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Following a disappointing postseason exit and the departure of talented coaches, many Detroit Lions fans are questioning the state of the franchise. Why did the Lions fail in the playoffs? Can they fix whatever’s wrong and make it all the way next season? In a chat with Forbes reporter DJ Siddiqi last week, Lions running…

When you take away the Detroit Lions’ painful, gut-wrenching loss in the Divisional Round of the 2024 playoffs—there is still plenty to look back on in a positive light. For a team that completely reset expectations in 2023 when they came a half of football away from a Super Bowl appearance, the 2024 team,—despite a…

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Detroit Lions director of scouting advancement Mike Martin is set to become the next general manager for Notre Dame. Martin was hired right at the beginning of the Dan Campbell, Brad Holmes era. Prior to his time with the Lions, he spent 19 years in NFL front offices—11 years with…

The Detroit Lions are hiring a new running backs coach. According to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, current Texas running backs coach Tashard Choice is expected to join the Lions’ coaching staff. At this point, there is no clarity on what that means for the Lions’ current assistant head coach/running backs coach Scottie Montgomery.

What Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has done with the team’s roster over the past four years has been nothing short of remarkable. In short order, Holmes has managed to take a roster that was in full-on rebuild mode into arguably the most talented roster in football. There’s a reason Holmes has been named…

As the 2024 season proved for the Detroit Lions, building depth can be just as important as filling your roster with top-end talent. For the past two years, cornerback Kindle Vildor has been part of that depth, and due to the Lions’ high amount of injuries, he’s received a lot of playing time over those…

It’s still hard to think of the 2024 Detroit Lions season as a positive. There were so many expectations for the year, and for it to end so abruptly and surprisingly was a huge bummer. The team was clearly better than they were in 2023, yet their playoff push ended a game short of where…

Matt Patricia is already an unwelcome face for many Detroit Lions fans after his failed 2.5-year stint as the team’s head coach. Now, he’ll be adding to his villain-like ways in Michigan: Pete Thamel is reporting that Patricia is taking a job with one of the biggest local rivals. Per Thamel, Patricia is expected to…

The career of Ifeatu Melifonwu has been a bumpy one since the Detroit Lions drafted him in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. In between the moments of position changes and injuries, Melifonwu has displayed some serious skills and shown he belongs in the league. Unfortunately, those moments have been few and far…

The Detroit Lions lost both their offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator to head coaching jobs this offseason, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. Those coaches brought along several assistants from their respective staffs for promotions, and that means the Lions are turning over a sizeable portion of their staff.

Our 2025 Detroit Lions free agent series continues. We’re breaking down each and every single decision the team must make with their pending free agent class ahead of this offseason including what their expectations were coming into the 2024 season, how they performed, and ultimately their chances of returning to Detroit for this next season.

The Detroit Lions are hiring Iowa State assistant head coach/running backs coach Tyler Roehl as an offensive assistant coach, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Roehl was briefly an NFL running back, signing with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2009. Unfortunately for Roehl, he scuffed a torn ACL in offseason workouts,…

Adversity is the word that best describes linebacker DaRon Gilbert’s journey to the NFL. Gilbert already had an uphill battle coming into training camp as an undrafted rookie in a crowded linebacker room. The fact that he only had one year of experience playing the position only added to the challenge.

At this point in the offseason, nobody knows anything about what will happen in 2025. We can pretend we have a pretty good idea based on current rosters and 2025 opponents, but there is so much change in an offseason that the outlook now could be drastically different come August and September.

It’s officially the offseason for all 32 NFL teams, and that means the focus is on Super Bowl 60. Hope springs eternal for every franchise out there, as the records reset to 0-0. For the Detroit Lions, 2024 ended in disappointment, but the core of the team remains intact and they’ve got a healthy amount…

The next installment for our 2025 Detroit Lions free agency preview takes us on the defensive side of the ball, focusing on cornerback Emmanuel Moseley. Moseley has had some of the worst luck since arriving in Detroit. After tearing his ACL in 2022, the Lions signed him on a one-year deal, and in his debut…

As is tradition after the Super Bowl, NFL fans and analysts are scrambling to figure out ways their team can build exactly like the league’s champion. I think this is flawed reasoning because we’re relying on a sample size of single-elimination playoffs and I am also firmly against the idea of copycatting in the NFL.…

Whether you like it or not, the NFL’s Lombardi Trophy will go to either the Philadelphia Eagles or the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s Super Bowl 59, and nobody is happy. But you could put together my two least favorite teams in the NFL’s final game, and I would still end up watching the Super Bowl.…

When you talk about football everyday like Gregg Rosenthal, writer at NFL.com and host of “NFL Daily,” you are going to be wrong here and there. Similar to Greg, you can be right a good portion of the time, and yet, people will only really remember the times when you were dead wrong. And unfortunately…

According to the Jet Press, the New York Jets are hiring former Detroit Lions cornerback (and cornerbacks coach) Dre Bly to be on their new coaching staff under Aaron Glenn. While this news hasn’t been confirmed by the Jets, Bly appears to have confirmed it himself, sharing the story on his Instagram page, as well…