As the Detroit Lions improved their roster throughout the offseason, the standard for performance has risen. The organization expects to compete for the NFC North division title and make noise in the postseason. These expectations come largely from the fact that the team has improved greatly from both a depth and roster perspective. These additions
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The 2023 NFL season will be here before you know it. A few months out, CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco is taking a shot at evaluating the top 100 players lacing up their cleats this fall. “Before you get worked up about my list, which you will, try to put one of your own together. It…
As we are now in the deadest period of the NFL offseason, it is a perfect time to start reviewing the Detroit Lions roster and start talking about 2023 expectations. As a team, the Lions are hoping to accomplish some franchise-defining moments, but let’s look at what we’re expecting from individual players in the upcoming…
When the Detroit Lions traded away starter T.J. Hockenson mid-season in 2022, there was inevitably going to be a vacuum at the tight end position. Going from a top-five player at the position to a 2021 undrafted free agent (Brock Wright), a 2022 rookie coming off an ACL injury (James Mitchell), and a 2020 undrafted…
It’s been about two-and-a-half years since the Detroit Lions made the hiring of coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes. Though the two hires were made completely separate of each other, the two have noted time and time again how simpatico they are. It’s clear both have very similar visions of the future of…
The Detroit Lions could be good this year. Like, really good. The Lions have rebuilt their roster to the point they will enter the season as the favorites to win the NFC North for the first time since the division was formed 21 years ago. They’re young, deep and talented, but they’re not without their
Thanks to leaked footage from the Detroit Lions media team, we now have some actual film from the second annual media skills competition from this past Monday (we had some pictures in a prior edition of Notes)! Just like last year, the team ran a fun contest between the beat writers and the team’s reporters…
Could Lions rookie QB Hendon Hooker be ready for Lions training camp already after his leg injury in college? If he is ready, should he be the backup to Jared Goff day one? Also, Lions rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs looks amazing in offseason otas and mini camp. Could the Lions offense rank 2 by
C.J. Gardner-Johnson was one of the Detroit Lions’ biggest free agent signings this offseason, with even the Lions caught a bit off guard by his availability. Gardner-Johnson has already made an impact as a leader in the team’s revamped secondary, and he’s likely to make just as big of an impact on the field. But…
In 2021, the Jacksonville Jaguars finished last place in their division with a 3-14 record. Just one year later, they finished atop the AFC South with a record of 9-8 and even won a playoff game. The Bengals accomplished the same feat of going from “worst-to-first” in 2021 and managed to make the Super Bowl.…
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The Detroit Lions have promoted Brian Hudspeth to director of college scouting, a league source confirmed to The Detroit News on Friday. Hudspeth joined the Lions in 2018 and was a national scout through last season, where he took on the role of assistant director of college scouting. He takes over the role left behind
Jameson Williams had more drops (three) than catches (one) in his rookie season, and his inconsistency catching the ball showed up at times again this spring. But Detroit Lions wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El downplayed concerns about Williams’ hands this week, saying the second-year pass catcher is working on things to fine-tune that part
The offseason program will be over across the NFL by the time the week is over. Now there’s a break before training camp in July, and perhaps a period for teams to really take a hard look at what their 90-man roster will look like at the start of camp. The Detroit Lions appear perfectly
Way back in November, as part of our fundraising campaign to raise money for two causes—The Alzheimer’s Association and the Crisis Text Line—I offered up an embarrassing memory. Back in 2015, I was a distraught young man. From the confines of a California apartment, I had just watched my Alma Mater, the Michigan Wolverines, lose…
Ask anyone around the NFL, and they will tell you, training camps are a grind—both mentally and physically. So when HBO came calling last year for the Detroit Lions to potentially be their focus for the newest edition of their critically-acclaimed series “Hard Knocks”, it would have been easy for the team to try and…
Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams spent much of the team’s offseason program under the microscope and for good reason. The Lions spent a lot of draft capital on the former Alabama receiver—sending Pick 32, 34, and 66 in the 2021 NFL Draft to get Williams and the 46th overall pick. Given that we had…
Jameson Williams had more drops (three) than catches (one) in his rookie season, and his inconsistency catching the ball showed up at times again this spring. But Detroit Lions wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El downplayed concerns about Williams’ hands this week, saying the second-year pass catcher is working on things to fine-tune that part
The Detroit Lions will head into summer break with another of their draft picks under contract. Tight end Sam LaPorta signed his four-year contract Thursday, the team announced after its final organized team activity practice of the spring. LaPorta received a slotted four-year deal worth $9.465 million as the No. 34 pick of April’s draft.
It’s the time of year when Detroit Lions fans’ hopes for the upcoming season are at an all-time high. Between slow-mo videos from OTAs and reports of chemistry building between players, the vibes are good leading up to the season opener. That’s probably true of any team, really.