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• NFL mock draft: Top 11 options for Detroit Lions at Pick 50

The Detroit Lions are on the clock for their second-round pick in our site-wide 2026 NFL mock draft. This draft is run by our commenters. We took 31 of our most loyal commenters and asked them to act as general managers for 31 teams. The Lions’ general manager is our own Erik Schlitt. We’ve spent […]...2026
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: San Francisco 49ers select Caleb Lomu

With less than two weeks before the 2026 NFL Draft, our annual Community Mock Draft is getting closer to the end of the first round. As a reminder, our Community Mock Draft is where 31 of our most loyal commenters are acting as general manager of 31 different teams, while Erik Schlitt manages the Detroit […]...2026
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Minnesota Vikings select Dillon Thieneman

After the Detroit Lions have made their pick in our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, it’s time to continue with our site-wide, two-round mock. As a reminder, this mock is being completed by our community. We have 31 of our most loyal commenters acting as general manager for 31 teams. Erik Schlitt picked […]...2026
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Vega Ioane

We are inching closer to the Detroit Lions’ selection in our 2026 NFL mock draft, as created by our community. As a reminder, in this mock draft, our most devoted commenters are acting as general manager for each team. We’ve got 31 different members of our community representing 31 different teams, and Erik Schlitt is […]...2026
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Baltimore Ravens select Francis Mauigoa

The Detroit Lions are just three picks away from being on the clock in our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. Only the Ravens, Buccaneers, and Jets stand in the way of the Lions (headed by Erik Schlitt in this year’s mock) getting the best player they can get. As a reminder, our month-long […]...2026
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Cincinnati Bengals select Sonny Styles

Our site-wide 2026 NFL mock draft continues! As a reminder, this is our Community Mock Draft, where our most loyal commenters get to act as an NFL general manager. We’ve got 31 different commenters representing 31 different teams, while the Detroit Lions are general managed by Pride of Detroit managing editor Erik Schlitt. The Cincinnati […]...2026
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• Mailbag: Will Detroit Lions, Alex Anzalone come to a new deal?

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images In our latest Midweek Mailbag podcast, Erik and Jeremy take training camp questions from Detroit Lions fans. The Detroit Lions have the first contractual situation on their hands in the Dan Campbell/Brad Holmes era. On Tuesday, veteran linebacker Alex Anzalone made it abundantly clear that he wants a new contract and is not particularly happy ...2025
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• Former Lions-drafted running back signed by Tennessee Titans

Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK Former Lions 7th-round pick Jermar Jefferson is now with the Tennessee Titans. For the second straight day, a former Detroit Lions draft pick has found a new home. After defensive end James Houston signed with the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday, it was Jermar Jefferson’s turn this afternoon. The Lions 2021 seventh-round running back has signed with th...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions 53-man roster projection: Pre-training camp edition

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Erik Schlitt and Jeremy Reisman put their heads together for their annual pre-training camp Lions 53-man roster projection. Detroit Lions 2025 training camp practices are set to begin on Sunday, and that means it’s time for another installment of our 53-man roster projection. As has become tradition, Jeremy Reisman and I collaborate on this projection in...2025
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• Ranking every player on the Detroit Lions’ 2025 roster: 90-81

Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images Our rankings of every Detroit Lions players on the 2025 roster kicks off with players we placed in the bottom 10. As we inch toward Detroit Lions training camp, it’s time to take inventory of the roster. For the past six seasons, we’ve undertaken the exercise of ranking every single player on the team’s roster. This exercise not only provides us with a...2025
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• 2025 Lions draft preview: Incredible EDGE class fits team’s biggest need

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images The Detroit Lions’ biggest need just so happens to match with the 2025 NFL Draft’s deepest position. Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes may say he doesn’t draft for need, but in 2025, he may not have much of a choice. The 2025 NFL Draft class is filled with defensive end talent that drives deep into Day 2. And while Detroit could get by in 2025 wit...2025
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• Vote for the 2024 Detroit Lions MVP

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Vote for the player who was the Detroit Lions’ Most Valuable Player in 2024. Our 2024 Detroit Lions awards come to a close with the biggest one of all: Most Valuable Player. This Lions team is not built on the shoulders of one particular player. In fact, their strength lied in their versatility and ability to find heroes at all levels and each facet of ...2025
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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Vote for Breakout Player of the Year

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Cast your vote on the Detroit Lions’ Breakout Player of the Year for the 2024 season. With the NFL season now comfortably behind us, it’s time to take one last look at the Detroit Lions’ 2024 season and celebrate the best moments. It’s time for the Pride of Detroit Awards, or the PODies. Wait, that sounds like potties. Let’s just stick with the POD Awa...2025
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• Detroit Lions mailbag: Is it time to stop drafting long-term projects?

