The 2023 NFL Draft is only hours away and for those looking for a refresher on where the Detroit Lions roster sits, here’s a quick breakdown of the team’s depth chart before the main event. Keep in mind, teams’ rosters are expanded to up to 90 players during the offseason. Currently, the Lions have 68…
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After the 2023 NFL Draft is over, these four Detroit Lions players could very easily be cut. The Detroit Lions have nine selections heading into the 2023 NFL Draft. Add in the inevitable signing of some undrafted free agents, and even with a 90-man roster through offseason work there won’t be room to keep everyone.
Driven somewhat by analytics, a potential first round wide receiver has drawn a comparison to Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. It’s obviously revisionist history. But if we did a re-draft of the 2021 NFL Draft, Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown might be a first-round pick. He certainly wouldn’t be outside the top
We’ve made it. The 2023 NFL Draft kicks off its three-day event on Thursday night and we have all the coverage details you’ll want to know on how to watch, stream, or listen to the extravaganza. The NFL has plenty of options to watch the NFL Draft with a variety of personalities covering the big…
C.J. Stroud feels he could be an option and a fit for the Detroit Lions by Brad Berreman The Lions have been reshaping their image over the past year under coach Dan Campbell and that continues tonight with the NFL Draft. Die-hard Lions fans might be able to predict how tonight will go for Detroit
What if I were to tell you that one of the most athletic and intriguing prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft was from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula? Crazy, right? Well, what if I then told you that he had all but given up on organized sports back in 2019? Sound like a Disney movie yet? Well,…
For the final time in 2023, here is a full 7-round mock draft for the Detroit Lions. We are now, as they like to say “one sleep away” from the 2023 NFL Draft. Life will change for 31 players on Thursday night, and for 259 players by the end of the proceedings on Saturday. The
As his draft stock slips for a flimsy reason, C.J. Stroud addressed that and mentioned his potential fit with the Detroit Lions. Over the last week or so, there appears to be an agenda somewhere to drop the draft stock of Ohio State quarterback C.J Stroud. Apparently he scored poorly, like very poorly, on the
General manager Brad Holmes says he’s not against the idea of drafting a running back in the first round, but do the Detroit Lions have their eye on a second option? A general NFL Draft philosophy these days says “don’t take a running back in the first round.” Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes is
The NFL Draft is now just over a day away, and it’s always one of the more exciting days on the Detroit Lions annual schedule. In previous years, that’s because the team hasn’t been so good, so we had to empty all of our hopes and dreams into the NFL Draft. But this year, it’s…
Congratulations, you’ve made it this far! You’re part of an elite group of people who chose to read the article instead of reacting on social media to the headline. Chances are, you’re at least intrigued to see what kind of argument can be made for the Detroit Lions to draft yet another tight end in…
It’s unlikely?, but a bold trade idea would make the Detroit Lions offense absolutely unstoppable. The Detroit Lions enter the 2023 NFL Draft in a position where they could do just about anything. Stay put, take the best player available with both first-round picks on Thursday night, trade up or down…..trade someone? Or trade for
Here at Pride of Detroit, it has become an annual tradition to run these “Why the Detroit Lions should draft…” articles in the days leading up to the NFL Draft. It’s a fun way to see differing points of view on the Lions’ strategy while also highlighting the fact that sometimes there are multiple right…
Two decades ago, nobody in NFL circles would have batted an eye at a running back being selected in the first round of the draft. Now? It has become increasingly rare as overall stock in running backs has been on the decline for some time now. The days of a single player toting the rock…
We are literally just a day away from the 2023 NFL Draft and that means it’s time for us to deliver our final Detroit Lions mock drafts of the season. In this edition—our third of the offseason—Ryan Mathews and I (Erik Schlitt) have joined forces to produce a joint mock draft. If you missed our…
With around 48 hours until the 2023 NFL Draft, some of the local Detroit Lions beat is starting to drop their final mocks of the season. Earlier this week, our own Mike Payton dropped an ambition mock that included a trade up to Pick 3. But let’s see what the beat around town is doing…
As part of our continued effort to reach out to the Detroit Lions community, we are going to try something new this week—something we’ve never done on this website before. We’ve done typically question/answer sessions either through the mailbag, through our Midweek Mailbag or our Spotify Live (RIP) call-in shows. Now, it’s time to reward…
The Detroit Lions were clearly not all that aggressive in an an effort to keep DJ Chark, and the latest news about him proves them even more right. In hindsight, with Jameson Williams suspended for the first six games of the season, maybe the Detroit Lions should have tried harder to re-sign wide receiver DJ
The Detroit Lions have a top-10 pick again in this year’s draft, and here are grades for their last 10 top-10 picks. The Detroit Lions are obviously no strangers to having a high first-round pick. Since 2002, they’ve had a top-10 overall pick 14 times. But this year, that top-10 pick (No. 6 overall) comes
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JANUARY 01: D’Andre Swift #32 of the Detroit Lions runs the ball for a touchdown during the third quarter in the game against the Chicago Bears at Ford Field on January 01, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown reads bad pre-draft evaluations (video)