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There’s a reason we remind our readers that when a player is placed on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) or Non-Football Injury (NFI) list, there is no reason to panic. Sometimes those stints just last days. For four Detroit Lions this year, that stint lasted just a matter of hours.

Earlier this offseason, the Detroit Lions locked up a trio of foundational pieces to their team, signing Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Penei Sewell to big, multi-year extensions. However, there are a few other key players entering the final year of their contract, including left tackle Taylor Decker. After Wednesday’s opening training camp practice,…

Detroit Lions returned to the field on Wednesday as they officially opened up their 2024 training camp practices in Allen Park. With this being the the first practice of the acclimation period, the Lions were not in pads and practice only lasted an hour and a half, which will likely be the shortest practice during…

While the Detroit Lions added four players to the injury list at the beginning of training camp, they also welcomed back three players who were placed on such lists over the weekend. Rookie offensive tackle Giovanni Manu was taken off the Non-Football Injury list, while defensive back Brian Branch and defensive end Marcus Davenport were…

We made it. The offseason officially gives way to the preseason on Wednesday morning, as the Detroit Lions take the field for 2024 training camp. This year, expectations are quite literally higher than they’ve ever been in Lions franchise history. The Super Bowl isn’t just within reach, it’s the expectation.

It’s always fun to learn more about the people underneath the helmets and the latest “Inside the Den” does not disappoint. In this episode, we follow Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown to Germany to explore some of his favorite places as a child. While he and his brothers mostly grew up in California, his…

There aren’t that many starting jobs up for grabs on the offensive side of the ball for the 2024 Detroit Lions. In fact, there’s likely only one: the wide receiver job vacated by Josh Reynolds’ departure. On the defensive side of the ball, however, there is a ton of turnover and a ton of competition…

Every year when NFL teams start to whittle down their roster and establish their 53-man roster, there are some pretty surprising cuts made by each team. And with the Detroit Lions having a roster that is much more competitive than we’re accustomed to seeing, there may be even more tough decisions for general manager Brad…

On Monday, we broke down the biggest training camp battles on offense and made our predictions for which Detroit Lions players were in position to make the roster and who could miss it. The situation on defense is a bit tougher to weed through. There are starting jobs still up for grabs and the depth…

On training camp eve, we have reached the finale of our rankings of the Detroit Lions’ 2024 roster. This year’s top 10 features six players who made last year’s list, seven players who were drafted by current general manager Brad Holmes, and seven players listed are 24 years or younger. The average age of Detroit’s…

General manager Brad Holmes and the rest of the Detroit Lions front office have hit on high-value draft gems and franchise players every offseason. Lions fans have been spoiled by the unbelievable success of Holmes’ track record, which has produced foundational players on each of the three days of the NFL Draft.

As we announced late last week, the PODcast—our Detroit Lions podcast—has been renewed with an innovative plan for the 2024 season. The timing couldn’t have been any better, as Lions training camp is just a couple days away. And for our inaugural episode in Year 9 of the podcast, we broke down all of the…

We’re cracking the top 20 in our rankings of the 2024 Detroit Lions roster. This group of players includes four players drafted by general manager Brad Holmes and six added via free agency or trade—three of which were added just this offseason. In other words, this is Holmes’ team in its entirety, and this ranking…

Bubble Watch is back! If you’re unfamiliar, Bubble Watch is a weekly feature during Detroit Lions training camp in which we track the progress of players on the team’s roster bubble by predicting which players are in or out. We’ll be adjusting our picks every week based on the results of training camp, preseason games,…

Detroit Lions 2024 training camp practices begin this week and that means it’s time to release another installment of our 53-man roster projection. As has become tradition, Jeremy Reisman and I collaborate on this installment in an attempt to give you a balanced look at where the roster sits coming out of the summer break.…

Brad Holmes’ success as general manager of the Detroit Lions has propelled the team into conversations for the best roster in the league. Not only is that due to hitting on high-profile prospects like Penei Sewell or Aidan Hutchinson, but it is also due to a keen eye for talent in each round. Acquiring talented…

Detroit Lions’ coach Dan Campbell made headlines at the end of last season when he said that it was “going to be twice as hard to get back to this point next year.” And while some people seemed to misconstrue what he was saying, most of us picked up what he was putting down.

On Sunday, the Detroit Lions announced that four players have been placed on an injury list prior to training camp. Defensive back Brian Branch, defensive linemen DJ Reader, and Marcus Davenport have all been placed on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list. Meanwhile, rookie offensive tackle Giovanni Manu has been placed on the Non-Football…

We’ve reached the top 30 players in our countdown of the 2024 Detroit Lions roster. While many of these players won’t be considered starters this year, almost all of them are expected to have a significant—if not, critical—role with the team. Two of these players produced the most iconic plays for 2023, two are newcomers…

On Saturday, Detroit Lions rookies reported to training camp for the 2024 season. One of the very first things players do upon arrival is perform a conditioning test. If a player fails a conditioning test, they aren’t allowed to practice until they do. This is customary for every NFL team, but for cornerback Terrion Arnold,…