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Lions GM Brad Holmes has taken some risks with small-school prospects as of late. Is it too early to say that has been a mistake? What Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has done with the team’s roster over the past four years has been nothing short of remarkable. In short order, Holmes has managed to take a roster that was in full-on rebuild mo...2025
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• Lions mailbag: Is it better to go all-in or stay competitive longer?

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Our Detroit Lions mailbag answers a tough philosophical roster building question. All week, Detroit Lions fans have been debating whether it’d be smart to go after Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, who is disgruntled and requested a trade. Earlier in the week, we ran a poll asking Lions fans if they would trade a pair of first-round picks to land Gar...2025
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• Free agent profile: Re-signing Tim Patrick should be top priority

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images A look at the pros, cons, and projected cost of re-signing Tim Patrick for the Detroit Lions. With the NFL offseason upon us and free agency just a smidge more than a month away, it’s time to look at the internal decisions the Detroit Lions are facing in the upcoming weeks. After signing 11 practice squad players to futures deals, and re-signing Morice N...2025
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• Notes: A guide to Detroit’s 2024 NFL Draft festivities

Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images From Corktown to Greektown, a guide to the 2024 NFL Draft events in Detroit. After quite literally watching a clock count down in Campus Martius, the 2024 NFL Draft is finally here. I’ve heard friends or family mention they’re considering heading downtown for the festivities, so I thought it may be helpful to put together some options. First and foremo...2024
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: San Francisco 49ers select Caleb Lomu
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Minnesota Vikings select Dillon Thieneman
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Vega Ioane
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Baltimore Ravens select Francis Mauigoa
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Cincinnati Bengals select Sonny Styles
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• 2026 NFL mock draft: Washington Commander select Makai Lemon

Our 2026 NFL mock draft continues. For those just joining in now, our site-wide mock is run by some of our most devoted community members. The 31 teams are represented individually by one of our commenters, while Erik Schlitt will select for the Detroit Lions. We’ve come to Pick 7 in the mock, which is […]...2026
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• 2026 NFL community mock draft: Las Vegas Raider select Fernando Mendoza

It’s time to kick off our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, where our commenters control all the picks. In this exercise, we have 31 members of our community representing 31 teams, and Pride of Detroit writer Erik Schlitt will general manage the Detroit Lions. Each day, we’ll roll out a couple of picks […]...2026
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• Lions training camp highlights: Hutchinson, TeSlaa make HUGE pays

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A look at the best plays from Day 5 of Detroit Lions training camp. For the first time in all of 2025 Detroit Lions training camp, the team provided some pretty extensive highlights from Friday’s practice, and they are absolutely worth your time. In total, the Lions shared four different videos from camp, and while there is a bit of overlap b...2025
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• Mailbag: Will Detroit Lions, Alex Anzalone come to a new deal?
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• Former Lions-drafted running back signed by Tennessee Titans
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• 2025 NFL schedule: Detroit Lions game-by-game predictions

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Erik Schlitt and Jeremy Reisman once again make their game-by-game projections for the upcoming Detroit Lions season. The Detroit Lions 2025 schedule has been released, and it’s once again time to make some way-too-early predictions for the season. For the fourth season in a row, Jeremy Reisman and I have made our game-by-game predictions of the Lions’ s...2025
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• NFL Draft roundtable: What is a pick the Lions should have made?

