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The Detroit Los Angeles Rams are up in the 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft—where you, the reader, participates in our site-wide mock. The Rams have done a pretty fantastic job rebuilding after going all in for the 2021 Super Bowl. For an “eff them picks” team, they’ve found some fantastic contributors in the…

An offensive weapon like tight end seems like a bit of a luxury when talking about the Detroit Lions’ options in the 2025 NFL Draft, but general manager Brad Holmes has lived by “best player available” for most of his career. And with some interesting roster decisions in the not-so-distant future, I would not take…

Detroit Lions general manager was blunt last week at the NFL owners meetings: the reason the Lions weren’t active during free agency was that they are already earmarking cap space to use for re-signing some of their best players—many of which are due for a huge raise from their rookie contracts.

Our commenters are continuing to shine in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft—where we replace NFL general managers with members from our community. We’re getting pretty close to the Detroit Lions’ pick, as the Houston Texans are on the clock with the 25th pick in the mock. The Texans are suddenly relevant in…

It’s the Minnesota Vikings’ turn in the 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. Last year looked like it was going to be an improbably successful season for the Vikings, especially after losing rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy to a season-ending injury in the preseason. Alas, Sam Darnold fell down to reality in the end of…

With just under two weeks remaining until night one of the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin, now feels like a good time to start thinking about initial plans on how, and where to watch. How many people are planning to make the trip west to watch in person? While Green Bay isn’t too…

We’re less than two weeks away from the 2025 NFL Draft and analysts are producing mock drafts at a fever-pitch rate. It can be tough to sort through the wash with so many ideas flooding the market, so it’s worth highlighting mock drafts that make sense for the Detroit Lions.

The 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft has reached the most hated team in the NFL (according to me): the Green Bay Packers. The Packers will host this year’s draft, much to the dismay of… anyone that actually wants to go to the draft. But this is what things have become for the Packers:…

Under general manager Brad Holmes, the Detroit Lions have drafted a wide receiver in three of four years. While the Lions return their top four receivers from last year, the team has not hidden their intentions of adding to the position group this offseason, and they’ll need to in order to simply sport a full…

Folks around these parts know Jim Harbaugh and all the antics surrounding him. In his first year with the Los Angeles Chargers, it was mostly positive shenanigans. Taking over a 5-12 squad, Harbaugh helped Los Angeles jump to 11-6 last year, including a playoff appearance. Still, there is a ton of work to do with…

This week, the Detroit Lions had their local pro day. While reports on participants are not comprehensive and may include one or two players who didn’t actually show up, we currently have a reported list of about 30 players who were invited to the event. On top of that, some of the Lions’ top-30 and…

The Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft—our annual mock draft created by commenters on this site—has arrived at Pick 21. The Pittsburgh Steelers are on the clock, and as of this publishing, we don’t even know who their quarterback will be for 2025. As it stands, Mason Rudolph stands atop the depth chart, while the…

Oluwafemi Oladejo is an unpolished edge rusher prospect with desirable versatility and burst off the edge. He went from an off-ball linebacker—who was fifth in the Pac-12 conference in total tackles (91) at Cal as a sophomore in 2022—to an outside linebacker edge rusher after Week 2 this season. There, he finished fourth in the…

We’re exactly two week from the 2025 NFL Draft, and the majority of the discussion for the Detroit Lions has been about the trenches. It makes a lot of sense for a couple of reasons. One, the Lions have shown that they value the trenches on each side of the ball—with one of their main…

Our 2025 Detroit Lions needs-based draft preview continues with the running back position. Lions general manager Brad Holmes has not hesitated to invest in the position, despite analytic communities insisting running backs weren’t worth spending valuable draft capital on—nor using cap space. It has certainly paid off for Detroit though, as the Lions sported one…

We have officially entered the 2024 playoff teams section of our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. Technically, we did that with the last pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but for the remaining selections in the first round, these teams will be looking to add the final piece or pieces to go from…

Detroit Lions left tackle Taylor Decker is doing his part to help the younger players on his team. Over on Instagram, the veteran offensive lineman shared of a video of him working out at the AMDG Performance Center—a private training center in Arizona where he typically works out during the offseason.

Many Detroit Lions fans are hoping to see their team draft a defensive lineman when they’re on the clock with the 28th pick of the 2025 NFL Draft in two weeks. That’s exactly what they do in Mel Kiper Jr.’s latest mock draft, but what’s perhaps most interesting is the numerous options the Lions have…

The Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft rolls on, and at pick 19 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on the clock. It’s been an interesting resurgence for the Bucs ever since Tom Brady took them to a Super Bowl. With the ressurection of Baker Mayfield’s career, Tampa has been relevant, but not quite good enough…

With the 2025 NFL Draft just about two weeks away, we’re kicking off a series assessing the Detroit Lions’ needs at each position. In addition to that, we’re going to look at the top available prospects at each position and a handful of mid-to-late round options to fill Detroit’s needs.