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Sam LaPorta surprised everyone last year as a rookie with the Detroit Lions. Rookie tight ends rarely have the impact LaPorta did last season, but Dan Campbell was a tight end himself. He knows the significance of the position better than anyone. Was his rookie year enough to repeat as TE1 this season? 2024 Fantasy

The Detroit Lions experienced a bittersweet end to an otherwise amazing run last season. After securing 12 victories and clinching the NFC North title for the first time in the division’s history, the Lions faced a devastating collapse in the NFC Championship Game. Leading by 17 points at halftime, they ultimately lost by a final

Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown was among a hand full of players around the NFL that missed the early part of OTAs. There were a lot of guys like Vikings’ Justin Jefferson or Bengals’ receiver Tee Higgins that held out looking for a new contract. There was some that believed that St. Brown might

The Detroit Lions will be heading to training camp in less than two weeks. The 2024 season is just about upon us. Before we head into camp and find out what the actual roster is going to look like at the end of August, we’re going to make our pre-camp prediction on the roster, depth

The Pittsburgh Steelers received devastating news on Monday: the NFL decided to suspend recently reunited cornerback Cam Sutton for eight games. This suspension stems from an incident that occurred while Sutton was a member of the Detroit Lions. Sutton had signed a three-year deal worth $33 million with the Lions, but after the season, a

we’ve reach the part of the offseason where ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler is working with NFL execs to rank the top 10 players at each position. On Monday they ranked running backs and Jahmyr Gibbs found himself at the number nine spot there. A pretty big deal that NFL execs already consider him to be a

The Lions made it a priority to rebuild their cornerback room after allowing the sixth-most passing yards per game (247.4) in the league last season. This offseason, Detroit traded for Carlton Davis III, signed Amik Robertson and Emmanuel Moseley in free agency and selected Terrion Arnold (first-round pick) and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. (second-round pick) in

Improving in the secondary was a priority for the Lions this offseason, and as a result, the team has several new faces in place at the cornerback position.  Trade acquisition Carlton Davis III is, to no surprise, expected to handle a first-team defensive role in 2024. The other perimeter starting spot is yet to be

The Detroit Lions scored bug when they were able to get Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold with the 24th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The Lions got him about 12 spots lower than he was expected to go.  One of the big reasons he’s a score is his work ethic. Since the Lions took a

The college football season is coming really fast. It’ll be here before the NFL season starts. Technically it starts next week when EA Sports releases the College Football 25 video game and that will be just about all anyone does for the next month or so.  Pro Football Focus’ draft expert Trevor Sikkema put out

Last year was a big year for the Detroit Lions. They had five players get All-Pro honors. Amon-Ra St, Brown, Sam Laporta, Penei Sewell, Frank Ragnow and Jalen Reeves-Maybin were all selected for the first times in their career. They all have a chance to make it there again in 2024, but we think they’ll

Star pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson understands his Detroit Lions are no longer flying under the radar after the club was a win away from playing in the Super Bowl this past winter. “It’s unreal. There’s a lot of hype coming into this year, but I think it’s well-deserved hype,” Hutchinson recently told Eric Woodyard of ESPN. “I think

DWith his new $120 million contract firmly in hand, Amon-Ra St. Brown is locked in as Jared Goff‘s number-one receiver and poised to have another record-breaking season. But who will become the Detroit Lions’ number two receiver?  The competition for that second slot is wide open.  Detroit Lions-The Battle For The Number Two Receiver Begins

Bears Bears TE Cole Kmet gave his first impression of QB Caleb Williams and said the rookie has already made a lot of progress.  “He’s really just a normal dude,” Kmet said, via SiriusXM NFL Radio. “Really good kid. Ultra-competitive and you can see why he’s been so successful thus far in his football career

Last week Bleacher Report writer Kristopher Knox did this cool idea where they tried to take a page out of the NBA’s book and see what it would be like if the NFL did three team trades. It’s something that has happened in the past for the NFL. The most notable one being the trade that

The 2025 NFL mock drafts are starting to fly around more and more from draft experts. On the fourth of July our own Ian Valentino put one out for The 33rd Team and he made an interesting choice for the Lions. One that would almost scrap one of the biggest projects Detroit just drafted to

When quarterback Hendon Hooker was selected in the third round of the 2023 draft by the Detroit Lions, he couldn’t have landed in a better spot. Hendon Hooker: A Perfect Landing Spot With The Detroit Lions Hooker – The Volunteer Years During his career at Tennessee, Hooker smashed numerous records, including the school’s single-season touchdown

The Detroit Lions went out and overhauled their secondary during the offseason in 2023 when they signed Cameron Sutton and Emmanuel Moseley and then drafted Brian Branch in the the second-round. the expectation was that the Lions would improve against the pass in 2023 and that did not happen.  This offseason the Lions essentially blew

Lions The Lions nearly reached the Super Bowl last year after being the underdog for the last few decades. Detroit HC Dan Campbell discussed their motivations and how they are handling the massive changes in expectations.  “I don’t feel that we’re in this underdog,” Campbell said, via CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones. “I think our guys

Last season one of the big things that the Detroit Lions could tout is that since Brad Holmes had taken the job as the team’s general manager, the Lions had 23 draft picks and all 23 of them were still on the roster.  During free agency we saw the first departure when the Lions chose