Bears Bears first-round QB Caleb Williams asked the team for a clause in his contract that would prevent them from using the franchise tag on him at the end of his rookie contract, but the team declined, according to PFT. Lions According to an ESPN survey, Lions TE Sam LaPorta was voted the fourth-best TE
This point in the NFL offseason is the season of lists and rankings. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry in the sports universe is using the absence of football for the impossible task of ranking players. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler is currently in the middle of a series where several NFL executives, coaches, and scouts are voting
Our countdown of the 2024 Detroit Lions roster has reached a critical portion. We’re into the 50s, which is the literal roster bubble of the team, considering they can only carry 53 players on their regular season roster. Some of the players listed below will make the team. Many will not. The Lions have likely…
The Detroit Lions have high aspirations for the 2024 season, but there are several questions they will need to answer. Detroit made a run to the NFC Championship game last year, so expectations will rightfully be high. The roster is seemingly improved, and the Lions certainly have the talent to make noise at the highest
With Detroit Lions 2024 training camp nearly upon us, we are putting the finishing touches on our preview series by wrapping up the defense and examining the safety group. After initially looking like a position the Lions might try to upgrade during the offseason, the Lions ended up adding very little to the safety group…
Trade season is still very much upon us. It may actually never leave. Early in the week there was talk about the Detroit Lions being one of the teams that could trade for 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk and then sports betting outlets have the Lions as one of the favorites to land Patriots edge rusher
When looking at Pro Football Focus (PFF), there’s a bunch of tools, data and analytics that help paint a picture on how good players in the NFL are at their position. These tools help rank these players by position and overall groupings. For Penei Sewell, he’s been one of the highest ranked offensive tackles since
Hooker has been working with Jamie Newman of New Outcome Athletics. Newman was the quarterback for Wake Forest from 2017 to 2019 and in 2019 Newman went head-to-head with Hooker and Virginia Tech. Hooker led the Hokies to a big win over the then ranked number 22 Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The two also grew up
If you blinked, you missed it. Tickets for Detroit Lions 2024 training camp have already all been claimed. The team offered a select number of tickets on their website starting at 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday. As of Thursday morning, they were all gone. While tickets were free, they are necessary for entrance to Lions…
As the Lions get set to report to training camp, the front office will soon be back to work cracking open the books and dusting off their accounting skills as part of the team’s eventual cutdown to 53 players. As a way to prep for camp coming up, here’s a quick rundown of each player’s
There’s a difference between a conspiracy theory and jumping to conclusions. At least with a good conspiracy theory, there’s an elaborate plot constructed. It’s given some time to incubate and analyzed rather than something shot hot from the hip—or even worse, rushed to judgment or assumed.
Netflix decision makers—if you are for whatever reason reading this, please, keep this going. After the success of the first season of Netflix’s docuseries, “Quarterback,” I think most fans of the NFL knew the second iteration of the series would also be well-received. And man, were they right.
Eight free agents the Lions could sign: We are just days away from the Detroit Lions reporting to training camp. Rookies will show up on Saturday and then the vets will join them next Tuesday. Then we’re on our way to preseason football before you know it. Each team brings 90 players into training camp.
One of the most prominent undrafted rookies heading to Detroit Lions training camp this weekend now has another option. Isaiah Williams was one of two current Lions players selected in the UFL draft on Wednesday. Only players not selected in April’s NFL Draft in Detroit were eligible for the UFL draft. There were 80 players
ESPN has once again surveyed league executives, coaches, and scouts to rank the top-10 players at each position in the NFL, and this time it’s for the wide receivers. As a quick reminder, the rankings process involved nearly 80 voters who submitted ballots. The results were compiled and ranked based on the number of top-10…
Our countdown of the 2024 Detroit Lions roster continues with players we ranked from 70 to 61. In my opinion, this is where the true “bubble” players start on this Lions roster. While I believe many—if not most—of these players will not make the Lions’ 53-man roster, I do believe several of these players could…
At first glimpse you might feel compelled to put Stafford in first. It’s probably because he’s the more talented quarterback and he’s won a Super Bowl. But that’s not the Lions’ Super Bowl and we’re not talking strictly about talent here. We’re talking about what the player did for the Lions. Quarterback wins aren’t a
The 2024 UFL Draft took place on Wednesday and two of the Lions current rookies just got drafted. First, in the fourth-round of the draft, receiver Isaiah Williams has been selected by the Birmingham Stallions. Now, let’s just get this part out of the way here. This does not mean that Williams has to leave
Back in the summer of 2022, a diminutive rookie wide receiver made a big splash in Detroit Lions training camp. Kalil Pimpleton, all 5-foot-8 and 172 pounds of him, captivated the fans in Allen Park practices as well as viewing audiences in the preseason with his quickness, speed and joie de vivre. Pimpleton finished second
As we roll on with our 2024 Detroit Lions roster preview series, this time our own Meko Scott breaks down second-year quarterback Hendon Hooker over on the Pride of Detroit YouTube channel. Previous previews: RB David Montgomery, WR Kalif Raymond, TE Sam LaPorta, TE James Mitchell, LT Taylor Decker, RT Penei Sewell, G Kevin Zeitler,…