David Montgomery has landed in the best situation of his career with the Detroit Lions, and his fantasy football upside for 2023 has been further confirmed. With his coming to the Detroit Lions in free agency, David Montgomery had landed in a situation better than he had in any of his four seasons with the
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After the great find James Houston was last year, the Detroit Lions are doing some pre-draft work on another small school edge rusher this year. While he transferred from Florida to play for Deion Sanders at Jackson State, James Houston went down as a small school prospect and one heck of a find for the
With DJ Chark’s departure official now, here are five remaining free agent options for the Detroit Lions to replace him. It always seemed likely, even as he lingered available longer than probably expected, and on Friday in became official. Wide receiver DJ Chark is leaving the Detroit Lions for a one-year free agent deal with
The Detroit Lions offseason is humming along. With the first waves of free agency over, we’re now barreling toward the draft, where the Lions have two first-round picks. But we’re not that far off from actual football activities either. The XFL and USFL will fill up the time for actual games, but the Lions will…
Pro Football Focus did a quarterbacks-only 2023 mock draft, and the Detroit Lions indeed came out with a potential successor to Jared Goff. The idea of the Detroit Lions drafting a quarterback this year is definitely out there, and after the simple re-signing of backup Nate Sudfeld it’s creeping toward being a virtual certainty. It
If you’re not familiar with how the Detroit Lions roundup works, each week we collect data from the latest expert mock drafts published over the last seven days and compile them (with links to the original pieces) in one easy-to-access article. In addition to providing Lions’ fans with the names of prospects being paired with…
On Friday, the Detroit Lions lost wide receiver DJ Chark to the Carolina Panthers. With the Lions freeing up so much cap space, it was thought that maybe they would use some of that money to bring back Chark on another cheap, short-term deal. Instead, they may have opened themselves up for another need that…
After the notable waves of NFL free agency, here is a full 7-round mock draft for the Detroit Lions. The Detroit Lions have gone against general manager Brad Holmes’ previous grain in free agency this year, signing Cameron Sutton, Emmanuel Moseley and C.J. Gardner-Johnson to remodel what was a bad secondary. Not to be overlooked
DJ Chark lingered available longer than he probably expected to, but he is set to leave the Detroit Lions for the Carolina Panthers. The longer he remained available in free agency, going into the second week, the idea DJ Chark could return to the Detroit Lions sort of surfaced. But alas Chark will be elsewhere next
As the options to fill the No. 2 spot on the depth chart quickly thinned, the Detroit Lions have re-signed Nate Sudfeld. After last season ended, via SI.com, here’s what Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said about the backup quarterback situation. Going into this past year, yeah, we went down to the umpteenth hour
Cam Newton resurfaced at Auburn’s Pro Day this week, but could he really be a fit to be the Detroit Lions’ No. 2 quarterback? After not playing in the NFL last season, Cam Newton resurfaced at Auburn’s Pro Day this week as the headliner of an event that didn’t feature a top-end 2023 draft prospect
Only a few months ago, Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter was considered a lock to go in the top of the draft. Prior to the trade with the Carolina Panthers, there was legitimate buzz around Carter going number one overall to the Chicago Bears. So for teams like the Detroit Lions sitting at sixth overall…
This week has been a whirlwind for Detroit Lions fans. National analysts are waiting in line to praise everything the Lions have done since November. Whether it is the team’s 8-2 run to finish the season, the nationally-televised gutsy win over the Packers in the season finale, or their calculated aggression in free agency, Lions…
The Detroit Lions are losing their special teams captain as linebacker Josh Woods has agreed to a 1-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals. Woods quietly had a dominating year on special teams for the Lions, registering 322 special teams snaps (3rd most on the team) and earning a PFF special teams grade of 90.9, which…
The idea is one that’s still interesting, and some writers are still trying to match Lamar Jackson and the Detroit Lions. In a broad sense, within the notion Jared Goff is not a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, I’m fully on board with the idea of the Detroit Lions pursuing Lamar Jackson. That would now be via
It’s not a huge surprise, but Lions running back D’Andre Swift had been tabbed as one of the biggest fantasy football losers from NFL free agency. Some people bought into the fantasy football hype around Lions running back D’Andre Swift last year. Of course he missed a few games, and often had limited workloads as
It was always headed for another team, but former Lions cornerback Amani Oruwariye has signed with the New York Giants. Even the faint idea the Detroit Lions were going to overhaul their cornerback depth chart this offseason meant Amani Oruwariye was going to be gone as a free agent with little or no resistance. Then
It’s officially mock draft season, and you’re invited to participate in the biggest mock draft run in the Lions community. After a wild start to free agency for the Detroit Lions, it’s time to turn our attention to the 2023 NFL Draft. And with it fully being draft season, it’s time to bring back the…
The Detroit Lions have been active with the salary cap gymnastics this offseason. They restructured Tracy Walker’s and Jack Fox’s contracts. They got Charles Harris, Halapoulivaati Vaitai, and Romeo Okwara to agree to significant pay cuts. Additionally, many of the players they have signed or re-signed in free agency have backloaded contracts. Six of them—Cameron…
It became more likely the more time went on, but the Detroit Lions have remodeled the contract of guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai rather than cut him. It seems it would have been simpler to just cut him, but the more time passed the more likely it was that Detroit Lions guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai would be sticking