Around this time a year ago, the news broke that Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams was going to be suspended for six games for violating the NFL’s rules on gambling. Williams wound up being reinstated after sitting out the first four games of the 2023 NFL season. Yet Williams wasn’t the only Lions player who
Bill Tobin, a longtime NFL executive and talent evaluator, has died. Tobin was 83. His son, Duke, is the director of player personnel for the Cincinnati Bengals. Tobin served as the general manager of the Chicago Bears from 1987-1992 and was in the same role with the Indianapolis Colts from 1994-96. He also had a
The 2024 NFL Draft is just days away, and Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes is already preparing his fanbase for a major transaction. Since earning the job in 2021, the Florida native has played an instrumental role in turning the Lions from one of the biggest laughing stocks in the league to one of
DETROIT – Funny story. I was out doing a story on the new Lions jerseys Thursday and one guy said they may have been leaked online. I Googled it and a few things popped up. Turns out, what he and others thought were the new jerseys were not. But, oddly enough, some of the images
The way Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph was bouncing around the stage on uniform reveal night, you’d never know that he was recovering from offseason surgery. But in an interview shortly after the event wrapped, Joseph spoke about an offseason procedure he had on his hip, dating back to an injury he suffered all the…
The 2024 NFL Draft is next week and it’s going to be a blast in downtown Detroit. The Lions currently have seven draft picks, until Brad Holmes picks up the phone that is, and everyone is eager to find out who the team picks. On Saturday things are going to be moving very fast. The
Earlier in April, the NFL sent a memo to teams permitting them to now have a third alternate helmet in their uniform repertoire. For teams that were going under a uniform change in 2024, they could add that third option as soon as this year. For everyone else, the third helmet could debut in 2025.
Could the Lions, the Detroit Lions, be the team that the rest of the league emulates next week as the 2024 NFL Draft makes its way to the Motor City? If this year’s free agency is any indication, the answer is a resounding yes. So what exactly did the Lions do in last year’s draft
In his second NFL season, Lions safety Kerby Joseph had an up-and-down campaign. Some of the downs might be explained by a hip injury Joseph suffered in Detroit’s Week 2 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The ball-hawking safety missed the next two games before returning to action. His coverage range and closing burst were not
The 2024 NFL draft is just around the corner, where teams are busy finalizing their draft boards before things get underway in less than a week. Our NFL Wire editors are back with another first-round mock draft, including those with teams without a first-round pick as they made their top realistic prediction for Day 2.
In front of over 5,000 hyped-up Detroit Lions fans on Thursday night, the team revealed their new uniforms for 2024 and beyond. While there weren’t a ton of drastic changes, the Lions—in my opinion—did a great job blending the past with a modern look. But they didn’t do anything overly dramatic to take away the…
Social media was abuzz on Thursday night, as the world reacted to the Detroit Lions’ 2024 uniform reveal. The event at Ford Field was well-produced, and the general reaction was that the uniforms delivered. While the night was certainly punctuated with the return of the black uniforms, the adjustments made to Detroit’s white and blue…