To wrap up their 2023 draft haul, the Detroit Lions took North Carolina wide receiver Antoine Green with pick No. 219 in the seventh round. The Detroit Lions wound up having only two picks on Day 3 of the 2023 NFL Draft after an active run of trades Friday night, and writers who cover the
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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 Lions take North Carolina wide receiver Antoine Green to wrap up 2023 draft class by Brad
The Lions may have just picked Jared Goff’s successor in the 2023 NFL Draft — the sky’s the limit for Hendon Hooker in Detroit. Whatever opinions you may have about the Detroit Lions in this year’s draft, you can’t deny that the franchise is making moves. After drafting a running back, linebacker, tight end, and
Allen Park — The Lions used their eighth and final selection of the 2023 NFL Draft on North Carolina wide receiver Antoine Green in the seventh round. Another participant from this year’s East-West Shrine Bowl — following Detroit’s third-round pick Brodric Martin and fifth-round choice Colby Sorsdal — the 6-foot-2, 199-pound Green caught 43 passes
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 08: Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions and Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers talk after their game at Lambeau Field on January 08, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) Lions draft offensive tackle Colby Sorsdal in fifth round: What fans need to
With the 152nd pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions selected offensive tackle Colby Sorsdal out of William & Mary. Through all their wheeling and dealing on Day 2 of the 2023 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions hung onto their own fifth-round pick. With that pick, No. 152 overall, they selected William &
Allen Park — Two days after drafting Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs, the Lions have traded veteran running back D’Andre Swift to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Lions are getting back a fourth-round pick in 2025 and moving up 30 spots in the seventh round this year, from No. 249 to 219. Much like when the
D’Andre Swift was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles after the Detroit Lions drafted Jahmyr Gibbs and we’re grading the trade for both teams. The Philadelphia Eagles have been a big winner in the 2023 NFL Draft with a shockingly simple strategy: Draft players from the 2021 Georgia Bulldogs defense, perhaps the greatest defense that college
As the Detroit Lions seem sure to be looking to move him, here are 6 teams who could make a trade offer for D’Andre Swift. The writing on the wall goes back to early March, when head coach Dan Campbell said this about running back D’Andre Swift. We tried to do that last year. We
The Detroit Lions have two picks left in the final four rounds of today’s NFL draft, No. 152 in Round 5 and 249 in Round 7. Here are 10 players they could target with their picks. OG Chandler Zavala, North Carolina State – The Lions addressed their most glaring positional needs in Rounds 1-3, but
No, Hendon Hooker is not the same age as Jared Goff. Nor is he a first-round pick. Or even a second-round pick. Or the quarterback of the near future. But he could be the future. Look no further than Philadelphia, where the Eagles took a flier on Jalen Hurts three years ago despite feeling relatively
Allen Park — They waited and waited, while we wondered and wondered. Then when the time finally came, Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown decided to have a little fun and add to the suspense. As one of the guest announcers for pick selections at the NFL Draft in Kansas City, St. Brown strode onto the
Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Age: 23) High School: Northridge College: Western Kentucky It’s difficult to imagine a 330-pound man as a wide receiver, but that was Martin’s first football position, before eventually shifting to tight end and the defensive line. After four seasons at FCS school North Alabama, where he started 15 games at defensive tackle,
Allen Park — The reason we’re using a photo of Brad Holmes for this story is because a photo of the player he drafted late Friday night is not available via the Associated Press wire service. That’s how obscure the Lions’ third-round pick, Western Kentucky defensive tackle Brodric Martin, is. Martin, who is graded as