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• The Detroit Lions’ backup QB battle has drastically shifted

After the first preseason game, neither Kyle Allen nor Hendon Hooker looked like particularly intriguing options at quarterback. While Allen moved the ball a little better against the Los Angeles Chargers, his two interceptions were bad enough that it was hard to ignore. After the game, our staff still gave the unanimous edge to Hooker […]...2025
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• How to watch Lions vs. Falcons preseason: TV, time, online streaming

The Detroit Lions continue their preseason schedule on Friday night, facing off against the Atlanta Falcons. It’s a good opportunity to put last Thursday’s rough-looking preseason opener against the Los Angeles Chargers behind them. While most starters are expected to sit, there are plenty of reasons to still watch. Hendon Hooker is expected to make […]...2025
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• Detroit Lions training camp observations: 6 standouts from Day 10

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Some standouts from Detroit Lions’ Monday practice include Tyleik Williams, Marcus Davenport, and Isaac TeSlaa. The Detroit Lions held their first night practice on Day 10 of 2025 training camp in an effort to shake things up a bit and get the players accustomed to a changing schedule. Participation report Ahead of practice, coach Dan Campbel...2025
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• Horse Tracks: Broncos in the Hall of Fame revisited

Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Mike Shanahan aside, who should go in next? Just a short 13-years ago, when I wrote this article, the Broncos Hall of Fame landscape looked vastly different than it does today. While the last decade hasn’t been great for Broncos football on the field, Denver’s representation in Canton has blossomed. ...Not that w...2025
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 3: Offensive line roster battle tightening up

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Our staff makes their predictions for the players on the roster bubble after the Detroit Lions’ preseason opener. Preseason games can make all the difference for players on the roster bubble. Displaying to a coaching staff that when the lights come on, you can ball out can be one of the most valuable parts of the evaluation process. And while...2025
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• Film breakdown: All 11 Hendon Hooker dropbacks vs. Chargers

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Breaking down every passing opportunity from Hendon Hooker in the Lions’ preseason opener. One of the biggest storylines from the Detroit Lions’ preseason opener was the disappointing play from the backup quarterbacks. When it comes to third-year passer Hendon Hooker, there was an expectation—based on gained experience and training camp hype—that he would hav...2025
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• 4 takeaways from Lions’ preseason loss to Chargers

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The four biggest takeaways from the Detroit Lions’ preseason loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in the Hall of Fame Game. I won’t spend time telling you to not read too much into the preseason. Chances are you have heard it all before. With that said, there are still some takeaways to be had from the Detroit Lions’ 34-7 loss to the Los Angeles ...2025
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• Chargers-Lions offensive report card: 2nd, 3rd-team offenses underwhelm

Scott Galvin-Imagn Images Handing out offensive grades for the Lions’ first preseason game against the Chargers The Detroit Lions’ exhibition season opened with a deflating thud in a turnover-filled drubbing. Mistakes were abundant. The offense struggled to generate drives, the defense let the Chargers control the ground game and showcase Trey Lance, and the special teams units gift-wrappe...2025
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• Pre-Snap Reads 8/1: Are we concerned about the Charles Cross injury news?

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images It could lead to a slow start for the Seahawks’ LT. In Today’s Links: a DeMarcus Lawrence breakdown from Seaside Joe, Seattle Seahawks Coach Macdonald talks QBs, John Schneider contract extension talk, and much more! The weekend is here. Have yourself some fun. Love yall. Thanks for being here. #np Tek It by Cafune Seahawks News Is DeMarcus Lawrence...2025
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• Lions vs. Chargers snap counts: What usage says about Detroit’s position battles

Scott Galvin-Imagn Images A look at the Detroit Lions’ snap counts vs. the Chargers, and what it may mean for each position battle. Let’s take a closer look at the Detroit Lions’ personnel decisions in their preseason opener against the Los Angeles Chargers. How Detroit used their players can often be a hint as to where position battles currently lie. So I’m going to break down every posi...2025
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• Detroit Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position vs. Chargers

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Checking in on every Detroit Lions player’s stock after their Hall of Fame preseason game against the Chargers. The Detroit Lions’ first preseason game of the 2025 season is in the books, and it’s time to check in on the players who helped or hurt their stock against the Chargers. Attendance The Lions rested 28 players (including 26 start...2025
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• Chargers-Lions Game Recap: Bolts record 5 turnovers, beat Detroit 34-7 in Hall of Fame Game

