There’s a new day for the Detroit Lions defense. Aaron Glenn has taken the head coach job with the New York Jets and the Lions have promoted linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard to the defensive coordinator position. This move has had Lions fans wondering what could change for the Detroit defense. Will they remain schematically similar
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The Detroit Lions have one coordinator spot figured out after promoting Kelvin Sheppard to defensive coordinator. Now they’re working on filling their offensive coordinator role and have already interviewed Broncos passing game coordinator John Morton. You might remember Morton from not too long ago. He was on the Lions staff as an offensive assistant in 2022
Former Alabama linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton was named the Detroit Lions linebacker coach on Saturday evening. He was promoted from his previous role as the Lions assistant linebackers coach. Hamilton played for Alabama from 2014-2017. He was a part of two national championship teams (2015 and 2017) with the Crimson Tide. In four seasons, Hamilton
NFL released the name of the unlucky bunch of players who received fines, and if Jameson Williams thought he would not be on it, then he guessed wrong. The Detroit Lions wide receiver has to pay a hefty fine for something that rarely takes place on the gridiron. Williams did not have much to do
The season may be over for the Detroit Lions. But that does not mean its players are absolved from their on-field offenses. The NFL reportedly fined Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams $25,325 for unsportsmanlike conduct during Detroit’s 45-31 loss to the Washington Commanders in the NFC Divisional Round. Williams made what was deemed to be
A 2011 third-round pick out of LSU, Sheppard spent nearly a decade in the NFL. A few years after his retirement, he joined Detroit’s coaching staff as their outside linebackers coach. After a year in that role, Sheppard transitioned to inside linebackers coach, a title he’s held for the past three seasons. The coach has
The New York Jets just hired Denver Broncos assistant GM Darrenmougey on Saturday. While that may not seem like a big deal for the Detroit Lions, it is for multiple little reasons and then one big one. The first one is that Lions special assistant to the owner and CEO Chris Speilman interviewed for the
The Detroit Lions have filled one of their open coordinator positions, elevating linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard to defensive coordinator, NFL Media reported on Saturday. Sheppard, 37, takes over for Aaron Glenn, who left to become the head coach of the New York Jets on Wednesday following the Lions’ divisional-round playoff loss to the Washington Commanders
The Detroit Lions were without a defensive coordinator for just a few days after Aaron Glenn took the New York Jets head coaching job. They had planned to interview just one candidate to fill the role in former Lions’ linebacker and current Bucs linebacker coach Larry Foote, but now they’ve made the decision to stay
The Detroit Lions have some coaching positions to fill this offseason. While Dan Campbell is sticking around, they lost both coordinators this offseason: Ben Johnson to the Chicago Bears and Aaron Glenn to the New York Jets. On top of those coordinators, other positional coaches have also taken other jobs. Many have wondered if the
The Detroit Lions were the best team in the NFL all season. They dominated opponents with speed and power on offense with the two-headed backfield of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery. On defense, it didn’t seem to matter who got injured; the team continued to find ways to shut down opponents. Unfortunately, the season ended
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels didn’t hesitate to gloat over the Commanders’ monumental win over the Lions in the NFL Playoffs. Jayden Daniels has been a revelation this season. The rookie quarterback is hugely responsible for the Washington Commanders‘ massive improvement this season. Rob Gronkowski explained exactly how Daniels has helped the Commanders get better. Gronk
Ben Johnson is doing a hell of a job beefing up his new Chicago Bears coaching staff. With rumblings of names like Dennis Allen, Al Harris, and others potentially joining the staff, Johnson has supposedly found his right-hand man. Per reports, former Detroit Lions wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El is joining the Bears as
Randle El, a fairly successful former NFL receiver who made his mark as a return man, retired as a player back in 2011, taking a job as the athletic director at a Christian high school in Virginia that he helped found a few years later. In 2019, Randle El made a return to the NFL