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Detroit Lions fans will have to find a new place to tailgate for the 2021 season. Eastern Market, which has been the hub of Lions pregame festivities since the team moved to downtown Detroit in 2002, announced on Wednesday that they will not be providing services for tailgating this year. With ample parking day or

The Detroit Lions announced on Wednesday afternoon that they have released Reggie Gilbert. Signed at the beginning of June, Gilbert provided Detroit’s edge depth with some true NFL experience. A five-year veteran in the NFL, Gilbert has played in 29 games and amassed 4.5 sacks as a member of the Packers and Titans. Early in

The Detroit Lions’ first team drill on Wednesday was a one-on-one tackling drill, setting the physical tone for practice. It’s not often you see live tackling this early in camp, but it’s clear the team is trying to build that culture as a tough, physical team, and they weren’t going to wait until Preseason Game

The Detroit Lions coaching staff faced a defining moment during Tuesday’s practice. During a special teams drill, rookies Ifeatu Melifonwu and Amon-Ra St. Brown got into a significant scuffle, resulting in several punches thrown between the two. Though the scuffle didn’t last more than a couple seconds, head coach Dan Campbell faced a decision. Should

Now that the pads are on at Detroit Lions training camp, we’re getting some truly valuable information about the team. Detroit’s line-heavy draft is starting to make their first impressions—and for a guy like Alim McNeill, it’s heavily positive. But we also are getting a better feel for Jared Goff under true pressure, the defense’s

As most of the focus of Detroit Lions training camp remains on the offense and defense, especially as the pads come on, there remains two training camp battles that could have a significant impact on the team in 2021. Long snapper Don Muhlbach remains the heavy favorite over Scott Daly to win that job, but

I’m trying not to drink the kool-aid, I really am. With that being said, things are looking good out of Allen Park thus far in training camp. In particular, the defense has dominated and edge rushers are looking more productive than anticipated. Players who regressed in 2020, like Tracy Walker and Jeff Okudah, look to

With the Detroit Lions players putting pads on for the first time in training camp (Day 6), the competition got heated at times. In the very first contract drill, 3-on-3 offensive line versus defensive line, players were looking to establish themselves and set the tone for the day. Early in the drill, Romeo Okwara paired

During one of his first competitive drills in pads, Detroit Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell—who has gone nearly two full years without a live rep in pads—knocked Julian Okwara back, causing the defender to nearly lose his balance. After the quick three-on-three rep was over, Sewell let loose a victorious scream that could be heard

The Detroit Lions have been very fortunate when it comes to the injury bug through one week of training camp (**knocks on wood**). Unfortunately, a few former Lions players on new teams haven’t been as lucky. First and foremost, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford injured his thumb—the same thumb that was surgically repaired just a few

With pads on for the first time, there was a noticeable increase in intensity at Allen Park Tuesday morning. The Detroit Lions really opened practice up, getting in far more team drills, as well as full-speed positional reps. It’s not just exhilarating for the players, but for the writers that have had to deal with

Things are about to get a lot more intense at Allen Park. On Tuesday morning, the Detroit Lions will throw on the pads for the first time this offseason, giving the opportunity for many players to finally showcase their true talents. If this team is going to wholly assume the knee-biting identity that head coach

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell announced on Tuesday morning that edge defender Austin Bryant has been removed from the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list and will be active for practice immediately. Bryant, the Lions’ fourth-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, has missed a lot of playing time throughout his young career. He’s

The Detroit Lions defense in in flux. After last year’s disastrous performance, changes needed to be made everywhere, from scheme to coaches to personnel. Many of those personnel moves have already been made, with new general manager Brad Holmes reconfiguring the roster, with a clear focus on the defensive line. However there are many players

The Hall of Fame game marks the demarcation of non-football and football, and on the borderlands comes the strange marches of training camp. We are once more Almost Back to Football, and this could be the most important preseason in a long while for the Detroit Lions, a team desperately seeking to sift through the

On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions will ramp up practice at training camp by putting on the pads. With pads come contact, and with contact comes intensity. There will be pancakes. There will be (soft) tackling. There will be physicality that we’ve been promised under the Dan Campbell era, but we’ve yet to actually see. Perhaps

The San Francisco 49ers gave up a small fortune to move up in the draft (first-round picks in 2021, 2022, and 2023 as well as a 2021 third) to acquire quarterback Trey Lance from North Dakota State. While Lance is the quarterback of the future in the bay area, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan doesn’t

Amid the intense pressure of the NFL, you don’t get a ton of opportunities to see players just plain having fun. But all mic’d up and ready to go at training camp, it’s clear Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is …well, just plain having fun. The Lions released highlights from Goff’s mic’d up practice and