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...

It’s common practice when a team hires a new coordinator for that coach to bring in some familiar staff members who can help them build their system with their new organization. Even with a team like the Detroit Lions, who have a pretty solidified positional coaching staff, they may be willing to bring in some fresh faces to implement a new game plan. Last year when they hired John Morton as their new offensive coordinator, he brought along David Shaw—a long-time friend—to be the pass game coordinator.

So it stands to reason that with Drew Petzing set to become the...

If you thought the Detroit Lions passed over former Dolphins coach Mike McDonald because he was sure to get a head coaching job, you may want to sit down for this one. On Tuesday night, several reports leaked that McDaniel was closing in on becoming the Los Angeles Chargers’ next offensive coordinator. The deal is not completely done—and there is still a chance a head coaching job sweeps him off his feet—but McDaniel has reportedly told other teams that he is no longer interested in their positions and the Chargers have informed other candidates that they’re moving forward with McDaniel....

With the announcement that the Detroit Lions are reportedly hiring Drew Petzing as their newest offensive coordinator came a bunch of reactions from fans and analysts alike. One of the more popular reactions was frustration that the Lions didn’t land former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, a candidate widely believed to be the best offensive mind available this coaching cycle.

McDaniel was a candidate for the Lions’ job and interviewed for the position last Tuesday. Why didn’t the Lions choose him? We don’t have 100 percent clarity on that yet, but ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington provided some insight into Detroit’s...

With reports that former Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing is being hired as the next Detroit Lions offensive coordinator, everyone is scrambling to dig into Petzing’s past to analyze the decision. We’re no different here at Pride of Detroit.

But while Petzing’s coaching career spans well over a decade, in this piece, we’re just going to focus on his last three years with the Cardinals as their play-caller. We’re going to look at what he did well, what he struggled with, any sort of other factors that may have impacted the Cardinals’ offensive output, and then relate it all...

On Monday, the Detroit Lions shocked a lot of people by reportedly agreeing to make former Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing their new offensive coordinator.

Now, part of the shock was that there hadn’t been any connection made public between Petzing and the Lions. There were seven other known candidates at the time, and so Petzing was completely off most people’s radar. But according to Dave Birkett, the Lions did plenty of research on Petzing behind the scenes. They reportedly interviewed him last week, and even had him talk ball with quarterback Jared Goff over the weekend.

But it’s fair...

According to several sources, the Miami Dolphins are finalizing plans to make Jeff Hafley their next head coach. Hafley earned the gig after just two seasons with the Green Bay Packers as their defensive coordinator. There, he turned around a unit that struggled under Joe Barry and produced a defense that ranked sixth in scoring in 2024 and 11th in 2025.

Obviously, that’s tough news for the Packers, who had made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons with the help of Hafley, although both of those seasons were cut short by losses in the Wild Card. Hafley was well-regarded by both...

The Detroit Lions’ hiring of former Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing as their next OC—while not official yet—caught many fans and analysts off guard when news broke on Monday afternoon. Although he reportedly interviewed with the team last week, per Dave Birkett, that news didn’t leak to the public, so his name was not on most fans’ radar. Therefore, he wasn’t the subject of much research done regarding the Lions’ vacancy. Given that he also has no direct ties to coach Dan Campbell, he didn’t come across in many lists of potential candidates for the job.

So if you’re looking...