Pride of Detroit

Just about everywhere you look, expectations for the Detroit Lions in 2021 are as low as you can find. Many Vegas outlets have them as the team most likely to be picking first overall in 2022. They aren’t favored in a single game this year. Look at any set of way-too-early power rankings, and the

This week, the Detroit Lions will enter Phase Three of the offseason. Starting on Tuesday, May 25, the team will kick off its first of 10 organized team practice activities (OTA). These practices could give us our first look at how the Lions look like as a team. The Lions will be permitted to run

It isn’t the most exciting position battle, but the competition for the third tight end spot could be a close one. The Detroit Lions tight end group underwent some notable changes this offseason. Jesse James was released with little fanfare after an extremely disappointing two seasons. Having played over 400 snaps in 2020, the backup

It’s no secret that the Detroit Lions have struggled to get to the quarterback in recent years. Former head coach Matt Patricia had a philosophy that great coverage can lead to sacks, but executing on this philosophy was a constant struggle. The Lions totaled just 24 sacks in all of 2020, good for 24th in

Hal Vaitai has been fighting an uphill battle since he was signed by the Detroit Lions in the 2020 offseason. It started when former general manager Bob Quinn gave Vaitai a five-year, $45 million contract, well above expectations for a career backup who had just 20 starts with the Philadelphia Eagles. But the Lions liked

This week, the Detroit Lions positional coaches met with the media, some of them for the first time since being hired by Dan Campbell and company. The conversations were loose, insightful, and informative. It was a bit disorienting compared to what we’re used to hearing from Lions coaches. But perhaps the most interesting findings from

This week, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer announced plans that will effectively lift all capacity limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by July 1. Starting on June 1, all outdoor venues, including parks, outdoor concerts, and stadiums, will be permitted to be at 100 percent capacity again. A month later on July 1, indoor venues, including

Last week, the Detroit Lions kicked off their on-field program with rookie minicamp. Since then, players have begun to file into Detroit to have their first face-to-face meeting with the new regime. Assuming the players don’t continue to throw a strike, that will ramp up even more next week when Organized Team Activities (OTAs) begin.

On Wednesday and Thursday this week, many of the Detroit Lions’ coaches held media sessions to talk about the work they’d done at rookie camp and to offer thoughts on the players in their units. Pride of Detroit has already posted some coverage on offensive line coach Hank Fraley’s session, linebackers coach Mark DeLeone’s session,

A few weeks ago it was revealed by Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes that he passed on the opportunity to take a trade-down deal in which MMQB’s Albert Breer called “solid.” Instead, as we all know, the Lions threw a party in the war room and drafted Penei Sewell without draining much of the

Less than 48 hours after the rumor that the Detroit Lions offered Iowa State coach Matt Campbell an eight-year, $68.5 million contract, Dave Birkett of the Free Press is now reporting that no formal offer was actually ever made. “A Lions source with knowledge of the team’s search process said Friday no formal offer was

When the Detroit Lions announced that one of their major roster goals was to simply get faster—especially on defense—it was impossible not to think about the future of young linebacker Jahlani Tavai. Detroit’s 2019 second-round pick, Tavai had a somewhat promising rookie season, but truly struggled last year after assuming a full-time role. The major

There’s this great show on Netflix that I’m sure a lot of you have already watched. It’s called “Last Chance U.” The first two seasons of the docu-series follows the East Mississippi Community College football team that carries a lot of players that had a shot at Division 1 football and failed for a myriad

Pro Football Focus released their top 32 running backs ahead of the 2021 season, and it was a little surprising to see D’Andre Swift left off the list. While it was not the biggest rookie season by any means, all arrows are trending up for the former second-rounder under a new Detroit Lions coaching staff.

In the past, Detroit Lions coaches have been extremely scant on details when it comes to how players fit in their scheme. Sometimes they said it was in order to get a competitive edge. Sometimes they said their players were so versatile, it would be unfair to box them into a specific role. Sometimes it

It’s no secret that the Detroit Lions more often do not fare well when sports analysts re-grade draft picks. But this time, after another lackluster season, the Lions’ 2020 draft class had the biggest fall from grace in the league. Pro Football Focus’ Michael Renner regraded all 32 teams’ picks and as he put it,

With the NFL Draft and rookie minicamp in the books, we’ve officially reached the dead zone of the NFL offseason. And with the dead zone comes reckless predictions and player rankings aimed only to generate clicks and fuel debates. PFF appears to be the first to start publishing the latter, with a series of articles

The Detroit Lions announced on Thursday morning that the dates and times of their three preseason contests have been set. The Lions will kick off the 2021 season by hosting the Buffalo Bills on Friday, August 13 at 7 p.m. ET. That will be followed up by a trip to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday,

When Detroit Lions offensive line coach Hank Fraley was asked about the recent rumors that offensive tackle Tyrell Crosby was potentially on the trading block, he got a little defensive. “Are those rumors or did we say that?” Fraley said, later indicating he was joking. But behind the “joke,” Fraley was out there trying to

It’s been a week since the Detroit Lions’ 2021 schedule was released, and every fan willing to take part in the shenanigans has already dropped their season predictions. Lions fans have been uncharacteristically realistic at this point in the offseason, with 65 percent believing the Lions will win six or fewer games according to a