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The 2023 season was a cathartic one for the Detroit Lions and their fans. After suffering through poor and mediocre play for the last 30 years, the Lions exploded for 12 wins, an NFC North title and a trip to the conference championship game, where they held a third-quarter lead before falling to the San

Sam LaPorta emerged as one of the top rookies in the NFL last season, and heading into 2024, higher-ups throughout the league believe he’s already among the elite at his position. According to an ESPN survey voted on by NFL executives, coaches and scouts, LaPorta is the fourth-ranked tight end in the league. The only

Are the New Orleans Saints seriously aiming to win the Super Bowl in 2024? Amon-Ra St. Brown certainly does not think so. St. Brown made some comments about the Saints’ ambitions as part of the “St. Brown Podcast” that he recorded with his brother Equanimeous. The two were discussing whether every team seriously believes they

The Lions made Jack Campbell the first inside linebacker to come off the board in last year’s draft. The No. 18 pick did not, however, enter his rookie season with a starting defensive role in hand. Veteran Alex Anzalone enjoyed a career year in 2023, racking up 129 tackles and three sacks. Derrick Barnes, meanwhile, saw

The Jimmy Garoppolo era in Las Vegas wasn’t long or particularly fruitful, and star receiver Davante Adams may have had something to do with it. After going just 3-3 as the Raiders’ starter through October, the team benched Garoppolo midseason in favor of rookie Aidan O’Connell — a move we now know Adams endorsed thanks

Detroit Lions star Amon-Ra St. Brown is gaining quite a few new fans after appearing in Netflix’s new sports documentary Receiver, which was released on the platform this week. The crew struggled to find a new crop of quarterbacks to feature after Quarterback last season with Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota, so they

The Detroit Lions will head to Lucas Oil Stadium to play the Indianapolis Colts for their Week 12 game at the end of November. Both teams will be looking to beat each other of course, but there is an opportunity for both teams to work together here and have one of the great uniform pairings

The NFL execs rankings have been featuring the Detroit Lions a lot so far. On Thursday they had two of the team’s safeties, on Wednesday they featured an edge rusher and on Monday they one of the team’s running backs. The rankings continued on Friday when they got together to rank tight ends. Sam LaPorta came

Last offseason Jared Goff went and worked with a quarterback guru ahead of training camp and he wound up having a pretty good season too. this offseason he married his longtime girlfriend and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Christen Harper and then went on a nice honeymoon in Greece.  Then he came back and worked with

Reynolds posted 40 catches and 608 yards with Detroit last season; both of those figures represented the second-highest totals of his career. He also matched a personal best with five touchdowns.  That production kept him on the Lions’ radar, but the team did not submit a market-level contract offer. As a result, Reynolds ultimately signed

Flag football won’t be part of the 2024 Paris Olympics (July 26-Aug. 11), but it will debut at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, and Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow wants in on the action. “I really want to play for the Olympic flag football team. Like me, Ja’Marr (Chase), Justin (Jefferson), me and my

The St. Brown Brothers podcast is back on Thursday with a special one time offseason episode. They started the thing off with a bang with Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown asking his older brother Equanimeous about signing with the Saints after leaving the Bears. Turns out there was some interest on his side of teaming

The Detroit Lions have undergone a major turnaround in recent seasons. When general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell took over, this bottom-barrel franchise found little success on the field. Having Jared Goff at quarterback has certainly helped. In three short seasons, they have gone from bottom feeders to the top of the

Kerby Joseph suffered a hip injury in Week 2 of the 2023 campaign. The ailment led to two missed games before the third-year Lions safety returned to action for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs. Joseph underwent offseason surgery and is expected to be healthy for training camp. The 23-year-old missed spring practices while

Detroit Lions fans all tuned into Netflix’s latest collaboration with the NFL this week when Receiver dropped. Amon-Ra St. Brown was a very large part of the show and there was a lot to take away from this one.  Aside from St. Brown, one thing that was very hard to miss what the frustration that

The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2024 will officially be inducted on Aug. 3. With less than a month until the annual event in Canton, Ohio, we’re examining which players — past and present — on the league’s 32 teams we think will one day receive a similar honor.  Here are three Detroit

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown turned in a career year last season despite battling several injuries. St. Brown stars in the new Netflix series, “Receiver.” The show reveals he suffered an oblique injury in Week 3 against the Atlanta Falcons after injuring his toe against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 2. St. Brown

In his first NFL game, Detroit Lions defensive back Brian Branch intercepted a Patrick Mahomes pass and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown. The Lions won the game by a score of 21-20. It was the perfect way to introduce himself to Lions fans and stick the landing. Detroit Lions DB Brian Branch Will

$6.25 is still pretty pricey for beer, but when you consider that stadium prices have always been higher than your average grocery store price, this is pretty good. Imagine playing $14.67 for one beer in Philadelphia. That is absolutely insane. You can give all your NFC North enemies some grief on this too. Not only

As the Detroit Lions get ready for a big 2024 season, star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson recently spoke about the hype surrounding the team. It was an amazing 2023 season for the Lions, as they exceeded almost everyone’s expectations. The Lions have had a long history of losing as a franchise, but 2023 was very