Scott Galvin-Imagn Images The Chargers defense recorded five takeaways and Trey Lance threw two touchdowns to help rout the Lions in the annual Hall of Fame Game. The first game of the preseason started fast for the Chargers. After forcing a turnover on the opening kickoff, quarterback Trey Lance got the Bolts on the board with a short touchdown pass to tight end Will Dissly. Lance would l...2025
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• Lions vs. Chargers recap: Detroit sloppy in all 3 phases of preseason debut

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images All the live news, analysis and highlights from the 2025 Hall of Fame Game between the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers. Well, it’s a good thing the regular season doesn’t start for another month, right? The Detroit Lions opened up their preseason schedule on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Chargers, and not much went right. Detroit turned t...2025
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"It won’t be cheap, but here are some trade proposals the Lions could put out there to get Myles Garrett: Biggest Trade Offer 2025 First Round Pick 2026 First Round Pick QB Hendon Hooker This would set the Browns up for success and allow them to address getting a young pass rusher in the draft."

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"Lions inactives: QB Hendon Hooker — designated as the team’s emergency quarterback WR Kalif Raymond (knee) — Ruled out on Friday DT Brodric Martin EDGE Julian Okwara EDGE Charles Harris CB Steven Gilmore S Tracy Walker Hooker will once again be the Lions emergency quarterback, meaning he will be inactive for today’s game unless both of Detroit’s other options at quarterback are lost due to injury."

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"This is also likely further proof that the Lions will continue to take things slow with third-round pick Hendon Hooker, who remains on the team’s Non-Football Injury list."

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"2023 NFL Draft: Alabama's Bryce Young, Tennessee's Hendon Hooker deliver memorable weekend performances"

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• Lions preseason recap: Standout players after an All-22 rewatch

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The PODcast crew breaks down their thoughts about the Detroit Lions preseason opener after rewatching the game. The Detroit Lions’ preseason opener was a disappointment for those hoping to see the team go out there and dominate like they did for most of the 2025 season. But the preseason is not the regular seasons, and with the Lions sitting ...2025
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• Chargers-Lions offensive report card: 2nd, 3rd-team offenses underwhelm
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• Pre-Snap Reads 8/1: Are we concerned about the Charles Cross injury news?
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• Chargers-Lions Game Recap: Bolts record 5 turnovers, beat Detroit 34-7 in Hall of Fame Game
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• 5 winners, 3 losers from the Lions’ 34-7 loss against Chargers

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Dissecting who stepped up and flamed out in the Detroit Lions' loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in the Hall of Fame Game. It’s been a long five months, but the NFL is back, and more importantly, the Detroit Lions are playing football. This season, the Lions got an extra head start on the 2025 season by playing in the NFL Hall of Fame game on Thursday nigh...2025
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• Pro Football Hall of Fame Game: Chargers vs. Lions open thread

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images NFL football in July! Why yes, NFL preseason football is here! We’re still exactly a week out from the Seattle Seahawks’ preseason opener versus the Las Vegas Raiders, but in the meantime you can satisfy your NFL fix by watching the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio. This year’s matchup is between the Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lio...2025
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• Why Dan Campbell was encouraged by Lions backup QBs vs. Chargers

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images On the surface the Detroit Lions backup quarterbacks struggled mightily against the Chargers. But coach Dan Campbell explained why he was encouraged by both performances. From the outside looking in, it’s easy to criticize the job that Detroit Lions backup quarterbacks Kyle Allen and Hendon Hooker did against the Los Angeles Chargers. Allen completed 9-o...2025
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• Chargers-Lions Game Recap: Bolts record 5 turnovers, beat Detroit 34-7 in Hall of Fame Game
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• Lions training camp observations: 6 standouts from scrimmage

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Observations from Day 8 of the Detroit Lions’ 2025 training camp focus on the first scrimmage of camp. The Detroit Lions held their first scrimmage of 2025 training camp in an effort to get their starters some reps, as most won’t play in the team’s upcoming Hall of Fame preseason game. Participation report The Lions saw the participation level...2025
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• Training camp observations Day 7: Superstars shine in red zone, situationals

