We are literally just a day away from the 2023 NFL Draft and that means it’s time for us to deliver our final Detroit Lions mock drafts of the season. In this edition—our third of the offseason—Ryan Mathews and I (Erik Schlitt) have joined forces to produce a joint mock draft. If you missed our…
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With around 48 hours until the 2023 NFL Draft, some of the local Detroit Lions beat is starting to drop their final mocks of the season. Earlier this week, our own Mike Payton dropped an ambition mock that included a trade up to Pick 3. But let’s see what the beat around town is doing…
As part of our continued effort to reach out to the Detroit Lions community, we are going to try something new this week—something we’ve never done on this website before. We’ve done typically question/answer sessions either through the mailbag, through our Midweek Mailbag or our Spotify Live (RIP) call-in shows. Now, it’s time to reward…
Anthony Richardson may very well be the most intriguing and most curious prospect of the 2023 NFL Draft. Writing about him is already treacherous. On first jump he fits a neat stereotype: the upside prospect, the athletic quarterback who excels at measurables, possessing the cannon arm and lightning legs, with just enough statistical nags from…
NFL Draft week is the most important week of the year for general managers. There is no better opportunity to put their stamp on the present and the future of their roster than now. Not only will many teams have their shot at the best, young talent entering the NFL, but for the next three…
The long, agonizing road to the 2023 NFL Draft is almost over. Soon all these mock drafts shall fade, the projections shall be made useless, the tape shoved back into the closet. All those moments lost to time like tears in the rain and old movie references. After that, the Detroit Lions will be on…
The Detroit Lions hold two first-round picks in the 2023 NFL Draft, and much like the top of this year’s draft, what they do with those picks seems to be highly unpredictable. The team has done an excellent job filling their most pressing needs in free agency, which has freed up general manager Brad Holmes…
Whether it’s wasting a top pick on an eventual bust or finding a late-round diamond in the rough, drafting is not an easy process. There is no blueprint. There is no real way to know that a player will work out — that their success in college will translate to the NFL. The stakes are…
It is finally done. Aaron Rodgers will no longer be in the same division as the Detroit Lions. He’ll no longer be in the conference. He is no longer the Detroit Lions’ problem—although some would understandably argue that he was only a problem to the Packers at this point.
Last week, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes noted that they were in a position to do just about anything they wanted in the 2023 NFL Draft. “I would say yes because I do feel like we’re in a position where we can really do anything we want,” Holmes said. “I just don’t feel like…
Things were going so well, weren’t they? The Detroit Lions had become something of the talk of the town around the NFL. The team has been building so well, and everyone was beginning to take notice. The Lions became the favorites to win the division and maybe even go on a deep playoff run.
The current state of the Detroit Lions’ cornerback room is in much better shape than it was last year. After adding three starters via free agency in Cameron Sutton, Emmanuel Moseley, and C.J. Gardner Johnson, the secondary is primed for some big improvements, but there is still an opportunity for general manager Brad Holmes to…
On Friday, the Detroit Lions found themselves at the forefront of the football conversation for all of the wrong reasons. Four of their players had been found of breaking the league’s gambling policies. Two players—Quintez Cephus and C.J. Moore—were found to have gambled on NFL games, resulting in an indefinite suspension and their immediate release…
Our 2023 NFL mock draft created by our community has come to an end. I want to take a minute to personally thank everyone who participated. Once again, we were able to finish the two-round mock well ahead of schedule. That takes a lot of people working in tandem, and it speaks to the strength…
Since the initial news broke about player suspensions due to violations of the NFL’s gambling policy, local beat writers published stories with additional details on the Lions’ situation. MLive’s Kyle Meinke posted a story about the suspensions on Friday, as did Dave Birkett from the Detroit Free Press and Justin Rogers from the Detroit News.…
Our 2023 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft has made it into the second round, and so far, we have seen 54 picks come off the board, bringing us back to the Detroit Lions and pick No. 55 overall. If you haven’t been following along with all of the selections, you can get caught up…
Do as I say, not as I do. It should very well be the new mantra of the National Football League. The NFL has tried its best to defend its brand integrity and uphold its platform as one of the kings of entertainment. In theory, no player is greater than the shield. The well-being of…
If you’re not familiar with how the Detroit Lions roundup works, each week we collect data from the latest expert mock drafts published over the last seven days and compile them (with links to the original pieces) in one easy-to-access article. In addition to providing Lions’ fans with the names of prospects being paired with…
The Detroit Lions are in a strange position that we haven’t seen them in for quite a while: they don’t really have many glaring holes on the roster. That is thanks to general manager Brad Holmes’ extremely active free agency period where he was able to attack the team’s biggest need at cornerback, while bringing…
Hey everyone! One week until the 2023 NFL Draft, which not-so-coincidentally also means one more weekend before the 2023 NFL Draft. Our new weekend open threads are places for you to better get to know each other. Feel free to talk literally anything you want to. You want to talk NBA/NHL playoffs? Go for it.…