Billy Sims is a name that many NFL fans, specifically Detroit Lions fans, know and love. He helped lead the Lions to back-to-back playoff games during his short career in the NFL. But Sims’s career was cut short when he suffered a devastating injury in 1984. Sims did not get the career many anticipated while
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The 2024 NFL draft is next week. So in this final week ahead of time, I want to go over some of my top players for the Lions in this draft and make the case as to why they’re the perfect fit for the Lions. We’ll be covering Oregon receiver Troy Franklin in this one.
Today’s Lions Draft Prospect of the Day is one of the more prominent candidates to be Detroit’s first-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft The focus for these potential Lions prospects is on players who should hold some appeal for Detroit in the draft. Not all of them will be prominent names or high draft
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is due for a monster contract extension, and the fact that it hasn’t gotten done yet is of no concern to him. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday during offseason workouts, Goff gave an update on where exactly things are in his negotiations with general manager Brad Holmes. “You never want
The latest projections from longtime NFL draft analyst Dane Brugler from The Athletic are now out, and it’s a massive undertaking. Brugler projected all seven rounds in his latest mock draft. For the Detroit Lions, Brugler projected a trade out of the first round. This mock draft has the Las Vegas Raiders moving up to
There was nobody that at any position that impressed more than Michigan receiver Roman Wilson. He was beating everyone and catching everything. It was a site to behold. Apparently the Detroit Lions really liked what they saw. They recently brough him in for a pre-draft visit. This is not the only time that Wilson has
I love Detroit Lions Twitter. It is always a great source of inspiration for stories. One member of the pride came up with a really cool tweet for Lions fans and I had to take this opportunity to write an article on it. What is your dream, nightmare and most likely scenario for the Lions
One of the hot topics all offseason has been the contract status of Lions quarterback Jared Goff. The Pro Bowler is under contract through the 2024 season and is set to earn a $22.3 million salary and $32.3 million salary cap hit in the final year of the four-year, $134 million contract he signed with
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is in the early days of the final year of his contract, but he made it known while speaking with reporters on Tuesday that he wants to stay put beyond the upcoming season. “It’s been amazing,” Goff said about his Detroit tenure that officially began in March 2021, according to
Following another successful season in Detroit, there was optimism that the Lions and Jared Goff would agree to an extension this offseason. While it’s been relatively quiet on that front over the past few months, it sounds like the two sides have privately started negotiations. The quarterback told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press
No current Detroit Lions player has been with the team longer than left tackle Taylor Decker. The wear and tear after nine seasons of playing in Detroit was obvious to everyone at the end of the Lions’ playoff run in 2023. Most notably, it was bothering Decker himself. To that end, the team captain and
Not too long ago, Jared Goff, quarterback for the Detroit Lions, faced uncertainty in his NFL journey. Despite being the former No. 1 pick, his tenure with the Los Angeles Rams was marked by inconsistency, leading some to fault him for the team’s inability to clinch a Super Bowl victory. This sentiment intensified when the
Lions QB Jared Goff revealed that he has had contract talks with the team during a recent interview in which he also called his trade to the Lions the greatest thing that has ever happened to him. “There have been discussions, but I’ll leave it at that,” Goff said, via Kyle Meinke of MLive.com. Meinke previously mentioned
The 2024 NFL Draft is just over a week away. Everyone is rightly wondering who the Detroit Lions could win up with the draft. But we’re also wondering who they may wind up with for their International Pathways Player. The Lions now have an open spot after they decided to part ways with offensive lineman
On Christmas Eve the Detroit Lions ended an incredibly long 30 year streak of not winning the a divsion title when they beat the Vikings 30-24 at U.S. Bank Stadium and claimed the NFC North title. For a lot of Vikings fans, the problem wasn’t that the Lions beat their team, it was that in
In the last edition of the seven-round mock draft for the Lions, we explored the concept of trading up from No. 29. This time around, the idea is to see what might happen if GM Brad Holmes and the Lions opt to trade back from No. 29 and out of the first round altogether. There
Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown is known for keeping track of the wide receivers who were drafted before him, so he and his agent are certainly taking note of DeVonta Smith’s three-year, $75M contract extension ($51M guaranteed) with the Philadelphia Eagles. Both players were taken in the 2021 NFL Draft. The Eagles selected
The latest mock draft from longtime ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. is an interesting one for the Detroit Lions. The three-round projections feature Kiper and fellow analyst Field Yates alternating picks across the rounds, with Kiper handling the odd-numbered picks and Yates handling the even ones. With the Lions holding picks No. 29, 61 and
Other than the fact that they both play in the Motor City, the Detroit Lions and Detroit Pistons had little in common during their 2023-24 seasons. While the Lions exceeded everyone’s expectations and made it to the NFC Championship Game in January, the Pistons finished with the worst record in the NBA. The Pistons were
The Detroit Lions announced they have re-signed three of their own exclusive rights free agents. The Lions brought back EDGE James Houston, OL Kayode Awosika and RB Craig Reynolds for the 2024 season. All three were ERFAs, meaning they have under three years of qualifying NFL service. The process with exclusive rights free agents is