In my opinion, there is nothing better about the NFL Draft than watching the exact moment these prospects’ lives change forever. It’s rare in life that you get to capture the instant a dream is realized, much less on a humongous national stage. The phone call, the tears, the bear hugs with mom and dad—it’s…
There are not too many things in life more useless than a year-too-early NFL mock draft, and that’s why I’m not writing one myself. However, I will gleefully round up other 2025 NFL mock drafts, because I think it’s a ridiculous exercise, and I enjoy proving how ridiculous it is every year. For example, let’s…
The 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit had just about everything you could have imagined. The crowd broke the Day 1 NFL Draft attendance record two hours before the draft even started. Then, they reached capacity again on Day 2. By Day 3, Detroit shattered the previous three-day record by 175,000, which is close to what…
Lions Nation Unite is live-talking the latest Detroit Lions news and rumors for the 2024 NFL free agency and the 2024 NFL draft. Who should the Lions look to target in free agency? Could they look to add Stephon Gilmore to the Lions’ secondary? Should the Lions draft Kool-Aid McKinstry out of Alabama? Mike Kimber
Yesterday, we broke down the Offensive Rookie of the Year market, which is a bit more cut-and-dry when you consider the quality of quarterbacks and wide receivers that entered the draft last week. In what was widely accepted to be a below-average defensive class, Defensive Rookie of the Year is an intriguing market to dig
The Detroit Lions have wrapped up what many consider to be yet another stellar draft under the leadership of GM Brad Holmes. Coupled with a successful free agency period, the Lions are poised to continue their upward trajectory toward Super Bowl contention. In contrast to past expectations of immediate contributions from draft picks, the Holmes/Campbell
Jacobs, 26, went undrafted out of Arkansas in 2021 before catching on with the Lions and making the 53-man roster ahead of the season. He played out his standard three-year undrafted rookie contract and was slated to be a restricted free agent in 2024, but Detroit declined to tender him a contract. In 2023, Jacobs
The Detroit Lions executed a first-round trade in the 2024 NFL draft last week. Detroit GM Brad Holmes sent the No. 29 pick and a third-round selection (No. 73) to the Dallas Cowboys for No. 24 overall and a 2025 seventh-round pick2025 seventh-round pick. That deal allowed the Lions to select Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold.
Once again the Detroit Lions are getting some love for the newest additions to the pride. The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, well-known author of behemoth of a draft class guide ‘The Beast’, ranked his favorite draft hauls—not based on any specific metric, but simply by “which team got me the most pumped about their draft hauls,”…
Bears Aside from being the consensus top overall pick for more than a year, 2024 first-round QB Caleb Williams has a plethora of weapons players in his situation rarely have. Williams is very confident about his ability to perform immediately and isn’t hiding from any expectations. “What’s the reason to duck?” Williams said, via ESPN’s
The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books and the Dallas Cowboys executed one trade back to finish the draft with eight total picks. They addressed left tackle, defensive end, center/interior offensive line, linebacker, cornerback, wide receiver, offensive tackle, and 1-tech defensive tackle. Like every draft, there are picks that fans like more than others
The 2024 NFL Draft is officially over and all 32 teams have added some rookies to their roster to try and compete for the Super Bowl next season. The Detroit Lions are trying to defend their NFC North divisional title, and events like the draft can shift a team from a pretender to a contender…
The 2024 NFL Draft is complete and the Detroit Lions have added several new players to their offseason roster, making it a good time to revisit how things shook out after the three-day event. In the offseason, NFL rosters can expand up to 90 players and the Lions are near capacity, with 86 spots filled.…
Lions fourth-round pick Sione Vaki offers up an unusual profile. He played safety at Utah but was also a running back, and NFL teams viewed his positional fit as a variable. That was never more clear than one set of passing game drills during Senior Bowl practices, when Vaki began the drill playing defense and