The Detroit Lions have been one of the NFL’s most pleasant surprises over the first half of the 2023 campaign, as they have own the league’s second-best record at 6-2. With the Lions on the come-up, they could end up being a big player in free agency this coming offseason, especially given the fact that
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When the Detroit Lions selected running back Jahmyr Gibbs with the 12th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, it was no secret that the expectations were going to be high. Much like most first-round picks, those expectations tend to get put on players right away. Especially for running backs… So far this season, Gibbs
The Detroit Lions didn’t do a ton at the NFL trade deadline like some thought they would do. They kept it conservative and went out and got a receiver they felt could really help them in former Michigan standout Donovan Peoples-Jones. In my opinion, and I’ve documented that opinion, Peoples-Jones is a very underrated addition
St. Brown is also turning heads in the locker room, garnering wild comparisons from his quarterback. “The way that he is, in the weight room and on the field are very similar to my experience with Aaron Donald,” Goff told Eric Woodyard of ESPN. “Like, it is business, business, business. He works harder than everybody.”
As Han Solo once said, “Never tell me the odds.” Nobody told Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs that he had less than a one percent chance to score when he took a handoff from the Raiders’ 27-yard line in Detroit’s Week 8 win. Less than half of one percent, according to Next Gen Stats, based
Even on a week where no players are in the building, the Detroit Lions are amking roster moves. On Thursday of the bye week, the Lions signed linebacker Trevor Nowaske from the practice squad. Nowaske is an undrafted rookie from Saginaw Valley State. He signed with the Lions right after the draft and has played
The Detroit Lions are on a bye week, but the business is still moving. Since the Lions win on Monday, the Lions have done a few things of note. One of them was trading a sixth round pick to the Cleveland Browns for Donovan Peoples-Jones before the trade deadline on Tuesday. The Lions sent long-snapper
Prime Sports Video released the trailer for the upcoming documentary movie about Lions legend Barry Sanders. “We’ll never see something like Barry Sanders again,” the trailer begins, and then we’re instantly reminded of just how true that statement is. Bye Bye Barry will tell the intriguing story of Sanders incredible career as a Detroit Lions
Week 9 marks the bye week for the Detroit Lions. It’s also the halfway point (kind of) for the season for the 6-2 Lions. It make for a good time to check in on where Dan Campbell’s Lions rank in all the various team categories at Pro Football Focus. PFF isn’t gospel, but it’s a
It’s hard to believe that going into Week 4’s Thursday night football game, the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions seemed to be on similar footing. Both were 2-1, and both had overcome close Week 2 losses and had won in Week 3. But since September 28th’s 34-20 drubbing by Detroit, the franchises now seem
Back in August I sat down and made a projection on what the Detroit Lions offensive stat lines would look like at the end of the season. The plan was to come back to it twice. Once at the bye and once at the end of the year. Here we are at the bye, now
Faced with an injury to their starters, the Lions went out and found a familiar face as the new long snapper. Jake McQuaide is back in Detroit, signing with the Lions practice squad on Wednesday. McQuaide spent the offseason and training camp with the Lions before being cut during the preseason. He’s been in the
The Detroit Lions lost a key member of their special team unit on Monday when Scott Daly went down with a season ending knee injury. In a move that comes as no surprise, the Lions are signing former Pro Bowl long snapper Jake McQuaide to their practice squad. McQuaide spent the entirety of training camp
Quarterback is the most important position in football. A team’s season can change in the blink of an eye if its franchise quarterback misses time. Not only that, but it is apparent how quickly the fan base’s outlook and front office decisions alter due to quarterback injuries. Week 8 was not friendly to quarterbacks as
The Detroit Lions bounced back in Week 8, defeating the Las Vegas Raiders by a score of 26-14 this past Monday after getting routed by the Baltimore Ravens the previous weekend. The Lions improved to 6-2 with the win and are tied for the second-best record in the NFL. They are just one game behind
The Detroit Lions were one of the teams to pull off a trade ahead of the 2023 NFL Trade Deadline. They acquired wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a 2024 sixth-round pick. It isn’t a move that will garner a ton of attention in the football world, as other headline-grabbing
The Detroit Lions didn’t make a big deal at the trade deadline on Tuesday and some Lions fans were pretty upset about it. One of the big reasons why the Lions didn’t go out and get one of the premier pass rushers you might have hoped they would get is because they were all on
Another week, another dominant performance for Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions. In primetime in front of a national crowd, the Lions started out slow but caught fire at the end of the first half and used that to take full control in the second half. With a dominant win comes some significant PFF scores.
The Las Vegas Raiders have fired head coach Josh McDaniels and GM David Ziegler in the wake of the team’s dreadful performance in Monday night’s loss in Detroit. The Lions 26-14 win in a game that wasn’t at all competitive was the final straw for Raiders ownership. Demonstrative on-field complaints from top receiver Davante Adams
Not often is an injury to a long snapper significant, but in the case of Scott Daly his absence will be felt. Late in the win against the Raiders on Monday night, Daly was injured on a field goal attempt. Daly suffered a knee injury and was able to limp off the field upon further