SideLion Report

Lions fans know how good Frank Ragnow is, and he’s come in highly in another 2022 offseason ranking. Frank Ragnow missed all but four games last season due to turf toe. But the 2020 Pro Bowler might be the best player on a good Detroit Lions offensive line, and Pro Football Focus ranked him as

The Detroit Lions are on a good track in many ways now, and it’s reflected in PFF’s look at their cap health for the next three years. As the residue of the Matthew Stafford trade last offseason goes away, the Detroit Lions will carry far less dead money this year than they did last. No

Exactly how many games he’ll play as a rookie can’t be known yet, but Fantasy Pros has still tabbed Jameson Williams as the Lions’ top 2022 breakout candidate. One thing is absolutely clear, and as it should be. The Detroit Lions are not going to rush rookie wide receiver Jameson Williams as he works his

As Ndamukong Suh surveys his options, it doesn’t make much sense for him to return to the Detroit Lions. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended the idea they’d bring Ndamukong Suh back when they signed Akiem Hicks as the calendar flipped to June. The former Lions defensive tackle remains available, with the next thing on the

It’s fairly obvious what progress will look like for Jameson Williams coming off a torn ACL, but Lions head coach Dan Campbell offered an outline anyway. The start of Detroit Lions training camp next month will be roughly six-and-a-half months since Jameson Williams suffered a torn ACL playing in the national title game for Alabama.

The Detroit Lions are at a point some calculated moves could bring a real boost now and into the future, and a new trade idea suggests they should pursue a former first-round pick. The Detroit Lions seem to be on the right track in their build toward hopefully becoming a sustainable contender. General manager Brad

The Detroit Lions seem content with their backup quarterback situation, but here are five options who could become available as an easy upgrade. It was a foregone conclusion the Detroit Lions were going to run in back with Jared Goff as their starting quarterback this year. A strong finish to 2021 can hopefully carry into

Barry Sanders is obviously among the greatest running backs in NFL history, so it’s only natural he also registered an all-time great single-game fantasy performance. There’s no debating former Lion Barry Sanders as an all-time great running back, at the college level or the NFL–and there’s a bit of “what if…” to both segments of

In ranking teams by their chances to end their playoff drought this year, Adam Schein comes off optimistic about how long the Detroit Lions will stay in the hunt. Most people are optimistic about the Detroit Lions this year, until you get to NFL Network’s Adam Rank and his prediction of a 5-12 record. Granted

A young Detroit Lions defensive line could have multiple breakout candidates, but one that might be easy to forget has surfaced. The Detroit Lions have been committed to building things up in the trenches. Their first three picks in the 2021 draft were lineman, with defensive lineman as the latter two. Two of their first

As the Detroit Lions now head into a break, here are the five most interesting training camp battles they have looming. After a third, more limited week of OTAs, the Detroit Lions now head into a break before training camp starts next month. Players rehabbing from injuries will now have some time to continue that

T.J. Hockenson has been a productive player the last two seasons, but he is being overvalued as a fantasy tight end this year? In 2020, Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson was a top-five fantasy tight end across the board. Last year, he was top-10 by fantasy points per game in full and half-PPR, and just outside

Second-round pick Josh Paschal talks to reporters after Detroit Lions rookie minicamp Saturday, May 14, 2022 at the Allen Park practice facility. Lionsrr Rook Barry Sanders’ 1997 campaign in rightful place on running back seasons list by Brad Berreman Josh Paschal lingered as the last Detroit Lions’ 2022 draft pick to sign, but now it

Barry Sanders had an all-time season in 1997, and what he did in that campaign has taken its rightful place on a list of running back seasons. If he had just played a few more seasons at somewhere close to the bar he had set, and not necessarily hung on as a shell of himself

With better depth at the position, will the Detroit Lions use more multi-tight end formations in 2022? When T.J. Hockenson missed the final five games last season, the lack of tight end depth for the Detroit Lions was exposed. It got exposed even more during that stretch, as Jared Pinkney and Ross Travis were the

Not that they have a choice, but the Detroit Lions are comfortable letting Tim Boyle and David Blough battle to be Jared Goff’s immediate backup. Jared Goff was begging to be benched during a particular bad stretch in the early part of last season, but the Detroit Lions had no one they were comfortable replacing

The Cleveland Browns announced a lengthy list of front office changes Thursday, with a promotion for former Lions general manager Bob Quinn. Bob Quinn was the Detroit Lions general manager for not quite five full seasons (2016-2020). In concert with Matt Patricia, he torn a team that went 9-7 in back-to-back seasons (including a playoff

Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell stretches during minicamp in Allen Park on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The Baker Mayfield to the Detroit Lions thing just won’t go away by Brad Berreman Being overlooked or snubbed is part of the deal with the Detroit Lions, so it’s not all that shocking CBS Sports’ top 100 NFL

As long as Baker Mayfield remains a Cleveland Brown, national writers can’t let go of the idea the Detroit Lions will end up with him. At this point, at least until the Cleveland Browns may be forced to cut him, the Carolina Panthers look like the frontrunner to get Baker Mayfield. But there’s been an

Lions rookie safety Kerby Joseph could make an immediate push for a starting job, and having the ‘innate’ trait that he does will only help. In need of a talent upgrade at safety, the Detroit Lions landed Kerby Joseph out of the University of Illinois in the third round (No. 97 overall) in April’s draft.