Six months after a very scary injury situation, Saivion Smith has been re-signed by the Detroit Lions. Injuries, etc. in the Detroit Lions secondary led to an opportunity for Saivion Smith last season in Week 5 against the New England Patriots. On the second play of the game though, a routine-looking hit and a scary
The Detroit Lions can trade up to the number 3 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft with the Arizona Cardinals. If the Lions traded up to pick 3, they would need to give up some high draft capital. It could be for players such as C.J. Stroud or Will Anders. Mike Kimber from Lions Nation
The New Orleans Saints are on the clock in our 2023 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, where you, the commenters, act as general managers for each individual franchise. We’re at pick 29, and if you’re wondering why the Saints—who finished 7-10 last year—are picking this late, let me take you on a little ride.…
Six months after he was briefly left unable to speak or move on the football field, Saivion Smith has re-signed with the Detroit Lions. Smith suffered a scary injury in an October loss to the New England Patriots, when he collapsed to the ground after trying to jam Patriots tight end Hunter Henry early in
A little more than six months after Saivion Smith was briefly paralyzed in the opening minutes of a football game between the Detroit Lions and New England Patriots, the cornerback is re-signing with the Lions and resuming his professional football career. A source familiar with the negotiations confirmed the agreement that was first reported by
Last week, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Arizona Cardinals—owners of the third overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft—have received calls from at least six different teams interested in trading up to that spot. Coincidentally, last week the Detroit Lions also hosted two NFL Draft prospects who could very well go in the first…
The Detroit Lions’ own pick in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft sits at No. 18, but have they ever had that pick before? The Detroit Lions have two first-round picks for the second straight year this year, thanks to the Mattew Stafford trade. Their own pick sits at No. 18 overall coming
As the Detroit Lions survey the landscape of quarterbacks in this year’s draft, here are 5 later-round prospects they could target. The idea of Jared Goff as the team’s long-term quarterback is one a lot of Detroit Lions fans can get behind. But the reality is there’s a natural ceiling with Goff, and possible smokescreen
It’s the Buffalo Bills’ turn in our 2023 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. When we last left the Bills, their season came to an unfortunate end when the Cincinnati Bengals steam-rolled them in their own house in the divisional round of the playoffs. It was a shock to the system, and now some are…
The Detroit Lions made some notable signings in free agency, but one has been tabbed as a potential loser from the 2023 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions, sensing it’s quite possibly their time to take the NFC North, went into an aggressive mode in free agency. The secondary was refurbished (Cameron Sutton, Emmanuel Moseley, C.J.
One of the most interesting moments from Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes’ media session at the owners meetings earlier this offseason was when he was talking about depth charts in relationship to his draft strategy. In short, Holmes said that the team’s current depth chart matters so little that he doesn’t even have one…
The Dallas Cowboys are up in the 2023 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, where you, the commenter, act as general manager in our site-wide mock draft. It’s been an eventful offseason for the Cowboys, specifically on the offensive side of the ball. Ezekiel Elliott is gone after being a cap casualty, but Dallas invested…
Around the NFL’s Gregg Rosenthal posted a 2023 ranking of all 32 NFL general managers on Thursday, and Detroit’s Brad Holmes is quite a ways up there. As MLive’s Brandon Champion pointed out, Holmes had not been on the job long enough to appear on the 2022 version of the rankings, so this is actually…
There has been plenty of talk about whether the Detroit Lions will trade up or down in the 2023 NFL Draft, but that’s only part of the equation when it comes to using draft capital. It doesn’t happen a ton, but every now and then a draft day trade can involve a player. And in…