The Detroit Lions offensive coordinator search has reached a fifth publicly-known candidate.

According to Ian Rapoport, the Detroit Lions will be hosting former Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson for an in-person interview for the vacancy on Thursday.

Robinson was one of the five primary candidates on our initial 13 OC candidates for the Lions. Here’s what our own Erik Schlitt had to say about Robinson.

Robinson would break into the NFL coaching ranks in 2019 with the Rams and coach Sean McVay. After three seasons as an assistant—including serving as Jared Goff’s assistant QB coach—Robinson was promoted to passing...

Former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is a popular candidate for a ton of coaching vacancies this cycle. Not only has he interviewed for the Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator position, but this week, he’ll complete interviews with the Browns, Falcons, Titans, and Ravens for their head coaching position. He’s also reportedly interviewing for the Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator position, as well.

For those hoping McDaniel becomes the Lions’ next offensive play-caller, that’s a daunting list of big opportunities for the 42-year-old coach. And with an opportunity to jump right back into a head coaching position, McDaniel may not choose a...

Former Detroit Lions special teams captain Jalen Reeves-Maybin has been signed to the Chicago Bears’ active roster for the playoffs.

The Bears signed the 30-year-old veteran linebacker to the active roster as they gear up to host the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Divisional Round this Sunday evening. The team announced some roster moves on Tuesday, including placing linebacker T.J. Edwards on IR, and promoting Reeves-Maybin to the active roster.

Chicago first picked him up back in November and he’s played in three regular season games since—16 snaps against the Eagles in Week 13, and 17 snaps against the...

For teams making one last push to make the Super Bowl, the NFL trade deadline is often the final opportunity to add talent to get a roster over the top. At times it can be costly, but no one will mind if it helps bring home a championship.

In 2024, the Lions were in desperate need of pass rush and traded a 2025 fifth and sixth-round pick for Za’Darius Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick. The move certainly helped the Lions’ pass rush down the stretch without Aidan Hutchinson, but ultimately the move busted when Detroit failed to win a...

We’re a little more than a week into the Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator search, and thus far, four candidates have emerged for the job:

• Former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel
• Seahawks pass game coordinator Jake Peetz
• Ravens quarterbacks coach Tee Martin
• Giants OC/interim head coach Mike Kafka

Now, obviously, because the Lions aren’t officially announcing their interviews for the job, there is almost certainly a significantly longer list of candidates. You also have to imagine the Lions are interviewing a few internal candidates, like Scottie Montgomery, Hank Fraley, and maybe even Mark Brunell.

But, for now,...

The Detroit Lions are going to have some company.

The Lions fired offensive coordinator John Morton about a week ago, and their search for his successor is well underway. There are four known candidates for the job right now, but there are likely a lot more who have either been contacted or outright interviewed already.

But whoever Detroit’s primary target may be, the Lions are going to have to fend off nearly a third of the league to get them. That’s because we’re entering near-unprecedented territory with the amount of head coaching positions now available. After Mike Tomlin stepped down...

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Detroit Lions owner Sheila Hamp. She hasn’t held a public media session in a couple years now.

But this week she did send a message out to season-ticket holders to address the team’s disappointing 9-8 season that ended without a playoff appearance. In the message, she admits the results of the 2025 season “were not good enough.” However, she believes “drastic change” is not needed at this moment, but rather it’s a time to “refocus, evolve, and move forward.”

Here’s the full message to season-ticket holders sent out on Tuesday morning:

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As of Tuesday morning, the Detroit Lions have four known, available candidates for their vacant offensive coordinator position: Mike McDaniel, Mike Kafka, Tee Martin, and Jake Peetz.

Many Lions fans are already aware of the careers of McDaniel and Kafka, but Martin and Peetz are relative unknowns who have not drawn a lot of attention from other teams looking to fill out coaching staffs. That begs the question: what do the Lions see that other teams don’t?

On this week’s PODcast, we discuss those two candidates and whether they’re the right fit. Peetz has some interesting charisma and a no-ego...

On Monday, John Whiticar asked how many starting positions are going to be available to fill this offseason for the Detroit Lions. I’ll let you read his full conclusions here, but he did bring up what I thought was an interesting discussion at kicker. While admitting that Jake Bates is almost certainly going to be the kicker in 2026, the Lions could probably use some competition as both insurance and someone to push Bates after a down year.

“Though I would support bringing in competition at kicker, the Green Bay Packers learned the hard way that good kicking is...

The Detroit Lions will interview former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel on Tuesday. Shortly thereafter, they’re interviewing another new candidate. Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, former Giants offensive coordinator and interim Giants head coach Mike Kafka will interview for the Lions offensive coordinator position on Wednesday.

Kafka has had a pretty quick rise through the ranks after starting in the NFL as an offensive quality control coach for the Kansas City Chiefs under Andy Reid in 2017. He quickly was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2018-19, working with Patrick Mahomes. He was promoted again in Kansas City, adding pass game...

According to several national reports, the Miami Dolphins have reached out to Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard to request an interview for their head coach position after firing Mike McDaniel last week.

Sheppard is just one year into his role as defensive coordinator after taking over for Aaron Glenn in 2024. While the Lions’ defense regressed in several statistics this past year—most notably allowing 24.3 points per game after allowing just 20.1 last year—Sheppard has remained in the good graces of his players and coaching staff. Sheppard has great command of the room, and his charismatic personality is part...

It remains to be seen whether former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is the Detroit Lions’ leading candidate for their vacant offensive coordinator job, but the team is clearly interested. What’s also clear is that McDaniel remains a strong candidate not only for other offensive coordinator jobs, but his window is clearly open to land another head coaching job fresh off his exit from Miami.

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, McDaniel will interview for four head coaching jobs this week. He’ll chat with the Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons, Tennessee Titans, and Baltimore Ravens over the next few days....