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Being athletic as a team can be difficult to quantify. There are a number of factors that make up the broad athleticism of players and teams. The Relative Atheltic Score, or RAS for short, measures the athletic performance of players based on comparisons to other players at the position. Crested by Kent Platte, it makes

Thursday afternoon was a Lions OTA session open to the media. I made the trip to Allen Park to take in the action in the voluntary practice, the final scheduled OTA of the week. [embedded content] [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal]

Expectations are sky high for the Detroit Lions heading into the 2024 season. After years as perennial cellar dwellers, the Lions have transformed into potential Super Bowl contenders, igniting excitement among fans and earning widespread respect across the league. Many believe last year’s success wasn’t a fluke but the beginning of sustained excellence. The Lions

The Detroit Lions announced on Friday that the team has officially signed rookie cornerback Ennis Rakestraw. Terms were not disclosed, but based on his 61st overall slot in the draft, it’s pretty well predetermined that Rakestraw will earn $6.49 million over four years. There is no fifth-year option on any rookie deals other than first-round

The Detroit Lions held their fifth OTA session of the offseason on Thursday, May 30th. It was an open practice to the media, which means we were able to get some fresh shots of all the action. It was a beautiful afternoon in Allen Park for the players and coaches to go through a practice

The seminal training camp documentary “Hard Knocks” is returning to the NFC North for the 2024 season. The training camp edition of the HBO series will feature the Chicago Bears. Two summers ago, “Hard Knocks” offered an in-depth look behind the scenes at the Detroit Lions. It made stars of players like Malcolm Rodriguez and

Brodric Martin didn’t play much as a rookie in 2023. Despite being a third-round pick by the Lions out of Western Kentucky, Martin was a healthy scratch for far more games than he played, even though Detroit’s defensive line lacked depth and oomph. That should change in 2024 thanks to a changed Martin. He’s visibly

Many NFL analysts and insiders strongly believed Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson would be a head coach on another team right now. Johnson has certainly had opportunities, with Carolina and Washington this past offseason and also with the Panthers and Texans, and perhaps the Colts, a year earlier. Yet Johnson has turned all the

The Detroit Lions opened their OTA session to the media on a sunny Thursday, May 30th, at the team’s training facility in Allen Park. It was a good chance to catch the team in action in the voluntary portion of the offseason practices. Most of the team was in attendance, with a few notable exceptions.

Michael Badgley is back as the Detroit Lions kicker. That’s a status that many fans aren’t happy about, even after Badgley was perfect on field goals in his four regular-season games and three postseason games in 2023. Badgley shut down any questions about his leg strength with a boomer of a day at Lions OTAs

The Detroit Lions continue to do business the right way, in more ways than one. That’s reflected in the blockbuster new contract extension between Miami and star wideout Jaylen Waddle. The agreement, if the reported details are even close to accurate, makes the Lions management of Amon-Ra St. Brown and his contract extension look even

Former Detroit Lions defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs is facing charges of animal cruelty for his handling of dogs on his Alabama property. Buggs, who played collegiately at Alabama, was arrested in Tuscaloosa after emaciated, starving and neglected dogs were found at his address. From the report by Ryan Phillips of the Tuscaloosa Patch, The petition

Ranking Jared Goff amongst NFL quarterbacks is a hot topic around Detroit these days. After his recent $212 million contract extension, Goff’s place in the current quarterbacking pantheon took on a more national slant. Suffice it to say, Lions fans view Goff significantly higher than fans of other teams. Texans Wire’s Cole Thompson put together

Marcus Davenport has not even been through a fully padded practice with the Detroit Lions yet, but he’s already carrying some interesting expectations. The pass rusher, signed as a free agent this offseason, was tabbed as the Lions player who is the best candidate for a bounce-back season by the analysts at Pro Football Focus.

The Detroit Lions weren’t notable for a lot of positive defensive accomplishments in the 2023 season. However, there is one specific realm where Aaron Glenn’s defensive unit did something better than any other team last season. The Lions defense was the only one to prevent opposing offenses from throwing a single touchdown pass to a

One of the biggest uncertainties facing the Detroit Lions as the second week of OTAs commences is the depth at wide receiver. There’s a lot of unease amongst the Lions fan base about the wideouts after Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams and Kalif Raymond. Heck, there are many fans who have considerable doubts about Jamo,

The Detroit Lions had the franchise’s most successful season of the Super Bowl era in 2023. Dan Campbell’s Lions finished the 2023 campaign with a 12-5 record, an NFC North title and the first two postseason victories since 1991. The team grades for the regular season from Pro Football Focus largely reflect the success. PFF’s

Every year, the NFL invites several younger assistant coaches to a developmental program. One of this year’s invitees to the NFL Coach Accelerator program is Lions assistant head coach and running backs coach Scottie Montgomery. This edition took place at the NFL’s spring meeting in Nashville during the week. Montgomery, who previously participated in the

There are still several more weeks of OTAs, mandatory minicamp and then training camp coming up for the Detroit Lions. That’s a lot of time for the bottom of the eventual 53-man roster for the regular season to form. The Lions don’t have a lot of drama with the top 40 or so players. Nearly

After working hard to establish himself as one of the NFL’s top special teams players, Lions safety CJ Moore lost an unnecessary gamble that nearly cost him his career. The NFL suspended Moore, along with several other Lions, indefinitely last spring for violating the league’s gambling policy. Detroit cut Moore as a result. Moore is