SideLion Report

Jack Campbell was the best off-ball linebacker in the 2023 NFL Draft for some , but what does he bring to the Detroit Lions? Jack Campbell was taken by the Detroit Lions with the 18th overall pick in this year’s draft. This pick was seen as another puzzling selection by Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell

XFL Special Teams Player of the Year Darrius Shepherd will be at Detroit Lions rookie minicamp for a tryout. The XFL exists in part to help players who otherwise wouldn’t have an opportunity to play, and perhaps get noticed by the NFL. According a press release from the league on Thursday night, St. Louis Battlehawks

How the trade market for D’Andre Swift fully looked is unclear, but at least one other team was in and one team was out on making a deal. D’Andre Swift may have been surprised the Detroit Lions traded him, and some may quibble with what can be seen as a poor return (2025 fourth-round pick).

If the Detroit Lions make a move for a wide receiver at this point, could it be a trade for someone general manager Brad Holmes knows well? Among the most notable losses for the Detroit Lions in free agency this year was wide receiver DJ Chark, though just how much of a loss he is

As the NFL offseason moves on, here is the Detroit Lions OTA and minicamp schedule. There’s never much of an offseason in the NFL, with some teams having their rookie minicamps this coming weekend and voluntary offseason work having started in April. The Detroit Lions aren’t one of them who will have their rookie minicamp

The Detroit Lions have added tight end Patrick Murtagh via the NFL’s International Player Pathway program. The NFL has become an international game, with an ever-expanding slate of games overseas. The league has an International Player Pathway program to provide opportunities, and via the program on Thursday morning it was announced the Detroit Lions have

After a first round that drew wide ire, the Detroit Lions landed on a list of the most improved teams from the 2023 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions ignored the wide perception of positional value by taking Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs No. 12 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. If things had gone a

With an opportunity in front of him, coupled with his talent, Lions tight end Sam LaPorta is an easy fantasy football winner among rookies from the 2023 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions tight end depth chart was begging for a talent upgrade, and it got one with the selection of Sam LaPorta with the 34th

After the 2023 NFL Draft, here’s a fresh 53-man roster projection for the Detroit Lions. The 2023 NFL Draft is over, and teams have signed many undrafted free agents. In total, the Detroit Lions have added 22 new faces to the mix right now–eight draft picks and 14 undrafted rookies. The odds each make the

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell, Jahmyr Gibbs from Alabama, Jack Campbell from Iowa, and general manager Brad Holmes pose during the players’ introductory news conference at team headquarters in Allen Park on Friday, April 28, 2023. Lions 042823 Kd275 Fantasy football profile: Detroit Lions rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs by Brad Berreman On Tuesday, the

The Detroit Lions were not the most ideal fantasy landing spot for him, but what might Jahmyr Gibbs deliver for his fantasy managers as a rookie? As the second-best running back in this year’s draft class, at least for most people, Jahmyr Gibbs was a potential first-round pick. Indeed, the Detroit Lions took him at

There’s not a broad great sense of urgency, but Lions general manager Brad Holmes has acknowledged talks of a contract extension for Jared Goff have started. As the top of the quarterback market keeps rising, now north of $50 million per year in raw of the top value, everyone else who’s coming up for a

The process will not come off as too surprising, as the Detroit Lions clearly coveted Jahmyr Gibbs. There were some pre-draft rumors suggesting some teams had Jahmyr Gibbs higher on their draft boards than general consensus top running back Bijan Robinson. The idea was out there that the Detroit Lions were one of them, for

Brad Holmes appears to now be 3-for-3 in putting together good drafts, at least based on Next Gen Stats numbers for this year’s group. In the 2022 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions had one of the most athletic draft classes in the league as measured by Relative Athletic Score and Next Gen Stats. That was