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• Discussion: Should the Detroit Lions sign kicker competition for Jake Bates?

On Monday, John Whiticar asked how many starting positions are going to be available to fill this offseason for the Detroit Lions. I’ll let you read his full conclusions here, but he did bring up what I thought was an interesting discussion at kicker. While admitting that Jake Bates is almost certainly going to be […]...2026
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• Notes: Best reactions to Lions 35-24 victory over Cincinnati Bengals

It was the battle of the big cats in Cincinnati as the Detroit Lions took down the Bengals on their home turf. The 35-24 victory offered plenty of ups and downs. We’ve a full recap from Jeremy Reisman, eight takeaways from the game from Brandon Knapp, five winners and three losers from John Whiticar, and […]...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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• Open thread: Biggest reasons to be confident in the 2025 Lions

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It’s been a tough week. Let’s lean back into the positive. Here why you should still be confident in the 2025 Detroit Lions. It’s been a tough week for Detroit Lions fans. With many already predicting the downfall of the team simply due to the loss of both offensive and defensive coordinators, the retirement of Frank Ragnow only adds another ...2025
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• With Frank Ragnow retiring, what’s next for the Lions?

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Breaking down the impact—and outlook—for the Detroit Lions in wake of Frank Ragnow’s sudden retirement. The rumors of a Frank Ragnow retirement had been swirling for a year or two, but the grim possibility became a reality on Monday: the All-Pro center and cornerstone of the Detroit Lions offense has retired. Whether or not the Lions coaches and front of...2025
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• Open thread: What’s the worst part of the Lions’ 2025 schedule?

David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports Breaking down the worst parts of the 2025 Detroit Lions schedule. Since Wednesday, we have highlighted a lot of good things about the Detroit Lions’ 2025 schedule. I shared the six things I love. John Whiticar noted that the Lions are getting an advantage when it comes to the bye week. There was a hidden benefit when it comes to travel, and while the strength...2025
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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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• 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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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Rookie of the Year

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Vote on the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Rookie of the Year. We’ve become spoiled under general manager Brad Holmes. In his first three draft classes, the Detroit Lions have produced at least three full-time starters who are playing at a near-elite level. 2021: Penei Sewell, Alim McNeill, Amon-Ra St. Brown2022: Aidan Hutchinson, Jameson Williams, Kerby Joseph2023: Jahmyr...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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• Lions News: Jameson Williams reacts to Antwaan Randle El losing it during 82-yard TD

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Detroit Lions WR coach Antwaan Randle El had a terrific reaction to Jameson Williams’ 82-yard TD, but watching JAMO react to Randle El was classic. Check it out. One of the many, many things that make this Detroit Lions team so great is the mutual love and respect that clearly exists between players and coaches. That’s why when Jameson Williams took off f...2024
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• 2024 NFL season preview: Super Bowl predictions

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Our 2024 NFL season preview series concludes with our picks for Super Bowl 59. We may be two games into the 2024 NFL season, but the year doesn’t really begin until Sunday’s slate is upon us. But before we get there, we’ve got one more piece of business to attend to. Many Detroit Lions fans believe Super Bowl 59 could be the first featuring their team. ...2024
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• Notes: Best reactions to Lions 35-24 victory over Cincinnati Bengals
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• Ranking every player on the Detroit Lions’ 2025 roster: 90-81
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• With Frank Ragnow retiring, what’s next for the Lions?
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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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• Lions draft roundtable 2025: What was the best value pick?
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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 Lions draft roundtable: Which UDFA will have the biggest impact?

Photo by Todd F. Michalek/Syracuse Athletics/University Images via Getty Images Our staff makes their picks for the best Detroit Lions undrafted rookie free agent signings in the 2025 class. For the past 14 years, the Detroit Lions have had at least one undrafted rookie make their initial 53-man roster. But with the team’s strong and deep roster, is this the year that streak finally ends?...2025
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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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• 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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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Defensive Player of the Year
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• Vote on the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Game of the Year
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• Vote for the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Coach of the Year
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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Rookie of the Year
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• 7 takeaways from the Detroit Lions’ loss to the Buffalo Bills

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images 7 takeaways from the Detroit Lions’ loss to the Buffalo Bills. Loss number two is in the books for the Detroit Lions. Their tilt with the Buffalo Bills was expected to be a high-scoring affair, and a 48-42 score line certainly lived up to it. Unfortunately, Detroit was not on the right side of this one, falling to Josh Allen and company. In what many v...2024
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• NFL Week 12 expert picks, score predictions: Lions at Colts

