Justin Rogers | The Detroit News After navigating the top item on the franchise’s offseason check list — getting the best return package in exchange for quarterback Matthew Stafford — Detroit Lions rookie general manager Brad Holmes faces his next big decision starting Tuesday, figuring out what to do with impending free-agent wide receiver Kenny Golladay. That’s when
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JANUARY 03: Adrian Peterson #28 of the Detroit Lions celebrates with teammates Jason Cabinda #45 and Dan Skipper #70 after scoring a touchdown during the third quarter of the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field on January 03, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) The Detroit Lions
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press A breakout second season may be just the beginning for Detroit Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson, whose role should only increase this fall after the team’s offseason of change. “T.J. did some nice things last year, and I think his ceiling is even higher,” new Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn said
Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez preview the big decisions the Detroit Lions need to make this offseason. Facebook – https://bit.ly/2T7zuV9 Twitter – https://bit.ly/2JeixbW Instagram – https://bit.ly/2Chb7hR Online – https://www.freep.com #lions #nflfreeagency #golladay
Nate Davis | USA TODAY The NFL’s 2021 pre-draft buildup will suffer from an obvious void: the league opting not to hold the annual scouting combine lest it become a COVID-19 super spreader. However, this year’s hot stove season is off to a tremendous start, with three big-name quarterbacks already packaged in soon-to-be consummated trades that will become official
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News For the first time in more than a decade, the Detroit Lions will enter the 2021 season with a different starting quarterback. Matthew Stafford is on his way to Los Angeles, and in his stead will be another former No. 1 overall pick, Jared Goff. In the past year, Goff’s
The Detroit Lions have a laundry list of important roster decisions to make before the 2021 NFL draft begins on April 29th. Included in that list is whether or not to trade out of their current seventh overall position. Should they decide to stay at that spot and select a player, recent history would seem
Aaron Glenn, Detroit Lions (Photo: Al Bello /Allsport) While the scheme new defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn plans on bringing to the Detroit Lions in an attempt to restore the league-worst defense is important … it’s just as important that he is the right man to deliver the message. Unlike the two previous defensive coordinators, which
Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) The Detroit Lions will have a new signal-caller under center next season. But could Jared Goff be more than just a stopgap on the way to Motown’s next franchise quarterback? There isn’t a Detroit Lions fan alive that doesn’t know their Motor City cats have agreed
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press So much has changed in the past 12 months. In the world, in football and with the Detroit Lions. Including how the Lions should proceed with star receiver Kenny Golladay. I have long advocated for the Lions to sign Golladay to a long-term contract that makes him one of the
It’s hard to blame skeptical fans of the Detroit Lions when they criticized the selection of Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson during the 2020 NFL Draft. After all, the last time the Lions drafted a tight end in the top ten it didn’t turn out so well. Of course, we’re referring to Eric Ebron. Selected
The fans have spoken. In a Detroit News poll with 1,057 votes, Detroit-area sports fans picked the Tigers to edge out the Lions as the local team most likely to finally compete for a championship and break the long drought of the four rebuilding franchises. ►Tigers: 33.43% ►Lions: 32.96% ►Pistons: 19.46% ►Red Wings: 14.15% The
The Detroit Lions are a team very much in flux. Most notably, under center. Following the pending trade of Matthew Stafford, the Lions will head into the new season with someone else at quarterback for the first time in more than a decade. Detroit also hired a new general manager in Brad Holmes, a new
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press For the first time in more than a decade, the Detroit Lions appear set to enter a season with someone other than Matthew Stafford as their starting quarterback. Presumably, Stafford’s replacement under center for 2021 is the QB acquired in the deal that sent him to the Los Angeles Rams:
No team in the NFL has been as forceful as the Detroit Lions in the past few months when it comes to changing the direction of their franchise. The Lions will head into the 2021 NFL regular season with a new general manager, head coach, coaching staff, and starting quarterback. This isn’t your same old
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News In recent days, there has been progress made toward clarifying the NFL’s salary-cap situation for the 2021 season. As expected, it’s going to decline sharply, but not as much as originally feared. On Thursday, the league sent out of a memo to all 32 teams informing them the still-unsettled cap’s floor
New Orleans Saints assistant head coach and tight end coach Dan Campbell Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports This has already been the busiest offseason for the Detroit Lions in my lifetime. And we’re not even close to hitting free agency or the draft yet. On the field, the Lions will have a new quarterback,
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The only way to consistently win big in the NFL is to have a quarterback. Not an above-average one like Jared Goff, or even a good one like Matthew Stafford. To really win in the NFL, to be a perennial Super Bowl contender, you need a true difference-maker at the
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Marvin Jones wants a chance to win a championship, and with the Detroit Lions entering rebuilding mode, that makes a return to Detroit unlikely when Jones hits free agency next month. Jones said Thursday on SiriusXM NFL radio that “nothing’s off the table” as far as where he plays next season,
The Detroit Lions entered the 2020 NFL regular season with a sliver of hope. But the Pride would end the season without a head coach or a general manager as both Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn would be fired in late November. It would also be the team’s final year with quarterback Matthew Stafford under