INDIANAPOLIS — Jake Moody grabbed his coat and hopped in his car as soon as he got the text. Calvin Johnson and Matt Prater were at a pizza place in Northville, and when Moody, a kicker at Northville High at the time, heard the news, he raced out the door hoping to meet one of
On the possibility Jamaal Williams leaves, however unlikely or remote it seems, these 4 free agent running backs are realistic pivot options for the Detroit Lions. Coming off the best season of his career, and what some will say will stand up as his clear career year, Jamaal Williams is hitting free agency. He has
INDIANAPOLIS — It was a whirlwind two weeks for Ben Johnson, preparing for a Week 18 game that he thought could vault the Detroit Lions into the playoffs, deflatingly conducting player exit interviews when that didn’t happen, then cramming to interview for three head coaching jobs in less than a week. At one point, Johnson
After a disappointing season for him, the Detroit Lions are effectively going back to square one with D’Andre Swift. In an effort to have him at full strength going into last season, the Detroit Lions carefully managed D’Andre Swift’s workload in training camp and preseason games. In Week 1 against the Philadelphia Eagles it started
At this week’s NFL Combine, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes got a little snooty with the media. Holmes was heavily criticized midway through the 2022 season when he traded tight end T.J. Hockenson away when the team was 1-6. The trade itself wasn’t the problem, but Holmes’ insistence to the public that trading Hockenson…
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The 2023 NFL Combine finally begins its measurements and drills on Thursday. After a couple days of interviews with the media and teams, the defensive linemen and linebackers on hand at Indianapolis will take the field and go through all of the measurements for all the athletic testing numbers that you crave so much.
The NFL Combine has little to do with actually playing football, and Lions head coach Dan Campbell put the event in its proper place with a epic and perfect quote. A tentpole event in the pre-draft process every year is the NFL Combine, and it’s happening this week in Indianapolis. Not all of the league’s
Last year, the NFL media got it wrong. Many had Liberty quarterback Malik Willis as a first-round talent capable of potentially even going in the top 10. With the superstar quarterbacks in the NFL possessing some of the similar traits Willis had shown, many believed there would be a team out there willing to gamble…
The Detroit Lions will enter the 2023 campaign with higher expectations than the year prior. Winners in five of their final regular-season six contests, the 9-8 Lions finished above .500 for the first time since 2017 and nearly qualified for the postseason. A successful 2023 NFL Draft could catapult the Lions into the playoff picture
In a new venture by the NFLPA, the Detroit Lions graded well in some spots but have room for improvement in others. The Detroit Lions, in general, are moving in the right direction. Players and assistant coaches want to stay, and around the league the franchise is getting noticed for the right reasons. On Wednesday,
Is anyone else as tired of having this conversation as I am? This has become the new norm for the Detroit Lions. People trying with all their might to jam a quarterback into the Lions roster. It goes back farther than just the last couple years with Jared Goff. People were doing this during the…
The Detroit Lions have stuck to their guns through the first two years under coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes. When it comes to free agency, their philosophy has clearly been focused on retaining their own players and being extremely modest and selective in bringing new players to the team. Culture fit has…
“Everything is about succession plans… I just think making sure you’re aware of all possible angles and all possible outcomes that could happen, I think is very, very critical.” Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes set the tone with that statement during his introductory press conference over two years ago. Since then, the Lions have…
INDIANAPOLIS — Dan Campbell let two of his assistant coaches make lateral moves to other teams this offseason, but their departures and other staff changes give the Detroit Lions a chance to be better in 2023, Campbell said Wednesday at the NFL combine. The Lions replaced running backs coach/assistant head coach Duce Staley with Scottie
Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell have a plan. It shouldn’t include Jalen Ramsey, unless the Rams’ cornerback can convince his team’s front office to ship him to Detroit for a couple of sixth-round picks and then offer to pay half of his $25 million salary cap hit. That’s ridiculous,
In an effort to educate union members and identify areas of improvement for the league’s 32 teams, the NFLPA conducted a poll of players regarding the conditions of team facilities. In the results, the Detroit Lions scored well in several areas, while also showing some areas its roster would like to see improvements. The Lions
The Detroit Lions have the fourth best odds to win the NFC in 2023. That’s a real and true sentence. What a world! As Lions fans are well aware of, postseason success (or success in general) has been largely nonexistent for the majority of the franchises existence. In the Super Bowl era, Detroit has one
What a world we live in. The Detroit Lions are a trendy team among national media these days, and for good reason. After finishing the 2022 season 8-2 in the final 10 games, coach Dan Campbell’s team clawed their way back to a 9-8 record after starting the season 1-6. The common saying is that…
INDIANAPOLIS — Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell spent about 20 minutes each with reporters at the NFL combine Wednesday, discussing the draft, free agency and their plans for the offseason. Here are highlights from their sessions: Sticking with the plan Holmes reiterated what he said immediately after the season,