buccaneers in the second round of the 2018 NFL draft. He spent his entire career in Tampa. He won a Super Bowl in Tampa.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers made a move on Monday that didn't involve signing or losing free agents when they traded cornerback Carlton Davis III to the Detroit Lions.
Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes zigged while the rest of the NFL world was zagging.
After six seasons in Tampa Bay, Carlton Davis’ services look as though they will be going elsewhere at the start of free agency. Per Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trading Davis to the Detroit Lions.
The cornerback will bring plenty of starting experience to Detroit, with the former second-round pick having started 75 of his 76 regular-season games for Tampa.
Bucs cornerback Carlton Davis III is entering the final year of a three-year, $44.5 million contract he signed in 2022. He is owed $14 million in base salary along with up to $500 thousand in per game roster bonuses for the 2024 season.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers' cornerback Carlton Davis III had perhaps the worst game in his entire career against the Houston Texans. According to Pro Football Focus, Davis was tied as the Bucs' worst coverage defender this past Sunday with Zyon McCollum grading out at an abysmal 29.3.
The Bucs had a debacle on defense in their 39-37 loss to the Texas last week. There were many players who struggled but the one at the helm where it was most glaring was cornerback Carlton Davis III, who is is the Bucs’ highest paid player at the position.
During the Bucs’ four-game losing streak head coach Todd Bowles has become famous for saying that there have been communication breakdowns in coverage busts.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had a lot of talented players come through the franchise including two Hall of Fame defensive backs in Ronde Barber and John Lynch. There may be another Buccaneers legend in the making in this current secondary group in sixth-year cornerback Carlton Davis III.
The Buccaneers entered their bye at 3-1 on the season and head into Sunday's home game against the 4-1 Detroit Lions atop the NFC South standings.
Cornerback Carlton Davis certainly isn't lacking confidence regarding the 2023 Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the retirement of quarterback Tom Brady. "We’re about to do it to ‘em," Davis told Tyler Dunne of Go Long.
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