Pride of Detroit

While the first step in the offseason is free agency, it won’t be long before we’re fully into draft talk. With the Senior Bowl lingering at the end of the month, we figured it was finally time to dip our toe into the topic on this week’s First Byte Detroit Lions podcast. And rather than

And then there were eight. After a mildly competitive Wild Card round, it’s clear we’ve separated the wheat from the chaffs in the 2022 NFL Playoffs. It truly feels like every team left in the postseason truly deserves to be there, and an argument could be made for any one of these teams lifting the

Each week, draft websites across the internet release mock drafts, doing their best to create enjoyable content for the draft community. Unfortunately, reading the same projections from the same analysts can get a bit stagnant during certain times of the offseason, but every so often, some of the big-name analysts drop a mock draft that

Okay, I have to admit it, even though last week’s Wild Card weekend was mostly a bunch of blowout victories for the team’s favored to win, it sure is nice to have a second weekend in a row of playoff football taking up the weekend airwaves. And what a weekend of games we have ahead

The first round of the 2021-22 NFL playoffs is in the books and the Division Round is upon us. Now down to the top-eight teams in the NFL, things are starting to tighten up as the level of competition is growing. Things are actually so tight that there was not a single consensus winner picked

The Detroit Lions hired Dan Campbell as their head coach on January 20, 2021—a year and a single day from the date of this publishing. There was a healthy amount of skepticism surrounding the hire at the time. Campbell was a coach without experience as a coordinator, play caller, and the only direct experience he

The Detroit Lions have an incredibly important offseason ahead of them. Part of that of course includes bolstering the roster in free agency. While—as PFF’s Brad Spielberger lovingly puts it: “​​You could throw a dart at the Lions’ depth chart and would most likely land on a position they need to upgrade” — he argues

It’s time for another edition of the AskPOD Mailbag, where Jeremy Reisman and Erik Schlitt answer a handful of your questions about the Detroit Lions. Let’s get started! What advantages do you see for (coach Dan) Campbell and staff coaching a team in the Senior Bowl? — Jimmy Robinson via Twitter Erik: There’s actually quite

For this week’s Friday open thread, I cheated a bit and pulled an excellent question from this week’s POD Detroit Lions mailbag, because this is a topic worth discussing. The question comes from commentator Oldwolf00, who asked: Do you think pick No. 2 is too high to draft a safety? History says yes. I know

Every now and then, when we put out a question for mailbag, we get one that deserves a little more attention and thought. Instead of either giving a brief, unsatisfying answer or turning in a long-winded answer that results in a 3,000-word mailbag, we’ve decided to pull them from the mailbag article and give it

Rick Gosselin has covered the NFL for nearly a half-century and is universally considered the guru of special teams. Each year, he publishes his Special Teams Rankings, which factors in 22 different categories and results in a numbered grade. “I love Rick Gosselin,” Detroit Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp told the Lions media in

For years and years, some Detroit Lions fans have blamed the Ford family for all of the Lions shortcomings. I’m sure you’ve probably heard or seen all the classic complaints. Some of you might even have made those complaints. “They’re just collecting paychecks.” “No one in the Ford family knows a likc about football.” How

The minute Dan Campbell finished building his coaching staff just under a year ago, it raised eyebrows across the sports media world. Intentionally or not, it appeared the Detroit Lions were running a leadership experiment. Just about every coach—from head coach all the way down to each positional coach—was a former player, many of whom

Eight teams remain in the NFL playoffs and plenty of firepower will be on display this weekend. Aside from the laughable Dallas Cowboys, every higher seed came out victorious, which means there are a bunch of elite squads still alive. Given how the NFL works, basically all of them have a pretty strong leader under

Last week, two Detroit Lions ended up making PFF’s All-Rookie team. Offensive tackle Penei Sewell and nose tackle Alim McNeill earn the well-deserved honors after promising inaugural season in the NFL. Analytical group Sports Info Solutions (SIS) released their first and second All-Rookie teams, and the news was even better for the Lions. Four players

We are full-on into mock draft season now, and while some analysts are stuck in a repetitive loop, others are starting to explore the space and think outside of the box. One of those analysts is The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, who always seems to be ahead of the curve in his projections and is constantly

ESPN has been diving into the 2022 offseason and analyst Mel Kiper kept their momentum going by releasing his first mock draft of the season ($ubscription required) on Wednesday. His draft partner Todd McShay dropped his first mock of the season about a month ago, giving the Detroit Lions Michigan EDGE rusher Aidan Hutchinson when

Dan Campbell is getting a lot of well-earned praise for the Detroit Lions’ offensive turnaround in the second half of the season. Campbell, with the help of unofficially promoted tight ends coach Ben Johnson, took over play-calling duties at the midway point of the season. Detroit’s offense almost immediately improved, averaging 21.9 points per game

For the first time ever, we were treated this past weekend to a Super Wild Card Weekend. The new slate of six games over three days exposed pretenders and anointed contenders, including our beloved Matthew Stafford in the latter group. Question of the day: Has your Super Bowl pick changed after Wild Card Weekend? My

Sometimes in this business, you have a plan for a great article, and in the middle of your research, someone publishes exactly the thesis you were aiming for. That was the case this week, when Justin Rogers of the Detroit News posted an article entitled “Lions defense makes push to ‘lock the gates’ with Steelers