Looking at the favorites to win the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year award this season, Brian Branch is not among the favorites — but he is ranked 31st in the odds, at +8000. [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] The contributions of Branch, who was on the field for 15 games last year, included 1.0 sack to go with
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One of the favorites to win the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year award this season is Jahmyr Gibbs, who currently has the eighth-best odds in the league, at +2200. [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] Last year, he ran for 63.0 yards per game while averaging 21.1 receiving yards per contest. He also scored 11 touchdowns. Watch the NFL
We’re so used to seeing so many different starting quarterback rankings that it was really refreshing to see Fan Duel do a backup quarterback ranking recently. They ranked all 32 prospective backup quarterbacks in the league and they don’t seem to have much faith in Detroit Lions’ backup Hendon Hooker in this one. Here’s the
When the Kansas City Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins in March, 2022, there was one receiver I thought might replicate Hill’s demonic speed at all areas of the field for Andy Reid’s team, and that receiver wasn’t even in the NFL yet. That receiver was Alabama’s Jameson Williams, who torched the NCAA
The Detroit Lions were inches away from reaching the franchise’s first Super Bowl. They are hungry to make another run. The roster looks very similar, albeit the pockets of many players are fuller after some massive contracts were handed out in the offseason. This team is out to prove they have what it takes to
“You guys sure are fun to watch.” “Man, I love your coach. He’s awesome!” “I think the Lions can win it all next year. That’s a really great team.” [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] That’s a sampling of what I’ve heard this week in Orlando when wearing my trusty old Detroit Lions hat. It’s a very different experience being
It makes sense that they would make this move. The Packers were in the Jake Bates hunt as well and even had contact with him. Ultimately Bates chose to stay in Detroit and the Packers get the guy they released to make room for him. While it’s still just the spring, Turner had a very
On Thursday, The 33rd Team’s Dan Pizzuta shared his list of the top 10 running backs in NFL history, and in the No. 4 spot was former Detroit Lions All-Pro running back Barry Sanders. Pizzuta has Sanders ranked higher than some of the most accomplished running backs in league history, including Marshall Faulk (No. 5),
The Green Bay Packers have claimed K James Turner off waivers, per the NFL transaction wire. He was just cut by the Lions after they signed UFL breakout K Jake Bates to a contract. Turner takes the roster spot of K Jack Podlesny who was waived by the Packers. He’s the third kicker on the
It was the Michigan Panthers‘ first UFL game. The Panthers were down 15-16 to the St. Louis Battlehawks when Jake Bates took the field. With eight seconds left in the game, Bates, who hadn’t kicked a field goal since high school, lined up on the opponents’ 46-yard line. Meet the Newest Detroit Lion Jake
In 2021, the Detroit Lions sprinted to the podium to select Penei Sewell with the 7th overall pick. Since then, he’s become a foundational piece to the Lions franchise. He’s played and started in 50 games in his career and was only inactive for the last regular season game of his rookie season. With that,
We are smack dab in the middle of hot take season people. Buckle up and get ready for a crazy month of all kinds of takes. We’ve already seen one writer suggest that the Detroit Lions abandon Jared Goff for Justin Fields in 2025 and we’ve seen an analyst suggest the Lions sign Michael Thomas.
When talking about Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jared Goff, there’s a lot of misconceptions. Some say that Amon-Ra is a slot only receiver and he’ll always be limited. Others will say that Goff isn’t mobile or doesn’t have a strong enough arm to be a successful quarterback consistently in the NFL. Say what you want
Bears Bears G Teven Jenkins is entering the final year of his rookie contract, but his representative hasn’t heard anything about an extension. He’s going into the 2024 season focused on staying healthy after missing time due to injuries each year of his career. “Stay healthy. That’s No. 1 and of the utmost importance for
There is no question about it, the Detroit Lions have one of the best offensive lines in football. Maybe the best in fact. The one guy that holds this entire unit together is All-Pro center Frank Ragnow. He’s the heart and soul of the entire unit. The only problem is that he has been playing
Training camp is coming soon. That’s perhaps the best news in what is typically the slowest two weeks of the year on the NFL calendar. The Detroit Lions report for camp in stages next month. The rookies report on Saturday, July 20th for their inaugural training camp at the team’s facilities in Allen Park. Three
The good folks over at Pro Football Network recently ranked their top 10 worst coaching hires in NFL history. As expected, Matt Patricia represented the Detroit Lions on the list. Patricia checked in at No. 7 overall on the list. He was the only Detroit coach in the top 10, though Rod Marinelli did manage
It’s been over three years since Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell famously vowed during his introductory news conference that his team would be willing to “bite a kneecap off” to get where it wanted to go. Longtime Lions left tackle Taylor Decker recently reflected on Campbell’s words. “I loved [the speech],” Decker told ESPN’s Eric
You can trace the recent success of the Lions by studying the statistical surge of defensive end Aidan Hutchinson. The former Michigan star and No. 2 pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, is becoming one of the most dominant pass rushers in the NFL. As a rookie, he notched 9.5 sacks as the Lions nearly
We’ve done plenty of player breakdowns in the NFL futures market, it sure seems fitting for us to transition to a few of the teams we have our eye on this season. The first foray into that area of football will be a look at which divisions seem to be the most competitive this season,