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports Our staff makes their expert picks for the NFL Week 12 battle between the Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts. The Detroit Lions (9-1) will take on the Indianapolis Colts (5-6) in Week 12, wrapping up the Lions battles with AFC South opponents. The Lions are 3-0 in their matchups with the other AFC South teams this season, are riding an eight-game win st...2024
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• NFL Week 4 expert picks, score predictions: Lions vs Seahawks on MNF

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Our staff makes their expert picks for the NFL Week 4 battle between the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks on “Monday Night Football.” The Detroit Lions will take on the Seattle Seahawks in Week 4 on “Monday Night Football” and it’s a scary enough matchup that it has the Pride of Detroit staff all over the map with their predictions. “This is a good o...2024
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• 2025 Detroit Lions draft roundtable: What was the biggest surprise?
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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
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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Vote for Breakout Player of the Year
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• Lions News: Jameson Williams reacts to Antwaan Randle El losing it during 82-yard TD
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• 7 takeaways from the Detroit Lions’ loss to the Buffalo Bills
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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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• NFL Week 2 expert picks, score predictions: Lions vs. Buccaneers

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Our staff makes their expert picks for the NFL Week 2 battle between the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Detroit Lions are hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2 of the 2024 NFL season, in a rematch from last year’s NFC Divisional Playoff round. Both teams are 1-0 on the season, with the Lions beating the Rams in overtime, while the Bucs disman...2024
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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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• 4 takeaways from the Detroit Lions’ victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions overcame a tough Buccaneers defense and emerged with their fifth win of the 2023 season. Grit has defined the Detroit Lions under Dan Campbell, and grit was in the spotlight on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Lions emerged victorious from their bout with the Bucs thanks to hard-fought battles on both sides of the ball. The...2023
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• 5 reasons the Detroit Lions may not live up to offseason hype
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have a ton of expectations heading into 2023. But here are five reasons they could disappoint. The Detroit Lions are being hyped in a way many of us have never seen before. They’re not only division favorites for the first time in decades, but they’re even being mentioned in Super Bowl conversations. So, naturally, as a Lions fan cond...2023
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• Film breakdown: Alex Anzalone is the rock that lets the Lions defense roll

Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images Finally in a proper schematic spot, Detroit Lions captain Alex Anzalone is helping everybody play incredible defensive football. After a slow start, the Detroit Lions defense picked up in Weeks 3 and 4 with solid performances against Atlanta and Green Bay. One of the defensive leaders drawing much praise for this improvement is linebacker Alex Anzalone. H...2023
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• 2023 Detroit Lions season predictions: Who will win the NFC North?

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Predicting whether the Detroit Lions will live up to expectations and win their first division title in three decades. The Detroit Lions, for the first time in my adult lifetime, are in the driver’s seat for the NFC North. There’s not only an opportunity for them to win the division in 2023, there’s an expectation. After three offseasons of rebuilding,...2023
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• Predictions: Will the Detroit Lions win a playoff game?

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Our staff makes their 2023 Detroit Lions record predictions. In our previous prediction, our entire staff predicted the 2023 Detroit Lions to have at least 10 wins, and everyone predicted them to make the postseason this year. Making the playoffs would bring a lot of goodwill to general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell. Win...2023
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• Roundtable: What was the biggest surprise from the Lions’ draft?
Our staff makes their picks for the biggest surprise and best UDFA from the Detroit Lions’ 2023 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions’ 2023 NFL Draft was full of surprises. The overall goal of the draft may have come into focus now that we’ve had a week to digest it, but that doesn’t change the fact that several picks made over last weekend were downright shocking at the moment. To close out our 2023 Detro...2023
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• 2023 Detroit Lions draft roundtable discussion: Best, worst picks
Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK Our staff gives their thoughts on the Detroit Lions 2023 draft class in Part 1 of our roundtable series. Now that we’ve had a few days to digest the Detroit Lions 2023 NFL Draft class, it’s time for our staff to share our thoughts on the picks. This will be Part 1 of a three part series where our staff hands out superlatives for Detroit’s choices. F...2023
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• Discussion: Should the Detroit Lions sign kicker competition for Jake Bates?
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• Ranking every player on the Detroit Lions’ 2025 roster: 90-81
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• With Frank Ragnow retiring, what’s next for the Lions?
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• Open thread: What’s the worst part of the Lions’ 2025 schedule?
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• Roundtable: Which Lions draft pick are you most excited to see in training camp?
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• 2024 Detroit Lions season preview: Breakout Player of the Year prediction

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK Who will be the Detroit Lions’ Breakout Player of the Year? Our 2024 season preview and predictions continue here. Normally during our 2024 Detroit Lions preview, this would be where we predict the team’s Rookie of the Year. However, that’s a little anticlimactic this season, with only first-round pick Terrion Arnold set to take over a starting role this yea...2024
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• Roundtable: What was the biggest surprise from the Lions’ draft?
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