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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

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

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,

The Lions have signed a CFL standout to a reserve/futures deal. Justin Dunk of 3DownNation reports that Detroit has signed defensive lineman Mathieu Betts to a futures deal. Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press has confirmed the signing. Betts won the Canadian Football League’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player award this past season while playing

The Lions enter 2024 with the seventh most salary cap space ($58.61M) in the league, per Pro Football Focus. With plenty of money to work with, could they trade for a former Defensive Player of the Year this offseason? PFF’s Brad Spielberger thinks so. Spielberger suggests that Detroit could trade a 2025 fourth-round pick to the

The Detroit Lions discovered a rising talent in edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson, yet encountered challenges in the previous season in maintaining a consistent pass rush beyond their sophomore standout. However, the upcoming offseason holds promise for change, with the Lions emerging as a prime contender for Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones as he

Earlier this week we talked about the pros and cons of the Detroit Lions bringing back receiver Josh Reynolds in free agency. Ultimately the ruling was that he should be retained. If the Lions follow suite with that, what could a new contract look like for Reynolds?  Let’s first discuss some of the things that

For the earlier part of February, we’ll be looking at some of the Lions free agents who’s potential of coming back to Detroit seems up in the air right now. We’ll be doing these as pros and cons pieces. So far we’ve covered Jonah Jackson, C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Emmanuel Moseley and Josh Reynolds. Today we cover Graham Glasgow.

Detroit Lions GM Brad Holmes has been known to move around a lot in the NFL Draft. The Lions made six trades in last years draft and Holmes has already publicly brought up the idea of trading out of the first round in this years draft twice.  To start the week I did a mock

The 2023 NFL season is officially over. It is draft season! The Detroit Lions had a successful season, making it the NFC Championship Game. While they lost in heartbreaking fashion, Detroit finally proved they belong in the NFL’s elite circle. Dan Campbell‘s team will be eager to return to the playoffs and have another shot

For the earlier part of February, we’ll be looking at some of the Lions free agents who’s potential of coming back to Detroit seems up in the air right now. We’ll be doing these as pros and cons pieces. So far we’ve covered Jonah Jackson, C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Emmanuel Moseley. Today we cover Josh Reynolds. Pros Josh

Ok, I know I just did a Detroit Lions mock draft a couple weeks ago at the Senior Bowl. The plan was to wait until after the combine to do the next one, but with all the talk from Brad Holmes about trading out of the first round (He teased it twice last week) I

The Super Bowl is over and done with and the NFL offseason is ready to get going. For the Detroit Lions, the biggest thing and the thing they’re expected to have at the top of their list this offseason is a contract extension for Jared Goff. What is that going to cost the Lions?  If you

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell appears to be setting his sights high for the 2024 season after how the team’s 2023 campaign ended. Star Lions pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson made an appearance on NBC Sports’ “PFT Live” and revealed the message Campbell gave him during the team’s exit meetings.  With an excellent Campbell impersonation, Hutchinson said

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

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