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The Lions’ 2024 Vegas win total is exactly where it should be

The Lions’ 2024 Vegas win total is exactly where it should be

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Vegas has set the 2024 Lions’ win total, and it’s exactly where it should be for an intriguing, season-long prop. Last year, when the Detroit Lions were nearly every media head’s darling in the offseason, the team’s win total was set at 9.5 wins—the highest its been set in the franchise’s history according to records from Pro Football Reference—and the team responded by having arguably their most successful season in franchise history. After securing the second 12-win season in franchise history—and more relevantly, cashing...
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Detroit Lions announce new uniform reveal date

Detroit Lions announce new uniform reveal date

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The Lions are getting new uniforms ahead of the 2024 season, and we’ll know what they look like on April 18. Earlier this week at the annual owners meetings in Florida, Detroit Lions President and CEO Rod Wood announced the team would be getting new uniforms ahead of this year’s NFL Draft, but didn’t give a specific date. “We’ll be rolling them out probably just before the draft,” Wood said on Tuesday of this week. “I think everybody will be excited about it. I’m not going to tease it too much, but I’m really happy with the...
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Why Carlton Davis will finally allow Detroit Lions defense to be itself

Why Carlton Davis will finally allow Detroit Lions defense to be itself

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Dan Campbell explained how Carlton Davis’ addition will allow the Lions defense to finally play like how it wants to. The Detroit Lions have spent the last three years trying to figure out their cornerback situation. They’ve gone through players like Jeff Okudah, Quinton Dunbar, Cameron Sutton, Mike Hughes, and Emmanuel Moseley—among many others—looking for a cornerback who is capable of being a No. 1 and lockdown defender. This offseason, they got a little more aggressive, trading a third-round pick for former...
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Notes: Former All-Pro RB says Lions star Jahmyr Gibbs is next up

Notes: Former All-Pro RB says Lions star Jahmyr Gibbs is next up

Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Former All-Pro running back Chris Johnson continues to hype up Detroit Lions’ Jahmyr Gibbs. For those of you who can’t remember or were too young back then, let me tell you a little bit about former All-Pro running back Chris Johnson, and how he altered the mode of the every-down back. Back in the day, if you weren’t at least 220 pounds, you could pretty much forget about being a lead-back in the NFL. In that era, teams were handing the ball off to their featured back 20-plus times on a routine basis. Then Johnson came along and...
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Open thread: Is wide receiver a major need for the Detroit Lions?

Open thread: Is wide receiver a major need for the Detroit Lions?

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/ Now that Josh Reynolds is headed to Denver, how big of a need is WR for the Detroit Lions? On Wednesday, news broke that former Detroit Lions wide receiver Josh Reynolds is signing a two-year deal with the Denver Broncos worth up to $14 million. According to general manager Brad Holmes, it’s the first and only loss the Lions took in free agency for a player that they were prioritizing to bring back. “Josh Reynolds, he’s one that was part of the original plans,” Holmes said Tuesday, a day before Reynolds landed in Denver. “Still having...
Mar 27, 2024
Detroit Lions re-sign veteran quarterback

Detroit Lions re-sign veteran quarterback

Photo by Nic Antaya/ The Detroit Lions are bringing back veteran backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld. The Detroit Lions announced on Wednesday evening they have re-signed veteran quarterback Nate Sudfeld. Contract terms were not immediately available. Sudfeld entered 2023 as the expected backup quarterback before the Lions made two significant moves at the position. First, they drafted Hendon Hooker in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft, and then they signed veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to serve as the backup quarterback and mentor. Sudfeld entered training...
Mar 27, 2024
2024 Lions free agency, offseason tracker: Latest signings, trades

2024 Lions free agency, offseason tracker: Latest signings, trades

Photo by Leon Halip/ A live-updating post on all the Detroit Lions’ 2024 offseason moves: trades, signings, cuts and re-signings The Detroit Lions’ offseason is underway. This year figures to be critical for Detroit, as they hope to build on their NFC Championship run and establish themselves as perennial contenders. The Super Bowl is not only the hope, it’s the expectation. With a healthy amount of salary cap, a cunning general manager in Brad Holmes, and some draft capital to play around with, this figures to be an active offseason for the Lions. And we’re...
Mar 27, 2024
Report: Lions losing WR Josh Reynolds to the Denver Broncos

