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Day 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft is in the books, but there is a whole lot more of drafting to be had. There are 257 picks in this year’s draft. Only 32 picks have been made so far. That’s just 12.45% of the players who will hear their name called this weekend.

This year, the Detroit Lions will celebrate its 86th year playing on Thanksgiving Day. However, there could be one notable change for the 2025 season. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Pat McAfee on “The Pat McAfee Show” Friday that they are planning on slightly moving the kickoff time from its traditional 12:30 p.m. kickoff.

The Detroit Lions enter Day 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft with two selections, Nos. 60 and 102. Last year, Detroit had just one pick (No. 61) to make on the second day after moving up in the first round to select Terrion Arnold. But with that extra capital gained from the New York Jets…

As we all know by now, NFL Draft grades are about as meaningless as analysis gets in the immediacy after a selection. We need not look farther than the Detroit Lions’ 2023 draft class, which was widely panned at the time for its unconventional picks and poor positional value, among other criticism. That draft class…

In years past, Brad Holmes has shown a willingness to move up and down in the first round. Big swings like 32 to 12 for Jameson Williams in 2022, or a willingness to move back and wait for his prospect to fall to him like Jahmyr Gibbs in 2023. But in 2025, Holmes let the…

The Detroit Lions selected Ohio State defensive tackle Tyleik Williams with the No. 28 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, and SB Nation wants to know what grade fans would give the selection. Williams is arguably the best run-stuffing defensive lineman in this draft, which will fit in perfectly with the Lions’ defensive philosophy.…

The 2025 NFL draft is finally here and we here at Pride of Detroit will be covering each of the Detroit Lions drafted players with an array of in-depth articles. But for those who want to track the team’s progress without sorting through the website’s front page, this will offer an alternative option.

Pride of Detroit is happy to return to live-streaming platforms Thursday and Friday nights for the 2025 NFL Draft. We will be live starting with the first overall pick and go through the night until the Lions spend their picks, and give instant reaction on all of it to our live audience. Be the first…

The 2025 NFL Draft is finally here, and the next three days are going to be a marathon of news and excitement. We here at Pride of Detroit will have plenty of coverage here on the website—and live-streaming during the first two days on our Twitch and YouTube pages. But for those that are looking…

It has become a time-honored tradition of more than a decade for one of our final NFL mock drafts to be a completely randomized version. Originally created by site founder Sean Yuille to see if a random mock draft could produce a pick better than disgraced Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen, I’ve taken up…

The Detroit Lions announced that they have released quarterback Jake Fromm one day ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. With this move, the Lions roster now sits at 73 players heading into the big event. Originally drafted in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Bills, Fromm bounced between the Bills, Giants…

The Detroit Lions identity lies in their offensive line. The bullies in the trenches are the core foundation of a powerful organization and are the main catalysts in all of the Lions recent success. And while the Lions boast one of the top offensive lines in the NFL, they recognize its value and have vowed…

The 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft has come to a close. Thanks to the help of 31 commenters on the site, we were able to get through two full rounds of our 2025 NFL mock draft. You can see the grades our POD community gave each first round pick with our 2025 community…

We’ve officially reached that point in the NFL Draft cycle where Detroit Lions fans know the usual suspects mocked to Detroit — and most have locked in their own favorite targets. But if Brad Holmes has taught us anything over the past four drafts, it’s this: he doesn’t draft for need, and he definitely doesn’t…

The 2025 NFL Draft rumor mill continues to run into overdrive. It’s important to be careful with rumors this close to the draft, as it becomes more and more difficult to navigate fact from fiction. Oftentimes, late rumors are last-ditch efforts for teams to throw the rest of the league off their tracks. But sometimes…

The way things currently stand, it’s quite possible the Detroit Lions are prepared to start Marcus Davenport opposite Aidan Hutchinson in Week 1. But as we all know, that is a precarious game to play for the Lions. While Davenport plays the exact style they want out of an edge-setting defensive end, injuries have limited…

If you have been following Pride of Detroit for a while now, then it’s probably no secret that I personally do not love mock drafts like so many others do. I think sometimes we as fans and analysts can get too wrapped up in them, and that they can skew fact from fiction ahead of…

The 2025 NFL Draft is just a few days away and while Green Bay is hosting this year’s event, Lions president Rod Wood isn’t too concerned Detroit’s hosting job last year will be rivaled. Last year, Detroit blew draft attendance records out of the water with a whopping 775,000 people attending the 2024 NFL Draft…

It’s the week of the NFL Draft, and the rumor mill is starting to churn out some interesting tidbits of information from “sources.” With the Detroit Lions holding the No. 28 overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft, they find themselves in prime position to trade down with a team eager to secure a quarterback—and…

We’re closing out our 2025 Detroit Lions draft preview with a position the team may not be eager to draft. In Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch, the Lions arguably have the best safety duo in the NFL. However, there are questions about depth, and with neither Joseph nor Branch signed long-term, the future at safety…