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Allen Park — With the 2023 NFL Draft in the books, let’s put a bow on the event with some of my thoughts regarding the Detroit Lions’ weekend: If you went into this draft expecting the Lions to focus on the defense, who could blame you? In fact, there probably would have been a healthy

Allen Park — By now, it’s an annual NFL Draft tradition for Lions general manager Brad Holmes. Once the pick is in, the viral celebration erupts. And the furniture in the Lions’ war room takes a serious beating. It started two years ago when Detroit landed Penei Sewell with the seventh overall pick. And it

Allen Park — With the 2023 NFL Draft complete, the Detroit Lions have begun to reach out to undrafted players to fill out the roster. Below will be a list of prospects who have reportedly agreed with the team. Note: There is some fluidity with these announcements because the agreements won’t be formalized for a

With the final pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, “Detroit vs. Everybody” took on a whole new meaning. Detroit native and Toledo edge defender Desjuan Johnson became this year’s “Mr. Irrelevant” when he was selected by the Los Angeles Rams, 259th-overall, to close the three-day festivities from Kansas City. Johnson, who was All-MAC for three

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are expecting Jameson Williams’ recent transgression, a violation of the league’s gambling policy that netted the second-year receiver a six-game suspension, to be a blip on the radar in his development as both a player and person. “Jameson, look, he made a mistake,” Lions general manager Brad Holmes said

Bryce Baringer was arguably the best punter in the nation last fall, and on Saturday, the Waterford native became the first Michigan State punter selected in the NFL Draft in 16 years. Baringer, a first-team All-American in 2022, was selected with the 15th pick of the sixth round, going No. 192 overall to the New

Michigan kicker Jake Moody and punter Brad Robbins often joked about wanting to get drafted by an NFL team as a package deal. That didn’t happen, but both players were drafted during the three-day NFL Draft. Moody went to San Francisco in the third round and Robbins heard his name called Saturday as the last

Allen Park — The Lions used their eighth and final selection of the 2023 NFL Draft on North Carolina wide receiver Antoine Green in the seventh round. Another participant from this year’s East-West Shrine Bowl — following Detroit’s third-round pick Brodric Martin and fifth-round choice Colby Sorsdal — the 6-foot-2, 199-pound Green caught 43 passes

Allen Park — Two days after drafting Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs, the Lions have traded veteran running back D’Andre Swift to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Lions are getting back a fourth-round pick in 2025 and moving up 30 spots in the seventh round this year, from No. 249 to 219. Much like when the

Allen Park — They waited and waited, while we wondered and wondered. Then when the time finally came, Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown decided to have a little fun and add to the suspense. As one of the guest announcers for pick selections at the NFL Draft in Kansas City, St. Brown strode onto the

Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Age: 23) High School: Northridge College: Western Kentucky It’s difficult to imagine a 330-pound man as a wide receiver, but that was Martin’s first football position, before eventually shifting to tight end and the defensive line. After four seasons at FCS school North Alabama, where he started 15 games at defensive tackle,

Allen Park — The reason we’re using a photo of Brad Holmes for this story is because a photo of the player he drafted late Friday night is not available via the Associated Press wire service. That’s how obscure the Lions’ third-round pick, Western Kentucky defensive tackle Brodric Martin, is. Martin, who is graded as

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions have found an upgrade at backup quarterback. After trading back twice, and out of the second round, the Lions selected Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker in the third round with the No. 68 overall pick. Hooker, 25, who suffered a torn ACL in late November, is otherwise coming off two

Allen Park — After making three straight selections that appeared to be ahead of schedule, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes on Friday night finally got a player who probably shouldn’t have been on the board. The Lions traded up with the Packers to select Alabama safety and projected first-rounder Brian Branch with the No.

Allen Park — It’s been more than two decades since Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz last worked in the NFL. At his final stop in the professional ranks, the first few seasons of the Baltimore Ravens’ existence, the team spent a first-round pick on Miami linebacker Ray Lewis. And of all the key additions that franchise

Coming off a strong finish to the 2022 season, the Detroit Lions prepare for the 2023 season facing some lofty expectations. Those preparations include the NFL Draft, which is Thursday-Saturday in Kansas City, Missouri. The Detroit News has the weekend covered. Come back here to see everything we have. It includes our NFL Draft tracker,

Allen Park — Brad Holmes has built plenty of trust equity in three seasons as Lions GM, constructing with shrewd, aggressive moves. In the first round of the draft Thursday night, he tested the depths of that equity. It takes guts to trust your gut, and Holmes sure did that, as he should. On other

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions entered the draft with three picks in the second and third rounds. And they still have three picks during that stretch, but they’re better than before after the team picked up the No. 34 choice from Arizona in a first-round trade that also sent Detroit’s No. 81 selection to

Allen Park — Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes leaned into his ‘villain’ mantra on Day One of the NFL Draft Thursday night. With a pair of first-round picks ready to breathe life into the rebuild, Holmes bucked conventional wisdom by selecting two lower-valued positions — running back and linebacker — and in the process,

Allen Park — Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes made it clear during the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft he does not care about analyst opinions or perceived positional value. After stunning observers with the selection of Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs with the No. 12 pick, Holmes followed it up by taking