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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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• Lions mailbag: 3 burning questions on the future at running back

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions are set at running back in the present. But in the near future, three burning questions await. Right now, there isn’t a position more set on the Detroit Lions roster than running back. David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs will share the load as the two primary starters. The Lions also have reliable depth in veteran Craig Reynolds and second-...2025
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• Lions mailbag: Could Jared Goff regress with OL shakeup?

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Could Jared Goff go through another Rams-like regression after the Detroit Lions’ losses on the offensive line? With all of the moving parts of the Detroit Lions' offensive line, it’s natural to wonder how that’s going to impact every facet of the team. The Lions have prided themselves on their offensive line, often referring to it as the engine under ...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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• Lions mailbag: How does Frank Ragnow’s retirement impact future re-signings?

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Can the Detroit Lions afford to keep more players now that Frank Ragnow’s contract will come off the books? One of the bigger challenges facing the Detroit Lions in the upcoming years is the ability to retain all of the talent they currently have. General Manager Brad Holmes has talked about this issue several times over the past year, noting that difficult decis...2025
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• Mailbag: How confident should Lions fans be in their new coordinators?

Ryan Garza / USA TODAY NETWORK Should Detroit Lions fans be confident in new offensive coordinator John Morton and defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard? We debate. As NFL analysts begin to make their predictions for the 2025 NFL season, you can already sense some skepticism about the Detroit Lions. While even the most jaded talking head will admit that the Lions roster remains one of the...2025
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• Lions mailbag: 3 burning questions on the future at running back
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• Lions draft roundtable 2025: What was the best value pick?

Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Our staff makes their pick for the most valuable selection made in the Detroit Lions’ 2025 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions’ 2025 draft wasn’t really about value. Detroit was aggressive in grabbing three top-70 players, trading up twice with negative trade value. No one will care if the players they grabbed hit, but by some metrics Detro...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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• POD Community Mock Draft: With the 32nd pick, the Eagles select...

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With the 32nd pick in the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, the Eagles select... The first round is coming to a close in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. While there is still a full round left in our mock, this is the end of our individual picks post. After this, we’ll run through all the picks that run up to the ...2025
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• POD Community Mock: Who should the Lions take at 28?

Breaking down several options the Detroit Lions have in the first round of our 2025 NFL mock draft. The Detroit Lions are on the clock in our Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. Erik Schlitt has made his pick, but before we get to it, let’s discuss the options available, and see who you would pick in this case. Here’s a look at how the first 27 picks in the draft have gone: Titans — QB Cam W...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: Defensive Player of the Year

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Time to vote on our next 2024 POD Award: Detroit Lions 2024 Defensive Player of the Year. For the first half of the season, the Detroit Lions defense was like something we haven't seen in at least a decade. By many statistics they were either first or second-best in the NFL, and when paired with the most explosive offense, it seemed Detroit was unstopp...2025
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• Vote on the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Game of the Year

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Which Detroit Lions game was the best of the 2024 NFL season? The Detroit Lions’ 2024 season will be an unforgettable one. Unfortunately, it’ll be largely defined by its disappointing finish, but if you can look beyond the final result, we’re talking about a historic season for the franchise. A record amount of wins, a record amount of points, and the ...2025
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• Vote for the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Coach of the Year

Photo by Steven King/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cast your vote for the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Coach of the Year. The Detroit Lions’ 2024 coaching staff will be one for the ages. It feels like one of those years where we’ll look back in a couple decades and ask ourselves, “How the hell did they manage to have all of those coaches in one building?” From top to bottom, offense to defense,...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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• Ranking every player on the Detroit Lions’ 2025 roster: 90-81
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• VIDEO: Discussing Za’Darius Smith’s potential return to Detroit
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• Lions mailbag: How does Frank Ragnow’s retirement impact future re-signings?
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• Lions mailbag: Projecting what the defensive line will look like

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK We break down what the Detroit Lions defensive line may look like and how they may treat subpackage personnel. Without a doubt, the biggest question mark on the Detroit Lions is their defensive line. Lions general manager Brad Holmes has pumped a lot of resources into the position—drafting Alim McNeill, Levi Onwuzurike, Aidan Hutchinson, Josh Pasch...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions draft roundtable: Best Lions pick

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Our staff makes their pick for the best 2025 Detroit Lions draft pick. To conclude our 2025 Detroit Lions draft roundtable, our staff selected their favorite pick from the team’s seven selections. Lions general manager Brad Holmes has seemingly hit on at least two or three picks every single draft, and this one figures to be no different. Before we get ...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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• Roundtable: Which Lions draft pick are you most excited to see in training camp?

