The inaugural season of the United Football League came to a close on Sunday, as the Birmingham Stallions were crowned champions of the newly-formed league. Minor league football has been a hot topic in recent years as many endeavors have tried—and failed—to entrench themselves as the “next” league behind the National Football League. With one…
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Happy Father’s Day to everyone out there. For me, the Detroit Lions were at the forefront of my relationship with my dad. It’s a passion we both shared, and we spent every Sunday glued to the television or parked in Section 243 of Ford Field to watch our men in Honolulu Blue compete.
According to ESPN’s Seth Walder, the Detroit Lions have hired Charlie Adkins to be their new senior director of football administration. He fills the hole left by the vacancy of Brandon Sosna, who was hired as the Washington Commanders senior vice president of football operations last month. Sosna was one of the lead points on…
The 2023 NFL Draft was a huge success for the Detroit Lions, who got major contributors at multiple positions and proved a lot of doubters wrong with some picks that may have been a bit questionable at the time, depending on who you ask. It turns out that general manager Brad Holmes is pretty good…
According to a report from NFL insider Aaron Wilson, the Detroit Lions are expected to sign Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates. Per Wilson, the signing won’t become official until Tuesday. Bates quickly became one of the most fascinating stories in the UFL this season. After not kicking a single field goal in college—serving as the…
The Detroit Lions’ 2023 draft class has been widely praised as one of the best in the league, but first-round Jack Campbell is often left out of the picture when praising Brad Holmes’ picks. It’s not that Campbell had a rookie bad season, per se, but his performance was a bit overshadowed by the emergence…
Finally, we got a date. After the success Netflix had with last year’s “Quarterbacks” series, the much-anticipated “Receiver” series will be available to stream on July 10. And if you didn’t already know, Detroit Lions’ All-Pro wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown will be one of the players featured in this year’s iteration of the show.
On Thursday, Netflix announced the premiere date for their new NFL series “Receiver”, featuring Detroit Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown, which will be available to subscribers on July 10, 2024. In 2022, the Detroit Lions had a plethora of NFL Films crews around Allen Park/Ford Field as the team was featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” In…
One area where the Detroit Lions really upgraded from 2022 to 2023 was at the running back position—despite what Gregg Rosenthal thought during the NFL Draft. “So, I think just the recognition of the little things all adding up and paying big dividends for us in offense, that’s really the point of it,” offensive coordinator…
These days, Detroit Lions legend—and current special assistant—Chris Spielman mostly works in the shadows. If you ask him, that’s how he prefers it. He had his shot in the limelight, now it’s time to help those still active in the league. But when Spielman does step out for a second, he’s always worth listening to:…
Last year, Jim O’Neil was taking a year off from coaching. After a two-year stint as the Northwestern defensive coordinator and a dozen years of NFL positional coach experience before that, he was looking to reset and figure out his next move. He decided to drop in for a couple of Detroit Lions OTA practices…
It isn’t happening as fast as some of us would like, but the NFL offseason continues to move along with organized team activities (OTAs) now in the rearview mirror. For a team like the Detroit Lions, OTAs are a chance to get a first look at some of the rookies and veterans brought in during…
The Detroit Lions have turned over every rock when it comes to upgrading the talent at EDGE this offseason. They’ve signed free agent Marcus Davenport, snagged Mathieu Betts from the Canadian Football League, and are expecting James Houston, Josh Paschal, and Levi Onwuzurike (who has situationally played on the edge at OTAs) to enter 2024…
While the Detroit Lions were initially supposed to have an open practice on Monday, a violation of offseason rules forced the team to forfeit that practice. That pushed the schedule back a day, and the Lions were back at it on Tuesday for the final OTA session of the offseason.