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Last week, ESPN’s Seth Walder put together a list of the top-100 MVP candidates for the 2025 NFL season. We already know the five finalists for the actual MVP award—Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence, Drake Maye, Matthew Stafford, and Christian McCaffrey—and the winner will be announced later this upcoming week at the NFL Honors on Thursday, […]
On Friday night, it was reported that Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown will take part in the NBA Celebrity All-Star game in mid-February. For most Lions fans, it’s a neat opportunity to see a popular player continue to see his star rise to the level of national sensation. St. Brown’s stock has been […]
Many Detroit Lions fans have already turned the page and started looking into the 2026 NFL Draft and free agency. For those that may still be lagging behind (see: myself), Saturday afternoon may be a good entry point to get to know this year’s draft class. Down in Mobile, Alabama, the 2026 Senior Bowl will […]
There is just one more game left to be played in the 2025-26 NFL season. Either the New England Patriots or Seattle Seahawks will walk away as champions. Both teams are pretty big surprises this year. The Seahawks’ odds to win the Super Bowl before the start of training camp were about 60-to-1. The Patriots […]
Next week, Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown will take part in the 2026 NFL Pro Bowl games in San Francisco, California, but that won’t be the only all-star game he’ll take part in. On Friday evening, it was announced that St. Brown will also participate in the NBA All-Star celebrity game, per ESPN. […]
The NFL has yet to finalize the salary cap for the 2026 season, but NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the limit is expected to land between $301.2 million and $305.7 million. If the salary cap indeed lands between those projected numbers, it would mark the second year in a row that the NFL […]
With only the SuperBowl left to play for the NFL’s 2025 season, now feels like a good time to look ahead to what should be a very interesting offseason for the Detroit Lions and the rest of the league. To begin, let’s start by setting the table and looking at some key dates provided to […]
The Senior Bowl is the premier college football all-star game, and this year, they feature a diverse group of prospects, several of whom should intrigue the Detroit Lions. This year’s game is scheduled for Saturday, January 31, at 2:30 p.m. ET, and can be watched on NFL Network. Let’s take a look at the prospects […]
One of the biggest strengths of the Detroit Lions’ roster is at wide receiver. Last year, they were the only team with two wideouts who finished in the top-10 in receiving yards. With their core players locked up long-term, Detroit won’t need to overly focus on the wide receiver position for a couple of years. […]
As mock draft season works its way through January, we start to see new prospects make their way into first-round projections. This week, we’ve seen a few players projected to be selected near the top of the draft no longer being connected to the Detroit Lions, who hold the No. 17 overall pick. At the […]
Former Detroit Lions coach Terrell Williams will join the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl after stepping away early this fall to be treated for prostate cancer. In 2024, Williams spent about a year as defensive running game coordinator and defensive line coach before he was hired by the Patriots as defensive coordinator in […]
The Detroit Lions have reportedly signed free agent tight end Thomas Gordon to a futures deal, per Aaron Wilson. Last year, Gordon spent some of the 2025 season—his rookie year—with the Chicago Bears. He signed with the team in August, didn’t make their 53-man roster, signed to the practice squad in December, and was not […]
The Detroit Lions’ hiring of Dan Campbell was the best head coaching hire in the entire NFL over the past five years, according to Bill Barnwell of ESPN. The ESPN senior analyst wrote a story on Thursday, ranking every head coaching hire from the 2021 offseason through 2025. A total of 37 hires have been […]
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another edition of our weekly Office Hours Q&A. If you’re new to Pride of Detroit or have just missed our previous sessions, this is an opportunity for you to ask our staff any questions on your mind. We prefer them to be Detroit Lions related, but if you […]
When news broke that the Detroit Lions had added former Giants interim head coach/offensive coordinator Mike Kafka to their coaching staff, many began immediately wondering how he’d fit in. A week prior, the Lions had hired Drew Petzing to be their offensive coordinator, and many believed Kafka was worthy of that job either in Detroit […]
The Detroit Lions have suffered a frustrating amount of injuries over the past few years, and many outside the organization are trying to figure out why. In 2024, the Lions suffered more injuries than any other team on defense by adjusted games lost, and they figure to be high on the list again after losing […]
The Detroit Lions have made a ton of fans happy this offseason by overturning their offensive staff at the top. They opted to fire offensive coordinator John Morton and replace him with Drew Petzing. While the Petzing hire itself wasn’t all that popular with fans—earning mostly Bs, Cs, and Ds in our fan vote—people were […]
The NFL Honors ceremony, which presents the league’s post-season awards, is next week, and for the first time ever, it will include the Protector of the Year award. The award will be given to the best offensive lineman of the 2025 season. As expected, Detroit Lions right tackle Penei Sewell is a finalist for the […]
On Monday, the Detroit Lions made the hiring of Drew Petzing as the team’s next offensive coordinator official. But with no introductory press conference currently scheduled, or a statement from the Lions front office, there hasn’t been much information on why the Lions made that decision. Hours later, the Lions reportedly hired Mike Kafka for […]
Our 2025 Detroit Lions roster review/2026 offseason preview continues with the tight end position. With Dan Campbell at the helm, the tight end position has been a valuable tool for Detroit’s high-octane offense. However, after a down year in 2025 and some potential schematic alterations coming, the tight end position could be in for some […]
With Mike Kafka added to the Detroit Lions coaching staff (role to be determined), it gives general manager Brad Holmes even more information on the 2026 NFL free agency class. Following the addition of offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, we explored every upcoming free agent that he has either directly coached or indirectly worked with over […]
In about a week, the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2026 will be revealed. However, the biggest news to come out of that class already was revealed on Tuesday afternoon. Per a report from ESPN, legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick will somehow not be part of the class in his first year of […]
Last year, many believed the Detroit Lions were going to promote internally when offensive coordinator Ben Johnson left to become the Chicago Bears’ head coach. Among the internal names most likely to take that job was then pass game coordinator Tanner Engstrand. The Lions obviously opted to go elsewhere, and Engstrand ended up following Aaron […]
The Detroit Lions head into 2026 with a full set of running backs under contract, but they have two massive questions ahead. I’m going to break down each of those decisions in full here, as we continue our 2025 recap/2026 offseason positional preview. If you missed it, the series kicked off on Monday with a […]
For the second week in a row, the original plans for our Detroit Lions PODcast had to be scrapped on the day of recording. Last week, the hiring of Drew Petzing as Detroit’s next offensive coordinator happened in the middle of the show. This week, we got a little more heads up. About two hours […]