Photo by Tyler Ingham/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Our staff makes their pick for Detroit Lions 2025 draft pick we’re most excited to see in training camp. With the NFL Draft behind us, Detroit Lions training camp will be here before you know it. While rookie minicamp and OTAs will give us a taste of the 2025 Lions team, the limitations on practice at that point in the offseason will ...2025
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• All-22 film breakdown: What Tate Ratledge brings to Detroit Lions

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Meko and Morgan are back on the Pride of Detroit YouTube channel breaking down the All-22 tape of Lions’ second-round pick Tate Ratledge. Looking to learn even more about the Detroit Lions’ 2025 draft class? Well, you’re in luck! Meko and I (Morgan) are back with more draft-related content, this time breaking down All-22 from the Lions’ second-round pick, Tate Ratl...2025
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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 POD Community Mock Draft: Full results of 2-round mock

All 64 picks revealed from our 2025 two-round NFL mock draft as created by our community members. The 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft has come to a close. Thanks to the help of 31 commenters on the site, we were able to get through two full rounds of our 2025 NFL mock draft. You can see the grades our POD community gave each first round pick with our 2025 community mock draft tracker. ...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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• POD Community Mock Draft: With the 29th pick, the Commanders select..

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images With the 29th pick in the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, the Washington Commanders select... Now that the Detroit Lions domino has fallen, with Erik Schlitt selecting Boston College edge defender Donovan Ezeiruaku at 28 overall, it’s time to finish out the first round in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. If you haven’t been foll...2025
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• POD Community Mock: Who should the Lions take at 28?
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Community mock tracker, selections, grades

Tracking all of the selections and draft grades in our 2025 POD Community Mock Draft. Over the past weekend, we started our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. If you haven’t been following, our Community Mock Draft allows the most active and loyal members of our community to participate as NFL general managers. All 32 teams are represented by a commenter from this site—other than the Det...2025
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• Vote for the 2024 Detroit Lions MVP
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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: How does Frank Ragnow’s retirement impact future re-signings?
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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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• Lions roster construction: How Detroit is spending cap space on offense

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Breaking down how the Detroit Lions are utilizing their cap space for their 2025 offensive players. With free agency nearing its close, it’s time to take inventory on the Detroit Lions and how they have constructed their 2025 roster. One way to do that is to look at the depth chart and players currently under contract. Erik Schlitt has you covered with our...2025
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• Vote on the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Play of the Year

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Detroit Lions had a ton of crazy plays from the 2024 season, but only one can be the best. Vote on the 2024 Detroit Lions Play of the Year. There are not enough staff members on Pride of Detroit to nominate all of the worth candidates for the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Play of the Year. Some teams only get one or two unforgettable moments for a season. The...2025
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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Defensive Player of the Year
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• Vote for your favorite Pride of Detroit moment of 2024

We accomplished a lot in 2024. What was your favorite Pride of Detroit moment of the year? We here at Pride of Detroit are always trying to elevate our game year after year. The sports media business is growing and evolving every single moment, and if we just produced the same content every season, we’d fall behind. The 2024 Detroit Lions season was not only momentous for the franchise itself, but...2025
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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Special Teams Player of the Year

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Cast your vote for the 2024 Detroit Lions Special Teams Player of the Year. The Detroit Lions’ special teams unit remained one of the best in football for the 2024 season. Detroit’s coverage units remained solid, their return game had a few special moments, and even their field goal kicking took a huge step this year. That makes our next Pride of Detroit A...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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• 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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• 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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• VIDEO: Discussing Za’Darius Smith’s potential return to Detroit
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• 2025 Detroit Lions draft roundtable: Best Lions pick
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• Roundtable: Which Lions draft pick are you most excited to see in training camp?
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• All-22 film breakdown: What Tate Ratledge brings to Detroit Lions
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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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• 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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