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If you’ve tuned into my Detroit Lions coverage during the decade I’ve been on this beat, you should know by now I’m against grading draft picks the night they’re selected. While I acknowledge there’s a thirst for those kneejerk reactions, that level of analysis always has felt disingenuous. How are we supposed to evaluate something without seeing how it

Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Safety. ► Current roster: Tracy Walker, Will Harris, DeShon Elliott, C.J. Moore, Jalen Elliott, Brady Breeze, JuJu Hughes ► Short-term need: Six out of

Arnie Stapleton |  Associated Press Indianapolis — Comparison shopping and face-to-face contact with college prospects returned to the NFL this year after the 2021 scouting combine was scuttled by the pandemic. Talent evaluators welcomed back college pro days and private workouts even as the COVID-19 broadside entered its third year. The core of the league’s back-to-normal blueprint

Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Offensive line. ► Current roster: Taylor Decker, Jonah Jackson, Frank Ragnow, Halapoulivaati Vaitai, Penei Sewell, Evan Brown, Ryan McCollum, Tommy Kraemer, Logan Stenberg,

Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Linebacker. ► Current roster: Alex Anzalone, Derrick Barnes, Josh Woods, Chris Board, Jarrad Davis, Shaun Dion Hamilton, Anthony Pittman, Tavante Beckett, Curtis Bolton

Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Tight ends. ► Current roster: T.J. Hockenson, Brock Wright, Garrett Griffin, Jared Pinkney, Matt Sokol, Jordan Thomas, Hunter Bryant ► Short-term need: Five

Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Cornerback. ► Current roster: Amani Oruwariye, Jeff Okudah, Ifeatu Melifonwu, Jerry Jacobs, Mike Hughes, AJ Parker, Bobby Price, Saivion Smith, Mark Gilbert, Parnell

Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Running back. ► Current roster: D’Andre Swift, Jamaal Williams, Jermar Jefferson, Godwin Igwebuike, Craig Reynolds ► Short-term need: Two out of 10 ►

Detroit — Well, the gauntlet has been thrown. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday spoke at the Lions’ 2024 NFL Draft celebration event in Campus Martius Park and challenged the community to break the attendance record set by Nashville in 2019. “Just so you know, Nashville hosted a few years ago and had 600,000 people

Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Defensive tackle. ► Current roster: Alim McNeill, Levi Onwuzurike, Michael Brockers, John Penisini, Jashon Cornell, Bruce Hector, Eric Banks ► Short-term need: Five out

The Detroit Lions added some needed depth at safety on Wednesday, reaching an agreement on a one-year deal with former Baltimore Raven DeShon Elliott, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. A former All-American at Texas, the 6-foot-1, 210-pound Elliott was a sixth-round draft in 2018. Injuries have been a significant issue during his four-year

Detroit — The Lions aren’t on the clock, but the city of Detroit is. The Detroit Sports Commission is hosting a free party downtown Thursday to celebrate the city being awarded the 2024 NFL Draft. The event starts at 4:30 p.m. at Campus Martius, and will feature NFL commissioner Roger Goodell among the speakers. Lions owner

Just when you think you’ve seen every possible mock draft scenario for the Detroit Lions this year, ESPN’s Mel Kiper has offered a new vision for how the team could use its first three picks later this month. While most projections have the Lions selecting one of the top-three edge rushers, or rolling the dice

Stephen Whyno |  Associated Press Washington — The U.S. House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission saying it found evidence the NFL’s Washington Commanders engaged in potentially unlawful financial conduct for more than a decade by withholding ticket revenue from visiting teams and refundable deposits from fans. In the letter obtained by

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are scheduled to host their first round of OTAs later this month, but it will be like Levi Onwuzurike never left. The defensive lineman, entering his second year after being drafted in the second round in 2021, has been hanging around the team’s facility much of the offseason. That commitment

Allen Park — Asked about the Detroit Lions’ long-term vision at the quarterback position, coach Dan Campbell walked a tightrope between the present and the future, between practicality and ambitious aspirations. Campbell isn’t in denial about the ongoing arms race going on around the league, and that there exists another caliber of talent at the position. But

Allen Park — The pre-draft process hasn’t been particularly kind to Kayvon Thibodeaux. The Oregon edge rusher, long presumed to be the No. 1 pick this year, has seen his on-field performance and football character nitpicked the past few months, while many national analysts have projected him coming off the board closer to pick No. 10 than first

After cranking out a Detroit Lions mailbag Wednesday morning, I realized I had a bunch of worthwhile questions remaining. So here’s another round for your reading pleasure: ► Question: Do you think our pass rush is good enough to go without a first-round pass rusher pick this year? — @jklinger410 ► Answer: This is a pretty easy no. The

Allen Park — With a little bit of a lull between free agency and the draft, it seemed like a nice window for a Detroit Lions mailbag. On to your questions: ► Question: What is the floor performance you need to see from Goff this year to know he’ll be the starter in 2023? — @FrinkThinks ► Answer: I’m not

Allen Park — The day before Arden Key signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes was asked if the team was still in the mix for the veteran defensive lineman. And while Holmes acknowledged the door wasn’t closed on the possibility as Key weighed his options, the real point of emphasis