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The Detroit Lions are hoping to put a disappointing 2025 season behind them. Plenty of things went wrong for the Lions last year, even if their disheartening year still ended with their third-consecutive winning season. The fact of the matter is this roster is too talented to go 9-8, and the bar has been raised to the point that any season that doesn’t involve the playoffs should be considered a significant failure.
So this year, Detroit underwent several changes. They’ve got a new offensive coordinator. They’ve made some pretty significant changes to the roster, particularly on defense. They’ve reinvested in...
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The FIFA World Cup will come to close on Sunday, ending over a month of thrilling soccer. But for some football players, it’s been a frustrating month to watch soccer players play on natural grass in the same stadiums these NFL players are forced to play on artificial grass. The NFLPA has noted that 92 percent of their players want to play on natural grass, and in their eyes, the World Cup proves that it’s possible.
Seven different NFL stadiums that have artificial grass were outfitted with natural grass for the World Cup: the Rams’/Chargers’ SoFi Stadium, Falcons’ Mercedes-Benz Stadium,...
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Earlier this week, we published our latest SB Nation Reacts survey, sponsored by the folks at FanDuel Sportsbook, and asked Detroit Lions fans to project how many rushing yards Jahmyr Gibbs would have during the 2026 season.
For this survey, we gathered the rushing totals from Gibbs’ previous three seasons, created four different ranges of totals, and asked fans to pick which one the Pro Bowl running back would land in this season.
Let’s take a look at the results from our survey:
What’s interesting about the results of this poll is that not only do 60% of fans expect...
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If you live in Detroit or really anywhere in the state of Michigan right now, it may not feel like summer even though it is indeed the middle of July. Wildfires in Canada have engulfed much of the northern part of the United States in a thick layer of smoke, causing various cities, including Metro Detroit, to issue air-quality warnings urging citizens to stay indoors. And while we are inching closer and closer to the start of Detroit Lions training camp, we have a few more weeks to get through in the meantime.
That brings us to today’s summer-themed question...
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The Detroit Lions almost never use the NFL’s franchise tag. In their team history, they’ve only used it five times since the franchise tag was introduced in 1993, and the last player to fetch it was Ezekiel Ansah back in 2018. But one expert believes it may be on the table for the Lions next year.
First, a quick explanation of the franchise tag for those who need a refresher. The franchise tag is an option for teams to keep a player that is potentially facing free agency. In short, if a player receives a franchise tag, the team is...
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In this installment of our Detroit Lions 2026 training camp preview series, we examine the Lions’ tight end room, speculate on current and future roles, and discuss how many players from this group could make the 53-man roster.
Previous training camp previews:
Under the Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell regime, the Lions have been inconsistent with the number of tight ends on the active roster, initially using a fullback...
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On Thursday, former Detroit Lions defensive end Pat O’Connor announced his retirement from football via a post on his Instagram page.
“After 9 incredible years, I think it’s finally time to hang up the cleats,” O’Connor captioned the post. “If you had told my younger self that I’d play this long, spend my entire career with just two teams, get drafted, and win a Super Bowl, he would have called you crazy. But here we are.”
O’Connor was drafted by the Lions in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft. While his career didn’t take off in Detroit—he didn’t...
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On Thursday, ESPN concluded their top-10 positional rankings, as determined by a polling of NFL executives, coaches, and scouts. We’ve been covering each of the positions as they’ve been unveiled, and if you’ve been following along, you know Detroit has been heavily featured in the series.
Now that the series has concluded, our own Al Karsten collected all of the data from the surveys to determine which teams have the most top-end talent. His methodology was quite simple. If you have a player who finished first in the rankings, you get 10 points. A second-place ranking earns nine points, all...
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Similarly to the last several years of Detroit Lions football, there are a lot of expectations surrounding the team as the 2026 NFL season gets closer to getting underway. And while there has been a bit of a changing of the guard over this offseason, the foundational pieces that have helped make the Lions a contender are still in place. You know who I am talking about. Players like All-Pro left tackle Penei Sewell, All-Pro wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, All-Pro linebacker Jack Campbell—we could go on for a while here, but you get the point.
However, beyond the established...
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In this installment of our Detroit Lions 2026 training camp preview series, we examine the Lions’ wide receiver room, speculate on current and future roles, and discuss how many players from this group could make the 53-man roster.
Previous training camp previews:
Under the Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell regime, the Lions have typically kept between five and six wide receivers on the active roster and at least two on the practice squad. Let’s take a look at...
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ESPN concluded their positional rankings on Thursday with safeties. If you haven’t seen the series yet, they polled NFL executives, coaches, and scouts to determine the top-10 players at each position. Several Detroit Lions have made the list, and in the final installment of the series—the top-10 safeties in the NFL for the 2026 season—the Lions had two more players make the list.
Brian Branch came in at No. 4 on the list, while Kerby Joseph ranked ninth. That’s down from last year’s list, where the two ranked No. 2 and No.5, respectively.
“Versatility, toughness, smarts — he’s a complete...
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Our countdown of the 2026 Detroit Lions roster continues with players we ranked 40-31. None of the players in this range are slated to be starters this year, but most of them will contribute either on special teams, as a rotational player, or as a primary backup. In other words, the players listed below will likely have a significant impact on whether Detroit succeeds this year.
Before we jump into this segment of our countdown, make sure you’re caught up with the previous installments below.
Previously:
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