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With just one more game remaining until the official end of the 2023 NFL season, most teams are fully in offseason mode. That includes the Detroit Lions, whose fans are now looking toward free agency, and the 2024 NFL Draft. To prepare all 32 fan bases for the upcoming draft, I published my first two-round

The 13th annual NFL Honors was held on Thursday night in Las Vegas ahead of Super Bowl LVIII.  Several yearly awards were handed out to some of the league’s best players. However, former Super Bowl LV champion A.Q. Shipley was not impressed with most of the winners. “The NFL, I think, missed on almost every

Things have really changed for the Detroit Lions and guard Jonah Jackson. The Lions had a chance to extend him last season and extension projections had him cashing in on a big contract that would have paid him somewhere between $10 and $12 million a year. The caveat that’s noted in Justin Rogers of the Detroit

As the season has ended, a primary focus of the Detroit Lions should be drafting a trusted cornerback. After trading cornerback Jeff Okudah to the Atlanta Falcons in 2023 following three unsuccessful seasons, the Detroit Lions attempted to fill this void by signing Cam Sutton to a three-year, 33,000,000 contract. Unfortunately, Sutton’s lack of coverage

In the immediate aftermath of the Lions’ NFC Championship Game loss, center Frank Ragnow confirmed he was playing through multiple injuries. His remarks pointed to a period of contemplating his immediate future, but no thought about hanging up his cleats was included in that process. Ragnow confirmed (via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press)

Detroit Lions star pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson explained during an appearance on the “Pro Football Talk Live” program how head coach Dan Campbell called his shot following the team’s heartbreaking 34-31 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship.  “I think he, as we all, were emotional after that game,” Hutchinson said about Campbell,

With just two days until Super Bowl LVIII, the other 30 teams in the NFL are searching for ways they could still be playing this time next year. Here are the five teams with the brightest futures. 5. Los Angeles Chargers The Chargers have had one of the most talented rosters in the league for

What exactly do you have to do win the NFL Coach of the Year award? Despite an incredible season, the NFL and the Associated Press has once again skipped over Dan Campbell and not awarded him with the NFL Coach of the Year award.  Campbell got cheated out of the award last season after taking

The Detroit Lions have reportedly hired Jaguars pass game coordinator and cornerbacks coach Deshea Townsend to come to Detroit and serve as their defensive pass game coordinator. The great thing about the NFL is that player and coach relationship. A lot of times when a coach moves on, a player likes to move with them

The Detroit Lions aren’t done hiring new coaches. Last week they hired Terrell Williams away from the Titans to be their new defensive line coach. This week they’ve reportedly made another hire for a new passing game coordinator.  Townsend has some connection with the Lions coaching staff. Townsend was a long time teammate of Lions

The Detroit Lions are set to hire former Pittsburgh Steeler cornerback Deshea Townsend as defensive pass-game coordinator, according to a report by Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report. Townsend, who played 12 seasons for the Steelers from 1998-2009, has been coaching in the NFL since 2011. He was most recently the passing game coordinator and cornerbacks

The Detroit Lions have a big offseason this year. We’re talking about the type of offseason that could bring them from a team that almost made the Super Bowl to a team that should win it next year. While everyone is really looking forward to seeing which players they come out of the offseason with,

The Sacramento Kings welcomed the Detroit Pistons to the Golden 1 Center on Wednesday night and mercilessly trolled their opponents during the pregame introductions. Bay Area fans are clearly still relishing in the San Francisco 49ers’ historic come-from-behind victory against the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game in late January. That comeback win was

The Detroit Lions are going to need to pay a lot of attention to their secondary for the second offseason in a row. They’re going to really need to bulk up at cornerback more than anything else, but they’ll also have to make sure they do some retention as well. Particularly with safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson.