Pride of Detroit

Last week during the NFL owners meeting, teams discussed whether they should change current playoff seedings to no longer give division winners an automatic home game—a rule proposed by the Detroit Lions. Ultimately, the league owners opted to table the discussion for the next meetings in May, but Lions team president Rod Wood revealed an…

The NFL offseason has slowed to a crawl. The coaching carousel is far in the rear-view mirror, free agency has dried up, and with the Senior Bowl and NFL Combine behind us, the only real NFL Draft things to talk about is relatively boring pro days and the endless wave of mock drafts.

The Dallas Cowboys haven’t made the NFC Championship since 1995. That doesn’t really have anything to do with our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, but it remains one of my favorite NFL facts. If the Cowboys’ late conference championship appearance was a person, it would likely have some back issues by now.

This week, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes made it clear that his cap management strategy right now is primarily motivated by discipline. While it may be tempting to spend all of Detroit’s current cap space on a big-name player or two that could push the Lions over the top in 2025, Holmes knows that…

It’s the San Francisco 49ers’ pick in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. It’s been a wild offseason for the 49ers. While most of their core pieces remain intact, there was significant attrition across the rest of the team’s roster. While I don’t necessarily think the 49ers are in complete rebuild, they definitely…

While the Green Bay Packers are probably still the biggest Detroit Lions rival, the Chicago Bears are already making a pretty good case for 2025. With former Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson taking the Bears head coach job—and ruffling some feathers since he’s been there—I know many Lions fans are wishing terrible things on the…

Jordan Burch is a defensive end prospect that has ideal height, weight, and length for the Lions defensive system and could be an outstanding Day 2 fit for the team. Below are my observations of the former five-star recruits game, including positive traits, deficient traits, and other observations from his tape.

The Detroit Lions announced on Thursday that eight different players are changing their jersey numbers with the team, while also announcing the numbers for the incoming players from free agency. Most notably, Jameson Williams is switching from No. 9 to the No. 1 jersey, while running back Jahmyr Gibbs has gone from No. 26 to…

It’s time for the Carolina Panthers to make their pick in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. Acting as the Panthers general manager this year is commenter BigFan_19. The Panthers are a fascinating team to draft for this year. While last year’s 5-12 season was a massive disappointment for Carolina, they did go…

On Thursday afternoon, the NFL announced offseason workout dates for all 32 teams. That includes OTAs (Organized Team Activities) and mandatory minicamp. For the Detroit Lions, it all begins later this month on April 22. By rule, teams with a returning head coach cannot begin their offseason program until the third Monday of April (April…

The 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft rolls on as we head toward the back half of the top-10. As a reminder, this mock draft is created by you, the viewer. We’ve gathered 31 of our most valued commenters and community members to act as NFL general managers, with our own Erik Schlitt acting…

Earlier this week, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said they likely aren’t done adding to their offensive line, with a veteran signing or NFL Draft addition possible over the next month. In addition to that, it sounds like the Lions may play around with the players they already have on the roster.

Over the past weekend, we started our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. If you haven’t been following, our Community Mock Draft allows the most active and loyal members of our community to participate as NFL general managers. All 32 teams are represented by a commenter from this site—other than the Detroit Lions, who…

There have already been some surprises in the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft—our annual mock draft that allows our commenters to take over and act as NFL general managers. The real NFL Draft always seems to come with some early surprises, as well, and the source of many of those twists has often been…