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Our 2025 NFL Combine preview series continues, with this installment focusing on a handful of running backs who should be on the radar of Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes. The running backs will participate in on-field activities on Saturday, March 1, a day that will also feature this year’s quarterback class (a group we…

For the first time since August*, there will be no meaningful football being played this Sunday. Unfortunately, that is just a sign of things to come. The offseason is long and painful, but if you want to make an optimistic spin on it, it frees up significant time of your weekend. Without devoting at least…

The 2025 NFL Combine begins on Monday, February 24, with prospects arriving alongside their positional groups over the next few days. During their time in Indianapolis, players will go through orientation, receive medical checks, meet with NFL teams, and take the podium to answer questions from the media. Then, on Thursday, February 27, NFL Network…

Next up in our Detroit Lions free agent series we have veteran wide receiver and Detroit native, Allen Robinson. Here’s a look at our previously written free agent profiles: WR Tim Patrick, G Kevin Zeitler, OT Dan Skipper, EDGE Al-Quadin Muhammad, DT Kyle Peko, LB Derrick Barnes, CB Carlton Davis, CB Emmanuel Moseley, CB Kindle…

Following the conclusion of this past weekend’s Super Bowl, the 2024 season is officially over and the entire NFL is in the offseason. For the NFL Draft community, this marks a big week to flood the market with mock drafts, and we’ve gathered projections from 35 different draft analysts for this week’s roundup.

The Detroit Lions produced a record-breaking season in 2024, and even after coming up short for their ultimate goal, there are far more positives to take out of last season than negatives. Several players—Jahmyr Gibbs, Jameson Williams, Jack Campbell, and Kerby Joseph, to name a few—took their games to a new level and helped Detroit…

Following a disappointing postseason exit and the departure of talented coaches, many Detroit Lions fans are questioning the state of the franchise. Why did the Lions fail in the playoffs? Can they fix whatever’s wrong and make it all the way next season? In a chat with Forbes reporter DJ Siddiqi last week, Lions running…

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Detroit Lions director of scouting advancement Mike Martin is set to become the next general manager for Notre Dame. Martin was hired right at the beginning of the Dan Campbell, Brad Holmes era. Prior to his time with the Lions, he spent 19 years in NFL front offices—11 years with…

When you take away the Detroit Lions’ painful, gut-wrenching loss in the Divisional Round of the 2024 playoffs—there is still plenty to look back on in a positive light. For a team that completely reset expectations in 2023 when they came a half of football away from a Super Bowl appearance, the 2024 team,—despite a…

The Detroit Lions are hiring a new running backs coach. According to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, current Texas running backs coach Tashard Choice is expected to join the Lions’ coaching staff. At this point, there is no clarity on what that means for the Lions’ current assistant head coach/running backs coach Scottie Montgomery.

What Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has done with the team’s roster over the past four years has been nothing short of remarkable. In short order, Holmes has managed to take a roster that was in full-on rebuild mode into arguably the most talented roster in football. There’s a reason Holmes has been named…

As the 2024 season proved for the Detroit Lions, building depth can be just as important as filling your roster with top-end talent. For the past two years, cornerback Kindle Vildor has been part of that depth, and due to the Lions’ high amount of injuries, he’s received a lot of playing time over those…

It’s still hard to think of the 2024 Detroit Lions season as a positive. There were so many expectations for the year, and for it to end so abruptly and surprisingly was a huge bummer. The team was clearly better than they were in 2023, yet their playoff push ended a game short of where…

Matt Patricia is already an unwelcome face for many Detroit Lions fans after his failed 2.5-year stint as the team’s head coach. Now, he’ll be adding to his villain-like ways in Michigan: Pete Thamel is reporting that Patricia is taking a job with one of the biggest local rivals. Per Thamel, Patricia is expected to…

The career of Ifeatu Melifonwu has been a bumpy one since the Detroit Lions drafted him in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. In between the moments of position changes and injuries, Melifonwu has displayed some serious skills and shown he belongs in the league. Unfortunately, those moments have been few and far…

The Detroit Lions lost both their offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator to head coaching jobs this offseason, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. Those coaches brought along several assistants from their respective staffs for promotions, and that means the Lions are turning over a sizeable portion of their staff.

Our 2025 Detroit Lions free agent series continues. We’re breaking down each and every single decision the team must make with their pending free agent class ahead of this offseason including what their expectations were coming into the 2024 season, how they performed, and ultimately their chances of returning to Detroit for this next season.

The Detroit Lions are hiring Iowa State assistant head coach/running backs coach Tyler Roehl as an offensive assistant coach, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Roehl was briefly an NFL running back, signing with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2009. Unfortunately for Roehl, he scuffed a torn ACL in offseason workouts,…

Adversity is the word that best describes linebacker DaRon Gilbert’s journey to the NFL. Gilbert already had an uphill battle coming into training camp as an undrafted rookie in a crowded linebacker room. The fact that he only had one year of experience playing the position only added to the challenge.

At this point in the offseason, nobody knows anything about what will happen in 2025. We can pretend we have a pretty good idea based on current rosters and 2025 opponents, but there is so much change in an offseason that the outlook now could be drastically different come August and September.