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Eric Ebron was one of a handful of alumni the Detroit Lions welcomed to their Meijer Performance Center training facility in Allen Park over the weekend. Lions legend Calvin Johnson held a youth camp at the facility as part of his Calvin Johnson Jr. Foundation event called “Catching Dreams Weekend.” On Sunday, Johnson hosted a…

One of the more polarizing draft picks in recent years for the Detroit Lions was taking wide receiver Jameson Williams in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. After selecting Aidan Hutchinson with the No. 2 pick that year, the Lions made a massive move up, trading pick Nos. 32, 34, and 66 for…

Not only is the NFL offseason now five months deep, but the sports calendar is drying up in the summer heat. The NBA and NHL recently finished their seasons, and while their respective drafts brought some recent intrigue, they don’t do the draft like the NFL does. Until the Detroit Lions return in about four…

Training camp represents something different to every type of player in the NFL. For young players, it’s a chance to establish themselves as promising contributors. For star players, it’s time to remind everyone—including those young up-and-comers—that they’re the best at what they do. And for veterans on the proverbial roster bubbles, it’s one last shot…

It’s been a relatively quiet offseason for the Detroit Lions, whose main move in free agency was replacing free agent cornerback Carlton Davis with D.J. Reed. Apart from that, the Lions didn’t make a move over $4 million, instead focusing on the 2025 NFL Draft and a couple of extensions.

Last season, the Detroit Lions had one of the best—if not the best—offensive line in the NFL. They got help in free agent guard Kevin Zeitler to help beef up the interior, and guard Graham Glasgow was coming off his best season ever. Center Frank Ragnow was now the top center in the league with…

Our 2025 Detroit Lions roster review continues with one of the most enigmatic players on the team. Offensive lineman Giovanni Manu was arguably the most shocking pick of Detroit’s 2024 draft class, with general manager Brad Holmes trading a future third-round pick to select the University of British Columbia talent in the fourth round.

As pointed out by Justin Rogers of Detroit Football Network, this week marks the five-year anniversary of Sheila Hamp being named Detroit Lions owner. It’s been an unprecedented string of successes since Hamp took over—a development few saw coming. With nearly 60 years of failure under Ford ownership, Hamp’s promotion to ownership was met with…

Training camp is nearly here, and with it comes a fresh start for players looking to carve out roles on a competitive Detroit Lions roster. For cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr., that fresh start couldn’t come soon enough. After a hamstring injury cut short his rookie season, the former Missouri standout is eager to show how…

We’re in the home stretch now, the liminal point that divides “offseason” from “preseason” in the minds and imaginations of NFL fans. The Detroit Lions get it even earlier thanks to the Hall of Fame game—and of course, going to preseason also means that soon, there comes season thereafter. It has to.

In order for the Detroit Lions to maintain success these days, they are going to need their own players to develop each year. With limited cap resources and draft picks slated at the end of each round, they simply aren’t going to be able to add talent like they were in general manager Brad Holmes’…

For years, the Detroit Lions have needed help in the backfield, and the past two years have been some of the best we have seen, possibly since Barry Sanders was back there. The duo of Sonic and Knuckles, Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, has been easily the best running back duo in the NFL. The…

We are still several weeks away from the first round of Pride of Detroit’s Bubble Watch, but that does not mean we have to wait to speculate on some important roster battles. The sure-fire starters and obvious depth pieces are easy to project, as are the long-shots facing a significant uphill battle. Yet sandwiched between…

Whenever Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell or general manager Brad Holmes are asked for their evaluation of a player or what traits they look for in a specific position, they will both inevitably bring up that they’re looking for “football players.” For the Lions, that means a player who loves and respects the game, is…

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has managed to find some diamonds in the NFL Draft. While he’s done an amazing job with his first-round picks, what has made him a special drafter is what he’s done in Day 3 of the draft. He’s managed to find the likes of Amon-Ra St. Brown, Derrick Barnes,…

We’re less than a month out from the start of training camp for the Detroit Lions, and our roster series preview rolls along with a look at Brodric Martin—a project that has yet to develop. Will Martin be the latest Day 2 draft pick of Brad Holmes to break through in Year 3, or has…

It’s been a few weeks since Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow announced his retirement at the age of 29. Fans have had some time to process the news and go through the stages of grief for the loss. Ragnow may have only played seven years with the Lions, but he will undoubtedly go down as…

As the temperature reaches a fever pitch, so too does the anticipation for the Detroit Lions to return to their facilities at Allen Park for training camp. Our roster preview series continues with a look at wide receiver Jameson Williams, a former first-round pick whose first few seasons were defined as much by promise as…

I’m certain just the title of this article will bring some emotional reactions from some, but it says something that this is a legitimate question for the Detroit Lions roster. The truth of the matter is that the Lions roster remains stacked, and it’s not just at specific positions. It’s front to back.

As the Detroit Lions offense adjusts to losing a few key pieces, one analyst is calling Jared Goff the most important player in the entire NFC. “I think Jared Goff is the single-most important player in the NFC this season,” NFL analyst Peter Schrager said on ESPN’s “Get Up” this week. “There has been a…