Allen Park — Earlier this month, we explored the Detroit Lions’ options with the No. 6 pick. Today, we take a closer look at many of the potential fits with the team’s second selection, No. 18. At the top of the draft, things are condensed. There are only so many players who possess the combination
Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Lions needs in the 2023 NFL draft. This is the first in an eight-part series: With nine picks in next week’s draft, including four in the fifth and sixth rounds, the Detroit Lions are prime candidates to use a selection
Allen Park — A couple days into the team’s first set of organized activates, Lions offensive tackle Taylor Decker had yet to meet David Montgomery. Still, the new running back’s reputation was preceding him. “Obviously, I know of him from his time in Chicago,” Decker said. “I mean, the guy is a playmaker. Durable, a
On Wednesday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the San Francisco 49ers have received multiple inquiries to trade for quarterback Trey Lance, the third overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Rapoport made clear that the calls are incoming and the 49ers have not been actively shopping him, but with general manager John Lynch making…
Alim McNeill has had some good moments over his first two NFL seasons, but he made some changes to his offseason routine as he eyes a third year breakthrough. Through his first two NFL seasons, Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alim McNeill has had good moments with the ups and downs common to a young player.
Behind the scenes, the 2023 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft has come to an end, but with a week until the actual draft kicks off, there are still more picks to reveal. On Tuesday, we completed the first round of the mock draft. Now, let’s reveal the next 16 picks in the lead-up to…
Expectations are a funny thing. For example, I had expectations this article would be easy to write and then I couldn’t stay focused on what I wanted to say and I wound up deleting everything I wrote and started over again. Things don’t always work out the way you think they will.
The Detroit Lions have positioned themselves among the best in the league entering this offseason between cap space and draft picks. Another stellar performance by Brad Holmes and the front office in handing out smart, cap-friendly contracts this free agent cycle reinforced the former. As for the latter, the Lions hold nine draft picks, as…
I respect Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff and left tackle Taylor Decker. I value what they say, how they carry themselves and the leadership they’ve shown through tough times while playing two of football’s hardest positions. But something they said Tuesday was deeply concerning, because it speaks to potentially being unprepared to face the best
Over the next several days, leading up to the 2023 NFL Draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions’ roster and evaluating how the team might address each unit. Today: Edge defenders. ▶ Current roster: Aidan Hutchinson, John Cominsky, Romeo Okwara, Charles Harris, James Houston, Julian Okwara, Josh Paschal ▶ Short-term need: 3.5 out of 10
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During Women’s History Month in March, the Detroit Lions launched a women’s employee resource group called Women of the Lions. Dannie Rogers sits down with four female staff members from across the organization to discuss more! Subscribe to the Lions YT Channel: https://bit.ly/2OABzdx More Lions NFL Action: https://bit.ly/3epKf5l #DetroitLions #Lions #NFL Keep up-to-date on all
Alim McNeill likes what the Detroit Lions did in free agency, adding three new starters to their secondary and re-signing key depth pieces in the front seven in Isaiah Buggs, John Cominsky and Alex Anzalone. “Yeah, 100%,” the defensive lineman said Tuesday after the Lions’ second voluntary workout of the offseason. “It’s almost like we’re
This week, the Detroit Lions were among the majority of NFL franchises who began their offseason workouts. While we’re only in Phase 1 of those workouts—which is basically only allows conditioning, strength training, and rehab—it is the first opportunity for the players to get together in the leadup for the 2023 season.
After returning to the Detroit Lions in free agency following a two-year stint with the Jaguars, Marvin Jones Jr. told the media he was ready to act as a bit of mentor to the team’s young receiving corps. Jones, 33, is five years older than any other receiver in the room and 10 years older…
The quarterback market is rising and will continue to rise, and Jared Goff said there have been no contract extension talks with the Detroit Lions. With each passing quarterback contract, the price of poker for other teams to keep their current guy goes up. The Detroit Lions are there with Jared Goff, who’s once bloated-looking
Allen Park — If pride comes before the fall, the Detroit Lions are doing everything to their power to make sure their pride doesn’t stumble in the face of growing expectations. A perpetual underdog, the Lions find themselves in the unusual role of favorites this offseason. National pundits and oddsmakers are head over heels for
A year ago, the thought of it seemed absurd. But that it came up on Day 2 of the Detroit Lions‘ formal offseason program Tuesday is a credit to quarterback Jared Goff and how well he played last season. With the NFL draft days away, and Jalen Hurts a new bazillionaire, the Lions face the
There has been plenty of talk about what the Detroit Lions will do at the quarterback position in the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft, but one lesser-talked-about option for Detroit would be to extend their current starter Jared Goff. The Lions have publicly expressed their confidence in Goff time after time, and the 28-year-old quarterback is…
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