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Observations from Day 6 of the Detroit Lions’ 2025 training camp include notes on The Detroit Lions welcomed the general public to Allen Park on Monday, as the team once again strapped on their pads and took the field for Day 7 of training camp. Participation Report The Lions continue to cycle players in and out of practice, with some exiting ...2025
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 2: OL training camp battle heats up

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK Making predictions for the final roster spots on the Detroit Lions offense after Week 1 of training camp. With the first week of Detroit Lions training camp in the books, we’ve already started to see the team’s roster bubble shift. When we opened our Bubble Watch predictions last week, we assumed there were 40 players who were safe. That number has...2025
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• Training camp observations Day 6: Veteran DL, rookie WRs give fans a show

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Observations from Day 6 of the Detroit Lions’ 2025 training camp include notes on Aidan Hutchinson, Ahmed Hassanein, and Jackson Meeks. The Detroit Lions welcomed season ticket holders to Allen Park on Friday, as the team once again strapped on their pads and took the field for Day 6 of training camp. Participation Report The Lions were able t...2025
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• Chargers-Lions offensive report card: 2nd, 3rd-team offenses underwhelm
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• Lions vs. Chargers snap counts: What usage says about Detroit’s position battles
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• Notes: More video highlights from Lions training camp Week 1

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Video highlights of the best plays from Week 1 of Detroit Lions training camp 2025. Detroit Lions training camp is on hold for a few days, as the team prepares to head due south for the Hall of Fame Game in Canton on Thursday night. In the meantime, though, the team continues to pump out highlights from the last week of practices. In their l...2025
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• Detroit Lions training camp observations: Intensity ramps up on Day 3

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Observations from Day 3 of the Detroit Lions 2025 training camp include notes on Terrion Arnold, Keith Cooper, and Jacoby Keeny-James. The Detroit Lions held their third day of 2025 training camp, and while they’re still in the acclimation process, the intensity gradually increased throughout the day’s practice. While that resulted in some rea...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions Bubble Watch: Camp battle predictions on offense

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Our predictions for every Detroit Lions training camp battle on offense. As Detroit Lions training camp nears, we at Pride of Detroit are kicking off one of our favorite series: Bubble Watch. Bubble Watch is a series of weekly articles where we take the pulse of our staff on the biggest training camp battles going on. How it works is simple: I list a group o...2025
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• Detroit Lions signing QB Teddy Bridgewater

Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions now have a backup quarterback training camp battle, as they are signing Teddy Bridgewater to a 1-year deal. After months of talks, the Detroit Lions are signing veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater according to Ian Rapoport. As of now, contract terms are not immediately available. Bridgewater is a nine-year veteran who last played for th...2023
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• Report: Giants met 'extensively' with Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker

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• Tennessee fans irate over Titans passing on Hendon Hooker for Will Levis
Tennessee football fans saw the perfect opportunity for the Titans to keep Hendon Hooker at home but they took Will Levis instead. Will Levis’ slide out of the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft finally ended on Friday, on the second pick of the second round, as the Titans traded up to grab the […] Tennessee fans irate over Titans passing on Hendon Hooker for Will Levis - FanSided - Fan...2023
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• Lions activate QB Hendon Hooker, waive K Riley Patterson

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Lions have activated third-round rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker from the non-football injury list. On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions announced they are activating third-round rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker from the non-football injury list and waiving kicker Riley Patterson in a corresponding move. Hooker tore his ACL in November of 2022 while at the...2023
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• Notes: Calvin Johnson to host football camp at Detroit Lions team facility
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions and Calvin Johnson continue to mend fences, as the Hall of Fame receiver will host a camp at the team’s facility this year. The mending of the fences between the Detroit Lions and Calvin Johnson continues to move in a positive direction. After Johnson personally helped welcome new Lions draft picks Jack Campbell and Jahmyr Gibbs last month, the...2023
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• Lions signing Teddy Bridgewater as new backup behind Jared Goff, per report

The veteran QB's presence can also help Hendon Hooker, who's recovering from a knee injury...2023
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• Lions TE Sam LaPorta ACTIVE vs. Rams in Wild Card game

