While there are still more questions than answers when it comes to what the Detroit Lions will do in the first round of the NFL Draft, there’s a growing belief the team would embrace the opportunity to add an offensive lineman in the first round, particularly Oregon’s Penei Sewell if he makes it to No.
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The Detroit Lions have taken an offensive lineman with two of their past five first-round picks, and one of those choices hopes they go back to that well this week. Left tackle Taylor Decker said Tuesday he would be all for the Lions drafting an offensive lineman with the seventh pick of the first round.
Who could have imagined when the Baltimore Ravens selected Breshad Perriman in the first round of the 2015 draft, the speedy wide receiver would be preparing to play for his fifth team entering his seventh NFL season? Obviously, things haven’t gone according to plan, but Perriman said he’s played a role in his journeyman status,
When Detroit Lions defensive lineman Trey Flowers learned of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, he wasn’t exactly overjoyed and instead called it “kind of bittersweet.” “Obviously, you know, you don’t want someone to have to lose their life for everybody to stand (for) justice and this to happen and things like that,” Flowers
It’s safe to call it a trend at this point. But it’s still a risk the Lions may not want to take at the top of the NFL Draft, spending a premium pick on a wide receiver. It’s also one they don’t need to make, based on recent draft history, to say nothing of their
The NFL is trying to incentivize players and team personnel to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but one prominent Detroit Lion said he has no plans to get inoculated. “I did not get vaccinated and I’m not going to,” Lions left tackle Taylor Decker said Tuesday. “I’m just not going to speak to the reasons why.
If you kept tabs on the staff constructed by Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell this offseason, you are aware it’s chock-full of former NFL players. Including Campbell, who had a 10-year career with the Giants, Cowboys and Lions, offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn, defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and assistants Duce Staley, Mark Brunell, Hank Fraley, Antwaan
Good luck finding homogeneity of opinion on any topic in an NFL locker room. So when it comes to whether players plan to take the COVID-19 vaccine now that it’s available, it isn’t surprising to find varying viewpoints. Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone, a free-agent addition from New Orleans, already received the first of two injections
Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2021 NFL draft. This is the last in an eight-part series. Linebacker Off-the-ball linebacker is another position where the Lions did just enough work this offseason to have a couple capable starters in place,
No offseason event in professional sports generates more interest and intrigue than the NFL Draft. For the Detroit Lions, the team’s strategy in 2021 is as much a mystery as ever. Looking over the team’s roster, the franchise could go in just about any direction. And with a first-year general manager and first-time head coach
Detroit Lions fans should have one prayer, heading into the NFL draft, and it goes like this: Come on San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan. Trust your gut. Take Alabama quarterback Mac Jones. He fits your offense perfectly. He processes information quickly and is a winner, who won the national title at Alabama. Sure, he had all
He is the biggest boom-bust prospect in this year’s NFL draft, but Miami (Fla.) defensive end Jaelan Phillips wants NFL teams to know their hand-wringing is for naught. “Everybody’s path to success isn’t linear at all,” Phillips said last month at Miami’s pro day. “There’s ups and downs and I think all of that really
If Brad Holmes is nervous preparing for his first draft as a GM, this might calm him: He can’t possibly do any worse than any of his predecessors in Detroit. OK, a pretty low bar. It takes consistent, confounding bungling to do what the Lions have done, with one playoff victory in 64 years. We
Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2021 NFL draft. This is the seventh in an eight-part series. Defensive line The Lions have struggled to generate consistent pass rush in recent years, but with limited help available in the draft, they
Even if you haven’t seen the rumors and speculation the Detroit Lions are interested in trading down from the No. 7 pick in the first round of the NFL Draft, you probably could have reached the conclusion by following common sense. The Lions don’t want to acknowledge they’re rebuilding, given the negative connotation to the
The seventh pick of the 2021 NFL draft has “extreme value,” its owner, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes, said this week. Holmes has the enviable task of trying to extract maximum value out of that pick, either by using it to nab a cornerstone for the Lions’ rebuild or by dealing it to acquire
Ah, the 2021 NFL draft. It’s almost here. Can’t wait, right? Which player will the Detroit Lions draft with the No. 7 pick? Will they go offense or defense? Will they trade back? To quote “Jeopardy!” host Aaron Rodgers, it’s a beautiful mystery. That’s why we love it, especially in Detroit, where the excitement and
Show Caption Hide Caption Ex-Detroit Lions RBs coach Kyle Caskey breaks down NFL draft prospects Former Detroit Lions running backs coach Kyle Caskey shares his thoughts on the backs in the 2021 NFL draft class. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press Joe Horn had three straight 1,200-yard receiving seasons at the height of his NFL career,
Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2021 NFL draft. This is the sixth in an eight-part series. Defensive back The Lions are going young in the secondary in 2021, with their top two cornerbacks and both starting safeties still on their
Brad Holmes has “a good cluster” of players he would feel comfortable drafting at No. 7, but mathematically speaking, it’s anyone’s guess how many prospects that cluster entails. Trevor Lawrence, clearly, is the top player in this draft, and the Detroit Lions are believed to have eyes for LSU receiver Ja’Marr Chase. Presumably, Holmes would