With an opportunity in front of him, coupled with his talent, Lions tight end Sam LaPorta is an easy fantasy football winner among rookies from the 2023 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions tight end depth chart was begging for a talent upgrade, and it got one with the selection of Sam LaPorta with the 34th
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After the 2023 NFL Draft, here’s a fresh 53-man roster projection for the Detroit Lions. The 2023 NFL Draft is over, and teams have signed many undrafted free agents. In total, the Detroit Lions have added 22 new faces to the mix right now–eight draft picks and 14 undrafted rookies. The odds each make the
Through my near 38 years on this Earth, I’ve seen a lot of rebuilds. Not just with the Detroit Lions, but with NFL teams as whole. A lot of them have no worked out for various reasons. If I had to do a study, I’m sure that I would find that the largest reasons the…
The Detroit Lions have a new tight end in town and he just so happens to come from the same place that their last big-name tight end came from. Sometimes it seems like it’s the only place that tight ends come from. In the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft, the Lions selected Iowa’s…
The Detroit Lions walked away from this past weekend’s 2023 NFL Draft a better team; I don’t think there’s much doubt about that. They took what was already one of the most well-rounded rosters in the NFL and added several unique talents to it amidst a slew of trades by general manager Brad Holmes. While…
Without a doubt, the Detroit Lions were viewed as one of the biggest “losers” in Day 1 of the 2023 NFL Draft. Though they had two first-round picks—and selected two highly-graded players—many believed Detroit’s mistakes were in passing over players at more high-impactful positions. So even when the Lions saw a ton of praise for…
Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell, Jahmyr Gibbs from Alabama, Jack Campbell from Iowa, and general manager Brad Holmes pose during the players’ introductory news conference at team headquarters in Allen Park on Friday, April 28, 2023. Lions 042823 Kd275 Fantasy football profile: Detroit Lions rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs by Brad Berreman On Tuesday, the
The Detroit Lions announced on Tuesday all of the jersey numbers for their new additions. It’s an exciting moment, because fans can now get the opportunity to buy merchandise with the correct numbers of their new favorite player. Of course, it’s always buyer beware, because it’s commonplace for rookies to change their numbers early and…
The Detroit Lions were not the most ideal fantasy landing spot for him, but what might Jahmyr Gibbs deliver for his fantasy managers as a rookie? As the second-best running back in this year’s draft class, at least for most people, Jahmyr Gibbs was a potential first-round pick. Indeed, the Detroit Lions took him at
There’s not a broad great sense of urgency, but Lions general manager Brad Holmes has acknowledged talks of a contract extension for Jared Goff have started. As the top of the quarterback market keeps rising, now north of $50 million per year in raw of the top value, everyone else who’s coming up for a
The process will not come off as too surprising, as the Detroit Lions clearly coveted Jahmyr Gibbs. There were some pre-draft rumors suggesting some teams had Jahmyr Gibbs higher on their draft boards than general consensus top running back Bijan Robinson. The idea was out there that the Detroit Lions were one of them, for
As Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said a few times over the past couple weeks, NFL mock drafts have no basis in reality. Holmes tried to say it as nicely as possible—since he was talking to a bunch of media members who have created mock drafts—but you know what he really meant by the…
You wouldn’t have thought it was only Detroit Lions’ general manager Brad Holmes’ third draft of his career as the boss. Not with the way he was wheeling and dealing on the trade market. After moving back a handful of times early on in the 2023 NFL Draft, Holmes traded up to 96 in order…
The draft is done. The pieces are set, and the Lions are moving on towards the encroaching summer. With Kansas City done and dusted, Detroit has its full draft class. The selections made by the front office has earned its share of criticism, but we focus on what is, and what this team will become…
For Jahmyr Gibbs, his ability to not only run the ball but also catch it well began in one of the most sacred of places for a developing football star—the backyard. Brand new Detroit Lions running back says his pass catching skills began with a group of friends playing 7-on-7 in the backyard as he…
Brad Holmes appears to now be 3-for-3 in putting together good drafts, at least based on Next Gen Stats numbers for this year’s group. In the 2022 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions had one of the most athletic draft classes in the league as measured by Relative Athletic Score and Next Gen Stats. That was
After watching tape on Jahmyr Gibbs, here is what I learned and how the Lions can use his skill set to their advantage. Jahmyr Gibbs was taken 12th overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2023 NFL Draft. To many, it was a surprise pick and seen as a reach. I fell into that category
For all the buzz around Hendon Hooker, Lions general manager Brad Holmes has set the expectations for the incoming rookie’s first season. The Detroit Lions were clearly in the market for a quarterback in this year’s draft, it was just a matter or where they took one and who it would be. After trading down
The Detroit Lions first round of the 2023 NFL Draft will goes down as one of the most surprising in recent history. While the Lions taking a running back early wasn’t a complete shock, that selection being Jahmyr Gibbs with the 12th overall pick was something that literally no one in the general public had…
Whether the Falcons would’ve picked up his option is debatable, but the mechanics of his trade from the Lions makes it a moot point for Jeff Okudah. Like the recent trade of D’Andre Swift, the trade of fellow 2020 draft class member Jeff Okudah made sense for the player and the Detroit Lions. A change