After months of mock drafts, pro days and anonymous sources contradicting each other, we’ve finally reached the week of the NFL Draft. In the weeks leading up to the event, we’ve seen a pair of trades shake up the top of the first round, while the Detroit Lions have continued to hold tight at No.
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Todd McShay, ESPN (Photo by Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports) The Detroit Lions and the rest of the league are less than a week away from the 2021 NFL draft. Here are the results of my annual first and last mock draft. Guys like Daniel Jeremiah, Todd McShay, and Mel Kiper Jr saturate the world with
The way NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah sees it, the greatest offseason of quarterback movement in NFL history actually took root two years ago when the Arizona Cardinals hired a newly-deposed college coach amid a growing appetite for risk in the league’s easy-to-manipulate economic system. With new coach Kliff Kingsbury at the helm following his
The Detroit Lions are on the clock. Well … they’re six picks away from being on the clock, with the No. 7 overall pick in this year’s NFL draft, which begins Thursday in Cleveland. It’s the franchise’s third straight year drafting in the top 10, after a run of four years drafting in the 11-20
Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2021 NFL draft. This is the fifth in an eight-part series. Quarterback The Lions are in a weird situation at quarterback. They clearly are in the early stages of a rebuild and have a
Ford Field, Detroit Lions (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) By this point a year ago, Detroit Lions fans had a pretty clear sense of which direction the team would go with the third overall pick. While the pipe dream for many was that Washington would pass on Chase Young (they didn’t), nearly every mock draft
Bob Quinn drafted from his basement last spring, with a Winnebago parked in his driveway and his two kids helping to keep his draft board in order. Brad Holmes will be back in the Detroit Lions‘ Allen Park practice facility next week, with a more familiar setup even if things aren’t quite back to normal
Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes held his pre-draft news conference Friday and, since he was speaking with a bunch of reporters, he must have felt it would be helpful to use a word of the day. And that word was “cluster.” As in Holmes thinks there’s a cluster of very good players that gives
Brad Holmes was given a blank slate when hired as Detroit Lions general manager in January, a canvas to create a team in the image he wants. That is a big reason why I see this as a position-less draft for the Lions. Holmes does not have to draft to fill needs because he has
Michigan football had 10 players taken in the 2020 NFL draft — one short of tying a program record. The Wolverines likely won’t have as many players selected in this week’s draft. But there are still several players with a very good chance of hearing their name called at some point between Thursday and Saturday
Brad Holmes was talking about what a cluster it might be next week when the Lions are on the clock in the first round of the NFL draft. But all jokes aside, that’s the good news. Really, it is. Because as Holmes, the Lions’ first-year general manager, went on to explain in Friday’s pre-draft press
When it comes to selecting in the top 10, the Detroit Lions haven’t always followed conventional wisdom. That includes a stretch of five years where the team drafted four wide receivers. Also, in the past decade, the Lions are the only franchise to draft a tight end that early, doing so twice. And last year,
Of course talent is important when it comes to the NFL Draft, as is a prospect’s potential and schematic fit. But Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes is placing a premium on something else entering his first draft in the role. “There’s a cluster at multiple positions we would be comfortable with, but the No.
It’s been a while since Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has had to prepare for the first round of the NFL Draft. His former organization, the Los Angeles Rams, haven’t picked in the first round since 2016, and unless something changes, they aren’t scheduled to again until 2024. So with the Lions holding a
Brad Holmes made a blockbuster trade in his first two weeks on the job, and the Detroit Lions first-year general manager is open to another one on 2021 NFL draft day. Holmes said in his pre-draft news conference Friday he is open to moving up or down from the No. 7 spot in the first
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Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2021 NFL draft. This is the fourth in an eight-part series. Special teams The Lions started slowly churning their special teams units last spring when they bid farewell to long-time punter Sam Martin in free agency.
Here’s one more chance to get ready for the NFL draft, and learn about how one draft hopeful is preparing for a chance at a dream job. In an offer for our subscribers only, we’re hosting a Zoom chat to break down all things NFL draft. Beginning at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Free Press sports writer
D’Andre Swift, Detroit Lions (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) The draft is almost here and the long-awaited first-ever selection for the Detroit Lions‘ new regime will soon be revealed. Before we start to argue about whether the Lions made the right choice or not, I wanted to take a look at their projected starters
D’Wayne Eskridge was done. When Western Michigan coach Tim Lester came to him after the 2018 season and told him he was moving to cornerback, Eskridge contemplated leaving the school he professed his loyalty to after a hardscrabble recruiting process a few years earlier. The Broncos secondary was in turmoil that winter, and Lester told