Former Lions head coach Jim Caldwell started the week with one head coaching interview, and on Wednesday he had another. Former Lions head coach Jim Caldwell had an interview for the Carolina Panthers head coaching job on Monday, but it seemed likely it wouldn’t be his only interview. Indeed, according to Josina Anderson of CBS
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Allen Park — Brad Holmes’ background as a college scouting director told you much of what you needed to know about how the Detroit Lions wanted to rebuild their roster when they hired him as general manager two years ago. But the draft cannot be any team’s lone avenue in roster construction. There are obviously
Allen Park — Detroit Lions running back Jamaal Williams racked up some meaningful milestones in Sunday’s season finale against the Green Bay Packers, going over 1,000 yards for the first time in his career while topping Barry Sanders for the franchise’s single-season mark for rushing touchdowns. Now, Williams has been named the NFC’s Offensive Player
If Sunday was Jamaal Williams’ last game as a Detroit Lions running back, he picked a heck of a way to go out. Williams was named NFC Offensive Player of Week on Wednesday after rushing for 72 yards and scoring two second-half touchdowns to lead the Lions to a 20-16 win over his old team,
This season, Brad Holmes proved he knows how to draft football players. On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions general manager proved he should never attempt a career as a poker player. That was painfully obvious during Holmes’ year-end news conference, when he showed his hand to anybody who wanted to take a peek and essentially announced
Take a victory lap, Brad Holmes. You deserve it. Not only are the Detroit Lions coming off a 9-8 record, their first winning season since 2017. Not only did Holmes, the Lions general manager, put together a fantastic 2022 draft class that produced immediately. Not only did he trade the Lions’ top tight end and
Allen Park — By the end, the Lions basically looked like a playoff team. By the start of next season, they should look exactly like a playoff team, as long as they keep playing the draft and trade games astutely. How did the Lions get from there (3-13-1) to here, one of the NFL’s rising
Lions general manager Brad Holmes was asked about the team’s future at QB and Jared Goff. He delivered a strong statement that offers some clarity. Even if the Detroit Lions just missed out on the playoffs, it’s hard not to be impressed with the culture that head coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions aren’t making it difficult to read between the lines regarding the future of the team’s quarterback position. Following a stellar second season with the Lions, with Jared Goff posting a passer rating of 99.3 while conducting one of the league’s top offenses, general manager Brad Holmes was asked if
After a rocky first two NFL seasons, Jeff Okudah took a step forward with his play this fall. Now, the Detroit Lions must decide if that’s enough to warrant committing to Okudah for 2024. Lions general manager Brad Holmes said Tuesday no decision has been made yet on whether to pick up the fifth-year option
John Cominsky found a home with the Detroit Lions this season, and he has quickly made it clear he wants to stick around as he prepares to hit free agency. In early June, the Detroit Lions were one of eight teams who put in a waiver claim on defensive lineman John Cominsky and they got
Allen Park — As Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes talked about the team’s 2022 rookie class at his end-of-season press conference Tuesday, it became increasingly amusing to recall the August and September hype surrounding sixth-round pick Malcolm Rodriguez. Holmes talked about Aidan Hutchinson and James Houston’s record-setting rookie seasons, about Kerby Joseph and his
The Detroit Lions just missed making the playoffs this season, but general manager Brad Holmes said he heads into the offseason feeling like the Lions “could have been in there and competed with” the teams at the top of the NFC. “Obviously, it didn’t work out,” Holmes said in Allen Park at his annual end-of-season
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