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…
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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…