Edge rusher Jared Allen is known as a Vikings or Chiefs sack artist but spent 18 games with the Bears before his career ended, and now he's headed for Canton.

As the old story goes, quarterback Bobby Layne, who helped the Lions win their most ... 1968-78 thanks to QB Fran Tarkenton ...

Famously after the 1957 championship, the Lions traded quarterback Bobby Layne ... The Cardinals, along with the Chicago Bears, are the oldest team in NFL history founded in 1920.

As the old story goes, quarterback Bobby Layne, who helped the Lions ... and the "Purple People Eaters" on defense. The Chicago Bears weren’t quite as dominant in the 1980s, but they scored ...

NFL longest active championship droughts. The Lions have the second-longest active drought, trailing the Cardinals by a decade. The Lions, who won four NFL championships, most rec ...

Some NFL franchises would be completely irrelevant if not for that one single player who changed everything forever for their ...

You’re on the list. This brings us to the Curse of Bobby Layne. Back in 1958, the Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and an angry Layne allegedly declared the Lions wouldn’t win a ...

Michigan native and actor Jeff Daniels is credited with ending the Detroit Lions' "Curse of Bobby Layne" thanks to a spell he and former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning performed in the end zone of ...