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• Detroit Lions DT Roy Lopez will outwork you

One of the most overlooked free agent signings for the Detroit Lions was defensive tackle Roy Lopez. The 28-year-old defender was drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, and despite starting 29 games for the Texans in his first two seasons, he was waived in 2023. He again became a starter anew […]...2025
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 3: Rock Ya-Sin changes secondary makeup

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images How did the Detroit Lions’ preseason opener change positional battles on defense? Our staff make some roster predictions. The Detroit Lions defense faces a lot of questions in 2025. And after the Lions’ preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers, not many of them have been answered. However, the emergence of Rock Ya-Sin has provided some ...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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• 2025 Detroit Lions updated depth chart: Preseason vs. Chargers

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images An updated 2025 Detroit Lions depth chart based on what we have seen at training camp practices. Ahead of every Detroit Lions game in 2025, we will provide readers with an updated depth chart of the team’s roster based on what we are seeing at practices. For this initial preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers, the Lions have already s...2025
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 2: Several new bubble players on defense

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Our staff makes prediction for the final roster spots on defense after Week 1 of Detroit Lions training camp. Over the past week, there has been a lot of shifting on the Detroit Lions' defense. Due to injuries, some surprise performances, and just so many reserve spots up for grabs, the Lions' roster bubble is growing on defense. Last week, w...2025
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 3: Rock Ya-Sin changes secondary makeup
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• Lions vs. Chargers snap counts: What usage says about Detroit’s position battles
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• Detroit Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position vs. Chargers
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 2: Several new bubble players on defense
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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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• Injury report: Alex Anzalone, 5 others return to practice

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Detroit Lions are starting to get much healthier as Week 1 of training camp comes to a close. Full injury updates here. After approaching the first few days of training camp practice with some caution, the Detroit Lions had a pretty full roster of healthy players on Saturday. Their sixth camp practice—and first in front of season-ticket h...2025
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• Open thread: What is a bigger need for the Lions: DT or EDGE?

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Detroit Lions are reportedly still in the market for a defensive end, but do they have an even bigger need right now? With the recent report from the Detroit Free Press that the Detroit Lions are still reportedly in the market for a defensive end, it got me thinking a little bit. Is that even the biggest need for the Lions right now? All...2025
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• Lions injury report: Tyleik Williams out, but clean day for Detroit

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Detroit Lions first-round pick was absent from practice Friday, but it was almost exclusively good injury news on Day 5 of training camp. For the first time since training camp opened, no Detroit Lions appeared to suffer an injury during the team’s first padded practice. It’s a nice sigh of relief after some frustrating days in the first ...2025
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• Detroit Lions training camp observations Day 4: Offense shifts interior OL

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Observations from Day 4 of the Detroit Lions' 2025 training camp include notes on Tate Ratledge, Erick Hallett, and turnovers. After a day off following three straight practices, the Detroit Lions returned to the practice field on Thursday for Day 4 of their 2025 training camp. Despite having an intense practice before the break, the Lions ret...2025
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• Lions roster preview: Brodric Martin faces uphill climb

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Detroit’s investment along the interior defensive line this offseason speaks volumes. Brodric Martin now faces a critical summer to prove he still belongs. We’re less than a month out from the start of training camp for the Detroit Lions, and our roster series preview rolls along with a look at Brodric Martin—a project that has yet to develop. Will Marti...2025
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• Lions GM Brad Holmes explains why team didn’t spend much in free agency

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Lions GM Brad Holmes explained why the team was not interested in spending a ton of money in free agency this year. During his media session at the NFL owners meetings, it’s clear Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes wanted to convey a message to fans about their modest free agency period over the last month. “I don’t know if I was as clear as I co...2025
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"Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Detroit Lions have scored a second deal in free agency, inking defensive tackle Roy Lopez to a one-year deal."

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"Arizona had two sacks in Week 1, one by a cornerback and the other by nose tackle Roy Lopez."

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"Sheldon Rankins, Maliek Collins, Roy Lopez, Hassan Ridgeway, Kurt Hinish."

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"and Eric Murray, defensive linemen Roy Lopez and Jordan Jenkins, and offensive linemen Justin Britt and Tytus Howard."

