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The Detroit Lions aren’t content with just standing their ground after a breakthrough season that resulted in a trip to the NFC Championship Game. Count FOX Sports analyst and former NFL quarterback Brady Quinn among those who really appreciate the forward-looking drive from Detroit this offseason. In a recent appearance on Woodward Sports, Quinn talked

Jahmyr Gibbs had one heck of a rookie season for the Detroit Lions. Yet the team believes he can do even more in his second season in Ben Johnson’s offense. The first-round running back showed off good hands as a receiver in 2023, catching 52 passes for 316 yards and a touchdown. The catch ratio,

Being athletic as a team can be difficult to quantify. There are a number of factors that make up the broad athleticism of players and teams. The Relative Atheltic Score, or RAS for short, measures the athletic performance of players based on comparisons to other players at the position. Crested by Kent Platte, it makes

Thursday afternoon was a Lions OTA session open to the media. I made the trip to Allen Park to take in the action in the voluntary practice, the final scheduled OTA of the week. [embedded content] [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal]

Expectations are sky high for the Detroit Lions heading into the 2024 season. After years as perennial cellar dwellers, the Lions have transformed into potential Super Bowl contenders, igniting excitement among fans and earning widespread respect across the league. Many believe last year’s success wasn’t a fluke but the beginning of sustained excellence. The Lions

The Detroit Lions announced on Friday that the team has officially signed rookie cornerback Ennis Rakestraw. Terms were not disclosed, but based on his 61st overall slot in the draft, it’s pretty well predetermined that Rakestraw will earn $6.49 million over four years. There is no fifth-year option on any rookie deals other than first-round

The Detroit Lions held their fifth OTA session of the offseason on Thursday, May 30th. It was an open practice to the media, which means we were able to get some fresh shots of all the action. It was a beautiful afternoon in Allen Park for the players and coaches to go through a practice

The seminal training camp documentary “Hard Knocks” is returning to the NFC North for the 2024 season. The training camp edition of the HBO series will feature the Chicago Bears. Two summers ago, “Hard Knocks” offered an in-depth look behind the scenes at the Detroit Lions. It made stars of players like Malcolm Rodriguez and

Brodric Martin didn’t play much as a rookie in 2023. Despite being a third-round pick by the Lions out of Western Kentucky, Martin was a healthy scratch for far more games than he played, even though Detroit’s defensive line lacked depth and oomph. That should change in 2024 thanks to a changed Martin. He’s visibly

Many NFL analysts and insiders strongly believed Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson would be a head coach on another team right now. Johnson has certainly had opportunities, with Carolina and Washington this past offseason and also with the Panthers and Texans, and perhaps the Colts, a year earlier. Yet Johnson has turned all the

The Detroit Lions opened their OTA session to the media on a sunny Thursday, May 30th, at the team’s training facility in Allen Park. It was a good chance to catch the team in action in the voluntary portion of the offseason practices. Most of the team was in attendance, with a few notable exceptions.

Michael Badgley is back as the Detroit Lions kicker. That’s a status that many fans aren’t happy about, even after Badgley was perfect on field goals in his four regular-season games and three postseason games in 2023. Badgley shut down any questions about his leg strength with a boomer of a day at Lions OTAs

The Detroit Lions continue to do business the right way, in more ways than one. That’s reflected in the blockbuster new contract extension between Miami and star wideout Jaylen Waddle. The agreement, if the reported details are even close to accurate, makes the Lions management of Amon-Ra St. Brown and his contract extension look even

Former Detroit Lions defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs is facing charges of animal cruelty for his handling of dogs on his Alabama property. Buggs, who played collegiately at Alabama, was arrested in Tuscaloosa after emaciated, starving and neglected dogs were found at his address. From the report by Ryan Phillips of the Tuscaloosa Patch, The petition