In the wake of the 2023 NFL Draft, here are the 5 biggest winners for the Detroit Lions. With the 2023 NFL Draft over, for a couple weeks at this point, NFL teams have added pretty much anyone notable their going to add this offseason. The Detroit Lions may add a quarterback with some level
There are plenty of critics of the Detroit Lions drafting a running back in the first round, and taking Jahmyr Gibbs to boot, but the Lions’ rookie perfectly answered them. The Detroit Lions set analysts ablaze with their decision to take Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs with the 12th overall pick in last month’s draft.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression, and Lions rookie tight end Sam LaPorta has made a strong one a rookie minicamp this weekend. There was an ad campaign back in the day, it’s hard to remember the product…maybe it was a deodorant or something, where the punch line was “You
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Earlier this offseason, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell announced the team’s intentions to host the New York Giants for joint practices prior to each team’s 2023 preseason opener. Last week, the Lions revealed their other two preseason opponents for the 2023 NFL schedule: the Jacksonville Jaguars (home) and Carolina Panthers (away).
Allen Park — New Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch hated every second of Saturday’s rookie minicamp. But that’s only because he wasn’t involved. Branch, pick No. 45 out of Alabama in April’s NFL Draft, was forced to sit out with an undisclosed injury. “Hate that I’m not practicing,” Branch said. “It hurt, because yesterday, I
The Detroit Lions selected running back Jahmyr Gibbs higher than any pundits expected, but the Alabama product doesn’t remotely care. Jahmyr Gibbs is expected to compete for carries with the newly-acquired David Montgomery. Montgomery, a former Chicago Bear, signed a three-year contract this spring. Gibbs, however, was a surprising selection at No. 12. Detroit traded
Many were surprised when the NFL announced the Detroit Lions would be the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 1 opponent for the opening game of the 2023 NFL regular season. While the Super Bowl champion typically gets the national spotlight of that kickoff game, to put the Lions—a team that didn’t make the playoffs last year.
Defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson, a free agency addition to the Lions roster that basically everybody loved, was a guest on the show “Up and Adams” on Friday morning. Gardner-Johnson spoke to the show’s host Kay Adams about signing with the Lions and his interactions with the staff and players of his new team. You can…
Normally when the schedule release happens, Detroit Lions fans are quick to bellyache about something. The bye is too early. They didn’t get enough primetime games. They’re catching too many teams coming off their bye week with extra rest. Every year, it seems at least one of these things are true—oftentimes many.
Jerry Jacobs had just gotten home from school one day in the spring of 2009 when his mother, Alice, sat him and two of his siblings down on the sectional couch of their Atlanta apartment. Alice was 46 at the time, a single mother of five who would give her last dime to help anyone
The Detroit Lions are on the clock. The countdown began Friday in Allen Park, on the practice fields outside the team’s headquarters, where the team’s rookies, and free-agent rookie signings, slipped on their jerseys, helmets and worked through some drills. On Saturday, the rookies were back, in front of reporters, talking a little trash —
Allen Park — The Lions are reaching for more, and people are noticing. The NFL noticed enough to grant them a supporting-actor role on opening night against the Super Bowl champion Chiefs. The higher you reach, the more you get noticed. According to many analysts, the Lions reached for a few of their draft picks,
Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Saturday’s rookie minicamp practice, the only day of the three open to the media. ▶ The star of the day, far and away, was tight end Sam LaPorta. Detroit’s second-round draft pick was essentially uncoverable running routes across the middle of the field in seven-on-seven work,