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have announced their inactives ahead of their Wild Card playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams. The Detroit Lions have declared their inactives ahead of the Wild Card round of the playoffs matchup with the Los Angeles Rams and the big news is that stud tight end Sam LaPorta is active and will play in this game. LaPorta is having a tremen...2024
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• Hendon Hooker landing spots: Titans among teams that could land Tennessee QB in second round

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• Football is back! NFL Hall of Fame Game players to watch in Chargers/Lions, including Trey Lance

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The NFL is back! There’s football on Thursday night! Honest to God, actual, real football — well, kind of. It’s the Hall of Fame Game, which officially kicks off the NFL Preseason in an affair everyone will be hyped to see, then quickly remember that stars won’t see the field at all in this game. The Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions face off on Thursday night, ...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions 53-man roster projection: Post-HOF game edition

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Erik Schlitt and Jeremy Reisman put their heads together for an updated Lions 53-man roster projection. The Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Chargers opened up the 2025 preseason on Thursday, 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 proj...2025
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• 4 takeaways from Lions’ preseason loss to Chargers
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• Lions training camp preview: WR loaded with depth options, youth

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The next installment in our training camp preview series looks at the Lions’ wide receivers room. With Detroit Lions 2025 training camp just a few weeks away, we have restarted our annual roster preview series. If you’re not familiar with this series, we guide you position-by-position through the roster, examining the starting, reserve, and sp...2025
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• Lions 2025 training camp preview: Can Hendon Hooker stick as QB2?

Kevin R. Wexler / NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK With Lions training camp on the horizon, we are bringing back our camp preview series. Quarterbacks are the first position group on the docket. As we inch closer to the Detroit Lions' 2025 training camp, we are bringing back our roster preview series to help prepare you for all the end-of-summer festivities. If you’re not familiar with ...2025
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• Detroit Lions Day 3 OTA observations: Position-by-position breakdown

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Observations from the Detroit Lions’ OTA practice on Friday—Day 3. On Friday, the Detroit Lions welcomed media to Organized Team Activities (OTAs) for the first time this offseason. It was the team’s third practice in a row and last of the week. Practice was split between walkthroughs, positional drills, 11-on-11s, a brief special teams drill...2025
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• 7 winners from the Detroit Lions’ 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Bad news for some players can be good news for others. Here are 7 players that benefitted from the Detroit Lions’ 2025 NFL Draft. Things are not all doom and gloom for the Detroit Lions depth chart. While some players are at risk of losing a starting role or a roster spot, this post-draft period also highlights how beneficial the NFL Draft was for others...2025
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• New York Jets Flight Connections 02/15/25

Kevin R. Wexler-NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets Happy Saturday, Gang Green Nation. It was an eventful week for the New York Jets. The team provided clarity on its quarterback situation, announcing that Aaron Rodgers will not return in 2025. This in turn kicks off a new round of speculation. Will the team fill the vac...2025
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• Myles Garrett rumors: Analyzing 4 proposed trade packages for the Browns star

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images As Myles Garrett trade buzz continues to swirl, are any of these proposed trades worth it to the Browns? It has been just over 24 hours since Cleveland Browns DE Myles Garrett threw a bombshell into the laps of the team, the NFL and Browns fans. Since, and probably for a while, everything is about Garrett around the NFL. He is just that...2025
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• 9 Detroit Lions cap casualty candidates for the 2025 offseason

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images These nine Detroit Lions players under contract in 2025 could see their deals terminated to save salary cap room. The Detroit Lions have a sizeable list of pending free agents, but before any of those names ink a new contract in Detroit or elsewhere, we could see a player or two get their existing deals axed. Cap causalities are an unfortunate yet imp...2025
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• Lions-49ers snap counts: Jalen Reeves-Maybin returns for largest role of season

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images A look at how the Detroit Lions deployed their snaps against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 17. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell opened Week 17 by declaring that they would not rest their starters, regardless of the playoff implications associated with their game against the San Francisco 49ers. Campbell stood true to his word—and logically explained wh...2024
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• Lions-Titans recap: Turnovers, special teams lead to Detroit BLOWOUT, 52-14

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images The Detroit Lions blew the Titans out of the water thanks to timely turnovers and spectacular special teams play. Recap and highlights here. After the first 15 minutes, it looked like the Detroit Lions and Tennessee Titans were in for a shootout. Early in the second quarter, the two teams were tied at 14. But it was all Detroit Lions from there. A mi...2024
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