With just one more game remaining until the official end of the 2023 NFL season, most teams are fully in offseason mode. That includes the Detroit Lions, whose fans are now looking toward free agency, and the 2024 NFL Draft. To prepare all 32 fan bases for the upcoming draft, I published my first two-round
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The 13th annual NFL Honors was held on Thursday night in Las Vegas ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. Several yearly awards were handed out to some of the league’s best players. However, former Super Bowl LV champion A.Q. Shipley was not impressed with most of the winners. “The NFL, I think, missed on almost every
The 2024 NFL draft in Detroit is getting closer and closer. Set to take place in downtown Detroit in late April, it’s an event for fans near and far. The NFL has released conceptualizations of what the draft stage will look like. All the activity will be centered around the Campus Martius Park and Hart
Things have really changed for the Detroit Lions and guard Jonah Jackson. The Lions had a chance to extend him last season and extension projections had him cashing in on a big contract that would have paid him somewhere between $10 and $12 million a year. The caveat that’s noted in Justin Rogers of the Detroit
As the season has ended, a primary focus of the Detroit Lions should be drafting a trusted cornerback. After trading cornerback Jeff Okudah to the Atlanta Falcons in 2023 following three unsuccessful seasons, the Detroit Lions attempted to fill this void by signing Cam Sutton to a three-year, 33,000,000 contract. Unfortunately, Sutton’s lack of coverage
In the immediate aftermath of the Lions’ NFC Championship Game loss, center Frank Ragnow confirmed he was playing through multiple injuries. His remarks pointed to a period of contemplating his immediate future, but no thought about hanging up his cleats was included in that process. Ragnow confirmed (via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press)
Detroit has come a long way from booing owner Sheila Hamp when she presented Calvin Johnson at his Hall of Fame ring ceremony in Ford Field. The chants of “sell the team” have given way to “Let’s go Lions” and “Jared Goff” — even away from football and at road games. The team’s transformation would
Detroit Lions star pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson explained during an appearance on the “Pro Football Talk Live” program how head coach Dan Campbell called his shot following the team’s heartbreaking 34-31 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship. “I think he, as we all, were emotional after that game,” Hutchinson said about Campbell,
With just two days until Super Bowl LVIII, the other 30 teams in the NFL are searching for ways they could still be playing this time next year. Here are the five teams with the brightest futures. 5. Los Angeles Chargers The Chargers have had one of the most talented rosters in the league for
Dan Campbell was one of the finalists for the NFL Coach of the Year at the annual NFL Honors. The Lions head coach was a great candidate, leading Detroit to a division title and a 12-5 record. Alas, Campbell did not win the award. Kevin Stefanski of the Browns was the winner, followed by Houston’s
What exactly do you have to do win the NFL Coach of the Year award? Despite an incredible season, the NFL and the Associated Press has once again skipped over Dan Campbell and not awarded him with the NFL Coach of the Year award. Campbell got cheated out of the award last season after taking
The Detroit Lions scored a big win on Thursday night. While it wasn’t an NFL Honors award, this victory is even better. Per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Lions All-Pro center Frank Ragnow has decided to keep playing. There had been some consideration that Ragnow could retire due to his chronic toe injury
Neither Sam LaPorta nor Jahmyr Gibbs won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year at the annual NFL Honors extravaganza. But the Lions duo finished in the top four in the voting. LaPorta captured 40 of the 48 third-place votes to finish in third. Gibbs earned three third-place votes to come in fourth. The Lions
There appears to be another coaching addition to the Detroit Lions defensive staff. Multiple reports indicate the Lions are hiring former Jaguars defensive passing game coordinator Deshea Townsend to the same role in Detroit. Townsend, 48, spent two years in that role in Jacksonville. The Lions did not have a named passing game coordinator on
The Detroit Lions have reportedly hired Jaguars pass game coordinator and cornerbacks coach Deshea Townsend to come to Detroit and serve as their defensive pass game coordinator. The great thing about the NFL is that player and coach relationship. A lot of times when a coach moves on, a player likes to move with them
The Detroit Lions aren’t done hiring new coaches. Last week they hired Terrell Williams away from the Titans to be their new defensive line coach. This week they’ve reportedly made another hire for a new passing game coordinator. Townsend has some connection with the Lions coaching staff. Townsend was a long time teammate of Lions
The Detroit Lions are set to hire former Pittsburgh Steeler cornerback Deshea Townsend as defensive pass-game coordinator, according to a report by Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report. Townsend, who played 12 seasons for the Steelers from 1998-2009, has been coaching in the NFL since 2011. He was most recently the passing game coordinator and cornerbacks
This year’s NFL draft will be a different experience for Detroit Lions fans. The Lions don’t pick in the top five overall, or even the top 10. Heck, Detroit isn’t slated to pick in the first 25 slots. Brad Holmes and the Lions will make their first selection in the 2024 NFL draft at No.
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 Detroit Lions have a big offseason this year. We’re talking about the type of offseason that could bring them from a team that almost made the Super Bowl to a team that should win it next year. While everyone is really looking forward to seeing which players they come out of the offseason with,