Watching NFL Draft projections in January can trigger your vertigo, as analysts scramble to adjust their projections from pre-season expectations to end-of-season results.

In the first two installments of this year’s Mock Draft Roundup series, we saw the majority of NFL Draft analysts projecting the Lions to land Miami right tackle Francis Mauigoa. However, with Mauigoa getting a lot more attention during the College Football Playoffs—including playing in the National Championship last Monday—and NFL Draft expert Dane Brugler of The Athletic suggesting Mauigoa could be drafted among the top six picks in this year’s NFL Draft, we’ve seen a dramatic...

Changes are certainly coming for the Detroit Lions’ offense now that they’ve hired Drew Petzing to be their new offensive coordinator. While coach Dan Campbell is likely to still have his thumb on the scale, and Petzing’s overall philosophies certainly seem to overlap heavily with what Detroit has already had success with, the new coordinator will bring his own ideas and philosophies to the table. And that stands to benefit certain people within the Lions organization.

So this week, over on our YouTube page, Meko Scott and Morgan Cannon took a detailed look at Petzing’s past and forecasted which Detroit...

While the playoffs are in full swing, the Detroit Lions have shifted their focus to the offseason. It’s been a tough pill to swallow for many, something owner Sheila Hamp addressed in her end-of-the-year communication to season-ticket holders, but an important offseason lies ahead for a football team in search of recapturing their je ne sais quoi.

The Lions have built the foundation of their team through the NFL Draft. Four of Detroit’s draft picks were named to the AP’s 2025 NFL All-Pro team, and players like Jahmyr Gibbs, Sam LaPorta, and Jameson Williams are elite, homegrown players who fill...

Detroit Lions offensive tackle Dan Skipper announced on Thursday his retirement from the NFL. In a post on Instagram, Skipper called it a career after playing the game he’s loved for two dozen years. Here’s his message:

24 years of putting on pads and a helmet every fall. This year I’ll trade that out to pursue a career on the other side in coaching.

The memories and experiences that the NFL has brought me and my family are hard to put into words. Thankful for every person that has been apart of my journey.

It’s...

On Thursday, the NFL announced the finalists for their 2025 NFL Honors, and Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson is in the running for two end-of-season awards: Defensive Player of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year.

The four finalists for Defensive Player of the Year, joining Hutchinson, are Will Anderson Jr. (Texans), Nik Bonitto (Broncos), Myles Garrett (Browns), and Micah Parsons (Packers). From a statistical perspective, these five players represent four of the top six pressure creators in the NFL in 2025, with Hutchinson leading the way with 89 pressures.

However, this category tends to heavily lean toward...

Last week, we debuted a new weekly offseason feature for Pride of Detroit: Office Hours!

Each week, for a couple of hours, our Pride of Detroit staff will hang out in the comment section and answer as many questions as we can. If you’re wondering what that looks like, you can go back to last week’s first edition of our Office Hours and see how it works.

In short, the concept is very simple. From about 2 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET, members of our staff will be in the comment section answering all of your questions. You can...

While things are pretty quiet in Detroit Lions coaching news after they hired Drew Petzing to be their next offensive coordinator, the rest of the NFC North is still in the midst of this coaching cycle. We’ve already seen the Green Bay Packers lose their well-respected defensive coordinator, and now there is news for the other two divisional foes.

Let’s start with the bad news: the Minnesota Vikings have signed defensive coordinator Brian Flores to a contract extension to keep him in Minnesota for an undisclosed amount of time. Flores’ contract was up with Minnesota, leading some to believe he...

When the PODcast was last live, the new of the Detroit Lions’ hiring of Drew Petzing as their new offensive coordinator broke right in the middle of the show. Admittedly, it left us scrambling to provide as informed of an opinion on the hire, while also trying to gain as much information on a coach we didn’t know much about prior to the hiring.

So on this week’s Midweek Mailbag podcast, Erik Schlitt and I tried to provide a much more informed take on the hire with a couple days to research and digest the selection. While the entire podcast...

The NFL playoff field is down to just four teams. In the AFC, the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos will fight for a spot in the Super Bowl. While in the NFC, it’s between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams.

With no NFC North rival team to root against, Detroit Lions fans no longer have a clear rooting interest in the two conference championship games. And if you’re the type that roots for the ever-struggling franchise with little-to-no historic success, you’re out of options there, too. Here was the last championship for each franchise:

Patriots: 2018
Broncos: 2015...

While the Detroit Lions have yet to make the hiring of offensive coordinator Drew Petzing official, one player has already offered his first thoughts on the hire.

During his weekly podcast with his brother, Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown provided a little insight into the Petzing hire, what he heard from quarterback Jared Goff, and a brief conversation he’s already had with the Lions new offensive coordinator.

This weekend, St. Brown said he was getting antsy waiting to hear who his next offensive coordinator will be, so he hit up someone he’d knew would have an inside look into the...

Three Detroit Lions have been named to Pro Football Writers Association teams for their outstanding performances in 2025.

Celebrating its 62nd season, the PFWA is made up of accredited writers who cover the NFL and the 32 clubs daily, and aims to fight for access to NFL personnel to best serve the public.

Jack Campbell and Penei Sewell have been named to the Pro Football Writers Association ALL-NFL team.

Offense

• QB – Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams
• RB – James Cook, Buffalo Bills; Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
• WR – Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams; Jaxon Smith-Njigba,...

Without a doubt, the biggest offseason question for the Detroit Lions was how they were going to fill the offensive coordinator position after firing John Morton. With Drew Petzing now in line to become the offensive play-caller, Detroit’s focus must shift.

There are a lot of things that still need to be addressed, changed, or reconsidered from the team’s disappointing 2025 season. But you can only do one thing at a time.

So today’s Question of the Day is:

What is the Lions’ biggest offseason question now that they have hired an OC?

My answer: The center position.

There’s...