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images What’s a pick the Detroit Lions should have—but didn’t—make in the 2025 NFL Draft? Our staff makes their choices. When looking back on NFL Draft results, sometimes it’s not the decision that a general manager made, but a decision they didn’t make that sank their careers. For example, the New York Jets selected safety Jamal Adams with the sixth overall pi...2025
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• 2025 NFL mock draft: 11 best Round 2 options for the Detroit Lions

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Exploring 11 options for the Detroit Lions in the second round of our 2025 NFL mock draft. The Detroit Lions are on the clock again in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock. With their 28th overall selection, Erik Schlitt opted to draft Boston College edge defender Donovan Ezeiruaku. Now he faces a tough decision in the second round. I’m not going to li...2025
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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Offensive Player of the Year

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Detroit Lions’ 2024 offense made franchise history. Their 564 points not only led the entire NFL, but it set a team record for points in a season, obliterating the previous mark of 474 points, set back in 2011. As always, it take a village to build and offense. Detroit’s offense is made up of several All-Pros and Pro Bowlers, which makes the next P...2025
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• Lions mailbag: Is it better to go all-in or stay competitive longer?
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• Free agent profile: Re-signing Tim Patrick should be top priority
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• 2025 Detroit Lions draft roundtable: What was the biggest surprise?

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Our staff picks out the biggest surprises from the 2025 Detroit Lions draft. As we continue to dig into the Detroit Lions’ 2025 draft class, we wanted to give the entire staff a voice to share their overall thoughts on how Brad Holmes and company performed over the weekend. This is the first installment in a seven-part series of Lions draft superlatives....2025
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• 2025 NFL Combine preview: 6 running backs the Detroit Lions should be watching

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images Identifying which running backs the Detroit Lions should be keeping an eye on during the 2025 NFL Combine. Our 2025 NFL Combine preview series continues, with this installment focusing on a handful of running backs who should be on the radar of Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes. The running backs will participate in on-field activities on Saturday, ...2025
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• What Dan Campbell wants in Detroit Lions’ next offensive coordinator

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Lions coach Dan Campbell explained what the team will be looking for in their next offensive coordinator. With Ben Johnson now heading to Chicago, the biggest task ahead of the Detroit Lions is finding a new offensive coordinator. For the last three years, the team has been dragged to success by a top-five offense, and while the roster on offense rema...2025
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• Notes: Vikings’ plot to get Minnesota fans to Detroit may have backfired

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Vikings tried to get some of their fans to Detroit for the biggest game of the regular season, but things didn’t go according to plan. After a few months of speculation, we are finally getting exactly what the NFL wanted all along. A matchup for all of the regular season marbles on “Sunday Night Football” between the Detroit Lions and Minneso...2025
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• UNLOCKED: Dan Campbell is already coaching like they’re on top

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Unlocked from Pride of Detroit Direct: Dan Campbell’s fourth-down aggression IS coaching like a top-tier team. Editor’s note: The following article is by Ty Schalter, a writer for the Pride of Detroit Direct newsletter. We’ve unlocked this article for public consumption, because Ty is awesome and this article is great. If you want weekly columns like th...2024
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• NFL Week 13 expert picks, score predictions: Lions vs. Bears on Thanksgiving Day

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Our staff makes their expert picks for the NFL Week 13 battle between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving Day. The Detroit Lions (10-1) will take on the Chicago Bears (4-7) in Week 13 on Thanksgiving Day in downtown Detroit. The Lions have not won on Turkey Day since 2016, but they are more concerned with securing a wi...2024
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• Week 8 opening odds: Detroit Lions opening line highest in 7 years

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images The opening betting lines for Week 8 have been released and the Detroit Lions opening line is the highest it’s been in 7 years. After two consecutive road games, the Detroit Lions (5-1) will return home in Week 8 and host the Tennessee Titans (1-5) at Ford Field. These two teams are headed in opposite directions and the good folks over at FanDuel Sportsbook hav...2024
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• Detroit Lions report card: Defense steps up big time vs. Chiefs

The Detroit Lions defense helped carry a sputtering offense against the Kansas City Chiefs. We hand out positional grades to analyze the entire team’s performance. The Detroit Lions didn’t play their prettiest game against the Kansas City Chiefs, but no Week 1 game is perfect. The fact that the Lions were still able to pull off the victory over the Super Bowl champs on such an imperfect night is ...2023
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• Predictions: What will the Lions’ record be? Will they make the playoffs?

