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
Uncategorized
Jared Goff isn’t going anywhere, yet. The Detroit Lions remain committed to him as the starting quarterback for 2023 and possibly beyond. Quarterback Jared Goff’s future really hasn’t changed since the 2023 NFL Draft. He’s still the Detroit Lions’ starting quarterback, and recent reports suggest he and the franchise are chugging along toward an imminent
NFL power rankings following the 2023 draft (previous rank in parentheses): 1. Chiefs (1): Barring extenuating circumstances − and none here − when you’ve got the league’s best player in MVP Patrick Mahomes and the Lombardi Trophy, you’re in the top spot until events warrant otherwise. Make no mistake, this team has been appreciably altered since
Two weeks ago, Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff said he had yet to hear from the team regarding a possible contract extension. But following the NFL Draft, there’s suddenly some positive momentum on that front. According to general manager Brad Holmes, in an interview with 97.1 The Ticket, the two sides have had some conversations
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
The Detroit Lions took Hendon Hooker in the third round of last week’s NFL draft, but that does not guarantee he will be their quarterback of the future. Lions general manager Brad Holmes said Tuesday on 97.1 WXYT-FM that the organization has discussed a new contract with quarterback Jared Goff. “Yeah, we’ve had (internal) dialogue
Brad Holmes finally did it, even though he probably didn’t mean to do it. The Detroit Lions general manager has at long last given us the potential to have a good, old-fashioned quarterback controversy — if not this season, then certainly the next. All thanks to Holmes’ bold decision to select Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker in
OK, this is going to get complicated. My colleague Jeff Seidel wrote a good column over the weekend about the Matthew Stafford trade and the doors it’s opened for Brad Holmes and the Detroit Lions in the past two NFL drafts. The shorthand version is the Lions traded Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams in
With the NFL Draft in the books, we like to go back and better familiarize ourselves with some of the prospects the Detroit Lions added to the roster through their college tape. We’re going to kickstart our annual film reviews with former Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs. ▶ Games watched: @Texas (Sept. 10), @Arkansas (Oct. 1),
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
After watching tape on Jahmyr Gibbs, here is what I learned and how the Lions can use his skill set to their advantage. Jahmyr Gibbs was taken 12th overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2023 NFL Draft. To many, it was a surprise pick and seen as a reach. I fell into that category
Allen Park — Now that the mocks have been mocked and the smokescreens have cleared, we can make one indisputable observation about the Lions. It’s a trait many teams espouse, but few actually practice. I’ll put it in football terms for you: The Lions ain’t scared. They play that way under Dan Campbell, with more
For all the buzz around Hendon Hooker, Lions general manager Brad Holmes has set the expectations for the incoming rookie’s first season. The Detroit Lions were clearly in the market for a quarterback in this year’s draft, it was just a matter or where they took one and who it would be. After trading down
Whether the Falcons would’ve picked up his option is debatable, but the mechanics of his trade from the Lions makes it a moot point for Jeff Okudah. Like the recent trade of D’Andre Swift, the trade of fellow 2020 draft class member Jeff Okudah made sense for the player and the Detroit Lions. A change