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The NFL season is almost here, and the NFC North looks like it’s going to be a competitive division again with a ton of storylines. Jordan Love’s Green Bay Packers and Jared Goff’s Detroit Lions are expected to compete for the NFC North crown, but the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears have plenty of storylines

Bears Bears first-round QB Caleb Williams asked the team for a clause in his contract that would prevent them from using the franchise tag on him at the end of his rookie contract, but the team declined, according to PFT. Lions According to an ESPN survey, Lions TE Sam LaPorta was voted the fourth-best TE

This point in the NFL offseason is the season of lists and rankings. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry in the sports universe is using the absence of football for the impossible task of ranking players. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler is currently in the middle of a series where several NFL executives, coaches, and scouts are voting

Trade season is still very much upon us. It may actually never leave. Early in the week there was talk about the Detroit Lions being one of the teams that could trade for 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk and then sports betting outlets have the Lions as one of the favorites to land Patriots edge rusher

Hooker has been working with Jamie Newman of New Outcome Athletics. Newman was the quarterback for Wake Forest from 2017 to 2019 and in 2019 Newman went head-to-head with Hooker and Virginia Tech. Hooker led the Hokies to a big win over the then ranked number 22 Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The two also grew up

The 2024 UFL Draft took place on Wednesday and two of the Lions current rookies just got drafted. First, in the fourth-round of the draft, receiver Isaiah Williams has been selected by the Birmingham Stallions. Now, let’s just get this part out of the way here. This does not mean that Williams has to leave

At first glimpse you might feel compelled to put Stafford in first. It’s probably because he’s the more talented quarterback and he’s won a Super Bowl. But that’s not the Lions’ Super Bowl and we’re not talking strictly about talent here. We’re talking about what the player did for the Lions.  Quarterback wins aren’t a

On Wednesday ESPN continued their positional rankings with NFC execs series by ranking out the NFL’s best receivers. Detroit Lions’ receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown made the list at seventh after being on the honorable mention side last year. Here’s what they had to say: “St. Brown famously watched 16 receivers get drafted ahead of him

I’m sure that the immediate reaction to this idea would be the thought that there’s no way Brad Holmes and the Detroit Lions would do that, but recent comments from Holmes shows that the Lions might not be far off from making moves such as this and that the Lions might be operating off the

Negotiations between the San Francisco 49ers and Brandon Aiyuk have hit a breaking point. The wide receiver has officially requested a trade, seeking a team willing to meet his salary demands, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. “Despite a recent meeting, the Niners haven’t been willing to engage in negotiations since May so Aiyuk

We are just days away from the Detroit Lions reporting to training camp. Rookies will show up on Saturday and then the vets will join them next Tuesday. Then we’re on our way to preseason football before you know it.  Each team brings 90 players into training camp. Right now the Lions are sitting at

Detroit Lions training camp is right around the corner. Starting next week everything will be in full swing. With that in mind, it’s time to start going over some of the Lions top camp battles that we’ll be witnessing this summer.  We’ll start it off with the spot that has more openings than any other

The Detroit Lions will be reporting to training camp starting Saturday when the rookies report and then the vets will follow them on the 23rd. Media is allowed in on the  24th and then fans can start coming as early as the 27th. Here’s is the Lions public camp schedule: July 27th at 8:30 AM-

It’s finally here. The release of EA Sports College Football 25 has finally hit. Now is the time to get back into the groove of college life and beat up on the some 12-year-olds in head to head action.  For me, the big thing is taking a smaller program to the promise land. Not long

The Detroit Lions led the San Francisco 49ers 24-7 at halftime in the NFC Conference Championship.  Only 30 minutes away from their first Super Bowl appearance, all the Detroit Lions’ defense had to do was keep the 49ers from scoring. Defensive Coordinator Aaron Glenn and the Lions’ defense did a masterful job limiting the league’s

The Detroit Lions will be reporting to training camp this week after a super busy offseason of free agent signings, draft picks, undrafted free agent signings, extensions, futures deals and the losses of a few players.  With so much change, we thought it might be nice to go ahead and take a look back at

The Detroit Lions are adding wide receiver Calvin Johnson to the Pride of the Lions, which celebrates the greatest players in franchise history. Johnson will become the 21st member of the group in a ceremony at halftime of their game on Sept. 30 against the Seattle Seahawks. The 38-year-old Johnson played for the Lions from

Detroit Lions‘ legend Calvin Johnson went into the Hall of Fame in 2021 and started to rebuild a relationship with the Lions after the bridge was a bit burned for a while. He’s been a bug part of the franchise in the last two years and on Monday the Lions will be inducting him into

The Detroit Lions are a franchise with not many great things to look back on. So, when they do have a memorable player or have a memorable season, it is something that sits in the hearts and minds of Lions fans forever. Now, one all-time great Lions player will receive an overdue honor from the

Detroit Lions’ quarterback Jared Goff has been one of the best stories in the NFL in recent years. He went from a guy that was supposed to be a bridge quarterback to a player that’s name is being chanted in stadiums and arenas around Michigan and one of the league’s highest paid players. It’s because