SideLion Report

The best Detroit Lions team of the Super Bowl era, as deemed certainly by the world and recently, specifically by CBS Sports, is the obvious one. The Detroit Lions last won a championship in 1957. That was of course before the first Super Bowl, thus obviously outside of the “Super Bowl era.” With so few

Most of the talk around Dan Campbell is positive, but the Lions’ head coach lands very, very low in a CBS Sports ranking of NFL head coaches. The Detroit Lions were unlikely to have a good record last season, in Dan Campbell’s first as head coach, and indeed they finished 3-13-1 after starting 0-8 and

He got ridiculously close last year, so former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is a virtual lock to tie a passing yardage milestone in the 2022 season opener. As the 2021 season wound down, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was on a good track to becoming the fastest quarterback (by number of games) in NFL

Two former Detroit Lions, Victor Bolden Jr. and Bo Scarbrough, led Birmingham past Philadelphia in the first championship game of the new USFL. As the home team in the first year of the new USFL, with all regular season games in Birmingham, Alabama, the Birmingham Stallions were also last undefeated team in the league as

Inspired by an analytic dive into the 1981 NFL season, here’s a look at that campaign for the Detroit Lions. Football Outsiders is going back to reveal data from NFL seasons that pre-date its existence. Recently, they took a deep dive into the 1981 season, which culminated in the San Francisco 49ers’ first Super Bowl

The Detroit Lions are set to go into the season with the core of their roster as-is, but could they find a trade market for guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai? Among the sins of the previous regime for the Detroit Lions, the five-year, $45 million deal given to Halipoulivaati Vaitai is down the way a bit. It was

DJ Chark is so far off the radar in fantasy football this year there may need to be a new term to describe it. The Detroit Lions made a move to reinforce their wide receiver corps in free agency, signing DJ Chark to a one-year deal. Coming off missing all but four games last season

After taking Jameson Williams in the first round of this year’s draft, a wide receiver has been named has been named a prospect to watch for the Detroit Lions looking toward the 2023 draft. Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has aggressively turned over the team’s wide receiver depth chart over the last year, with

A lack of winning as a team could lend itself to a long list of candidates, but here are the five most underrated Detroit Lions players of all-time. Given the lack of team success, with no championships since 1957 and no playoff wins since the 1991 season, the Detroit Lions are easily dismissed and overlooked.

It’s not a fresh revelation, but Rams head coach Sean McVay still has regrets over how he handled trading Jared Goff. Heading into last season’s Week 7 matchup between the two teams, Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay expressed regret over how he handled trading Jared Goff to the Detroit Lions in the deal

DETROIT, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 25: Alim McNeill #54 of the Detroit Lions reacts against the Chicago Bears at Ford Field on November 25, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) Sean McVay again conveys regret over how he handled trading Jared Goff by Brad Berreman Along a young defensive line that now looks

To start a series looking at the playing careers of some notable members of the Detroit Lions coaching staff, offensive line coach Hank Fraley is first up. Upon being hired as Detroit Lions head coach in 2021, Dan Campbell assembled a coaching staff filled with former NFL players–like he is. The perspective of former players

D’Andre Swift would land on any list of running backs with the most fantasy upside this year, but is he also the safest Detroit Lion for fantasy in 2022? Based on his potential as a dual threat, and more than 1,000 yards from scrimmage in what amounted to 10-plus games of action last season, there’s

Janoris Jenkins made sense for the Detroit Lions three months ago, and now as the calendar moves toward July he still makes sense for a young secondary. When the Detroit Lions signed Mike Hughes back in March, the former first-round pick became the second cornerback on the team with more than 600 NFL snaps on

Tim Boyle is obviously not one of the best backups in the NFL, but the Lions’ No. 2 signal caller could have landed worse in a recent ranking of his backup brethren. Even with the caveat of his first substantial NFL action, and coming off a preseason injury in his first start, Tim Boyle was

Lions defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant is not a big secret around the league, but he has been recognized on a notable list of rising NFL people. In the midst of his first season as Lions defensive backs coach, Aubrey Pleasant was noted on a list of rising young NFL assistant coaches put together by

If they fail to get Baker Mayfield, Jared Goff has been listed as a possible fallback option for the Seattle Seahawks. For the Detroit Lions under center in 2022, it’s Jared Goff or bust. For three games last season, there was a glimpse of what “bust” looks like when Tim Boyle started. But there’s no

Linebacker still looks like a weak area for the Detroit Lions, and it has been assessed as such. The Detroit Lions had a bad, and at times feeble or downright dreadful, run defense last season. Some of that can be chalked up to a defensive line that didn’t generate much push in the middle, but

Trinity Benson needs a strong training camp, and he’ll head into it off a strong showing during offseason work. The Detroit Lions added pieces to their wide receiver room this offseason, which will foster the competition receivers cach Antwaan Randle El wants for his group. Among those pushed toward the roster bubble is Trinity Benson,

The Detroit Lions have announced their training camp schedule, with nine practices that will be open to fans. Last week we found out when the Detroit Lions will report to training camp. Rookies will report on July 23, with veterans to follow on July 26. On Tuesday the team announced camp will start on July 30,