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PALM BEACH, Fla. — Brad Holmes has one criteria in mind for the No. 2 pick in next month’s NFL draft, and it has nothing to do with positional value. “We want a game-changer at that pick,” the Detroit Lions general manager said Tuesday. “So whatever position that is, again, we’re comfortable at multiple positions. If the

Monday was a big day for sports fans in Detroit —  the NFL announced the 2024 draft will take place in Detroit, and the Lions will be featured this summer on HBO’s long-running reality series “Hard Knocks.” In all the excitement, it’s easy to miss the details. The NFL draft in Detroit may not be for another two years,

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Brad Holmes understands the angst over his team’s tepid approach to free agency, but the second-year Detroit Lions general manager disagrees with the notion that the Lions have done little to improve coming off a 3-13-1 season. “When I hear that people wanted us to get more external help, it’s just,

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The NFL draft is a little more than four weeks away, but the Detroit Lions have already “had dialogue” about trading the No. 2 pick. Lions general manager Brad Holmes acknowledged Tuesday he was open to dealing the pick, though he said talks so far have been minimal and in line

Monday was a big day for sports fans in Detroit —  the NFL announced the 2024 draft will take place in Detroit, and the Lions will be featured this summer on HBO’s long-running reality series “Hard Knocks.” In all the excitement, it’s easy to miss the details. The NFL draft in Detroit may not be for another two years,

PALM BEACH, Fla. — In another spring of unprecedented quarterback movement, when at least eight teams — a full quarter of the NFL — have changed signal callers since the end of the season, the Detroit Lions are moving forward with Jared Goff as their starter. Lions general manager Brad Holmes reiterated his faith in

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Kevin O’Connell spent five days playing for the Detroit Lions in the 2009 preseason, and the new Minnesota Vikings coach said he has fond memories of his time there. “I got to walk out on the field pregame and got to see Matthew Stafford throwing a football and said that’s what

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Detroit Lions will not be changing uniforms for at least another season. Lions president Rod Wood said at the NFL’s annual meeting Monday that the team is in the exploratory phase of the uniform process and that a change will not be coming until at least 2023. “Nothing for this

The Detroit Lions were part of two major announcements on Monday. First, they were instrumental in bringing the 2024 NFL draft to Detroit. Second, they will be featured this summer on HBO’s long-running reality series “Hard Knocks.” If you’re a Lions fan, you should be excited about both announcements. If you’re simply a sports fan

The city of Detroit’s selection Monday as the host of the 2024 National Football League draft will likely be the biggest, and most anticipated, sports event held in the city in more than a decade. If other cities that have also hosted the draft are any indicator, the three-day event could bring hundreds of thousands of

The city of Detroit’s selection Monday as the host of the 2024 National Football League Draft will likely be the biggest, and most anticipated, sports event held in the city in more than a decade. If other cities that have also hosted the draft are any indicator, the three-day event could bring hundreds of thousands of

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Detroit Lions president Rod Wood said Monday the team never seriously considered pursuing troubled quarterback Deshaun Watson in a trade before he was dealt to the Cleveland Browns earlier this month. “We have a quarterback, so we were never in the game for that,” Wood said at the NFL’s annual meeting.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Detroit Lions have endured their share of hard knocks over the years, and now the franchise will be featured on the reality series by the same name. The NFL announced at its annual meeting Monday that the Lions will appear on the HBO show “Hard Knocks” this summer. The five-episode

The NFL announced on Monday that the Detroit Lions will host the 2024 NFL draft.  The league announced during its owners meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, that the three-day event will be at Campus Martius, weather permitting. There will also be music events planned for Ford Field and Little Caesars Arena and fireworks for the

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Michigan football defensive end Aidan Hutchinson has moved into pole position to be the first player taken in April’s NFL draft, but Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said his team’s free agent moves will not preclude them from taking an offensive tackle with the first overall pick. “We’re not done, obviously,”

Jarrad Davis admitted something Friday that few in football ever do. He’s human. And he heard the outside criticism — and all the pressure that came with being the Detroit Lions’ first-round pick in 2017. “As a human being, we say we want to ignore the noise, we say we want to do all these

In one of his first interviews as Detroit Lions head coach last winter, Dan Campbell praised Jarrad Davis, saying the linebacker “will literally split your chin open and knock your hat off.” Davis left the Lions for a sizable free agent contract last spring, but after one injury riddled season with the New York Jets, he is

This is not a great year to have the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, let alone try and figure out what the Detroit Lions are going to do with it. From the time my first mock dropped in February, I’ve held firm to the belief the Lions would take Michigan pass rusher Aidan

Free agency is over and NFL teams have spent the past few weeks filling their most pressing needs. Some of those moves will impact draft day decisions in April. Here is my third attempt at a mock draft, with familiar names sprinkled throughout — but a new guess for who the Detroit Lions take at

The wildest offseason in NFL history, with the trades of Russell Wilson, Deshaun Watson, Davante Adams, Matt Ryan and Khalil Mack, keeps getting crazier by the day, But hours after his ex-teammate Tyreek Hill was surprisingly dealt to the Miami Dolphins, new Detroit Lions cornerback Mike Hughes said he’s come to realize insanity is part