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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 3: Rock Ya-Sin changes secondary makeup
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• Lions vs. Chargers snap counts: What usage says about Detroit’s position battles
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 2: Several new bubble players on defense
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• Training camp observations Day 6: Veteran DL, rookie WRs give fans a show
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• Injury report: Alex Anzalone, 5 others return to practice
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• Lions injury report: Tyleik Williams out, but clean day for Detroit
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• Detroit Lions training camp observations Day 4: Offense shifts interior OL
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• Top free agent linebacker visits Detroit Lions

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have shown interest in one of the top free agent linebackers remaining. After Day 3 Detroit Lions training camp practice, Alex Anzalone met with the media and was candid about his current standing. Anzalone reiterated his desire to retire as a Lion, but admitted he had “no clue” about the timeline for his return as he recovers from a hamst...2025
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• Detroit Lions GM: Alim McNeill could return ‘earlier than expected’

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Detroit Lions star defensive tackle Alim McNeill could return to play earlier than expected, according to general manager Brad Holmes. There has never been a clear timetable for the return of Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alim McNeill. The star defensive tackle tore his ACL on Dec. 15 in a game against the Buffalo Bills. The typical return f...2025
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• Training camp observations Day 6: Veteran DL, rookie WRs give fans a show
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• How Brad Holmes, Dan Campbell rebuilt the Lions roster: Defense and Special Teams

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images While the Detroit Lions had pieces of a successful offense under head coach Matt Patricia, it was the defense that stood out for all the wrong reasons. The defensive mastermind failed to master anything during his time as head coach, and when time came to rebuild, new general manager Brad Holmes had a lot of work to do to clean up the mess left by Patr...2025
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• Detroit Lions 2025 training camp preview: How Alim McNeill’s injury impacts DT room

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The next installment in our training camp preview series looks at the Detroit Lions’ defensive tackle group. In this installment of our Detroit Lions 2025 training camp preview series, we switch sides of the ball and examine the Lions’ interior defensive line group, speculating on current and future roles, and discussing how many players from ...2025
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• Open thread: Which Lions are likely to make their first Pro Bowl in 2025?

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Predicting who, besides Kerby Joseph, will be named to their first Pro Bowl Team this season I get it. Pro Bowl recognition isn’t what it used to be. The format has changed, alternates abound, and some players would rather skip it entirely. But Pro Bowl nods still carry real weight in a player’s career narrative, and in discussions surrounding title cont...2025
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• Eagles schedule preview: Detroit Lions

Photo by Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images Same ****, different team When and Where: Week 11 at home Last season: Ran out of defenders and lost in the divisional round to Washington. Added: DJ Reed, Roy Lopez, Avonte Maddox Lost: Kevin Zeitler, Carlton Davis Players added or lost in order of snaps played last season. Top draft picks: Tyleik Williams, Tate Ratledge, Isaac Teslaa Biggest...2025
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• Lions roster preview: Brodric Martin faces uphill climb
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• Lions roster preview: Aidan Hutchinson could win 2 major awards in 2025

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images After suffering a gruesome leg injury in 2024, can Aidan Hutchinson bounce back to his old ways? We are officially in the dead period of the NFL season, which means you all have a month to get ready before training camp starts, and the smell of football is in the air. What that also means is the return of the Pride of Detroit roster preview! We will take a look at...2025
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• NFC West offseasons: Don’t discount the Cardinals

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Can Kyler Murray get the Cardinals to the playoffs? While most sportsbooks have pegged either the Los Angeles Rams or San Francisco 49ers as the favorites to take the NFC West in 2025, it would be unwise to discount a maturing Arizona Cardinals team. Arizona went 8-9 in their second year under head coach Jonathan Gannon, improving from their 2023 mark of 4-1...2025
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• Why the Detroit Lions should extend Alex Anzalone

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Alex Anzalone is in a contract year in 2025, but the Detroit Lions should ensure the veteran linebacker is around for good. When the Detroit Lions and Aaron Glenn brought Alex Anzalone over from New Orleans as a low-risk veteran addition early in the rebuild, I never imagined I’d one day be advocating for his fourth contract in Detroit. That speaks volu...2025
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• Lions open as favorites over Packers in Week 1 showdown

