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The 2026 NFL Draft is just two days away, and reporters are busy contacting all of their sources to get the last ounce of rumors out there before the three-day event. While things have been extremely quiet connecting the Detroit Lions to any players, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler dropped an interesting note on Tuesday that could […]
The Detroit Lions have released the first episode of this season’s highly watched series “Inside the Den.” This episode of the Emmy-award winning documentary series goes behind-the-scenes to touch on some key offseason movements within the franchise. It starts with a look at new offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, as he sits down with a few […]
The Detroit Lions took the value route in free agency this offseason, with the majority of their contracts signed at modest terms. There was a batch of late Lions free agent signings that hadn’t been announced with contract details. But on Tuesday morning, those contract deals were made public on salary cap sites OverTheCap and […]
The Detroit Lions often tell a lot about their NFL Draft intentions by the players they decide to meet. Whether it’s formal meetings at the NFL Combine or pre-draft visits to their team facility in Allen Park, the Lions’ draft history has been littered with players they’ve done additional work on. So every year, we […]
Draft sites used: ESPN, NFL Network, CBS Sports, Yahoo, PFF Previous mock draft projections in italics Drew Allar: ESPN: 103rd to Jets (Reid’s April 20th mock), 85th to Steelers (Kiper, Miller, Reid, and Yates’ April 2nd mock) NFL: 128th to Lions (Reuter’s April 20th mock), 157th to Rams (Reuter’s April 3rd mock) CBS: 140th to […]
For the 2025 Detroit Lions, there were basically two different seasons. There was the 5-2 mark they put up before their bye week… and then, there was the 4-6 mark down the stretch as the team’s injury history was even worse than it was in 2024. For the second time in the last four seasons, […]
We’re just three days away from the 2026 NFL Draft, and if everything goes as planned, the Chicago Bears will draft a bunch of future Pro Bowlers, while the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, and Green Bay Packers take bust after bust after bust. That’s probably not likely, so we asked our guys to give us […]
Since the end of the regular season, we’ve been tracking which players national NFL Draft analysts have been mock drafting to the Detroit Lions on a weekly basis. It’s a fun exercise to see what national analysts think, and it’s a good way to introduce our audience to some of the top prospects that may […]
On Sunday night, the Detroit Lions dropped Episode 1 of their 2026 documentary series “Inside the Den.” Often lauded as the best work the Lions production team does all year, the “Inside the Den” docuseries gives fans an inside look as to how the team operates, with insightful interviews and behind-the-scenes moments. This year, their […]
Every NFL Draft is important, but some drafts are more important than others. The Detroit Lions would not be in their current position without general manager Brad Holmes. Whether that is a positive or a negative is up to you. Many look at his draft history and compliment the job he has done to rebuild […]
If the latest mock draft roundup is any indication, just about everyone thinks the Detroit Lions will go offensive tackle with their first-round pick on Sunday. As a reminder, of the 72 mock drafts that Erik Schlitt looked at over the past week, 70 of them had the Lions selecting an offensive lineman. Take away […]
This offseason has seemingly gone by at light speed and we are now less than a week away from the draft—a pivotal draft at that for the Detroit Lions. With the Lions being so cap strapped and passive in free agency, they will once again look to build through the draft. This is where they […]
For years, Detroit Lions fans have been begging the front office to spend high resources on a defensive end opposite Aidan Hutchinson. Detroit’s pass rush may be putting up the pressures and sacks, but the time it’s taking to get to the quarterback is causing the secondary to get toasted in between sacks. Well, the […]
Our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock is well into the second round (track each pick here) and has reached the Detroit Lions and pick No. 50 overall. After selecting Utah right tackle Spencer Fano at pick No. 17 in the first round, I am back on the clock for the Lions’ next pick. As […]
With the 2026 NFL Draft quickly approaching, the Detroit Lions find themselves in a different spot from years past. After drafting largely for depth and developmental players the last couple of years, the Lions are in need of immediate contributors, and those players can be most easily found with either of their first two picks—No. […]
The 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft concluded its first round on Wednesday night. But we’ve got an entire second round to get to. Unlike the first round, we are not doing individual posts for each pick. Rather, we’re revealing the first half of the second round right now—leading right up to the Lions’ […]
This offseason, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell promised that, after a failed 2025 season, they will look at everything they do to see what needs to change. “When it doesn’t work the way that we want it to work, it’s a number of things,” Campbell said back in January. “There are a lot of things that go […]
The Detroit Lions currently have a huge gap in their picks for the 2026 NFL Draft. After the 50th overall pick, the Lions will have to wait until Pick 118 until they’re on the clock again. That’s essentially two full rounds of draft picks that Lions general manager Brad Holmes and company will have to […]
We are now past the half-way point of the first round of this year’s DBN Community NFL Mock Draft. We are releasing four picks at a time in one post to give you more substance to digest how the draft is unfolding. Here you can see all of our NFL mock draft coverage for the […]
On Monday, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes held his pre-draft press conference, answering media questions for just about 20 minutes before heading back to work in preparation for the 2026 NFL Draft. As an NFL general manager, you have essentially one goal for these press conferences: don’t say anything. Don’t give away your intentions, […]
Monday was a big day in the Campbell household as Dan celebrated his 50th birthday. To appease the fans who love behind-the-scenes photos of the Detroit Lions’ head coach, his wife Holly released a mashup of some fun pictures and videos to celebrate the big 5-0. To celebrate, I looked around for a fun, random […]
Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has earned a reputation for being aggressive in the NFL Draft. Through five drafts thus far, he’s traded up 12 times during the NFL Draft, while he’s only traded down three times. In the past two drafts alone, he’s traded up eight times but hasn’t traded down once. During […]
If you look at any Detroit Lions mock draft these days, you’ll almost certainly see an offensive tackle or defensive end mocked to them with a first or second-round pick (or both). It’s almost universally viewed as the team’s biggest needs going into next week 2026 NFL Draft. But during his pre-draft press conference on […]
According to several reports, former Detroit Lions cornerback Chris Payton-Jones died on Saturday night in a fatal car crash in Florida. Payton-Jones first joined the Lions in 2018 after going undrafted following a four-year stint at Nebraska. Though Payton-Jones didn’t make the team that year, he returned to Detroit in 2020 after spending two seasons […]
As of right now, the wide receiver position in Cleveland is looking pretty bleak, with only Jerry Jeudy, Cedric Tillman, and Isaiah Bond having experience running legitimate routes for the team in 2025. The good thing is that they have two excellent opportunities to add a playmaker in round one of the 2026 NFL Draft. […]