Pride of Detroit

Rookie minicamp is one of the first tastes of football post-NFL Draft, and the Detroit Lions have plenty of rookies to look forward to seeing. The early observations are exciting, and with the excitement comes expectations. From first round talents to Day 3 end-of-the-draft selections, the expectations will vary wildly. Some will be viewed as…

Earlier this offseason, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell announced the team’s intentions to host the New York Giants for joint practices prior to each team’s 2023 preseason opener. Last week, the Lions revealed their other two preseason opponents for the 2023 NFL schedule: the Jacksonville Jaguars (home) and Carolina Panthers (away).

Many were surprised when the NFL announced the Detroit Lions would be the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 1 opponent for the opening game of the 2023 NFL regular season. While the Super Bowl champion typically gets the national spotlight of that kickoff game, to put the Lions—a team that didn’t make the playoffs last year.

Defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson, a free agency addition to the Lions roster that basically everybody loved, was a guest on the show “Up and Adams” on Friday morning. Gardner-Johnson spoke to the show’s host Kay Adams about signing with the Lions and his interactions with the staff and players of his new team. You can…

Normally when the schedule release happens, Detroit Lions fans are quick to bellyache about something. The bye is too early. They didn’t get enough primetime games. They’re catching too many teams coming off their bye week with extra rest. Every year, it seems at least one of these things are true—oftentimes many.

The Detroit Lions are in the middle of their 2023 rookie minicamp, and on Saturday, they opened their practice facility doors to the media. In addition to the eight players selected as part of the 2023 Draft class, the Lions also had their 15 undrafted free agents on the field, 10 players trying out for…

If you thought Hendon Hooker was just going to be an observer of Saturday’s rookie minicamp practice due to the torn ACL he suffered back in November, you don’t know Hendon Hooker. Hooker, the Detroit Lions third-round selection in the 2023 NFL Draft, was as active as he could physically be on a pleasant Saturday…

Saturday, the Detroit Lions opened up rookie minicamp to the media for the first time this season, but they were missing a few of their biggest pieces to the puzzle. First-round pick Jahymr Gibbs, second-round pick Brian Branch, and third-round pick Hendon Hooker were all not participating in the team’s second rookie minicamp practice.

The schedule release has come and went. The NFL Draft is done. We’re on the precipice of the offseason chasm, but there are still minicamps and OTAs to be had. In the meantime, we are continuing our new tradition of heading into each weekend with a complete, no-holds-barred open thread. Feel free to talk about…

Are you ready for football? The season may loom far, far away yet all the same, but with the NFL schedule release on Thursday, we can further dream about football and we know the order of the games and how they will be played. The Detroit Lions snagged three Thursday games—one to open the season…

In addition to the eight selected players in the 2023 draft, the Detroit Lions have also added another 15 rookies to their roster from the undrafted free agent market. Let’s take a closer look at who the Lions added and break down what these players bring to Detroit’s 90-man roster.

How many years have you sat and waited for the NFL to drop the Detroit Lions schedule only to find out that the team has to go through a gauntlet of pain in which they get sprayed in the face with Frank’s Red Hot while their shoelaces are tied and the girl that they liked…

Now that the Detroit Lions’ 2023 schedule has been released, Vegas has wasted no time in setting the initial lines for all 18 weeks of the NFL season. And if you ever wanted a sign that things are drastically different in Detroit this year, this may be it. Because the 2023 Detroit Lions are currently…

In the NFL’s continued commitment to doing anything it can to remain in the conversation—despite its season ending three months ago—the schedule release for the upcoming season has morphed into a social media phenomenon. Twitter leaks, social media teams orchestrating elaborate announcements, and way-too-premature predictions provide for a reminder that the NFL season is just……

In addition to their entire 2023 regular season schedule, the Detroit Lions also revealed their 2023 preseason opponents and the order in which they will play them. For the first two games—home tilts against the New York Giants and the Jacksonville Jaguars—the specific dates have not yet been decided. For the preseason finale, a road…

As soon as I realized the Detroit Lions were facing the Los Angeles Chargers this year, I knew the team was in for some top-tier roasting. If you’re unaware, the Chargers have become legendary when it comes to their schedule release videos. They have a no-holds-barred attitude, and even recently admitted to ESPN that they…

The Detroit Lions 2023 schedule will be released by 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, but throughout the day, there are expected to be several leaks. The NFL has already been revealing some of the 2023 games, and more are expected throughout the day prior to the official announcement at the end of the night.

On Thursday, the NFL will release its entire 2023 football schedule, and in a lead-up to the main event, the league has been slowly announcing some of its biggest games of the season. After a 2022 season that saw the Detroit Lions have zero primetime games — until they were flexed to “Sunday Night Football”…

For all that has been said about positional value, perhaps there’s another way to look at the value the Detroit Lions are getting out of first-round pick Jahmyr Gibbs. All we have to do is look back at a February teleconference with draft expert Daniel Jeremiah, as we outlined in our Mock Draft Roundup 12.0.…

Perhaps best known for his time with the St. Louis Rams and the “greatest show on turf” offense of the late 90’s and early 2000s—former NFL coach Mike Martz has been around some of the game’s best. Martz coached multiple Hall of Famers during that era, including running back Marshall Faulk and wide receiver Isaac…