Breaking down Detroit Lions 1st-round pick Tyleik Williams’ rookie contract.

On Wednesday, the Detroit Lions announced that they had signed 2025 first-round pick Tyleik Williams to his rookie contract. That puts six of the Lions’ seven draft picks now under contract. The lone exception is second-round pick Tate Ratledge. As a reminder, it’s typically second-round picks who take the longest to sign their first NFL contract because there is more wiggle room when it comes to negotiating. As an example, Texans receiver Jayden Higgins became the first ever second-round pick to earn a fully guaranteed contract earlier this year—something typically...

Was the NFL right in keeping the tush push, or does it need to get banned? Polling Detroit Lions fans.

On Wednesday, the tush push ban died a calamitous death. After months and months and months of debate, the NFL did not get the votes they needed to ban the controversial play. While the majority of team owners wanted the play out of the game, the league requires two-thirds votes to pass new bylaws, and they came up two votes short (22-10).

The Detroit Lions were one of the 10 dissenters, and I wrote up [why I think the lack...

The tush push is here to stay, and that’s good news for the Detroit Lions.

On Wednesday, the NFL opted not to ban the tush push. The proposal, initially submitted by the Green Bay Packers, was aimed to disallow the play made popular by the Philadelphia Eagles in which quarterback Jalen Hurts would run a quarterback sneak in a short-yardage situation and have a player or two (typically from the backfield) push him from behind to gain additional power.

However, the proposal—even after recent adjustments—did not get the owners they needed (24 of 32 is required to pass a new...

After making some tweaks to their playoff seeding proposal, the Detroit Lions decided to nix the whole thing.

The Detroit Lions have withdrawn their proposal to revise NFL playoff seeding rules, which aimed to prioritize regular-season records over division titles to determine playoff positions. This initiative sought to address scenarios like the 2024 season, where the 14-3 Minnesota Vikings, despite their strong record, were seeded fifth and had to play on the road, while division winners—like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams last season—hosted games with lesser records.

After tweaking their initial change, [the Lions’ proposal suggested that...

Time for our periodic Detroit Lions fan approval poll for head coach Dan Campbell.

The face of the Detroit Lions for the past four years has been head coach Dan Campbell. Typically, being the face of this organization means being the target of constant criticism, and while Campbell has received a fair share, he has seemed to accomplish the impossible: becoming a universally-loved Detroit Lions head coach.

If you look at our most recent approval polls of Dan Campbell, in three of the past four installments, he’s received a 100 percent approval rating. These days, it’s nearly impossible for everyone...

With NFL players now permitted to play in the 2028 Summer Olympics flag football event, here is our list of the best Detroit Lions players to participate.

The year is 2028 and our beloved Detroit Lions are coming off their NFL-record third straight Super Bowl victory. They’ve conquered tackle football and now have their sights on flag football, Los Angeles, and the 2028 Summer Olympics. Team USA has decided to relinquish their roster spots to “America’s New Team,” the Lions. But with only 12 spots available tough decisions have to be made.

Before we reveal the roster let’s take a...

On Tuesday, the NFL passed a bylaw permitting league players to participate in the 2028 Summer Olympics in an event new to the Olympics: flag football. Per the resolution—which passed unanimously—each team can send a maximum of one player per country to play in the Olympics. The National Olympic Committee is allowing teams to be size of 10 player maximum, so there will not be a ton of spots available for NFL players.

However, two Detroit Lions are already trying to lay claim to their spots on a national team. Unsurprisingly, Amon-Ra St. Brown and his highly competitive nature wants...

Now that the schedule is out, let’s dive into each NFC North matchup for the Detroit Lions in 2025.

The Detroit Lions 2025 schedule is set in stone, and that means it’s time to dive into game-by-game predictions. We can always do that before the schedule’s out, but it’s hit or miss. Playing in Lambeau in Week 1 and Week 18 are two very different situations with potentially opposite outcomes. Let’s take a look at this year’s matchups in the NFC North.

Question of the day: How many divisional games will the Lions win in 2025?

The first thing...

PFF dropped the top 25 players under 25 years old, and the Detroit Lions dominate the list.

Every now and then, I see nonsense about the Detroit Lions’ Super Bowl window closing. And while it’s true that general manager Brad Holmes’ job will get more difficult with less draft capital and more costly contracts to balance, it bears repeating just how good and young the core of the Lions’ personnel is.

Thankfully, PFF did this masterfully by listing their top 25 players under 25 years old. The list features five total Lions players, including three in the top 10... and...

Dates, times, and opponents have been announced for the Detroit Lions’ 2025 preseason schedule.

Last week during the 2025 NFL schedule release, the Detroit Lions announced their 17-game schedule along with their four preseason opponents. This week, the Lions announced the full dates and times of their complete exhibition schedule. Here’s a look at Detroit’s four-game preseason schedule:

Week 1 (Hall of Fame Game): Thursday, July 31 — vs. Chargers — 8 p.m. ET (NBC)
Week 2: Friday, Aug. 8 — at Falcons — 7 p.m. ET (Lions TV Network)
Week 3; Saturday, Aug. 16 — vs. Dolphins — 1...

All but two Detroit Lions 2025 draft picks are now under contract.

When the Detroit Lions opened rookie minicamp a couple weeks back, they also announced the signing of four of their 2025 NFL Draft picks: fifth-round pick Myles Frazier, sixth-round pick Ahmed Hassanein, and both seventh-round picks Dan Jackson and Dominic Lovett. Now it appears you can add one more player to the list.

On his Instagram page, Lions receiver Isaac TeSlaa—Detroit’s third-round pick—posted a picture of himself signing his rookie contract with the caption:

“Officially a Lion. God is so good.”

Additionally, it appears his contract details have...

Breaking down the Detroit Lions’ 2025 schedule and ranking each game from 17 to 1 based on entertainment potential.

It’s already been well established that the Detroit Lions’ 2025 schedule is one of the most difficult slate of games in the league. But that also means it may be one of the most entertaining. With premier matchups against both NFC and AFC contenders, there will rarely be a dull moment throughout Detroit’s 17-game campaign.

So I went and ranked the Lions’ schedule from worst to best. In general, this is a ranking of what I expect to be the least...