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It’s time to Just Say No again. Last week started the series with our 1.0 article, this week we’re back with four more free agents the Lions need to stay away from when free agency opens up soon.  If you’re not familiar with the series, here’s how it works. We look around social media and find

The 2024 NFL Combine is here! The festivities begin on Tuesday and continue until Sunday. The Detroit Lions will have both Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell in attendance along with their scouting department and other members of the front office. There’s going to be a lot going on. Here’s the four things that I’ll be

The Lions are expected to address their cornerback position in a significant way this offseason, as Adam Caplan of Pro Football Network writes. GM Brad Holmes has nearly $60M in cap space to work with — the seventh-highest figure in the league. While he will have extensions for quarterback Jared Goff and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown as top

The Detroit Lions had one of the best offensive lines in the league last year, but a key player might not come back in 2024. Former third-round pick Jonah Jackson is currently set to hit free agency, and the one-time Pro Bowler isn’t likely to get a last-second contract. Jonah Jackson originally joined the Lions

The NFL just raised the salary cap to an all time high with an astronomical hike from $224.8 million to $255.4 million. That is just an insane amount of money and teams are about to be able to spend this year. How does it affect the  Detroit Lions? Massively. This gives the Lions about $63.7

The Pittsburgh Steelers are currently in the thick of the offseason. One of their star players, linebacker TJ Watt, is utilizing the first two weeks of the offseason to rest and recover from the previous season. This is a new approach for him, as he hopes it will help him preserve his career longevity and

It would not be out of character for the Lions to trade up in the first round. They’ve did it in 2022. The thing is that it’s a costly move to do it from pick 29 this time. When they moved up with the Vikings from the 32nd pick, it cost them a first, second

The Detroit Lions are perhaps closer than ever to winning the franchise’s first Super Bowl title. If they are to build off last year’s incredible success, the team will have to make the right moves this offseason.  With that in mind, here’s one trade, cut and signing the Lions should make.  TRADE: Move down in

On the heels of an NFC Championship run, the Detroit Lions are doing everything they can to make another deep playoff run next fall. Detroit made a roster move on Thursday, ensuring at least one of their top-scoring options will again don the blue and white in 2024. Per NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the Lions

Winning a prolonged practice competition last season, Michael Badgley reclaimed his job after the Lions had previously traded for Riley Patterson. Closing the season as Detroit’s kicker again, Badgley is poised to enter the team’s offseason program in the role. The Lions are keeping Badgley, according to his agency (via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport), by agreeing

The Detroit Lions re-signed kicker Michael Badgley on Thursday. The team didn’t release terms, but Badgley’s agent, Brian McLaughlin, told reporters that the agreement is for one season. Badgley was slated to become an unrestricted free agent next month. Badgley was Detroit’s kicker for the final four regular-season games and the playoffs in 2023. He

The Detroit Lions were one of the biggest feel-good stories of the NFL in recent memory. The team has been nothing but exceptional under coach Dan Campbell and were a half away from reaching their first-ever Super Bowl. As their offseason preparation continues, however, a QB from their NFC North rivals decided to fire shots

The Detroit Lions have made their first re-signing of the year on Thursday. They will be bringing back kicker Michael Badgley on a one-year contract.  I know a lot of Lions fans were hoping that the team would go out and find a new kicker for the 2024 season and this might look like they’re

Badgley, 28, originally signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Miami in 2018, but Indianapolis waived him before the season began. Badgley signed with the Chargers in October of 2018, where he spent the next three seasons as the primary kicker. Los Angeles tendered Badgley a qualifying offer,

The NFL combine starts next Tuesday and usually the combine will be accompanied by changes in draft stock. Players are going to rise and fall after all the running and jumping they do next week. So we’re going to get one more mock draft in before that starts and then we’ll come back for a

The Detroit Lions announced their presence as a contender in the NFC during the 2023 season. In Year 3 under general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell, the team broke through in a major way. The Lions went 12-5 this season, matching the total number of wins under Campbell in his first two

The Indianapolis Colts are in desperate need of some weapons in the aerial attack, and if they don’t shore up their receiving corps, quarterback Anthony Richardson could be in for a trying 2024 campaign. If it wasn’t already enough that the Colts are going to have to try and re-sign wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr.,

The Detroit Lions are coming off of one of the best seasons in the history of their franchise, but it still seems pretty clear that their roster needs some work. Especially on the defensive side of the ball. Bleacher Report’s NFL Scouting Department thinks the Lions should add a piece to their interior defensive line

The Lions are making some changes on their defensive staff. One of the moves will be bringing former defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil back to the NFL. Out of the league since the 2020 season, O’Neil will return as a Detroit defensive assistant. The 45-year-old staffer spent two seasons as Northwestern’s DC, but was last in

The Detroit Lions made some changes to their coaching staff on Wednesday. They first made the hires of both Terrell Williams and Deshea Townsend official. Both were hired in the last few weeks.  The Lions also hired former Northwestern defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil to be a defensive assistant on their staff. In additon to his