Pride of Detroit

The 2023 NFL Draft was a huge success for the Detroit Lions, who got major contributors at multiple positions and proved a lot of doubters wrong with some picks that may have been a bit questionable at the time, depending on who you ask. It turns out that general manager Brad Holmes is pretty good…

According to a report from NFL insider Aaron Wilson, the Detroit Lions are expected to sign Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates. Per Wilson, the signing won’t become official until Tuesday. Bates quickly became one of the most fascinating stories in the UFL this season. After not kicking a single field goal in college—serving as the…

The Detroit Lions’ 2023 draft class has been widely praised as one of the best in the league, but first-round Jack Campbell is often left out of the picture when praising Brad Holmes’ picks. It’s not that Campbell had a rookie bad season, per se, but his performance was a bit overshadowed by the emergence…

Finally, we got a date. After the success Netflix had with last year’s “Quarterbacks” series, the much-anticipated “Receiver” series will be available to stream on July 10. And if you didn’t already know, Detroit Lions’ All-Pro wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown will be one of the players featured in this year’s iteration of the show.

On Thursday, Netflix announced the premiere date for their new NFL series “Receiver”, featuring Detroit Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown, which will be available to subscribers on July 10, 2024. In 2022, the Detroit Lions had a plethora of NFL Films crews around Allen Park/Ford Field as the team was featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” In…

One area where the Detroit Lions really upgraded from 2022 to 2023 was at the running back position—despite what Gregg Rosenthal thought during the NFL Draft. “So, I think just the recognition of the little things all adding up and paying big dividends for us in offense, that’s really the point of it,” offensive coordinator…

These days, Detroit Lions legend—and current special assistant—Chris Spielman mostly works in the shadows. If you ask him, that’s how he prefers it. He had his shot in the limelight, now it’s time to help those still active in the league. But when Spielman does step out for a second, he’s always worth listening to:…

Last year, Jim O’Neil was taking a year off from coaching. After a two-year stint as the Northwestern defensive coordinator and a dozen years of NFL positional coach experience before that, he was looking to reset and figure out his next move. He decided to drop in for a couple of Detroit Lions OTA practices…

It isn’t happening as fast as some of us would like, but the NFL offseason continues to move along with organized team activities (OTAs) now in the rearview mirror. For a team like the Detroit Lions, OTAs are a chance to get a first look at some of the rookies and veterans brought in during…

The Detroit Lions have turned over every rock when it comes to upgrading the talent at EDGE this offseason. They’ve signed free agent Marcus Davenport, snagged Mathieu Betts from the Canadian Football League, and are expecting James Houston, Josh Paschal, and Levi Onwuzurike (who has situationally played on the edge at OTAs) to enter 2024…

While the Detroit Lions were initially supposed to have an open practice on Monday, a violation of offseason rules forced the team to forfeit that practice. That pushed the schedule back a day, and the Lions were back at it on Tuesday for the final OTA session of the offseason.

On Tuesday, the NFL announced they would broadcast 21 live preseason games on NFL Network, including two of the Detroit Lions’ three contests. Traditionally, a local Detroit television affiliate would broadcast all three of the Lions preseason games. Then, NFL Network would broadcast a replay of the game later on in the week, so those…

As the Detroit Lions conclude OTAs this week, with the young players still in town, now is a good time to remind people that this is the time of year in which optimism overflows. Now, for a team like Detroit who came as close as they ever have to making the Super Bowl last year,…

This week, a clip from the UFL went viral, and for good reason. Iconic coach Wade Phillips—-who is currently the head coach of the UFL’s San Antonio Brahmas—was talking to receiver Hakeem Butler of the St. Louis BattleHawks and let him know that he’s going to talk to NFL teams about giving him a shot.

It seems like every year we see a team win their division after finishing last place the previous year. Last year, it was the Houston Texans, who finished with a 12-5 record and won the division following a three win season. In 2022, it was the Jacksonville Jaguars that made the leap. The year prior,…

According to the Detroit News, the Detroit Lions are signing linebacker Ben Niemann to their 90-man roster. As of now, there is no notice of a corresponding move. Niemann is a six-year NFL veteran who has started 21 career games. Initially undrafted out of Iowa, he spent the first four years of his career with…

Monday marks the final day of employment for Detroit Lions columnist Mike O’Hara. Last week, O’Hara announced his retirement after nearly 50 years in the business. He started as a “copy boy” at the Detroit News before joining the Lions beat in 1977. For the ensuing 47 years, he covered the Lions, including his recent…

As the Detroit Lions near their summer break, most of the important roster moves of the offseason are well in the past. Sure, they could tweak a few positions before training camp, but the team you see on paper today is likely to look like the one you’ll see against the Los Angeles Rams in…

For so long, the Detroit Lions franchise was an organization that wanted to be great. The will was there. As longtime owners of the team dating back to 1963, the Ford family knew the city of Detroit was dying to be a winner. Sure, Detroit is affectionately known as Hockeytown, but man, if the Lions…

We all know by now that it’s a dangerous game to buy into offseason hype when it comes to individual players. It’s become a long-running joke now when stories are written in the spring about players “in the best shape of their lives” or the unique offseason training program a player went through that will…