The key for the Detroit Lions to keep their window open will be to continually pair their expensive core players with young, cheap talent on rookie contracts. While the 2024 Lions draft class is looking like a swing and a miss from general manager Brad Holmes, it’s certainly worth pointing out some of the serious young talent this team still has.

CBS Sports highlights that a little with their latest Top 25 players 25 years old or under list for the 2026 season. Two Lions players ended up making the list: Jahmyr Gibbs at No.9 and Penei Sewell at No....

Earlier in the week, we continued our rankings of the 2026 Detroit Lions roster and got to what I believe is the first part of the roster bubble. The Lions’ roster is deeper than most teams’, so even those players we ranked between 61-70 could make the 53-man roster. Even if they don’t, many are likely destined for the practice squad, and we’ve seen countless of those players get the call-up midseason and make an impact.

In our next installment—players we ranked 60-51—we get into some players who will inevitably make the 53-man roster or almost assuredly the practice squad....

The Detroit Lions have been well represented thus far in ESPN’s ongoing series of the best players at each position in the NFL. League executives, coaches, and scouts have ranked the top-10 players at running back, cornerback, and edge rusher so far, and a couple of Lions players have earned top-5 recognition: Jahmyr Gibbs placed second among running backs, and Aidan Hutchinson finished fifth among edge defenders.

On Thursday morning, the Worldwide Leader in Sports dropped their fourth installment in the series, ranking the big men in the middle on defense: defensive tackles. The top names on the list included...

Since the news broke surrounding former Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold, many fans began to wonder how the team would address the loss. Prior to that situation completely unfolding, Lions general manager Brad Holmes and the rest of his staff spent plenty of resources addressing the overall depth of the secondary. Still, losing Arnold, who was projected by many to be the other starting outside cornerback opposite of D.J. Reed, stings quite a bit.

So where does Detroit go from here? That is the question myself and my good friend Meko Scott addressed in [our most recent video over on...

A few weeks ago, we discussed the positions on the Detroit Lions’ 2026 roster with the best depth. Now it’s time to discuss the other side of the coin.

If a team has thin depth at a specific position, they better hope it never gets exposed. Because if the injury bug hits just the right position at exactly the wrong time, it can sink an entire season. I likely don’t need to remind you of that if you’re a Detroit Lions fan.

Unfortunately, no roster in the NFL is perfect, and the Lions are no different. They has positions that...

As we creep up in our 2026 Detroit Lions roster ranking, we’re starting to reveal players who will undoubtedly play a part in writing the story of this year’s squad. We’re on players we ranked 70-61, and while that is not considered the true “roster bubble,” considering Detroit’s 53-man squad + 16-man practice squad equals 69 total players—it’s safe to say several of the names below will end up playing meaningful snaps for Detroit this year.

So let’s take a look at who eight people on the staff ranked between 70 and 61 on the Lions’ 2026 roster.

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The Detroit Lions could use a big boost in their pass rush, and one former Lions players is predicting it could come from a surprise source.

Linebacker Grant Stuard left in free agency this year after just one season in Detroit. But he predicted over on Instagram that new Lions defensive end Payton Turner could be in for a humongous year. On an Instagram story, Stuard captioned a Turner post with the words, “10 PLUS SACKS WATCH.”

Now, Stuard isn’t exactly an impartial judge here. Both Turner and Stuard were teammates for four years in college at Houston. When the...

On Wednesday, ESPN continued their position rankings series, based on the opinions of current NFL coaches, executives, and scouts. The latest position rankings revealed the top-10 edge rushers for 2026, which means it’s time to talk about how the league views Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson.

Last year, there was some understandable skepticism going into the season given he was coming off a gruesome leg injury. But after putting up an outstanding year—collecting 14.5 sacks (fourth most), 100 PFF pressures (first), 35 quarterback hits (third), and four forced fumbles (t-second)—the league is now all-in on Hutchinson as a top-five...

Throughout the offseason, SB Nation will host surveys for NFL fans, sponsored by the folks over at FanDuel Sportsbook. For Pride of Detroit, we are tasked with fielding questions from Detroit Lions fans, and this week’s question focuses on an important aspect of the Lions’ defense: pass rush.

In 2025, the Lions defense finished the regular season with an impressive 2.9 sacks per game (tied for fourth-best in the NFL) and 13.76 pressure per game (sixth-best in the NFL). All-Pro edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson locked down one side of their defensive line, and for the fourth season in a row,...

Our countdown of the Detroit Lions’ 2026 roster continues.

As a reminder, eight members of the Pride of Detroit staff ranked every player of Detroit’s current 90-man roster from 1 to 90. We then created a consensus list based on the averages of these rankings, and we are slowly rolling out the results 10 at a time.

We have arrived at players we ranked from 80 to 71. While most of these players have long-shots to make the roster, it’s worth noting that last year’s list included players like Jackson Meeks, Kyle Allen, and Tom Kennedy in this range. Allen...

With about four weeks until Detroit Lions training camp, it’s time to take inventory not just of the team’s roster, but of their biggest rivals.

So on this week’s PODcast, we started comparing the Lions’ roster with those of the other NFC North teams. Can the Lions climb back atop the division and earn their third NFC North crown in four years? Well, let’s compare the roster.

On this episode, we kick things off with most of the skill-position players. The PODcast crew ranks each team’s quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receiver groups, all individually.

Starting with quarterback, there’s a...

It feels like ever since the Detroit Lions hired general manager Brad Holmes, their biggest weakness has been with the secondary. For years, Holmes has signed and drafted players at cornerback and both safety positions. He has tried to make splashy moves in signings like Cam Sutton and D.J. Reed and drafting cornerbacks like Terrion Arnold and Ennis Rakestraw, but so far they’ve all had their own issues. One mistake he hasn’t made at the position, though, was signing Rock Ya-Sin.

Holmes signed Ya-Sin in the 2025 offseason to provide the young room with some veteran presence and valuable depth....