Pride of Detroit

This year, the Minnesota Vikings made history in the wrong way, becoming the first ever 14-win team to lose their division and have to go on the road in the first round of the playoffs. While they have no one to blame but themselves—they lost to the division-winning Detroit Lions twice—the NFL is reportedly considering…

The 2024 NFL regular season has concluded, and the playoffs are here! Forever, Detroit Lions fans have either enjoyed wildcard weekend watching their team play or sat watching, wishing their team had a chance to play for the Super Bowl. Well for the first time ever, the Lions are the top team in the NFC,…

On Sunday, the NFC half of the playoff bracket will finally get underway with two of the three Wild Card matchups. The Detroit Lions, who earned a first-round bye after their win over the Minnesota Vikings, get to watch the action from home. What happens on Sunday could decide who the Lions will play next…

The Wild Card round of the 2024-25 NFL Playoffs is finally here, and things kick off with an AFC doubleheader on Saturday. Things start out with the AFC No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers (11-6) traveling to Texas to take on the No. 4 Houston Texans (10-7) at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS/Paramount+, followed by AFC…

In training camp, NFL players always have lofty goals that may or may not be attainable. Every team wants to win the Super Bowl, and every player wants to be a superstar. Last year, the Netflix documentary “Receivers” revealed Amon-Ra St. Brown set his personal bar extremely high for his 2023 season. Some of those…

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…