Ed Flanagan, a four-time Pro Bowl selection for the Detroit Lions in the 1970s, has passed away, the team announced Wednesday. He was 79. Flanagan played 10 seasons for the Lions in 1965-74, and was a member of the Lions’ all-time team. A fifth-round pick out of Purdue in 1965, Flanagan started all 139 games
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The NFL’s big post-draft event is here: The NFL schedule 2023 release. But when will all 32 teams have their schedules? Well, news is trickling out with announcements of dates for some matchups, including the international series schedule, and primetime games on Black Friday, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. The Detroit Lions know their
We know the Detroit Lions opponents for the 2023 regular season, but how does their slate stack up in terms raw strength of schedule ahead of this week’s reveal? The reveal of the full 2023 NFL regular season schedule is a day away as of this writing, but some prominent games have been revealed and
It’s not a huge surprise, but Lions head coach Dan Campbell has reinforced what the plan is for Hendon Hooker during his rookie season. The Detroit Lions took Hendon Hooker in the third round of last month’s draft knowing he wouldn’t be ready to play Week 1 as he works his way back from a
The Detroit Lions have not been a team featured in primetime television very often as of late. It’s hard to blame the NFL schedule makers, as the Lions have been one of the worst teams in the league since 2018. In fact, since 2019, the Lions have only played in primetime three times.
One of the reasons so many people are high on the future of the Detroit Lions is their young core of young talent. Thanks to a lot of draft capital and a focused strategy by general manager Brad Holmes, the Lions have moved on from a ton of veteran players, continued to acquire young talent,…
Allen Park — Put away your passports, Detroit Lions fans. The team won’t play overseas during the 2023 season, extending its run without an international game to eight years. Only the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys will have had longer droughts. The Lions had been eligible to battle the Kansas City Chiefs in Germany, but
Forget the beer and brats, the Detroit Lions are in for some good ol’ Kansas City barbecue this fall. The NFL announced its five-game international schedule Wednesday, including a Kansas City Chiefs home game against the Miami Dolphins in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 5. The Lions were one of a handful of possible opponents for the
Earlier this offseason, it was revealed that the Kansas City Chiefs would be hosting an international game in Germany for the 2023 season. That led many to speculate that the Detroit Lions could be their overseas opponent. The Lions are one of eight opponents who will play a road game against the Chiefs in 2023,…
The Detroit Lions spent much of the offseason in contention to be the Kansas City Chiefs’ opponent for their Germany game in the 2023 NFL season. Eventually, a report or two came out that the Chicago Bears were going to be the Chiefs’ international opponent, and the Lions were locked into a domestic schedule for…
Lions quarterbacks Jared Goff and Hendon Hooker will go head to head this training camp, but according to the team, there’s already one clear winner. The Detroit Lions have a plan for rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker, alright. It’s called the 10-year plan. Lions head coach Dan Campbell didn’t exactly say how many years it would
The Detroit Lions don’t expect rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker to play much, if at all, this season. Lions coach Dan Campbell said on the “Green Light Podcast” with former NFL star Chris Long that the Lions are planning for Hooker, their third-round pick in last month’s NFL draft, to take “a redshirt year” this fall.
In the wake of the team did in the 2023 NFL Draft, these five Detroit Lions players are the biggest losers. Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said he doesn’t have a depth chart in the draft room. In the first round of the 2023 draft, that became clear when he went 2-for-2 against the
The mending of the fences between the Detroit Lions and Calvin Johnson continues to move in a positive direction. After Johnson personally helped welcome new Lions draft picks Jack Campbell and Jahmyr Gibbs last month, the Lions Hall of Fame receiver announced via his foundation that he will be hosting a football camp at the…