Report: Lions losing WR Josh Reynolds to the Denver Broncos

Photo by Ezra Shaw/ Per various reports, the Lions are losing WR Josh Reynolds to the Broncos. The Detroit Lions will have to find more wide receiver help, as they lost one of their biggest contributors in free agency this week. As first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, wideout Josh Reynolds is signing a two-year deal worth a maximum of $14 million total. At this point in reporting, the main structure of the deal is unknown. This week at the NFL owners meetings, both coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes expressed interest in bringing Reynolds back for...
Mar 27, 2024
2024 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft: Pairings, deadlines

2024 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft: Pairings, deadlines

Our 2024 POD Community Mock Draft is underway! Here is everyone who is participating. Our 2024 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft is underway! If you missed the original announcement, this is a mock draft that will span the entire month of April with members of our comment section representing all 32 teams in the draft. It’s also an opportunity for those members to write their own articles explaining their first round picks. Over the past week, I’ve tried my best to pair people who submitted their form to a team they requested. I couldn’t match everyone with a team...
Mar 27, 2024
Statistical model shows Lions having top-5 offseason, free agency

Statistical model shows Lions having top-5 offseason, free agency

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via One statistical model says the Detroit Lions have had one of the best free agency periods in the NFL so far. This week, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes claimed that the team just had its best free agency period in his four years here, and they hit on all of their Plan A options (aside from the still-unsigned receiver Josh Reynolds). It’s a bold thing to boast, but at least some data supports his claim. According to an interesting article from The Athletic’s Austin Mock, the Lions are having a top-five offseason so...
Mar 27, 2024
Detroit Lions have big plans for defensive back Brian Branch

Detroit Lions have big plans for defensive back Brian Branch

Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions were thrilled with Brian Branch’s rookie season—and they’ve got even more on his plate moving forward. Detroit Lions defensive back Brian Branch had a stellar rookie season, but the team has even bigger plans for the 22-year-old defender moving forward. Many have wondered if the fact that the Lions have not gone out and signed a safety in free agency was a sign that they were preparing to play Branch—who was almost exclusively a nickel cornerback last season—at safety more going forward. While coach Dan...
Mar 27, 2024
Detroit Lions requesting joint practices with New York Giants

Detroit Lions requesting joint practices with New York Giants

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Lions are hoping to pair up with the Giants—and an undecided second team—for joint practices this year. The Detroit Lions and New York Giants are pushing for joint practices this year during the first week of the preseason, coach Dan Campbell confirmed during his breakfast media session at the NFL owners meetings this week. “Tentatively right now i’ve been talking to (Giants coach Brian) Daboll and so I think there’s a chance we could go to New York,” Campbell said on Tuesday. NFL teams get to request one team they want...
Mar 27, 2024
Open thread: What are you looking forward to most in new Lions uniforms?

Open thread: What are you looking forward to most in new Lions uniforms?

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK New Lions uniforms are coming! Here’s what we’re looking forward to the most. Detroit Lions President and CEO Rod Wood confirmed a long-lasting suspicion on Monday afternoon—the Lions are getting new uniforms. Not only did we get that nugget, but we got a timeline, too. Wood shared during league owners meetings that the Lions would unveil the new look “probably just before the draft.” It has been rumored for a while now that the Lions would be in the market for new uniforms. The team crossed the minimum five-year waiting period...
Mar 26, 2024
2024 NFL rule changes and how it impacts the Detroit Lions

2024 NFL rule changes and how it impacts the Detroit Lions

Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports The NFL has made another wave of rule changes that will take affect in 2024. Let’s break down the changes and how it impacts the Lions. Tinkering with the NFL rulebook is an annual tradition for the league, and the 2024 saw a fair number of changes, many of which were proposed by the Detroit Lions or had affected them in some way the year prior. Because the wording of such a memo can be confusing at times, let’s break down all the changes that have been approved and highlight a few reasons why they were made in the first place. 2024...
Mar 26, 2024
How Detroit Lions landed every ‘Plan A’ target in free agency

How Detroit Lions landed every ‘Plan A’ target in free agency

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Lions GM Brad Holmes says they signed every top target in free agency. Here’s how it happened. “I truly believe this was our best free agency of all that we’ve had since we’ve been here.” Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes came out firing in his opening statement to a small group of Detroit media at the owners meetings. While the Lions didn’t make a ton of splash signings this free agency, Holmes believes they went out and accomplished just about everything they wanted to. Why does he think that? Well, according...