Pro Football Focus has ranked NFL offensive tackles, but are the Detroit Lions’ bookends being disrespected? The Detroit Lions were elated (and that might be putting it mildly) to draft Penei Sewell No. 7 overall in the 2021 draft. He made it three first-round picks on an offensive line that was lined up to be
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On “The Rich Eisen Show” Friday, Lions general manager Brad Holmes dove into his past to offer a comp for Aidan Hutchinson. Aidan Hutchinson was so clearly the Detroit Lions guy with the second overall pick in the draft that they drew ire from the league for turning the card in so quickly. Not that
It’s not the two-out, two-run, top-of-the-eighth home run Michael Fulmer gave up that effectively ended the Detroit Tigers‘ game against Oakland Thursday afternoon. It’s not that the A’s — who had one of the worst records in baseball before they met up with the Tigers — just took four of five at Comerica Park. It’s not the
Maybe this story caught your eye a few days ago. Maybe it didn’t. It came out of nowhere on a random day of midweek access to Detroit Lions veterans who were going through offseason training. Maybe some of them had just finished their lifts. Maybe it was the lingering effects of the post-draft hangover. Maybe
The Detroit Lions are the only NFL team that will not play a game in primetime this fall, the second time in three seasons they do not have a Thursday, Sunday or Monday night game on their schedule. And while one prominent league executive admits that “looks odd,” he insisted the Lions’ TV snub was
The Detroit Lions are the only team without a primetime game this season, but Michael North, the NFL’s vice president of broadcast planning and scheduling, insists the team isn’t an unattractive option for one of those featured slots. “Unattractive is not the right word,” North said during a conference call with media on Friday. “We certainly looked
When projecting how a draft pick will perform at the next level, it’s easy to seek out comparisons. Even top-level NFL decision-makers are susceptible to making these comps. In an interview with “The Rich Eisen Show” on Friday, Lions general manager Brad Holmes revealed his comparison for first-round draft pick Aidan Hutchinson, and it happened to be another
D’Andre Swift made NFL Spin Zone’s ranking of the top 32 running backs in the NFL, but does the Lions lead runner land in the right spot? Despite being down to their No. 3 guy on the depth chart as the lead running back for a brief stretch last season, the Detroit Lions had their
Allen Park — Two weeks after most of the agreements had been reported, the Detroit Lions formally announced the signing of a dozen undrafted free agents on Friday. The Lions have had at least one undrafted rookie, and a total of 22, make the Week 1 roster in every season dating back to 2010. Below is a
Credit: Nic Antaya/Getty Images Now that we know when the Detroit Lions will play their 17 regular season games, these five look like the most winnable. The 2022 NFL regular seasons schedule is out, and the Detroit Lions are the only team that won’t get a prime time game. Going further, they have 15 games
The Detroit Lions schedule release occurred last night and something amazing occurred, the Detroit Lions have all the games at 1:00 pm. Lions 2022 NFL Schedule shows the Lions are disrespected with the lack of games outside of 1:00 pm. MicroMike, Mark Orum, and DoseOfDion2.0 give their thoughts on the matter. Home for Detroit Lions
(From left) Lions coach Dan Campbell, first-round picks Jamison Williams and Aidan Hutchinson and GM Brad Holmes posed before the news conference on Friday, April 29, 2022, at the Allen Park practice facility. Lionspicks Detroit Lions announce signings of 12 undrafted free agents by Brad Berreman Five were reported, and on Friday morning the Detroit
The Detroit Lions, after spending most of April’s NFL draft fortifying their defense, announced their 12-member undrafted rookie class Friday, a group that leans heavily towards the offensive side of the ball. The Lions, who hold rookie minicamp Friday through Sunday in Allen Park, signed three receivers, three offensive linemen and two tight ends among the
Allen Park — Reporting for rookie minicamp on Friday, the Detroit Lions’ draft class was assigned uniform numbers in the morning. That group was led by No. 2 overall pick Aidan Hutchinson, who was able to keep the No. 97 both he and his father Chris wore at the University of Michigan. That number was most
Aidan Hutchinson did not have to move far to start his NFL career, and the Detroit Lions‘ first-round pick will be wearing a familiar number when he steps on the field for rookie minicamp this weekend. Hutchinson will wear No. 97 with the Lions, the same number he wore during his standout career at Michigan.
Now that the 2022 NFL schedule has been released, the league’s other teams know exactly on which days they will lose to the Detroit Lions, who have promised us they’re planning to win the Super Bowl this season. I’ll pause here while you facepalm yourself so hard that NFL rules require you to enter concussion
Dan Campbell’s unique personality made the Detroit Lions an appealing choice for “Hard Knocks,” but his team’s woeful performance on the field last season made the Lions persona non grata when it came to setting the primetime TV schedule this fall. The Lions do not have any night games on their 2022 regular season schedule,
Nolan Bianchi | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Talking about mental health can be hard. Former local sports stars Calvin Johnson, Darren McCarty, Braylon Edwards and Andre Rison — among a whole host of Detroit athletes at The Eastern in Detroit on Thursday night — don’t want it to be. Dozens of local athletes
The Detroit Lions made significant headway in getting their draft picks signed on Thursday, capped by fifth-round pick James Mitchell. The Detroit Lions made progress in signing their 2022 draft picks on Thursday, getting deals done with safety Kerby Joseph and wide receiver Jameson Williams. They made it three on the day, with Dave Birkett
In the debut episode of Twentyman inside the Huddle, DetroitLions.com Senior Writer Tim Twentyman takes a look at the newly released 2022 schedule for the Detroit Lions. Tim goes through the schedule and details the most important games for Detroit as they look to improve on their 3-13-1 mark from 2021. Lions safety DeShon Elliott