Lions Fan Blogs

One unheralded Detroit Lions training camp battle has been the backup SAM linebacker position. While Derrick Barnes seems to have the starting position locked down, Detroit has been searching for a trustworthy reserve player to back up the difficult role. At the start of camp, the competition seemed to be between third-year edge defender James…

One of the biggest training camp battles highlighted in every Detroit Lions offseason preview was the wide receiver hole left by Josh Reynolds’ departure in free agency. The team’s need for an outside WR-X has been highlighted time and time again. But through nearly three weeks of training camp, there has not been any clarity…

The opening preseason game is always a good display of how the Detroit Lions view the hierarchy of their own players. Which players rest, who is in the first half, and who is still in there during the final quarter are all very telling signs of where those players’ roster chances currently stand.

As some players start to increase their chances to make the final 53-man roster, others begin to find themselves on the wrong side of the bubble. Week 2 of the preseason is where things start to ramp up, and it’s another opportunity for players to make plays and convince coaches that they deserve one of…

The Detroit Lions took the field on Monday night for their 13th practice of training camp, and the team was buckling down for another intense round of padded practices. Coach Dan Campbell said the plan was to work the starters hard over the next two practices (Monday night and Wednesday morning). Then, depending on the…

It was a tough day at practice for the Detroit Lions secondary. Both first and second-round picks Terrion Arnold and Ennis Rakestraw left Monday evening’s practice with injuries. Per the team, Arnold is dealing with an upper body injury and Rakestraw is dealing with an ankle injury. Neither player returned to practice and both headed…

The Detroit Lions announced another slew of roster moves in light of some recent injuries. First and foremost, they have waived receiver Antoine Green with an injury designation. Green suffered a concussion/neck injury in Thursday’s preseason game and did not return. If Green clears waivers, he’ll return to Detroit’s injured reserve list, but his season…

Unfortunately, if you aren’t a Detroit Lions or New York Giants fan, the things you heard about the joint practices between the two teams probably had something to do with the near-constant skirmishes between the two clubs. In fact, training camp fights typically swallow up a good portion of the headlines around this time of…

The Detroit Lions offense did not have their best day against the New York Giants, but that’s all part of the process. The purpose of preseason games isn’t to win, but to evaluate. And bad performances are just as necessary to identify as the good ones when building a roster.

The Detroit Lions were back on the practice field on Sunday, following their preseason game against the New York Giants. After a tough week of joint practices that saw several players banged up, and a physical game resulted in even more injuries, the Lions scaled things back a bit, appearing to keep a few extra…

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell offered several injury updates during his Sunday afternoon press conference, following a physical preseason game against the New York Giants. The worst news came for edge rusher Nate Lynn and offensive tackle Connor Galvin. Per Campbell, both players suffered injuries that he expects to end their 2024 season. Galvin suffered…

The Detroit Lions are reportedly adding another linebacker. The Lions announced a slew of roster moves in reaction to a few injuries suffered. Here’s a quick recap: Beauplan is a second-year player after going undrafted last year. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings, but suffered an injury in the preseason and was eventually waived…

The Detroit Lions are back in the comfort of their own confines. Training camp kicks back into gear on Sunday afternoon for Day 12. It was a rough, physical week in New Jersey, with a pair of joint practices and the preseason opener. The Lions got fined $200,000 for fighting in practice. Several players incurred…

The Detroit Lions’ playoff win over the Los Angeles Rams last season will not soon be forgotten. Not only was it the franchise’s first postseason win since the 1991 season, but it was the first Lions playoff game ever in Ford Field—and it just so happened to feature two quarterbacks going against their former teams.

We hear it all the time in reference to football players. “He’s just a gamer.” Well, on Thursday night, nearly 60 Detroit Lions players had their opportunity to prove that when the lights are on, their star shines bright. It’s one thing to make some plays in Allen Park, where full contact is rarely allowed,…

On Thursday night, the Detroit Lions lost an ugly and wet preseason opener to the New York Giants, 14-3. As we’ll do every week throughout the season for this Lions team, we have some data we can comb through courtesy of Pro Football Focus that better helps us understand the football the Lions have played…

With the Detroit Lions resting their starters against the New York Giants in their first game of the preseason, it was a great opportunity for players on the bubble to make their case for a roster spot. Though the team as a whole performed quite poorly and only put up three points in their defeat,…

The Detroit Lions’ first preseason game of the 2024 season is in the books and it’s time to check in on the players who helped or hurt their stock. The Lions rested 27 players on Thursday night, plus an additional four injured players—Emmanuel Moseley and John Cominsky—who are likely headed for injured reserve at cutdowns.…

With some semblance of real competitive Detroit Lions football on our television screens Thursday night, I gave my remote control all it could handle rewinding to cover as many meaningful observations as possible from the Lions defensive line performances against the New York Giants. One of the glaring takeaways, throughout the game, was that the…

Last Friday, the Detroit Lions’ training camp scrimmage practice was a tough one for kicker Jake Bates. As the team’s only kicker, Bates went just 8-of-14 on field goals on the day, and added a missed extra point to boot. Bates had a chance to finish the day on a high note, but his 40-yard…