The 2023 NFL Combine is underway, with the first prospects arriving in their positional groups on Monday. Over the first few days, players will get medical checks, meet with NFL teams, and take the podium to answer questions from the media. Then on Thursday, March 2, the league will start four days of televised coverage…
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Indianapolis — The Detroit Lions are hiring John Scott Jr., an accomplished and experienced college defensive line coach, to fill the team’s recent vacancy created by Todd Wash’s departure to Carolina. Scott comes to Detroit after spending the past three seasons with Penn State, having previously worked at eight other universities, including two years at
We’re now just two months out from the 2023 NFL Draft, and you can already sense a seismic shift at the top of many draftniks’ big boards. Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson seems to have garnered the most discussion as of late. The 21-year-old quarterback only started one season for the Gators, and it was an…
The Detroit Lions will not be getting new uniforms next season, but they will have new helmets to go with their alternate uniforms. Lions president Rod Wood told the Free Press on Monday that the team plans to unveil its alternate helmet later this spring and is in discussions with Nike about new uniforms for
What I’m about to suggest may be a tiny bit illegal. OK, it’s totally illegal, but I think it’s worth a slap on the wrist. Here it is: Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes should break into the hotel room of Les Snead, his counterpart with the Los Angeles Rams, at the NFL combine this
The Detroit Lions are dipping into the college ranks for a new coach to work with their defensive line. Penn State defensive line coach and defensive run game coordinator John Scott Jr. is joining the Lions, the Centre Daily Times reported Monday. Scott replaces Todd Wash, who left earlier this month to coach defensive line
The Detroit Lions have a new coach. According to several different sources—the Centre Daily Times was first on it—the Lions are hiring Penn State defensive line coach John Scott Jr. At this point, the exact role of Scott on the Lions coaching staff has not been explicitly reported. That said, the Lions lost their own…
As the NFL convenes in Indianapolis for the 2023 NFL Combine, when will Lions general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell speak to the media? The NFL is about to have Indianapolis as its epicente this week, as draft prospects, agents, general managers, head coaches etc. come in for the 2023 NFL Combine.
Heading full blast toward the start of free agency in a couple weeks, here are the top-10 current salary cap hits for the Detroit Lions. The Detroit Lions have sat in pretty good salary cap position, and late last week they cleared $10 million more by parting ways with defensive tackle Michael Brockers. There is
The Detroit Lions alway seem to be snakebit, with injuries a prominent part of the equation, but torn ACLs have just not been a thing for them. Seemingly every season, the Detroit Lions lose a key player or two, or three or four, for a significant stretch to a significant injury. Prior to the success
The scouting combine, the premier pre-draft event on the NFL calendar, will take place in Indianapolis this week. More than 300 college prospects will be descending on the Midwest city to interview with potential future employers, undergo extensive medical evaluations, and take part in the drills that define the public’s perception of the event. The
As Jameis Winston is set to be cut by the New Orleans Saints, he will become an interesting backup quarterback option for the Detroit Lions. Over the weekend, at the HBCU Legacy Bowl in the NFL Network broadcast booth, Jameis Winston noted that he’s not yet a free agent as the New Orleans Saints consider
The NFL Combine is underway in Indianapolis, which means a strong focus on the 2023 NFL Draft this week. Once again, it’s an exciting time to be a Detroit Lions fan, because they are chock-full of draft capital this year. In addition to their own picks in the first, second, third, fifth and sixth rounds,…
Romeo Okwara’s future as a Detroit Lion is definitely up in the air, and he has popped up prominently on a couple fresh lists of cut candidates. To say Romeo Okwara has had an up-and-down tenure as a Detroit Lion would be putting it mildly. Claimed off waivers from the New York Giants in 2018,