Happy Father’s Day to everyone out there. For me, the Detroit Lions were at the forefront of my relationship with my dad. It’s a passion we both shared, and we spent every Sunday glued to the television or parked in Section 243 of Ford Field to watch our men in Honolulu Blue compete.
The latest set of position rankings from ESPN’s Mike Clay features the linebackers. It’s a position group that the Detroit Lions have steadily improved over the past couple of seasons after years of scraping the bottom of the league ratings. The Lions predominately play with two linebackers on the field. Last year those off-ball backers
Even with the team being largely on the summer break after OTAs and minicamp, the Detroit Lions have made an important addition to the front office. The Lions are bringing in Charlie Adkins to the front office. Adkins has been the manager of football analytics and research for the Arizona Cardinals. He will be replacing
According to ESPN’s Seth Walder, the Detroit Lions have hired Charlie Adkins to be their new senior director of football administration. He fills the hole left by the vacancy of Brandon Sosna, who was hired as the Washington Commanders senior vice president of football operations last month. Sosna was one of the lead points on…
The UFL is proving lucrative for at least some high-performing players who are successfully parlaying it into an NFL opportunity. The Detroit Lions signed UFL kicker Jake Bates to a two-year deal, his agent Marty Magid told Adam Schefter of ESPN. Bates also received interest from the Green Bay Packers and Washington Commanders. Bates quickly
The Detroit Lions traded up from No. 29 to No. 24 in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft to land Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold. Lions GM Brad Holmes sent No. 29 plus a third-round pick, No. 73 overall, to the Dallas Cowboys to acquire No. 24 and a seventh-round pick in the 2025
The Detroit Lions are planning to sign UFL kicker Jake Bates to a two-year-deal, multiple outlets reported Saturday. Bates can be signed as early as Tuesday, based on UFL rules. He spent the spring with the Michigan Panthers and made 21 of 28 field goals, including a 64-yard attempt and two others of at least
The spring session OTAs and mandatory minicamp are all wrapped up for the Detroit Lions. That means it’s time for the Detroit Lions Podcast spring wrap-up episode. Recorded live on the DLP YouTube channel on Friday afternoon, this episode covers a lot of the Lions topics from the spring season. Among the notable points: [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal]
The 2023 NFL Draft was a huge success for the Detroit Lions, who got major contributors at multiple positions and proved a lot of doubters wrong with some picks that may have been a bit questionable at the time, depending on who you ask. It turns out that general manager Brad Holmes is pretty good…
The Detroit Lions are rumored to sign Jake Bates early next week. Jake Bates proved to be a sensational UFL kicker last season. Jake Bates caught the eye of three other NFL Clubs: the Packers, Commanders, and Ravens. It is still just a rumor at this point. Will Jake Bates sign with the Lions? If
The NFL interest in UFL kicker Jake Bates has been no secret over the past several weeks. Bates has been taking the football world by storm in his season with the UFL’s Michigan Panthers out of Detroit. Now, it seems like he’ll get a chance to play for the city’s NFL team as Aaron Wilson of
With the UFL season about to conclude, the players in the merged spring league are about to be available for NFL teams to sign. The Detroit Lions have already set their sights on one player from the Michigan Panthers, who play in Ford Field. As has long been dreamt about by many a Lions fan,
According to a report from NFL insider Aaron Wilson, the Detroit Lions are expected to sign Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates. Per Wilson, the signing won’t become official until Tuesday. Bates quickly became one of the most fascinating stories in the UFL this season. After not kicking a single field goal in college—serving as the…