The NFL specializes in hypocrisy. Two years ago, the league partnered with DraftKings, FanDuel and Caesars Entertainment to promote … gambling. Yet the league forbids its players to open their FanDuel or DraftKings apps while they’re on franchise property and place bets. Not just bets on NFL teams — that’s understandable, obviously — but on
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In a fresh 7-round mock draft, do the Detroit Lions react to a sudden potential need with a bold move? You don’t need national analysts to tell you that the Detroit Lions are in a good position heading into the 2023 NFL Draft, but it’s nice when that sentiment gets confirmed. With four of the
Over the next several days, leading up to the 2023 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Offensive line. ▶ Current roster: Taylor Decker, Penei Sewell, Jonah Jackson, Frank Ragnow, Halapoulivaati Vaitai, Graham Glasgow, Matt Nelson, Obinna Eze, Darrin Paulo, Ross Pierschbacher,
Somewhere in the sweet hereafter, probably on the 50-yard line at Tiger Stadium against the Packers, Alex Karras is laughing right now. Because of course it would be his team, the Detroit Lions, who got pinched the hardest by the NFL’s hypocritical hand Friday, when the league announced it suspended star receiver Jameson Williams, three
Detroit — The Lions just lost their prized young receiver, Jameson Williams, for nearly half a season. GM Brad Holmes just lost a little luster off his drafting acumen. And the team just took a hit to its well-groomed culture reputation, with four of its players suspended by the NFL for violating gambling policies. But
There’s no doubt David Montgomery is a talent upgrade over Jamaal Williams for the Detroit Lions, but he appears to be an instant culture fit too. The Detroit Lions made a quick and surprising pivot to sign David Montgomery when talks to re-sign Jamaal Williams went nowhere. It’s an undeniable talent upgrade. But the question
The Detroit Lions didn’t make the playoffs last year, but they were playing games that mattered in the last few weeks of the season and it’s not often that we see that. The Lions went 9-8 and are a popular dark-horse contender as we approach the 2023 season. Detroit made some key additions in free
Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2023 NFL draft. This is the third in an eight-part series: Jared Goff changed the narrative about the Lions’ quarterback position, and his future as its caretaker, with a strong season in 2022. After struggling
News of four Detroit Lions suspended by the NFL for violating the league’s policy on gambling reminds football fans of a similar circumstance, involving the same team, exactly 60 years ago. While sports gambling is legal in many more states nowadays, including Michigan, and the NFL has not shied away from corporate partnerships with online
Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams will be suspended for the first six games of the 2023 season, so how much pay will he lose for his mistake? On Friday morning the NFL announced five players have been suspended for violating the league’s gambling policy, including four Detroit Lions (two now-former Lions) headlined by wide receiver
The NFL published the finding of its latest gambling probe, and the Detroit Lions are one of two teams affected. Four Lions players have been disciplined after a league investigation that also spread to the Washington Commanders found players violated league policy on wagering. Here’s what we know about the case: What happened? News broke
A look at the Detroit Lions‘ depth chart for 2023, after free agency entering the April 27-29 NFL draft. The Lions added eight new players in free agency and re-signed a host of others. They lost nine players and completed a revamped secondary by trading 2020 No. 3 overall pick Jeff Okudah. But their receiver
The 88th annual National Football League Player Selection Meetings, better known to all of us as the NFL draft, is quickly approaching. This year’s 2023 event, as in years past, is basically the Super Bowl for every team that didn’t win last year’s championship. Here’s the skinny on what you need to know about the
The NFL has suspended five players for violating the league’s gambling policy, including Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams. 5 NFL players got popped with hefty suspensions for betting on football, including Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams and three of his teammates. Detroit receiver Quintez Cephus and safety C.J. Moore have been suspended indefinitely,