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Lions open the 2025 season as road favorites over the Packers in Week 1. The 2025 NFL regular season schedule was released on Wednesday night, and the Detroit Lions will kick things off at Lambeau Field, where they’ll take on their division rival Green Bay Packers. The Lions and the Packers both made the playoffs in 2024, and each is considered ...2025
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• Lions vs. Chargers snap counts: What usage says about Detroit’s position battles
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• Detroit Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position vs. Chargers
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• Top free agent linebacker visits Detroit Lions
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• Lions training camp injury report: D.J. Reed sits, Malcolm Rodriguez progressing

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Detroit Lions saw several players inch their way closer to the practice field on Tuesday. While the Detroit Lions entered training camp with nine players on an injury list, we’re already starting to see signs that the list could shrink in the coming days. Let’s take a closer look at the Lions’ injury situation with Day 2 updates both fro...2025
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• How Brad Holmes, Dan Campbell rebuilt the Lions roster: Defense and Special Teams
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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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• 6 Detroit Lions players facing uphill battle after 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Now that the NFL Draft is wrapped up, there are many players that will need to step up to secure their role for 2025. The NFL Draft is an opportunity for a team to accumulate more young talent in hopes of pushing towards a future Super Bowl title. Though the draft can be a happy moment for the new faces entering the NFL, it can also pres...2025
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• 10 potentially surprising first-round candidates for the Detroit Lions

Photo by CFP/Getty Images Running through NFL Draft scenarios to brace Detroit Lions fans for the inevitable unexpected decision. We’ve officially reached that point in the NFL Draft cycle where Detroit Lions fans know the usual suspects mocked to Detroit — and most have locked in their own favorite targets. But if Brad Holmes has taught us anything over the past four drafts, it’s this: he...2025
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• Lions GM Brad Holmes explains why team didn’t spend much in free agency
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• Per ESPN’s Ben Solak, Cardinals’ rank #13 in 2025 free agency

Tell us what you love about this class and what you don’t love about it Per ESPN’s Ben Solak, the Arizona Cardinals had the 13th best free agency class/most improved roster in the NFL this year. Here is Ben Solak’s assessment: 2025 NFL free agency class rankings: Most improved rosters - ESPN 13. Arizona Cardinals Key acquisitions and returning players: Edge Josh Sweat, C Evan Brown, DT Dalvin Tom...2025
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• Report: Lions to sign NT Roy Lopez to 1-year deal

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Detroit Lions have scored a second deal in free agency, inking defensive tackle Roy Lopez to a one-year deal. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Detroit Lions are signing nose tackle Roy Lopez to a one-year contract worth $4.65 million. Lopez was drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Houston Texa...2025
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• Detroit Lions re-signing Levi Onwuzurike to prove-it deal

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are bringing back DT Levi Onwuzurike on a short, team-friendly deal. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Detroit Lions are re-signing defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike to a 1-year $5.5 million contract extension. Onwuzurike was drafted by the Lions in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft (the first of the Brad Holmes/Dan Cam...2025
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• Were the Lions aggressive enough in free agency?

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The PODcast breaks down the Detroit Lions’ first week in free agency and answer some bigger questions. The Detroit Lions have watched the first week of free agency go by and made a good number of signings and re-signings. Regardless of the roster assembled, a sentiment has appeared among a contingent of fans that there is something just not there. Someth...2025
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• Jameson Williams, Jahmyr Gibbs among several Lions changing numbers

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images Several Detroit Lions players are changing their numbers for the 2025 NFL season. The Detroit Lions announced on Thursday that eight different players are changing their jersey numbers with the team, while also announcing the numbers for the incoming players from free agency. Most notably, Jameson Williams is switching from No. 9 to the No. 1 jers...2025
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• Lions injury update: Levi Onwuzurike out for year after ACL surgery

Eamon Horwedel-Imagn Images The Lions will be without one of their most flexible defense lineman for the entire 2025 season. The Detroit Lions will play the entirety of the 2025 season without defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike. Earlier in the week, the Lions placed Onwuzurike on the reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, meaning he’d miss at least four games. However, coach Dan Campbel...2025
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• Detroit Lions still keeping in touch with Za’Darius Smith’s agent