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Our staff makes their 2023 Detroit Lions record predictions. Last week, we polled Pride of Detroit users on the Detroit Lions’ 2023 record, and a whopping 89 percent of you believe the team will win at least 10 games. That would be quite an accomplishment for this franchise, as they’ve reached double-digit wins in a season just twice since 1995 and only fi...2023
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• Matt Patricia buried after Eagles give up game-losing 92-yard TD drive

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia is under heavy criticism again after allowing backup QB Drew Lock to beat the Eagles with a 92-yard game-winning drive. This week, the Philadelphia Eagles made somewhat of a desperate coaching move. After giving up over 30 points in three consecutive games, Philly opted to move defensive coordinator Sean Desai t...2023
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• Exploring the roster impact of Lions WR Jameson Williams being reinstated early

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images What to expect from the return of Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams. Friday afternoon, the NFL and NFLPA altered the league’s stance on gambling, handing down stricter future penalties, while also issuing some select forgiveness to those currently suspended due to unclear expectations. Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams is amongst t...2023
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• Report: Lions restructure Tracy Walker’s contract, create $5 million in cap space
Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports A look at what Tracy Walker’s contract restructure may look like and what it means for Detroit Lions free agency. On Monday, our own Erik Schlitt broke down eight different options for the Detroit Lions to create more cap space by restructuring the contracts of different players. According to ESPN’s Field Yates, the Lions followed his advice, adjusting Tracy ...2023
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• Detroit Lions fans reveal when they first believed in Dan Campbell

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Detroit Lions fans explain the first time they really started believing Dan Campbell was the right head coach for the team. It’s fair to say that Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is likely one of the most popular people in the state of Michigan right now and for good reason. In just a matter of three seasons, he’s taken one of the historically worst f...2024
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• Lions 7-round mock draft: Ryan Mathews and Erik Schlitt edition
Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Pride of Detroit’s Ryan Mathews and Erik Schlitt team up for a 7-round Lions mock draft. We are less than a month away from the 2023 NFL Draft, so that means it’s time to overload Detroit Lions fans’ senses with mock drafts. In this version of our mock draft, Ryan Mathews and I (Erik Schlitt) have joined forces to produce a joint mock d...2023
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• Amon-Ra St. Brown giving back to bakery that created full-size cake of him

via Erik Schlitt Amon-Ra St. Brown is giving back to a local Rochester bakery after the cake shop went viral with an Amon-Ra St. Brown life-sized cake. Last week, a Rochester Hills bakery went viral after they created a full-sized Amon-Ra St. Brown cake. The cake depicted the Detroit Lions receiver doing his headstand celebration after scoring against the Green Bay Packers earlier this se...2025
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• Lions training camp highlights: Hutchinson, TeSlaa make HUGE pays
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• Mailbag: Will Detroit Lions, Alex Anzalone come to a new deal?
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• Open thread: Which Lions camp battle is most interesting?

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK Which of the Detroit Lions’ upcoming training camp battles are most intriguing. With less than a week from the start of Detroit Lions training camp, the hype for football is steadily rising. For over the past week, Erik Schlitt has been previewing training camp by looking at each position and the most notable battles within them. If you need to ca...2025
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• Mailbag: Are the Detroit Lions ahead of NFL positional trends?

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK The NFL is ever evolving. But are the Detroit Lions ahead of the curve when it comes to prioritizing specific types of players? Generally speaking, there are a handful of agreed-upon “premium positions” in the NFL. Quarterback is still the most important position in football. Offensive tackles and defensive ends are drastically important for pass p...2025
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• VIDEO: Discussing Za’Darius Smith’s potential return to Detroit

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Meko and Morgan are back on the Pride of Detroit YouTube Channel, discussing Za’Darius Smith’s recent comments expressing his desire to return to the Lions. I never thought I'd be saying this while writing about the Detroit Lions, but man, a big shoutout to Kash Doll. On a serious note, dating Kash Doll may not directly end up helping to fac...2025
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• Detroit Lions 2025 draft roundtable: Least favorite pick

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Our staff makes their pick for least favorite Detroit Lions pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. At this point in time, it’s hard to doubt Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes. He’s built up so much goodwill with an incredible hit rate in his first four NFL drafts that if you criticize a pick, you’re playing against the odds. That said, we all are entitled ...2025
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• Breaking down Jeff Okudah trade; Should Lions trade for Devin White?
Junfu Han-USA TODAY Sports On our latest Detroit Lions podcast, we break down the Jeff Okudah trade and answer whether we’d trade for Bucs LB Devin White. On Tuesday night, we convened for an emergency podcast in the wake of the news that the Detroit Lions are trading Jeff Okudah to the Atlanta Falcons. While the news may not have been all that surprising, it is certainly a development wo...2023
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