5.) No. 2 QB Although this comes in at No. 5 on my list, this is a more consequential battle than you may think. If Jared Goff misses any significant period of time, the winner of this battle becomes an extremely integral member of Detroit’s roster. Currently, this is a two-man competition between career reserve
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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
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
When it comes to Most Valuable Player, it’s a discussion dominated by quarterbacks. And for good reason. After all, quarterback is the most important position in football. In fact, the last 11 NFL MVPs have been quarterbacks. The last non-QB to win the award was Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in 2012. But there are
Another day here at Pride of Detroit dot com, another Detroit Lions preview as we pick up steam toward the start of training camp. While it’s been an especially hot summer in the Detroit area, a general lull in other local teams has fans trying to appreciate these summer months despite eagerly anticipating the return…
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
The 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit was a rousing success. More than 750,000 people crowded into downtown Detroit for the three-day event back in late April, a new record since the league started hosting the annual event in various cities starting in 2015. Those multitudes came with their wallets open. According to data from Visit
With the release of Netflix’s much-awaited reality series, “Receivers,” currently the talk of the football world, it got me wishing: I really hope Netflix continues to produce this series. This part of the offseason typically feels extra brutal, so hats off to them for giving us something to chew on before training camp later in…
Running back Zonovan Knight missed nearly all of his first season in Detroit after suffering a serious injury. Knight is ready to do more in his second season in a Lions uniform. The running back known as “Bam” from his college and New York Jets days is now cleared for full activity. Knight tore the
The Detroit Lions remain one of the few NFL franchises that has never been to a Super Bowl, let alone captured a Super Bowl title. However, the times, they are a-changin’… The Monday Morning Quarterback crew at Sports Illustrated recently put together an expectation of which teams will win the next five Super Bowls, in
By all accounts, hosting the 2024 NFL Draft was wildly successful for the city of Detroit. National media raved over the festivities well beyond the weekend itself and fans of the NFL showed up in record-setting numbers. But there was also a large financial impact from the event and one that will have a positive…
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
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
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