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images The Detroit Lions released Za’Darius Smith due to his cost, but Brad Holmes appears open to a reunion at a lower price. One of the players, unfortunately, lost in the fold of the Detroit Lions’ modest approach to free agency was defensive end Za’Darius Smith. Despite offering 4.0 sacks and 36 pressures in eight games for the Lions after Detroit traded ...2025
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• What Cardinals writers, fans are saying about Lions adding Roy Lopez

Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A look at what Cardinals fans and writers are saying about the Detroit Lions adding Roy Lopez in free agency. Late on Tuesday night, it was revealed the Detroit Lions are adding nose tackle Roy Lopez on a one-year, $4.75 million contract. It’s just the Lions’ second dip into free agency, after landing former Jets cornerback D....2025
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• Detroit Lions DT Roy Lopez will outwork you
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 3: Rock Ya-Sin changes secondary makeup
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• Lions vs. Chargers snap counts: What usage says about Detroit’s position battles
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• 2025 Detroit Lions updated depth chart: Preseason vs. Chargers
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• Lions Bubble Watch, Week 2: Several new bubble players on defense
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• Training camp observations Day 6: Veteran DL, rookie WRs give fans a show
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• Injury report: Alex Anzalone, 5 others return to practice
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• Open thread: What is a bigger need for the Lions: DT or EDGE?
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• Lions injury report: Tyleik Williams out, but clean day for Detroit
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• Detroit Lions training camp observations Day 4: Offense shifts interior OL
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• Open thread: How should the Lions replace Levi Onwuzurike?

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images With Levi Onwuzurike out for the season, how will the Detroit Lions replace him? After years of battling injuries, Levi Onwuzurike rebounded in 2024 with a career-best season. Yet instead of a breakout 2025 season, Onwuzurike will instead spend it rehabbing from an ACL injury. It was a difficult blow for the Detroit Lions, not even a day into their train...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions Bubble Watch: Camp battle predictions on defense

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images Our predictions for every Detroit Lions training camp battle on the defensive side of the ball. The Detroit Lions defense went through a ridiculous amount of injuries last year, highlighting the importance of depth in any roster. This year, there remains a ton of top-end talent at every level of the defense, and the depth seems good in many spots, as ...2025
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• Detroit Lions Day 3 OTA observations: Position-by-position breakdown
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• 10 potentially surprising first-round candidates for the Detroit Lions
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• Lions mock draft roundup 7.0: Tons of EDGE options await

Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Taking a closer look at the prospects from the 2025 NFL Draft that have been projected to the Detroit Lions over the past week. This is a slightly unusual edition of the Detroit Lions Mock Draft Roundup, as the 2025 free agency period kicked off in the middle of the week. As a result, some mock drafts were published ahead of all the acti...2025
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• Cardinals’ Combine Chatter

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Here are some between-the-lines guesses Yesterday on X, I posted this tweet: The veracity of the Combine interviews with GMs and HCs can be summed up in 4 words: "Josh is our guy."— Walter B J Mitchell (@WBJMItch) February 25, 2025 Here is what we fans can take for certain while listening to GMs and HCs at the Combine talk about their teams, draft p...2025
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• Lions vs. Cardinals preview: 4 key matchups, statistical notes

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Breaking down 4 key matchups for Lions vs. Cardinals with a deep statistical dive. Welcome to my Week 3 observations for the Detroit Lions upcoming matchup at the Arizona Cardinals. The Lions are hoping to right the ship after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sunk their journey to starting 2-0. It’s the first road test for the Lions and there is reassuranc...2024
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• How closely is Monti Ossenfort following the Patriots’ coaching and personnel philosophies?

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images From the get-go it appears that MO has been mostly following his own m.o. One ROTB mailbag question that I have been meaning to try to answer is from Stewie43: “After living in Patriots land for years, do you see any similarities between MO’s mo for roster building and the Patriots way?” MO’s m.o.! This is such a great question —- one...2024
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• Houston Texans 2021 Draft class review

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Time to issue the 3-year term report cards With the NFL draft now a mere couple of weeks away, fans look to that time with anticipation. Mock drafts o’ plenty dominate the sports interwebs. Then comes the actual draft followed by the immediate grades/evaluations. Some will have been deemed to made the franchise-altering draft, while others will have people ...2024
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