Pride of Detroit

The 2024-25 NFL playoffs kick off on Saturday afternoon, and there’s never been a more anticipated postseason for the Detroit Lions in the Super Bowl era. For the first time, they have the No. 1 seed in the NFC, and—it still feels weird to type these words—they are Super Bowl favorites by Vegas odds.

There are quite a few happy Detroit Lions right now, as several learned they were named first-team Associated Press All-Pros for the 2024 NFL season. The Lions media team blessing us with videos of four of the six Lions named to the First Team learning they’d made it. Jeremy has some background and more details…

This may finally be the year the Detroit Lions have their coaching staff picked apart. Already in this cycle offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has four head coaching interviews and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn has five. In addition to that, position coaches Deshea Townsend and Hank Fraley have coordinator interviews, and Chris Spielman is even interviewing…

Detroit Lions cornerback Amik Robertson had the biggest moment in his NFL career on Sunday night. Shadowing Justin Jefferson, the best receiver in the NFL, Robertson held the Vikings receiver to just three catches for 54 yards on nine targets—a huge reason why the Lions were able to hold Minnesota out of the end zone…

The Detroit Lions may have one more player returning from injury before their playoff run begins. On Thursday, the Lions designated rookie cornerback Ennis Rakestraw to return from injury, opening up his 21-day evaluation clock. The Lions are currently on a bye week, but coach Dan Campbell said on Tuesday that they planned on practicing…

Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is going to have a busy weekend full of head coaching interviews, but one team who wanted to meet with Glenn won’t have that chance. According to several sources (first reported by Tom Pelissero), Glenn has turned down the interview request from the New England Patriots.

The Detroit Lions coaching staff is in high demand. Not only do offensive coordinator Ben Johnson (four) and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn (four, plus two more requests) have multiple head coaching interviews this week, but offensive line coach Hank Fraley is interviewing with the Seahawks for their vacant offensive coordinator position, and now, the San…

“We’ll come back Friday and do a full game, all out, three hours, full hitting, goal line, short yardage.” That was Dan Campbell’s initial answer when asked how the Detroit Lions players and coaches would spend their bye week. And for a second, it was easy to believe him. We’ve all seen the “Hard Knocks”…

On Thursday afternoon, the NFL announced that Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Month, for the combined months of December and January. Over that stretch—the last five games—Gibbs has rushed for 439 yards and six rushing touchdowns on 87 carries (5.05 YPC). He also tacked on 24…

According to a report from NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson will take four initial head coaching interviews this week. Per Schultz, Johnson is scheduled to interview with the Raiders and Patriots on Friday, and then the Bears and Jaguars on Saturday. It’s worth noting that The Athletic’s Dianna Russini is…

In a bit of a surprise twist, an unexpected Detroit Lions executive will be interviewing for a front office job. As first reported by Anthony Rothman—and subsequently confirmed by Jonathan Jones—Lions special assistant to president/CEO and chairperson Chris Spielman will interview for the New York Jets general manager position.

With a victory over the Minnesota Vikings in their regular season finale, the Detroit Lions claimed the NFC North, the top spot in the NFC, and a week’s worth of rest in one fell swoop. As we’ll do every week throughout the season for this Detroit Lions team, we have some data we can comb…

In what was one of the more electric atmospheres of the 2024 regular season, the Detroit Lions took care of business in Week 18 by soundly defeating the Minnesota Vikings, 31-9. In doing so, they finished with a perfect 6-0 record in-division, as well as locked down both their second consecutive NFC North title, and…

When the Detroit Lions’ defensive struggles were at its worst, fans clung to the hope that the few players who would return from injury could help resettle a Detroit defense that once ranked into the top five in nearly every metric. Unfortunately, the injuries only seemed to mount and the list of players who could…

The Detroit Lions, in their second Game #272 “Sunday Night Football” game in three years, mauled the Minnesota Vikings 31-9. The Lions’ commanding victory was thanks in large part to a 21-0 run to end the game. The win is Detroit’s fifth straight win against Kevin O’Connell’s Vikings, dating back to 2022 and completed a…

Football has become cynical, deathly so. Only the best quarterbacks, only the top stories, culture means winning and not much else. When Dan Campbell came to town, it was far from that; a hope that things could change, a will to built culture and a new way for a franchise everyone had dismissed.

As the Detroit Lions headed into their season finale with the Minnesota Vikings, one of the biggest talking points was the possible return of captain Alex Anzalone. After missing six weeks with a broken forearm, Anzalone weighed the risks of playing and eventually elected to give it a go. In the end, not only did…

The Detroit Lions are on a bye this week, but defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn has a busy schedule ahead of him anyway. Though he got some time to enjoy the Pistons game on Monday night, he’ll be in virtual meetings nearly the rest of the week. Per NFL Network, Glenn is scheduled to have four…

As voters submit their votes for the NFL’s 2024 Coach of the Year, let me offer one final piece of evidence in support of Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell. Much has been made about how Campbell manages a game, particularly his propensity of going for it on fourth down—sometimes in unconventional situations. I use the…

With the Detroit Lions locking up the No. 1 seed in the NFC, fans now have the privilege of relaxing for a weekend of anxiety-free NFL Playoff football. The following weekend, the Lions will match up with the lowest remaining seed in the NFC that advances through the Wild Card round.