Trent Baalke and Brad Holmes sounded like they were speaking from the same script when they addressed reporters at their respective pre-draft news conferences this week. Owners of the Nos. 1 and 2 picks in Thursday’s NFL draft, Baalke and Holmes both said they had a bunch of similarly graded players atop their boards. “The
Quarterback will always be king, but the NFL has a new No. 2. ESPN analyst Todd McShay said the NFL underwent a major philosophical shift this offseason in how teams value the wide receiver position, and that change is here to stay as colleges continue to churn out big-time pass catchers. “Anyone can just look
Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2022 NFL draft. This is the fifth in an eight-part series. The Lions are in better shape at the receiver position than they were a season ago, but the unit lacks high-end No. 1
Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 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: Quarterbacks. ► Current roster: Jared Goff, Tim Boyle, David Blough, Steven Montez ► Short-term need: Three out of 10 ► Long-term need: Seven
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AFC EAST Buffalo Bills (12-7) ► LAST SEASON: A mere 13 seconds separated the Bills from reaching the AFC championship game for a second straight year. Instead, Buffalo allowed the Chiefs to gain 44 yards on two plays to set up Harrison Butker’s tying 49-yard field goal as time expired. Buffalo lost the coin toss and
NFC EAST Dallas Cowboys (12-6) ► LAST SEASON: The Cowboys won the NFC East before a wild-card loss at home to San Francisco, an outcome that clearly rankled owner Jerry Jones. The disappointment wasn’t enough for him to replace coach Mike McCarthy after two years. An offense that was among the best in the NFL before
The San Francisco 49ers may or may not trade their star receiver, Deebo Samuel. If they do, the Detroit Lions should absolutely do everything they can to get him. Obviously, they need help scoring touchdowns. And Samuel is as good at that as any playmaker in the NFL. There’s also the ripple effect Samuel’s presence
The Detroit Lions have the second overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, but what other times in their history have they had that pick? Assuming they keep it, and that’s surely the way it looks like it’ll be, the Detroit Lions will add one of best players in the 2022 NFL Draft with the
After a season that was derailed by an injury in 2021, Lions running back D’Andre Swift knows he has some areas to improve. In what amounted to 10 games at full health and with a full workload last season, Detroit Lions running back D’Andre Swift had over 1,000 yards from scrimmage. There’s plenty of optimism
With the 2022 NFL Draft now mere days away, here is this writer’s first and last Detroit Lions mock draft for the year. The Detroit Lions are mere days from being on the clock with the second pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. The time is almost here to see what general manager Brad Holmes
For 15 days they slept cramped on two foam mattresses, side by side in the living room of family friends. Zein Obeid, his mother, Nadia, his older sister, Zeinab, and his father, Ali, when he wasn’t across town working as part of a documentary crew with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. The 2006 Israel-Lebanon War had
Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2022 NFL draft. This is the fourth in an eight-part series. New Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson was effusive in his praise of his offensive line earlier this offseason, saying the group could be
We are less than one week from the start of the 2022 NFL draft Thursday, and one month removed from my mock draft 3.0. Here is my fresh best guess at the first 34 picks, where the Detroit Lions currently have three selections. 1. Jacksonville Jaguars Aidan Hutchinson, edge, Michigan Rumors persist that Travon Walker
Once you get a plane up to cruising altitude, pilots say, all you have to do is keep it steady. Of course, that’s harder to do if there’s a lot of turbulence. Which brings us to Matthew Stafford, the ex-Detroit Lions quarterback, the current LA Rams quarterback and the defending Super Bowl winner, who in
Over the next several days, leading up to the 2022 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 rusher. ► Current roster: Romeo Okwara, Charles Harris, Julian Okwara, Austin Bryant, Jessie Lemonier, Rashod Berry ► Short-term need: Eight out of
Maybe a dozen players in the history of Detroit sports have ever been the face of the franchise or the city for a full decade. One of those people, former Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, was on hand at Comerica Park when another one of those people, Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera, recorded the 3,000th hit
Another day brought another wide receiver who’s possibly available, so should the Detroit Lions consider a trade for ‘discount Deebo Samuel’? On what seems like a daily basis, a trade rumor surfaces regarding an NFL wide receiver. The Detroit Lions have been prominently tied to interest in Deebo Samuel as he has asked the 49ers
Detroit Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2022 NFL draft. This is the third in an eight-part series. The Lions had one of the NFL’s best special teams units last season and return most of their key contributors in 2022.
Capt. James Tiberius Kirk used to boldly go where no one has gone before — and never apologized for splitting the infinitive. In “The Scarlet Letter,” Pearl Prynne gave the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale a literary tongue-lashing for being a deadbeat dad when she told him: “Thou wast not bold! – thou wast not true!” And