Allen Park — While everybody’s eagerly awaiting the return of Jeff Okudah and the play of Detroit’s new guys in the secondary, Lions defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant has a sizable task at the top of his priority list: Get more out of the anchors from last year’s group. Cornerback Amani Oruwariye had a breakout
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The Detroit Lions’ defense was upgraded in a big way this offseason by drafting Edge Aidan Hutchinson from Michigan, Edge Joshua Paschal, and Kerby Joseph. The lions are getting back Romeo Okwara and Jeffrey Okudah from injury. How well will Lion’s defense perform in 2022? MicroMike, DoseOfDion, and Everything King gives their predictions on Lion’s
He was private soul with a booming public voice, a soft heart beneath a hard, gritty exterior, a good man who had a bad hour in a Southfield restaurant 27 years ago and never really stopped paying for it. Many a football coach has issued this warning to his players: one night can change your
Mick McCabe | Special to Detroit Free Press The first time Lloyd Carr saw Gary Moeller, Carr was an assistant at Nativity High in Detroit and Moeller was on Bo Schembechler’s staff at Michigan. “Bo had just gotten the job and they put out the word for all high school coaches that they were having
Gary Moeller lived in the Dicken neighborhood in Ann Arbor when he coached the Wolverines, one mile west of the Big House. So too, did Steve Kornacki, longtime sports reporter for the Free Press who covered the Wolverines in the 1980s and 90s. Kornacki lived up the street from Moeller’s “castle” and recalled a day he
Former Michigan football coach Gary Moeller, who later served as interim coach with the Detroit Lions, died on Monday at the age of 81. Moeller was a longtime assistant coach under Bo Schembechler and replaced the legendary coach in 1990 upon Schembechler’s retirement. In five seasons at U-M, Moeller was 44-13-3 and won three Big
Lions’ rookie linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez fell in the draft due to a lack of size, and he talked about it in a recent conversation with Woodward Sports. Based on production alone, Malcolm Rodriguez would have gone much higher in April’s draft. But a lack of size (5-foot-11) led to him falling all the way to
Who are the Detroit Lions 2022 most important players? MicroMike goes through a list of the most important players for the Lions’ 2022 NFL season. Players such as Penei Sewell who will man the offensive line, Jared Goff the QB of the season, D’Andre Swift, the Lions running back, Amon-Ra St. Brown the Lions WR,
Sam Darnold is possibly available now, so should the Detroit Lions be interested in trading for him at all? In their meandering search for a franchise quarterback, the Carolina Panthers finally made a long-discussed and rumored trade with the Cleveland Browns for Baker Mayfield last week. A competition is supposedly coming between he and Sam
The Detroit Lions’ ground game could be quite good this year, but in one area of the running game they’ve already been among the best in the league over the last two years. When thinking of things NFL teams do well, it’s hard to find much of anything the Detroit Lions have done very well
Frank Ragnow was a Pro Bowler in 2020 and on an early track to the honor again last year, but a sampling of NFL people apparently have forgotten how good he is. In just his second full season at the position, Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow earned a Pro Bowl selection in 2020. Then, at
Allen Park — Detroit Lions’ wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El might not be a fireman, but he could’ve fooled Trinity Benson last offseason. The former wide receiver turned coach explained last month how the staff blasted Benson with a fire hydrant’s worth of information after he was acquired through a trade with the Denver Broncos in August
With a lack of major moves to choose from, Pro Football Focus apparently felt they had to stretch to come up with their choice for the Detroit Lions’ best offseason move. For the second time in as many offseasons as Detroit Lions general manager, Brad Holmes went conservative in free agency. For a young roster
To wrap up our series looking at the playing careers of Detroit Lions coaches, head coach Dan Campbell is the featured subject. Our series looking at the NFL playing careers put together by members of the Detroit Lions coaching staff finishes the only place it should. With head coach Dan Campbell. Before being hired as
The Detroit Lions’ are near training camp and two players could have a breakout year. Lions CB Amani Oruwariye should have a breakout year and get a contract extension. Lions WR Josh Reynolds could also have a breakout year. Will GM Brad Holmes make a big trade before the 2022 NFL season? Also, should the
As we start to wind down our series looking at the playing careers of Detroit Lions coaches, quarterbacks coach Mark Brunell lands on the docket. As hinted at in previous editions of our series looking at the playing careers of the Detroit Lions coaches, head coach Dan Campbell seemed to prioritize (if only subconsciously) having
Allen Park — Clay is one of the most interesting resources the world has to offer. When moist, it can be shaped or fashioned however the user sees fit, and when dried, it becomes hard, allowing the sculptor to create anything they can envision. And while the Detroit Lions’ secondary may not exactly be made up of
The “golden age” of the Detroit Lions could get another remembrance at the Pro Football Hall of Fame next year, as former coach Buddy Parker was announced Thursday as one of the semifinalists in the “Seniors” pool for coaches and contributors for the Hal’s 2023 class. The field of 29 coaches and contributors will be
Moving on to another in our series looking at the playing careers of Detroit Lions coaches, we have defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn. When Dan Campbell was hired as Detroit Lions head coach in 2021, he brought a fellow former New Orleans Saints assistant with him when he hired Aaron Glenn as his defensive coordinator. After
Continuing our series looking at the playing careers of Detroit Lions coaches, we take a look at linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard. To this point, in our series taking a look at the playing careers of members of the Detroit Lions coaching, we’ve done offensive line coach Hank Fraley and assistant head coach/running backs coach Duce