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Throughout the offseason, SB Nation will host surveys for NFL fans. Often, the survey questions you’ll find at Pride of Detroit focus solely on the Lions, but occasionally, fans will also encounter more general questions about the League, as is the case this week. In this week’s SB Nation Reacts survey, we look ahead to […]
5 days ago | 1 read
It would obviously be ridiculous if he said anything different, but Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff appears to be a fan of the team’s new offensive coordinator, Drew Petzing. Talking withthe media down at the Pro Bowl, Goff called the hiring of Petzing a “home run hire.” “He’s done it before,” Goff said. “He’s been […]
6 days ago | 1 read
The Detroit Lions heading into free agency with plenty of needs on the horizon and a challenging amount of resources both in free agency and the NFL Draft. But before the Lions can go on a shopping spree to make a run at the Super Bowl next season, they need to properly assess their own […]
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The NFL opted to change up the NFL Pro Bowl yet again this year. Instead of Orlando or Honolulu, the Pro Bowl has been incorporated as part of the Super Bowl week festivities in Santa Clara and San Francisco. Instead of playing it on the Sunday prior to the Super Bowl, it’s just thrown in […]
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Welcome to our 2026 Detroit Lions free agency preview! If you’ve never read any of these before, let me explain how it works. We will be writing about all of the free agents the Lions have in 2026 and discuss their expectations heading into last season and how it actually went, with an outlook towards […]
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For the past few years, veteran safety Quandre Diggs has bounced around from team to team in the twilight of his career. Each time he becomes a free agent, there’s a subset of Lions fans who express their desire to bring him back to the team that drafted him. Diggs is now with the Seattle […]
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Detroit Lions defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike signed a one-year deal last offseason, meaning the traditional expectation is that he’ll face free agency in 2026 when the new league year starts in March. However, that’s not actually how things will unfold with Onwuzurike this offseason. Due to a lesser-known rule in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Onwuzurike’s […]
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For the past few seasons, the Detroit Lions have had to worry about their coaching staff getting poached by other teams. This year, it appears the rest of the NFC North is going through similar struggles, while the Lions have yet to lose a single coach to another vacancy. Detroit showed last year that the […]
7 days ago | 1 read
The Detroit Lions went through a pretty significant change along the interior of their offensive line in 2025. This upcoming season, it’s likely time for the offensive tackle position to prepare for a transition. Dan Skipper has already retired, and the Lions await a decision from left tackle Taylor Decker on his football future. But […]
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For most NFL fans, the offseason boils down to two key events: free agency and the NFL Draft. Sure, teams make re-signings or trades during the months after football, but when it comes to restocking for an NFL season, the greatest turnover comes from signing free agents and drafting rookies. Yet which is more important […]
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Last week, ESPN’s Seth Walder put together a list of the top-100 MVP candidates for the 2025 NFL season. We already know the five finalists for the actual MVP award—Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence, Drake Maye, Matthew Stafford, and Christian McCaffrey—and the winner will be announced later this upcoming week at the NFL Honors on Thursday, […]
8 days ago | 1 read
On Friday night, it was reported that Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown will take part in the NBA Celebrity All-Star game in mid-February. For most Lions fans, it’s a neat opportunity to see a popular player continue to see his star rise to the level of national sensation. St. Brown’s stock has been […]
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Many Detroit Lions fans have already turned the page and started looking into the 2026 NFL Draft and free agency. For those that may still be lagging behind (see: myself), Saturday afternoon may be a good entry point to get to know this year’s draft class. Down in Mobile, Alabama, the 2026 Senior Bowl will […]
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There is just one more game left to be played in the 2025-26 NFL season. Either the New England Patriots or Seattle Seahawks will walk away as champions. Both teams are pretty big surprises this year. The Seahawks’ odds to win the Super Bowl before the start of training camp were about 60-to-1. The Patriots […]
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Next week, Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown will take part in the 2026 NFL Pro Bowl games in San Francisco, California, but that won’t be the only all-star game he’ll take part in. On Friday evening, it was announced that St. Brown will also participate in the NBA All-Star celebrity game, per ESPN. […]
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The NFL has yet to finalize the salary cap for the 2026 season, but NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the limit is expected to land between $301.2 million and $305.7 million. If the salary cap indeed lands between those projected numbers, it would mark the second year in a row that the NFL […]
10 days ago | 1 read
With only the SuperBowl left to play for the NFL’s 2025 season, now feels like a good time to look ahead to what should be a very interesting offseason for the Detroit Lions and the rest of the league. To begin, let’s start by setting the table and looking at some key dates provided to […]
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The Senior Bowl is the premier college football all-star game, and this year, they feature a diverse group of prospects, several of whom should intrigue the Detroit Lions. This year’s game is scheduled for Saturday, January 31, at 2:30 p.m. ET, and can be watched on NFL Network. Let’s take a look at the prospects […]
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One of the biggest strengths of the Detroit Lions’ roster is at wide receiver. Last year, they were the only team with two wideouts who finished in the top-10 in receiving yards. With their core players locked up long-term, Detroit won’t need to overly focus on the wide receiver position for a couple of years. […]
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As mock draft season works its way through January, we start to see new prospects make their way into first-round projections. This week, we’ve seen a few players projected to be selected near the top of the draft no longer being connected to the Detroit Lions, who hold the No. 17 overall pick. At the […]
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Former Detroit Lions coach Terrell Williams will join the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl after stepping away early this fall to be treated for prostate cancer. In 2024, Williams spent about a year as defensive running game coordinator and defensive line coach before he was hired by the Patriots as defensive coordinator in […]
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The Detroit Lions have reportedly signed free agent tight end Thomas Gordon to a futures deal, per Aaron Wilson. Last year, Gordon spent some of the 2025 season—his rookie year—with the Chicago Bears. He signed with the team in August, didn’t make their 53-man roster, signed to the practice squad in December, and was not […]
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The Detroit Lions’ hiring of Dan Campbell was the best head coaching hire in the entire NFL over the past five years, according to Bill Barnwell of ESPN. The ESPN senior analyst wrote a story on Thursday, ranking every head coaching hire from the 2021 offseason through 2025. A total of 37 hires have been […]
11 days ago | 1 read
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another edition of our weekly Office Hours Q&A. If you’re new to Pride of Detroit or have just missed our previous sessions, this is an opportunity for you to ask our staff any questions on your mind. We prefer them to be Detroit Lions related, but if you […]
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When news broke that the Detroit Lions had added former Giants interim head coach/offensive coordinator Mike Kafka to their coaching staff, many began immediately wondering how he’d fit in. A week prior, the Lions had hired Drew Petzing to be their offensive coordinator, and many believed Kafka was worthy of that job either in Detroit […]
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