Lions Fan Blogs

With the 2025 NFL Draft just about two weeks away, we’re kicking off a series assessing the Detroit Lions’ needs at each position. In addition to that, we’re going to look at the top available prospects at each position and a handful of mid-to-late round options to fill Detroit’s needs.

The Seattle Seahawks are up next in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft—where you, the readers, get a chance to participate in the site’s biggest mock draft of the year. Representing the Seahawks in our mock this year is detroitdude14. While the Seahawks haven’t seen a ton of success as of late, they…

Meko Scott and I (Morgan Cannon) are back on the Pride of Detroit YouTube channel, and are joined by Senior Editor at Pride of Detroit, the one and only Ryan Mathews. Ryan joins us to discuss the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft, including the prospect of the Detroit Lions making a trade in the first round.…

It may not be this year, it may not be next year, but some are saying an 18-game regular season is on the horizon. Per CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones, the increase wasn’t necessarily talked about during the NFL’s annual league meetings last week, but it didn’t really need to be.

With NFL free agency more or less over, it’s time to look at the teams that matter most to the Detroit Lions: their NFC North rivals. The Lions remain the division title holder for their second straight offseason, but the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings all made some splash signings this free…

We’re getting closer and closer to the Detroit Lions’ pick in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, where POD commenters get to act as NFL general managers. We’re currently at Pick 17 in the draft, owned by the Cincinnati Bengals. Somehow, the Bengals have missed the playoffs for the past two seasons, when…

We’ve reached the halfway point in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, our site-wide mock where commenters get to act as NFL general managers. The Arizona Cardinals are up in the draft, and they are represented by commenter VisiblePepper. The Cardinals always seem like they’re on the verge of becoming a true contender…

The Pride of Detroit 2025 Community Mock Draft rolls along with the 15th pick, currently held by the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons shocked the entire draft community last year by taking Michael Penix with the eighth overall pick despite signing Kirk Cousins to a massive deal just a month prior. While the book is far…

One of the most important part of the NFL Draft scouting process is the meetings. For a team like the Detroit Lions—who place football character above all else—getting to know a draft prospect on an intimate level is critical. Whether it’s a top-30 meeting at their own facility or a formal meeting at the NFL…

A major mark in hockey’s record book just fell. Could we something similar happen in football in the near future? On Sunday afternoon, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals broke the longstanding NHL goal record, reaching 895 career goals to topple Wayne Gretzky. One of the most prestigious titles in hockey history now has a…

One story that came out of the number shakeup the Detroit Lions released earlier this week was a touching gesture by Lions’ cornerback Terrion Arnold. Having played his college football at the University of Alabama, Arnold remains close with plenty of former Crimson Tide teammates, including Minnesota Vikings’ cornerback Khyree Jackson, who was tragically lost…

Last week during the NFL owners meeting, teams discussed whether they should change current playoff seedings to no longer give division winners an automatic home game—a rule proposed by the Detroit Lions. Ultimately, the league owners opted to table the discussion for the next meetings in May, but Lions team president Rod Wood revealed an…

The NFL offseason has slowed to a crawl. The coaching carousel is far in the rear-view mirror, free agency has dried up, and with the Senior Bowl and NFL Combine behind us, the only real NFL Draft things to talk about is relatively boring pro days and the endless wave of mock drafts.

The Dallas Cowboys haven’t made the NFC Championship since 1995. That doesn’t really have anything to do with our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, but it remains one of my favorite NFL facts. If the Cowboys’ late conference championship appearance was a person, it would likely have some back issues by now.

This week, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes made it clear that his cap management strategy right now is primarily motivated by discipline. While it may be tempting to spend all of Detroit’s current cap space on a big-name player or two that could push the Lions over the top in 2025, Holmes knows that…

It’s the San Francisco 49ers’ pick in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. It’s been a wild offseason for the 49ers. While most of their core pieces remain intact, there was significant attrition across the rest of the team’s roster. While I don’t necessarily think the 49ers are in complete rebuild, they definitely…

While the Green Bay Packers are probably still the biggest Detroit Lions rival, the Chicago Bears are already making a pretty good case for 2025. With former Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson taking the Bears head coach job—and ruffling some feathers since he’s been there—I know many Lions fans are wishing terrible things on the…

Jordan Burch is a defensive end prospect that has ideal height, weight, and length for the Lions defensive system and could be an outstanding Day 2 fit for the team. Below are my observations of the former five-star recruits game, including positive traits, deficient traits, and other observations from his tape.

The Detroit Lions announced on Thursday that eight different players are changing their jersey numbers with the team, while also announcing the numbers for the incoming players from free agency. Most notably, Jameson Williams is switching from No. 9 to the No. 1 jersey, while running back Jahmyr Gibbs has gone from No. 26 to…

It’s time for the Carolina Panthers to make their pick in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. Acting as the Panthers general manager this year is commenter BigFan_19. The Panthers are a fascinating team to draft for this year. While last year’s 5-12 season was a massive disappointment for Carolina, they did go…