Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson was consistently viewed as the favorite for the Washington Commanders’ head-coaching job until he abruptly withdrew from the process as the team was preparing for a second interview with him. Reports are beginning to surface as to why things went down the way they did. Dueling reports began to
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For the first time in decades, the Detroit Lions will be the reigning divisional champions in 2024. Winning the NFC North for the first time means many things, but among them is the prospect of playing a first-place schedule next season. The exact sequence of the schedule isn’t known yet; the NFL releases that in
With the Detroit Lions going deep into the NFL playoffs, fans (and local media) find themselves playing catchup mode on the 2024 offseason. But the NFL waits for no one and the first big event of the NFL Draft kicked off this past week, as teams and analysts flocked to Mobile, Alabama to watch Senior…
The Detroit Lions offense was clearly good on the surface. Ben Johnson’s unit finished fifth in scoring and third in total yards during the 2023 regular season. The Lions offense was also very good below the surface in the analytical grading. Detroit finished in the top 10 of every single offensive metric graded by Pro
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on our (supposed-to-be) monthly approval polls on the state of the Detroit Lions. While we have weekly surveys on the future of the franchise, we haven’t polled fans on the approval of the people in charge since the beginning of October.
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Three days of Senior Bowl practices wrapped on Thursday afternoon. After watching all the sessions in person at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama, the Detroit Lions Podcast gathered back on radio row to go over what we saw during the week. We covered a lot of the players
What a season for the Detroit Lions. Let’s just go ahead and list all the accolades again. They had the the best record in franchise history, won their first division title since 1993, won their first playoff game since 1991 and were less than a touchdown away from going to their first Super Bowl. That
While the retirement papers have not officially been processed, Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has moved on to the next phase of his life. As first reported by Andy Villamarzo and confirmed by the Detroit News, Bridgewater has accepted the job of head coach for Miami Northwestern High School—his alma mater.
Teddy Bridgewater just finished what will be his final season in the NFL, but the veteran quarterback is not walking away from the game of football. Bridgewater said back in December that he planned to retire at the end of the season and coach high school football. The 31-year-old is doing just that, as he
Teddy Bridgewater made it clear when he joined the Detroit Lions last summer that the 2023 season would be his last in the NFL. Sure enough, Bridgewater retired right after the Lions lost to the 49ers in the NFC Championship game last Sunday. It didn’t take long for Bridgewater to find his next career step.
Just a few weeks removed from losing the chance to play in the Super Bowl, the phrase “unfinished business” in reference to the Detroit Lions is making the rounds. Joining the broadcast crew at the 2024 Pro Bowl Games, star Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown was asked if he was surprised Ben Johnson decided to…
Teddy Bridgewater, days into his retirement from the NFL, was named head football coach at his alma mater, Miami Northwestern High School, on Friday. Bridgewater, 31, was the school’s quarterback from 2008-10 before heading to Louisville and then the NFL. A first-round draft pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2014, Bridgewater missed the 2016 and
Bridgewater spent his final NFL season with the Detroit Lions, appearing in just one game, attempting no passes and taking only three snaps. The 2015 Pro Bowler attended Miami Northwestern High School before suiting up for the University of Louisville for three years from 2011-13. Bridgewater was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 32nd