As the Detroit Lions survey the landscape of quarterbacks in this year’s draft, here are 5 later-round prospects they could target. The idea of Jared Goff as the team’s long-term quarterback is one a lot of Detroit Lions fans can get behind. But the reality is there’s a natural ceiling with Goff, and possible smokescreen
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It’s the Buffalo Bills’ turn in our 2023 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. When we last left the Bills, their season came to an unfortunate end when the Cincinnati Bengals steam-rolled them in their own house in the divisional round of the playoffs. It was a shock to the system, and now some are…
The Detroit Lions made some notable signings in free agency, but one has been tabbed as a potential loser from the 2023 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions, sensing it’s quite possibly their time to take the NFC North, went into an aggressive mode in free agency. The secondary was refurbished (Cameron Sutton, Emmanuel Moseley, C.J.
One of the most interesting moments from Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes’ media session at the owners meetings earlier this offseason was when he was talking about depth charts in relationship to his draft strategy. In short, Holmes said that the team’s current depth chart matters so little that he doesn’t even have one…
The Dallas Cowboys are up in the 2023 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, where you, the commenter, act as general manager in our site-wide mock draft. It’s been an eventful offseason for the Cowboys, specifically on the offensive side of the ball. Ezekiel Elliott is gone after being a cap casualty, but Dallas invested…
Around the NFL’s Gregg Rosenthal posted a 2023 ranking of all 32 NFL general managers on Thursday, and Detroit’s Brad Holmes is quite a ways up there. As MLive’s Brandon Champion pointed out, Holmes had not been on the job long enough to appear on the 2022 version of the rankings, so this is actually…
There has been plenty of talk about whether the Detroit Lions will trade up or down in the 2023 NFL Draft, but that’s only part of the equation when it comes to using draft capital. It doesn’t happen a ton, but every now and then a draft day trade can involve a player. And in…
One year later, everything has changed. For all of them. Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez has gone from “Yes! Finally, the Tigers are spending some money” to “Ugh, I’m so sick of this, stop swinging at stuff in the dirt.” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell has gone from “OK, he’s fun and a good quote
Amon-Ra St. Brown left Detroit in January bracing for bad news. St. Brown saw Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson briefly in the hallway of the team’s Allen Park practice facility after he finished his end-of-season exit interview with receivers coach Antwaan Randle El. He dapped up Johnson just before the Lions’ first-year play-caller ducked
Over the next several days, leading up to the 2023 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Linebackers. ▶ Current roster: Alex Anzalone, Malcolm Rodriguez, Derrick Barnes, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Anthony Pittman ▶ Short-term need: Four out of 10 ▶ Long-term need: Six out of
In a recent re-draft of the 2021 NFL Draft, the disrespect of Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell was so obvious that it’s blatant. Despite opting out of his final season at Oregon due to COVID, Penei Sewell was still regarded as a top-10 pick for the 2021 NFL Draft. And if not the best, the
The Detroit Lions actually haven’t had the sixth overall pick all that often in their history, but when was the last time they did and who did they select? Looking back over the Detroit Lions draft history, you obviously see a lot of top-10 overall picks. But over all that time, a rough count says
In the Detroit Lions mailbag segment, we discuss if the Detroit Lions could trade away D’Andre Swift like they traded away Jeffrey Okudah. The Lions need to be able to have the best 53-man roster to win the division. Should the Lions trade away Swift? Also, should the Lions look to trade for LB Devon
We’re two years removed from the 2021 NFL Draft, but it’s safe to say already that it was a wildly successful draft for the Detroit Lions and for general manager Brad Holmes. It was Holmes’ first year as GM, and he was able to select a cornerstone prospect in offensive tackle Penei Sewell with the…