Lions Lions HC Dan Campbell said second-year QB Hendon Hooker had one of his best practices of their offseason program and is showing development as a passer. “I would say yesterday was good to see,” Campbell said, via Tim Twentyman of the team’s site. “There was some improvement yesterday that we had really been looking
According to the Detroit News, the Detroit Lions are signing linebacker Ben Niemann to their 90-man roster. As of now, there is no notice of a corresponding move. Niemann is a six-year NFL veteran who has started 21 career games. Initially undrafted out of Iowa, he spent the first four years of his career with…
The Detroit Lions are adding some veteran linebacker and special teams depth to their defense this week. Per Justin Rogers of the Detroit News, the Lions are signing Ben Niemann. As Rogers notes, Niemann has played 86 regular season games and has started 21 of them. He was undrafted by the Chiefs in 2018 and
Monday marks the final day of employment for Detroit Lions columnist Mike O’Hara. Last week, O’Hara announced his retirement after nearly 50 years in the business. He started as a “copy boy” at the Detroit News before joining the Lions beat in 1977. For the ensuing 47 years, he covered the Lions, including his recent…
As the Detroit Lions near their summer break, most of the important roster moves of the offseason are well in the past. Sure, they could tweak a few positions before training camp, but the team you see on paper today is likely to look like the one you’ll see against the Los Angeles Rams in…
Like the Detroit Lions, the Houston Texans changed up their uniforms this offseason. When the Lions head to Houston in Week 10 to play at NRG Stadium, it will be the first time Houston wears their highly anticipated new red-based uniforms. In a recent mailbag segment on the Texans website, Drew Doughty let the cat
The Detroit Lions overhauled the cornerback room this offseason. After a disappointing 2023 campaign with Cam Sutton, Jerry Jacobs, Kindle Vildor and Will Harris as the primary outside corners, it was a very welcome and needed change. Only Vildor is back on the outside and there’s no guarantee he makes the final 53-man roster. Detroit
For so long, the Detroit Lions franchise was an organization that wanted to be great. The will was there. As longtime owners of the team dating back to 1963, the Ford family knew the city of Detroit was dying to be a winner. Sure, Detroit is affectionately known as Hockeytown, but man, if the Lions…
With a few bad breaks, any NFL team can fall apart. So how likely are last year’s division winners to bottom out in 2024? Let’s find out. AFC East | Buffalo Bills Last-place probability: High After five straight division titles, it’s hard to imagine the Bills in last place. However, Buffalo and Miami finished with
Hooker was in the midst of a terrific final season at Tennessee when he suffered an ACL tear that cut his season short and undermined his draft stock. Detroit added the big-armed passer anyway, viewing him as a talent worth developing behind Goff. The club subsequently signed Teddy Bridgewater to operate as Goff’s QB2, but
The Detroit Lions have earned notoriety over the past few seasons for the level of physicality that they bring to the field. While this is the factor that gives them an edge over their competitors during the regular season, turns out the team under Dan Campbell does not have an ‘OFF’ button when it comes
We all know by now that it’s a dangerous game to buy into offseason hype when it comes to individual players. It’s become a long-running joke now when stories are written in the spring about players “in the best shape of their lives” or the unique offseason training program a player went through that will…
Dan Campbell has switched his view in less than six months. After losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game, the Detroit Lions head coach had claimed it was their only shot at winning a Super Bowl. However, Campbell has renewed hopes for his team’s success in the 2024 season. As the
Lions quarterback Jared Goff is noted for his decision-making prowess and his tremendous success working the middle of the field as a passer. It turns out that might be shortchangjng the praise for Goff’s throwing ability. Pro Football Focus rated the most effective passers in three different target distance metrics. Goff was one of two
Detroit Lions minicamp featured three days of full team practice, with the healthy veterans and all the newcomers working out together for the first time. In conjunction with the Detroit Lions Podcast, I recorded a video recap and summary of the week in Allen Park. Some of the discussion points are covered in the written recap
Today on the show, we’re talking about the Detroit Lions, the NBA Finals, MSU Basketball and more as we were joined by some of our great guests. Throughout our first two hours we were joined in studio by Mike Kimber from Lions Nation Unite so he and Huge could talk all about the Lions in
Lions head coach Dan Campbell‘s powerful speeches and incredible analogies made waves when the team was featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” Campbell was back at it this week while discussing Detroit’s 2024 season outlook. The fifth-year head coach (including one season with an interim role for the Miami Dolphins) explained how the Lions need to
On Friday, the NFL released the preseason schedules for all 32 NFL franchises. The league has gone to a three-game preseason schedule in exchange for an extra game on the regular-season schedule. This is true for all teams except the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans, who get one extra with the Hall of Fame game.
NFL offseasons occasionally feature teams running into CBA-driven trouble due to overly physical workouts. This year, the Lions have run afoul of the league’s policy on OTA contact. The defending NFC North champions revealed the NFL and NFLPA informed them of a late-May OTA violation. The team conducted at least one workout deemed too physical