Who doesn’t love a good reunion story? When Jalen Reeves-Maybin left the Lions after the 2021 season, that felt like it was it for that story. Then after a year with the Texans, he came back to Detroit and had an All-Pro season and made his first Pro Bowl too. Graham Glasgow also went away
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Detroit Lions safety Ifeatu Melifonwu kind of came out of nowhere in 2023. The Lions drafted him with a third-round pick in their first draft and he had been so quiet that it felt like maybe that pick was a bust. Melifonwu just couldn’t find his spot. Then the Lions put him in the lineup
It is finally draft season for Lions fans. Brad Holmes and his front office have proven they are very capable of putting together great draft classes. They have had major hits on every day of the draft, but especially on Day Two. This roster isn’t in desperate need of much because of his work, but
It is finally draft season for Lions fans. Brad Holmes and his front office have proven they are very capable of putting together great draft classes. They have had major hits on every day of the draft, but especially on Day Two. This roster isn’t in desperate need of much because of his work, but
The latest episode of the Detroit Lions Podcast brings a special guest to the live show. Emory Hunt from CBS Sports and Football Gameplan joins to talk about the upcoming 2024 NFL draft. Hunt is an independent-minded evaluator with years of experience in grading players. He walks us through his process for watching film, attending
The Detroit Lions and star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown are in progressive talks toward a contract extension that will make No. 14 one of the highest-paid wideouts in the NFL. A report from Cam Marino indicates the two sides are working on a multi-year deal that would pay St. Brown in the $25 million
After three seasons, Amon-Ra St. Brown of the Detroit Lions has soared into rarefied production heights within both the franchise and the league’s history books. Widely acknowledged as one of the NFL’s premier wide receivers, St. Brown now finds himself poised at the threshold of the final year of his rookie contract. Among the Lions’
While obsessing about the hiring and firing of assistant coaches, some Eagles fans may be missing the glaring holes on the team’s roster. Here’s where Philadelphia needs the most help in 2024. Running back At the moment, the Eagles have one running back with NFL game experience under contract. Kenneth Gainwell III was the first
The Detroit Lions are preparing to run it back next season, one year after coming one game short of their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. Detroit could start their offseason by taking care of one of their best offensive weapons via a big payday. Per NFL analyst Cam Marino, the Lions are exploring
The Detroit Lions are eager to get a crack at the Super Bowl, thanks to the championship window Dan Campbell opened for them. However, they need talented players to complete their roster and compete with the NFC’s best teams. One of the Lion’s early off-season moves to have a better chance at winning a Super
The 2023 NFL Season ended with the Kansas City Chiefs being crowned Super Bowl 58 champions, while the 31 other teams had to watch them celebrate. And now all those teams, including the Detroit Lions, have their eyes set on next season with the hope that it’s them holding up the Lombardi trophy. Like NFL
The Washington Commanders are giving a former NFL quarterback his first coaching job. The Commanders on Thursday announced several additions to their staff. Among the new hires is former quarterback David Blough, who has been named Washington’s assistant quarterbacks coach. Blough spent five seasons in the NFL as a player. He was signed by the
We’ve done a lot of talking about which free agents the Detroit Lions should be bringing back and probably will be bringing back. What we haven’t spent a lot of time talking about is the ones they more than likely won’t be bringing back. Today we’ll talk about four guys that are done with the Lions
Fans of a certain vintage might recall when quarterbacks were nearly always taking snaps under center. The shotgun formation was a novelty instead of the norm. In today’s NFL, over 83 percent of all offensive snaps come with the quarterback in some form of shotgun formation. Some quarterbacks, notably Jalen Hurts and Joe Burrow, take
The days of the Detroit Lions featuring the Okwara brothers along the defensive line are officially over. Julian Okwara has signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. Okwara was a fourth-round pick by the Lions in 2020 and has spent hte first four years of his career in Detroit. He joined older brother Romeo with the Lions
The Philadelphia Eagles announced Wednesday that they’ve signed OLB Julian Okwara to a contract. Okwara, 26, was a two-year starter at Notre Dame before the Lions selected him with the No. 67 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. He is in the final year of a four-year $4,926,810 rookie contract, which included a $1,143,136 signing
As the Commanders transition to the Adam Peters regime, this new era will involve a longtime Lions executive holding a key position. In place since the 1990s, Lance Newmark will leave the Lions for the Commanders. The Commanders are hiring Newmark as their assistant GM, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reports. Newmark finished his Lions tenure as the team’s
The Detroit Lions avoided losing coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn to the Washington Commanders last week, but the team is still losing a valuable piece to Washington’s new-look organization. The Commanders announced they’ve hired Lance Newmark as their new assistant general manager. Newmark has been with the Lions for 26 seasons and has served
It’s still a little early to know which players the Lions will be chasing in free agency. However, it’s a pretty safe bet that some of the free agent signings, and also contract extensions, will include a void year or two in their contracts. The automatic void year is a tool that COO Mike Disner
While the big part of the NFL coaching search is done, teams are still out there making coaching hires. The one thing I’ve noticed is that the league may be taking up a strategy the Detroit Lions have employed for a few years now. That’s hiring former players to be coaches. On top of that,