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William Clay Ford Sr, Detroit Lions (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images) Detroit Lions principal owner Sheila Ford Hamp is committed and involved with her team. But it’s a different kind of commitment than her parents before her. In 1961 William Clay Ford Sr became a minority owner of the Detroit Lions. On November 22, 1963,

Detroit Lions, Martha Ford – Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports Brad Holmes, the new general manager of the Detroit Lions, isn’t fond of the word “rebuild”. He prefers to call it a “retool.” Whatever the monumental project ahead of him is called, Holmes has the daunting task of turning around a roster short on draft capital

Over the past three years, the Detroit Lions have been very active in free agency. That was mainly due to the previous regime of general manager Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia attempting to change the culture in the Motor City. As a result, the Lions have been a haven of high-priced free agents

Starting Tuesday, the Detroit Lions can designate one of their various franchise tag options to retain a pending free agent. The Lions have until Tuesday, March 9 to do so. There appear to be two leading candidates to get the tag this offseason. Those pending free agents being wide receiver Kenny Golladay and defensive end

The Detroit Lions have been searching for a playoff win for decades and a championship for more than 60 years. What would it take to win? We may not know right now, but what would fans be okay with the team giving up to win? That’s where last week’s trade news comes into play. The

The Detroit Lions have a laundry list of important roster decisions to make before the 2021 NFL draft begins on April 29th. Included in that list is whether or not to trade out of their current seventh overall position. Should they decide to stay at that spot and select a player, recent history would seem

Aaron Glenn, Detroit Lions (Photo: Al Bello /Allsport) While the scheme new defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn plans on bringing to the Detroit Lions in an attempt to restore the league-worst defense is important … it’s just as important that he is the right man to deliver the message. Unlike the two previous defensive coordinators, which

Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) The Detroit Lions will have a new signal-caller under center next season. But could Jared Goff be more than just a stopgap on the way to Motown’s next franchise quarterback? There isn’t a Detroit Lions fan alive that doesn’t know their Motor City cats have agreed

It’s hard to blame skeptical fans of the Detroit Lions when they criticized the selection of Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson during the 2020 NFL Draft. After all, the last time the Lions drafted a tight end in the top ten it didn’t turn out so well. Of course, we’re referring to Eric Ebron. Selected

The Detroit Lions are a team very much in flux. Most notably, under center. Following the pending trade of Matthew Stafford, the Lions will head into the new season with someone else at quarterback for the first time in more than a decade. Detroit also hired a new general manager in Brad Holmes, a new

No team in the NFL has been as forceful as the Detroit Lions in the past few months when it comes to changing the direction of their franchise. The Lions will head into the 2021 NFL regular season with a new general manager, head coach, coaching staff, and starting quarterback. This isn’t your same old

New Orleans Saints assistant head coach and tight end coach Dan Campbell Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports This has already been the busiest offseason for the Detroit Lions in my lifetime. And we’re not even close to hitting free agency or the draft yet. On the field, the Lions will have a new quarterback,

The Detroit Lions entered the 2020 NFL regular season with a sliver of hope. But the Pride would end the season without a head coach or a general manager as both Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn would be fired in late November. It would also be the team’s final year with quarterback Matthew Stafford under

Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) The Detroit Lions are in rebuild mode. Yet even with very few expectations for 2021, what player will be the key to maximizing the Honolulu Blue and Silvers upcoming season? Even though it won’t be official until the league new year begins on March 17th, we

Anyone who watched the Tampa Bay Buccaneers emphatically beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV just over a week ago likely understood the importance of having a deep offensive line in the NFL. As the Detroit Lions’ loaded offseason inches closer to free agency and the draft, they too would be wise to

The Detroit Lions are headed into an offseason of uncertainty as an entirely new coaching staff and general manager look to correct the wrongs of previous regimes. But in doing so, are they already working from behind the eight-ball, so to speak? Gone is the stability at quarterback that the team has benefitted from for