Pride of Detroit

The 2023 NFL Draft is only hours away and for those looking for a refresher on where the Detroit Lions roster sits, here’s a quick breakdown of the team’s depth chart before the main event. Keep in mind, teams’ rosters are expanded to up to 90 players during the offseason. Currently, the Lions have 68…

We’ve made it. The 2023 NFL Draft kicks off its three-day event on Thursday night and we have all the coverage details you’ll want to know on how to watch, stream, or listen to the extravaganza. The NFL has plenty of options to watch the NFL Draft with a variety of personalities covering the big…

What if I were to tell you that one of the most athletic and intriguing prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft was from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula? Crazy, right? Well, what if I then told you that he had all but given up on organized sports back in 2019? Sound like a Disney movie yet? Well,…

The NFL Draft is now just over a day away, and it’s always one of the more exciting days on the Detroit Lions annual schedule. In previous years, that’s because the team hasn’t been so good, so we had to empty all of our hopes and dreams into the NFL Draft. But this year, it’s…

Congratulations, you’ve made it this far! You’re part of an elite group of people who chose to read the article instead of reacting on social media to the headline. Chances are, you’re at least intrigued to see what kind of argument can be made for the Detroit Lions to draft yet another tight end in…

Here at Pride of Detroit, it has become an annual tradition to run these “Why the Detroit Lions should draft…” articles in the days leading up to the NFL Draft. It’s a fun way to see differing points of view on the Lions’ strategy while also highlighting the fact that sometimes there are multiple right…

Two decades ago, nobody in NFL circles would have batted an eye at a running back being selected in the first round of the draft. Now? It has become increasingly rare as overall stock in running backs has been on the decline for some time now. The days of a single player toting the rock…

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…

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…