SideLion Report

The venerable Peter King thinks Jared Goff is a big factor in the long term future of the Detroit Lions. As the Detroit Lions ripped off eight wins in their last 10 games last season, Jared Goff played very well. He’ll enter the 2023 season with some chance to set the NFL record for pass

The NFL has kept a controversial play in the rule book, but Lions head coach Dan Campbell just sees it as a new challenge for defenses. The Philadelphia Eagles had a lot of success with what’s called the quarterback “push” play last season, as it’s allowed in the NFL rulebook for a runner to be

DeMeco Ryans probably knows Emmanuel Moseley as well as any coach would, so his praise of the new Lions cornerback should not be taken lightly. If not for suffering a torn ACL last October, cornerback Emmanuel Moseley would have surely gotten a solid multi-year deal on the free agent market in March. But he ended up

The Detroit Lions are legimately in a “take the best player available” position in the 2023 NFL Draft, and here’s a fresh mock to try to narrow down to one possible outcome. After a noteworthy run through free agency, the Detroit Lions now have four of the top 55 picks in the draft at the

The Detroit Lions are reshaping their training department, now hiring Mike Sundeen as their new head athletic trainer. The Detroit Lions are looking to improve in all areas, and player health and performance is clearly a focus in recent months. After hiring Brett Fischer as the new Director of Player Health and Performance in February,

It’s not an especially promising update, but Lions head coach Dan Campbell did have an injury update on defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike this week. Heading into his second season, after a rookie season hampered by injury, the Detroit Lions had high hopes for defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike. But it was not to be, as he

David Montgomery was one of the top free agent running backs available, and the Detroit Lions had plenty of competition to sign him. When talks to bring Jamaal Williams back stalled out, the Detroit Lions made quite a pivot to former Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery. Montgomery is an undeniable upgrade over Williams, who

Pro Football Focus has picked a favorite and least favorite free agency move for each NFL team, and it chose a least favorite for the Detroit Lions becauese it had to. After the notable waves of free agency, it’s hard (if not impossible) to find a grade that’s not in the ‘A’ range for what

With all the questions around Jalen Carter now, should the Detroit Lions take the plunge and draft him anyway? Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter once had buzz as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, and based on pure talent he might still be in that conversation today. He also happens to play

As a team with plenty of positive buzz around them, the Detroit Lions are lined up to play in a few prime time games in 2023. Coming off a 3-13-1 record in 2021, it was not surprising the Detroit Lions were not originally scheduled for any prime time games last season. Of course they had

Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph had three interceptions off Aaron Rodgers during his rookie season, but he believes he should’ve had more. When was drafted in the third round last April, Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph was advertised as a ballhawk coming off five interceptions in his final season at Illinois. That came to fruition

Defensive tackle is clearly on the Detroit Lions radar, and here are a half-dozen remaining free agent options they could have on their radar. The Detroit Lions aggressively addressed their biggest offseason need in free agency, signing cornerbacks Cameron Sutton and Emmanuel Moseley and rounding it out by signing versatile defensive back C.J Gardner-Johnson. The

It’s rare for expectations to be high for the Detroit Lions, but head coach Dan Campbell is fully embracing them. Everywhere you look, there’s positive buzz around the Detroit Lions. After being one of the hottest teams in the NFL to end last season, they are the betting favorites to win the NFC North in

It’s really too obvious, but Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has been given a title he deserves looking back at the 2021 NFL Draft. Through his first two NFL seasons, Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown is in some select company. Michael Thomas and Odell Beckham Jr. are the only others in league