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Way back during his end-of-season press conference in January, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said he would not ignore the team’s offensive line this offseason. “That’s the engine for us,” Holmes said. “And so, I don’t care how good we ever get on the offensive line, that one right there is too important for…

The Buffalo Bills are up next in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. This year, the Bills are represented by POD commenter BigJShaky. It’ll be on him to help Buffalo get over the hump. While Detroit Lions fans may be frustrated with how close the Lions have gotten to the Super Bowl over…

Meko Scott and I (Morgan Cannon) are back on the Pride of Detroit YouTube channel discussing comments from Detroit Lions’ star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson on where he is with his injury rehab, along with a few more relevant draft topics as we get closer to the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

A couple weeks back, Detroit Lions star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson shared a video of him running at the team facility, indicating he was near the end of the rehab from his broken leg. This past weekend, Hutchinson was at The Masters golf tournament and sat down with reporter Marty Smith, and provided a full…

Now that the Detroit Lions domino has fallen, with Erik Schlitt selecting Boston College edge defender Donovan Ezeiruaku at 28 overall, it’s time to finish out the first round in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. If you haven’t been following along, this is our site-wide mock draft where commenters from Pride of…

The Grit Index has returned and we’re unveiling the results in a new series of articles. First up, we take a look at the offensive skill players in the 2025 NFL Draft class. In a recent article, we detailed how our process of developing the Grit Index has evolved over the past three offseasons, but…

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has made one thing pretty darn clear throughout his four years of draft: if there’s a prospect that he likes, he’s not going to be afraid to go and get him. In four drafts, he’s traded up for the following prospects:

Much of the conversation surrounding the Detroit Lions and who they may pick in the 2025 NFL Draft is focused on the offensive and defensive lines, but the team is doing their due diligence on one of the best skill position prospects this year’s class has to offer. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network,…

At the NFL owners meetings a couple weeks back, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes noted that the Lions are not done adding to their offensive line. “We still need to make sure that he (Christian MahoganY) has competition, and it’s part of—we bring (Ka)yode (Awosika) back and we’ll still be looking at possibly another…

Note: This article kicks off our 2025 NFL Draft preview series, where our staff makes their case for several different candidates for the Detroit Lions’ 28th overall pick. Are you surprised I want to see a Michigan Wolverine in the Honolulu blue? Thankfully, one of the biggest needs for the Detroit Lions heading into the…

Our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock is well underway, and over the past couple of weeks, we have seen members of our community make selections for the first 27 picks, thus putting the Detroit Lions on the clock. If you missed any of the previous sections, you can check all of them out, including…

What’s better than the NFL Draft? How about more NFL Draft? Realistically, the draft is not everyone’s cup of tea. After all, football is won in February, not the late-April draft. Yet for those that dive deep into scouting reports and mock drafts, it adds another level of intrigue to an otherwise long offseason. The…

The Detroit Los Angeles Rams are up in the 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft—where you, the reader, participates in our site-wide mock. The Rams have done a pretty fantastic job rebuilding after going all in for the 2021 Super Bowl. For an “eff them picks” team, they’ve found some fantastic contributors in the…

An offensive weapon like tight end seems like a bit of a luxury when talking about the Detroit Lions’ options in the 2025 NFL Draft, but general manager Brad Holmes has lived by “best player available” for most of his career. And with some interesting roster decisions in the not-so-distant future, I would not take…