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
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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
In light of the official hiring of three new defensive coaches, the Detroit Lions also had to subtract a few coaches from the team. A couple of the departures were already known. Defensive line coach John Scott was replaced during Senior Bowl week by new DL coach and run game coordinator Terrell Williams. DBs coach
On Wednesday, the Detroit Lions announced several coaching changes via an announcement and changes to their official website. They confirmed previously reported hires of Deshea Townsend, who will be the Lions’ DBs coach and pass game coordinator (not CBs coach, as previously reported). They also confirmed the hiring of Terrell Williams as the next run…
The Detroit Lions filled out their 2024 coaching staff by hiring three new additions. Deshea Townsend and Terrell Williams were already known to be joining the team. Townsend takes over as the defensive backs coach and defensive passing game coordinator for the Lions. He spent the last two seasons in those same roles for the
Williams, 49, began his coaching career at Fort Scott CC in 1998 as a DL coach. He had a number of stops at different colleges before taking his first NFL coaching job with the Raiders as their DL coach in 2012. From there, Williams spent three years as the Dolphins DL coach before the Titans
The 2023 season was a big one for the Detroit Lions as the hard work by general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell began to bear fruit. Detroit won the NFC North division and advanced to the NFC Championship Game, where they were defeated in comeback fashion by the San Francisco 49ers. This
Cheers to another installment of the Detroit Lions free agent profiles series for the 2023-2024 season. Today, the discussion is the late free agent addition to the team in tight end Zach Ertz. Ertz never did see the playing field for the Lions, despite being signed in January and the tight end room only having…
We’ve come to the end of our 2023 Pride of Detroit, and it’s time to give out the biggest award of them all: Most Valuable Player. Ask any five people, and they’ll likely give you five different definition of “MVP,” and we didn’t explicitly define it for our staff. Just asked, quite simply: Who was…
Our 2024 NFL Combine preview series continues to roll along as we take another step closer to the big event—scheduled to be televised on Thursday, February 29. So far in this series, we have previewed the quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends that the Detroit Lions should have eyes on, and in this…
It is finally draft season for Lions fans. Brad Holmes and his front office have proven they are very capable of putting together great draft classes. They have had major hits on every day of the draft, but especially on Day Two. This roster isn’t in desperate need of much because of his work, but
Free agency is coming soon, and that means projecting fits for players and teams. In their latest effort, ESPN identified what they believe to be the best landing spot for each of their top 50 free agents. Despite some very appealing names and fairly obvious fits, only one player was judged to have his best
The Detroit Lions are in a much different position in 2024 than they have been in recent years, heading into the draft with their first pick sitting at 29th overall. It’s the lowest the Lions have picked in a long time, and the first time they’re picking beyond the teens since 2017. As much as…
Join Russell Brown and Scott Bischoff with a NEW episode of Bish and Brown on the Detroit Lions Podcast! On this episode, the guys discuss the following: Player fit at 29th overall for Detroit: Chop Robinson, EDGE, Penn State NFL Scouting Combine Preview: Who to watch and what to look for next week! Prospect of
The Lions Draft Prospect of the Day moves into the defensive interior to kick off the week before the NFL Scouting Combine. The focus is on players who should hold some appeal to the Lions in the draft, with a focus on the more likely positions the team will be targeting. If you’re looking for
It appears Tracy Walker’s time with the Detroit Lions has come to an end. Walker posted a heartfelt goodbye to the Lions fans and thanked them for their support over his six seasons in Detroit. The move, while not official yet, is not a surprise. Walker has been widely speculated as a salary cap cut
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Detroit will save around $5.5 million in cap space by releasing Walker and be left with a $7.3 million dead money charge, per Over The Cap. Walker, 29, was drafted by the Lions in the third round out of Louisiana in 2018. After finishing a four-year, $3.51 million rookie contract, Walker agreed to a three-year,
The Detroit Lions released Tracy Walker, ESPN reported Tuesday, after the veteran safety posted a goodbye message to the team’s fans on social media. Walker has spent his entire six-year NFL career with Detroit. He was set to carry a $12.82 million cap hit in 2024, the final year of his contract. “Detroit I want
Here’s a move that you knew would happen at some point, but you just hate to see. While there’s been no official word at this time, the Detroit Lions appear to be parting ways with former third-round pick Tracy Walker per the safety’s Instagram. Walker was a big part of this team when he signed