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The Detroit Lions will be reporting to training camp starting Saturday when the rookies report and then the vets will follow them on the 23rd. Media is allowed in on the  24th and then fans can start coming as early as the 27th. Here’s is the Lions public camp schedule: July 27th at 8:30 AM-

It’s finally here. The release of EA Sports College Football 25 has finally hit. Now is the time to get back into the groove of college life and beat up on the some 12-year-olds in head to head action.  For me, the big thing is taking a smaller program to the promise land. Not long

The Detroit Lions led the San Francisco 49ers 24-7 at halftime in the NFC Conference Championship.  Only 30 minutes away from their first Super Bowl appearance, all the Detroit Lions’ defense had to do was keep the 49ers from scoring. Defensive Coordinator Aaron Glenn and the Lions’ defense did a masterful job limiting the league’s

The Detroit Lions are adding wide receiver Calvin Johnson to the Pride of the Lions, which celebrates the greatest players in franchise history. Johnson will become the 21st member of the group in a ceremony at halftime of their game on Sept. 30 against the Seattle Seahawks. The 38-year-old Johnson played for the Lions from

The Detroit Lions will be reporting to training camp this week after a super busy offseason of free agent signings, draft picks, undrafted free agent signings, extensions, futures deals and the losses of a few players.  With so much change, we thought it might be nice to go ahead and take a look back at

The Detroit Lions are a franchise with not many great things to look back on. So, when they do have a memorable player or have a memorable season, it is something that sits in the hearts and minds of Lions fans forever. Now, one all-time great Lions player will receive an overdue honor from the

Detroit Lions‘ legend Calvin Johnson went into the Hall of Fame in 2021 and started to rebuild a relationship with the Lions after the bridge was a bit burned for a while. He’s been a bug part of the franchise in the last two years and on Monday the Lions will be inducting him into

Detroit Lions’ quarterback Jared Goff has been one of the best stories in the NFL in recent years. He went from a guy that was supposed to be a bridge quarterback to a player that’s name is being chanted in stadiums and arenas around Michigan and one of the league’s highest paid players. It’s because

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