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The Detroit Lions head into 2026 with a full set of running backs under contract, but they have two massive questions ahead. I’m going to break down each of those decisions in full here, as we continue our 2025 recap/2026 offseason positional preview. If you missed it, the series kicked off on Monday with a […]
For the second week in a row, the original plans for our Detroit Lions PODcast had to be scrapped on the day of recording. Last week, the hiring of Drew Petzing as Detroit’s next offensive coordinator happened in the middle of the show. This week, we got a little more heads up. About two hours […]
The annual East-West Shrine game, which features some of the top prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft class, will be played on Tuesday, January 27th at 7 p.m. ET and can be watched on NFL Network. In this piece, we’ll take a look at which prospects the Detroit Lions could be interested in adding to […]
On Monday, it was announced that the Detroit Lions are hiring Mike Kafka for an undisclosed “high-ranking” role on their offensive coaching staff. For a lot of Lions fans, it was welcomed news considering Kafka interviewed for the offensive coordinator job and many had him among their favorites to land the position. In his past, […]
The Detroit Lions are making a splash hiring, bringing in former New York Giants offensive coordinator and interim head coach Mike Kafka in a “high-ranking offensive staff role,” as first reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and confirmed by other league sources. Kafka was a sought-after coaching candidate this offseason. Not only did he interview […]
The Detroit Lions have successfully reached a new contractual agreement with safeties coach Jim O’Neil, securing his return to Allen Park for another season. O’Neil had previously interviewed for the New York Jets’ defensive coordinator position, as Jets head coach Aaron Glenn was exploring candidates for the vacancy after parting ways with Steve Wilks earlier […]
Jared Goff will take part in the 2026 NFL Pro Bowl games. The team announced on Monday that he has been added to the All-Star Game, replacing Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, who will be playing in Super Bowl 60 in two weeks. Goff was the primary alternate for the NFC squad, finishing behind Darnold, Matthew […]
One of the Detroit Lions’ most-valued assistant coaches will have an opportunity to get a promotion elsewhere. As first reported by Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Lions assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Scottie Montgomery has been requested to interview for the Baltimore Ravens’ offensive coordinator job. Montgomery first joined the Lions in 2023 as the […]
It’s probably been a while since you’ve heard the name Bob Quinn, but the former Detroit Lions general manager is back in the news. After the Lions parted ways with Quinn in the middle of the 2020 season, he eventually joined the Cleveland Browns as a senior consultant. The next year, he was promoted to […]
With the 2025 NFL regular season well in the rearview mirror and the Super Bowl the final remaining game until August, analysts are beginning to shift their focus toward the NFL Draft. On Monday, NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah released his first mock draft of the 2026 season, and as we saw with The Athletic’s Dane […]
With 30 of 32 NFL teams now in the offseason, it’s a good time to review the Detroit Lions’ 2025 roster and how they performed, but also to look forward to 2026 and how the team may address each position. We’ll kick off the series with quarterbacks, where the Lions find themselves in a perfectly […]
The NFL is a copycat league, and as the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks are the only two remaining teams left in the playoffs, you can already see people trying to figure out how to emulate their success. I always find this to be a particularly amusing game to play, because the difference between […]
Whenever a team makes a change to its coaching staff, the front office will often tap into the new coach’s familiarity with the upcoming free agents they have coached over their careers. This offseason, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes will have a chance to do this with new offensive coordinator Drew Petzing and the […]
The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks have booked their tickets to the Super Bowl. The Detroit Lions, meanwhile, are left wondering what it would take to be in their shoes. After a 9-8 season in which the Lions barely sniffed the playoff picture, Detroit has a lot to envy from these two Super Bowl […]
It’s time to determine the two teams in Super Bowl LX. The 2025-26 NFL playoffs continue on Sunday with the NFC and AFC Championship games. To kick things off, the Denver Broncos will host the New England Patriots in a battle of the AFC’s No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. The headline of the matchup […]
The NFL playoff field is down to four teams, and by the end of the day, we’ll be down to the final two. NFL Conference Championship Weekend kicks off Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET with the Denver Broncos hosting the New England Patriots. Both franchises have seemingly revived themselves after their long span of […]
A day after announcing he’s hanging up the pads, now former Detroit Lions offensive lineman Dan Skipper got to work starting a new career in coaching. In a social media post on Thursday, Skipper announced his retirement from the NFL and his plans to switch to coaching. A day later, he was already helping coach […]
It’s no secret that the most popular offensive coordinator candidate for the Detroit Lions job was former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel. It’s easy to understand, too. For a couple of years, he had one of the most innovative offenses in football, and given his history-making speedsters, All-Pro players, you could only imagine what he […]
Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell has been named the recipient of the 2025 Pro Butkus Award. The award, which is more known for the identical college honors, goes to the top linebacker in the NFL, as voted on by the Butkus Award Selection Committee—a selection of 51 voters from all ranks of football, including NFL […]
Watching NFL Draft projections in January can trigger your vertigo, as analysts scramble to adjust their projections from pre-season expectations to end-of-season results. In the first two installments of this year’s Mock Draft Roundup series, we saw the majority of NFL Draft analysts projecting the Lions to land Miami right tackle Francis Mauigoa. However, with […]
Changes are certainly coming for the Detroit Lions’ offense now that they’ve hired Drew Petzing to be their new offensive coordinator. While coach Dan Campbell is likely to still have his thumb on the scale, and Petzing’s overall philosophies certainly seem to overlap heavily with what Detroit has already had success with, the new coordinator […]
While the playoffs are in full swing, the Detroit Lions have shifted their focus to the offseason. It’s been a tough pill to swallow for many, something owner Sheila Hamp addressed in her end-of-the-year communication to season-ticket holders, but an important offseason lies ahead for a football team in search of recapturing their je ne […]
Detroit Lions offensive tackle Dan Skipper announced on Thursday his retirement from the NFL. In a post on Instagram, Skipper called it a career after playing the game he’s loved for two dozen years. Here’s his message: 24 years of putting on pads and a helmet every fall. This year I’ll trade that out to […]
On Thursday, the NFL announced the finalists for their 2025 NFL Honors, and Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson is in the running for two end-of-season awards: Defensive Player of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year. The four finalists for Defensive Player of the Year, joining Hutchinson, are Will Anderson Jr. (Texans), Nik […]
Last week, we debuted a new weekly offseason feature for Pride of Detroit: Office Hours! Each week, for a couple of hours, our Pride of Detroit staff will hang out in the comment section and answer as many questions as we can. If you’re wondering what that looks like, you can go back to last […]