Amon-Ra St. Brown left Detroit in January bracing for bad news. St. Brown saw Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson briefly in the hallway of the team’s Allen Park practice facility after he finished his end-of-season exit interview with receivers coach Antwaan Randle El. He dapped up Johnson just before the Lions’ first-year play-caller ducked
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Over the next several days, leading up to the 2023 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: Linebackers. ▶ Current roster: Alex Anzalone, Malcolm Rodriguez, Derrick Barnes, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Anthony Pittman ▶ Short-term need: Four out of 10 ▶ Long-term need: Six out of
Over the next several days, leading up to the 2023 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: Wide receiver. ▶ Current roster: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Marvin Jones, Josh Reynolds, Kalif Raymond, Quintez Cephus, Maurice Alexander, Trinity Benson, Tom Kennedy, Stanley
Allen Park — New Detroit Lions tight ends coach Steve Heiden has one of the youngest position groups in the league. But if anyone thinks he’s shaping his coaching philosophy around that — well, think again. When it comes to his overarching ethos as a coach, there isn’t much wiggle room. “To its core, football
The Detroit Lions set a franchise record for touchdowns by tight ends last season, with most of that production coming after a midseason trade sent T.J. Hockenson to the Minnesota Vikings. But as productive as Brock Wright, James Mitchell and Shane Zylstra were in the second half of the season, new tight ends coach Steve
Over the next several days, leading up to the 2023 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: Cornerbacks. ▶ Current roster: Cam Sutton, Jerry Jacobs, Emmanuel Moseley, Will Harris, Chase Lucas, Khalil Dorsey, Mac McCain III, Jarren Williams, ▶ Short-term need: Three out
Times weren’t always so tough in Detroit sports. It has been a decade since the city last saw a team advance in the playoffs — when the Tigers beat the A’s in the 2013 ALDS, after Justin Verlander threw eight shutout innings and struck out 10 in win-or-go-home Game 5. (No need to talk about
Allen Park — Jim Hostler is still not totally certain what, exactly, his new role as senior offensive assistant with the Detroit Lions entails. For the moment, he’s just happy to be here. Hostler played cornerback at Indiana University of Pennsylvania back in the 80s, coached both sides of the ball and made stops at
Allen Park — If there’s been a roster deficiency the Detroit Lions have yet to address this offseason, it’s the team’s subpar run defense from a year ago. For all the improvements Detroit made defensively down the stretch of the 2022 campaign, stopping the run wasn’t among them. The team allowed 5.2 yards per carry
Years ago, I was walking out of the Detroit Lions locker room with Dre Bly and Ndamukong Suh. Bly was a veteran closing out his career in his final training camp. Suh was a prized and promising rookie. “You wanna trade game checks?” Bly casually asked Suh. I chuckled quietly. Suh, humorless as ever, quietly
John Fox figured he was done with coaching when he was fired by the Chicago Bears the day after the 2017 season ended. Fox was drained from a lifetime in the sport, including nearly two straight decades as a head coach with the Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and Bears. He found work as a studio
Over the next several days, leading up to the 2023 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: Quarterback. ▶ Current roster: Jared Goff, Nate Sudfeld ▶ Short-term need: Two out of 10 ▶ Long-term need: Five out of 10 ▶ Top prospects: Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud,
Allen Park — In some respects, Dre Bly reached the pinnacle of his NFL career almost as soon as he started it. A fan favorite here in Detroit during his prime years as Pro Bowl cornerback, Bly was only a 22-year-old rookie when joined the St. Louis Rams and the “Greatest Show on Turf” just
New Detroit Lions defensive line coach John Scott Jr. is still haunted by the last time he saw Aidan Hutchinson on the field. Scott was an assistant at Penn State in November 2021, and Hutchinson was a wrecking ball in the process of leading Michigan to a 21-17 win over the Nittany Lions. Hutchinson forced
Allen Park — When John Fox stepped away from the game of football following the 2017 season, he didn’t immediately recognize how exhausted he was after working as a head coach 16 consecutive years for three different franchises. It also didn’t take him long to start missing it. “I think you kind of realize there’s
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 tackles. ▶ Current roster: Alim McNeill, Isaiah Buggs, Benito Jones, Levi Onwuzurike, Demetrius Taylor ▶ Short-term need: 7.5 out of 10 ▶ Long-term need: 8.5 out
The Detroit Lions have done everything publicly to back Jared Goff as their quarterback, but they have not closed the door on taking his replacement with one of their two first-round picks. The Lions, who pick sixth and 18th in the first round, will host Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud on a pre-draft visit this
The men who drafted Jeff Okudah to the Detroit Lions have long since left town, done in by years of bad football and their inability to build — and manage — an NFL roster. But Okudah’s trade to the Atlanta Falcons on Tuesday, for the prudent return of a fifth-round pick, is one more reminder
The Lions have put the league on notice with their most recent prospect visit, suggesting that Detroit may want to move up the draft board in April. The Detroit Lions drafted Aidan Hutchinson second overall last year, but they’re not yet done reshaping their defensive line just yet. Detroit could pair Hutchinson with yet another
Allen Park — For the first time in five years, the Detroit Lions finished with a good enough record that the team shouldn’t be drafting in the top 10. But, thanks to a residual pick coming back from a 2021 trade that sent quarterback Matthew Stafford to Los Angeles, the Lions inherited the No. 6