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Will Burchfield

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Sports Writer at Audacy.com

Sportswriter, 97.1 The Ticket. BBWAA. Catch a kid on Fox 2’s SportsWorks and Lions Gameday Live. Self-inducted into Wiffleball HoF.

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  • Lions love the gauntlet that awaits them, like 'an animal when its back's against the wall'

    3 weeks ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

    By the numbers, the Lions are tied for the second hardest schedule in the NFL this season. By the eye test, theirs is hands-down the most difficult. It reads like a road gauntlet of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. The message, then, from Dan Campbell to his team is "the same as it's always been: There's no room for complacency," Campbell said last week. "I love the schedule we have this year because this is the type of schedule that builds you for the postseason," he said.

  • Training with Sewell, Christian Mahogany ready to step up on Lions' O-line

    3 weeks ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

    When Christian Mahogany learned that his second NFL start would come in his first playoff game, "I was preparing like a madman," he said. And then he played like one, "150 percent" on every snap. The rookie offensive lineman "did as much as I could" with the season on the line, but it wasn't enough in the Lions' stunning loss to the Commanders. "It wasn't the result we wanted, so I was disappointed.

  • After knee surgery, St. Brown reinvigorated by new OC, same goal

    3 weeks ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

    Amon-Ra St. Brown played in every game last season for the Lions. He's played in every game but two in four years in the NFL. With the odometer climbing, his body needed a minor tune-up this offseason. "I had a surgery on my knee after the season, just to clean some stuff up," St. Brown said Thursday after watching OTA's from the sidelines before the Lions broke for the summer.

  • "Time is right to walk away"

    3 weeks ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

    Dan Campbell brought up Frank Ragnow and was soon fighting back tears. Four days after Ragnow announced his surprise retirement, Campbell saluted the Lions' All-Pro center who gave everything he had to the franchise over the past seven years. "An unbelievable teammate, football player, man in the community. Man, he's done it all," Campbell said Thursday before the Lions' final practice of OTA's. "He will be sorely missed.

  • "We got another great catcher"

    4 weeks ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

    When the ballots open in June for the MLB All-Star Game, the first-place Tigers will have a number of worthy candidates.

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Will Burchfield
Will Burchfield @burchie_kid
11 Jun 25

RT @971theticketxyt: 10 realistic, intriguing options for the Tigers at the trade deadline. Column by Pat Caputo. @patcaputo98 https://t.…

Will Burchfield
Will Burchfield @burchie_kid
11 Jun 25

RT @971theticketxyt: #Tigers pres. Scott Harris: "We're preparing to add to this team in July" https://t.co/5I2WYNLrGa

Will Burchfield
Will Burchfield @burchie_kid
11 Jun 25

"We’re going to take a cold, hard look at our weaknesses and try to turn them into strengths. If we identify a specific weakness and the market has players available who we think can address that weakness, we’re going to chase those players aggressively." But not recklessly.

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97.1 The Ticket: @971theticketxyt

#Tigers pres. Scott Harris: "We're preparing to add to this team in July" https://t.co/5I2WYNLrGa