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Last year, when the Detroit Lions were nearly every media head’s darling in the offseason, the team’s win total was set at 9.5 wins—the highest its been set in the franchise’s history according to records from Pro Football Reference—and the team responded by having arguably their most successful season in franchise history.

The Detroit Lions have spent the last three years trying to figure out their cornerback situation. They’ve gone through players like Jeff Okudah, Quinton Dunbar, Cameron Sutton, Mike Hughes, and Emmanuel Moseley—among many others—looking for a cornerback who is capable of being a No. 1 and lockdown defender.

For those of you who can’t remember or were too young back then, let me tell you a little bit about former All-Pro running back Chris Johnson, and how he altered the mode of the every-down back. Back in the day, if you weren’t at least 220 pounds, you could pretty much forget about being…

On Wednesday, news broke that former Detroit Lions wide receiver Josh Reynolds is signing a two-year deal with the Denver Broncos worth up to $14 million. According to general manager Brad Holmes, it’s the first and only loss the Lions took in free agency for a player that they were prioritizing to bring back.

The Detroit Lions announced on Wednesday evening they have re-signed veteran quarterback Nate Sudfeld. Contract terms were not immediately available. Sudfeld entered 2023 as the expected backup quarterback before the Lions made two significant moves at the position. First, they drafted Hendon Hooker in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft, and then they…

The Detroit Lions will have to find more wide receiver help, as they lost one of their biggest contributors in free agency this week. As first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, wideout Josh Reynolds is signing a two-year deal worth a maximum of $14 million total. At this point in reporting, the main structure of…

This week, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes claimed that the team just had its best free agency period in his four years here, and they hit on all of their Plan A options (aside from the still-unsigned receiver Josh Reynolds). It’s a bold thing to boast, but at least some data supports his claim.…

Detroit Lions defensive back Brian Branch had a stellar rookie season, but the team has even bigger plans for the 22-year-old defender moving forward. Many have wondered if the fact that the Lions have not gone out and signed a safety in free agency was a sign that they were preparing to play Branch—who was…

While the Detroit Lions have spent much of March signing and re-signing players in free agency, the one thing they haven’t done yet is signing a player currently under contact to an extension. We know the Lions have begun talks in regards to keeping both quarterback Jared Goff and receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown around for…

The 2024 NFL Draft is only one month away, and while Brad Holmes and the Detroit Lions are surely not done making moves in free agency, now is as good of a time as ever to talk about who the Lions might be targeting with their first-round pick, and who we’d like them to select.

If there’s one thing Dan Campbell won’t stand for in 2024, it’s getting lazy. “Entitlement and complacency,” he said. “Those are the two things that keep me on guard. […] Me, the players—if we fall trap to any one of those, we will not get back to where we were last year. We won’t have…

This offseason, the Detroit Lions had to make a tough decision regarding starting left guard Jonah Jackson. Coming off his rookie deal, Jackson was in line to score a big free agent deal, and with the Lions already paying premium prices for Taylor Decker and Frank Ragnow—and with an extension for All-Pro Penei Sewell on…

When the Los Angeles Rams made Jonah Jackson the fifth highest-paid offensive guard in the NFL, the Detroit Lions quickly replaced him with former Ravens guard, Kevin Zeitler. A seasoned veteran—34 years old with 181 NFL starts—Zeitler can provide the Lions with a proven starter, while also not breaking the salary cap bank.

The 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit is just a month away, and if the early return on registration for the event is any indication, it’s going to be a wild party. According to Detroit Lions team president and CEO Rod Wood, when online registration went up earlier this month, the amount of applications for attendance…

As of this publication, former Detroit Lions cornerback Cameron Sutton has not turned himself in after a warrant for his arrest has been issued on Domestic Battery by Strangulation charges. But Detroit Lions president Rod Wood offered up an important timeline update when talking with media at the owners meetings in Orlando.

The Cameron Sutton news rocked the Detroit sports world. As of this writing, we still don’t have much word on where he is, if he’s safe, or if he plans to turn himself in. It’s a situation where there’s no winners, no good guys and all too human stuff going down. Stop the sports carousel…

The NFL announced on Monday that they have adopted one of the rule changes proposed by the Detroit Lions for the 2024 season. There will be a change to the challenge system for instant replay. Under the old system, NFL coaches were allowed to have two challenges per game. If both of those challenges were…

General manager Brad Holmes has done a phenomenal job of building up the Detroit Lions roster, but 2024 will be the time his wise investments start to become costly. The Lions have a fair number of crucial players with contracts expiring after the 2024 season. Jared Goff found redemption with Detroit, but he has yet…

The 2024 NFL Draft is just around the corner and the Detroit Lions have a lot of potential routes to explore with their draft picks. From adding starting-caliber talent to depth across multiple positions, general manager Brad Holmes and his staff will look to turn the Lions into not just contenders, but champions. Free agency…

NFL free agency isn’t over, but the wild part of it certainly is. We’re two weeks in, and while there are still plenty of high-profile names out there—and Detroit is likely to sign at least a few more players—it’s clear that many NFL fans are slowly turning their attention to the NFL Draft.