Since he was taken 12th overall in the 2022 NFL Draft, Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams has been a bit of a polarizing figure. Coming out of the University of Alabama, Williams was widely regarded as the best receiver prospect in the class prior to tearing his ACL in the final game of his college career. And while his first few years in Detroit had their share of speed bumps, Williams would eventually become the player many envisioned when Lions general manager Brad Holmes moved up 20 spots to draft him.

In the fourth iteration of our 2026 season...

According to a report from Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, the Detroit Lions are “expected to hire” Wolverines assistant director of personnel John Collins as a scouting assistant.

Collins is a quick up-and-comer throughout the personnel ranks. Collins was a recruiting assistant for Temple for five months before a quick stint as a player personnel intern for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

From there, he parlayed that experience to earn the recruiting and personnel assistant job with the Georgia Bulldogs in 2022 under Kirby Smart. He was part of the team there that helped [Georgia earn the No. 1 rated recruiting class...

Earlier this week, the Detroit Lions announced that there would be 10 practices during this year’s training camp that would be open to fans. Back in the day, prior to the Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes era, this announcement was typically met with much less fanfare. After all, there wasn’t as much hype around the team back then, and certainly less winning.

Nowadays if you want a ticket to one of the practices that are open to the public, it requires much more diligence and patience. There is going to be a line, sometimes with several thousand people in it,...

We’re far from knowing how the Terrion Arnold legal saga will end, but as Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said this offseason on the Lions Collective podcast, sometimes it’s the job of an NFL team to be prepared for the worst.

“I’m just more of a, let’s call it a pessimistic planner in terms of I just like to prepare myself for that,” Holmes said, responding to a question specifically about Arnold’s situation. “I’m not saying that something’s going to come out the worst, but that’s how I prepare in all situations. But I always hope for the best,...

When we talked to Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Drew Petzing at the NFL Combine, just a little after he was hired for the job, he marveled at the weapons at his disposal.

“There’s a lot of different directions you can take it in,” Petzing said. “Ultimately, whatever we do, we want to be very hard to defend, and we want to make sure our best players affect the game. And you know, the nice part in Detroit is we have a lot of those. Being able to move those guys around the formation, put them in different situations, and not...

On Thursday afternoon, Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold appeared in court virtually after he turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday night. Arnold is facing eight felony accounts in relation to an armed robbery case.

During the hearing, the charges were clarified from previous reports. Arnold faces three counts of armed robbery, three counts of kidnapping, one count of conspiracy to kidnap, and one count of conspiracy for armed robbery.

The judge ordered Arnold to remain in custody without bail over the weekend until a pre-trial detention hearing scheduled for Monday, June 29, at 9:30 a.m. ET.

“Mr. Arnold, because...

The Terrion Arnold situation is obviously very fluid and far from resolved at this point. But the Detroit Lions cornerback’s arrest on Wednesday night was certainly newsworthy, and there’s a lot to sift through with this case that has spanned back to February.

So on Thursday morning, Ryan Mathews and I got together to run down the entire story. We break down the entire timeline of events, talk about the available public evidence, and share statements from both Arnold’s camp and the investigators on hand in Florida.

Then we discuss the implications as Lions fans. Obviously, no guilt has been...

I’ll admit right off the bat that it doesn’t feel great to talk about the football side of things just hours after Terrion Arnold was arrested and is facing multiple felonies that could result in life in prison. I don’t want to, nor am I seeking to, overlook the human side of this at all. It’s a terrible tragedy that has impacted the lives of nearly a dozen people, and the life consequences are far more important than the football ones. Regardless of how the judicial process plays out, lives are damaged forever.

This is a football website, however, and...

According to multiple reports, Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold has been arrested and is facing four counts of kidnapping and four counts of armed robbery that could carry sentences of up to life in prison.

This is in connection with the armed robbery case in Tampa, Florida, from earlier this offseason. Previous allegations connected Arnold to the incident, but there were no arrests or charges until now.

The incident occurred on February 4, just one day after Arnold reported to police that around $250,000 in cash and other valuables were stolen from his Airbnb. A court order alleged that “Arnold...

Matthew Stafford has enjoyed some incredible playoff success with the Los Angeles Rams, currently holding a 7-3 record in the postseason since being traded away from the Detroit Lions. However, he didn’t always have that kind of postseason moxie. In Detroit, he went winless, 0-3, in playoff appearances.

In a recent podcast appearance with Chris Long of the “Green Light Podcast,” Stafford talked about how he puts some of those losses on himself and has used them as learning experiences to move his career forward.

He talked specifically about his first playoff game against the New Orleans Saints in 2011....

Sione Vaki was one of the more interesting draft picks from the Detroit Lions’ 2024 class. Mostly a safety at Utah, Lions general manager Brad Holmes saw a ton of potential in Vaki’s offensive skill set when he had to fill in as an emergency running back in college. Thinking he could turn those 42 college rushing attempts into a potential full-time role in the NFL, Holmes jumped up a round in the draft to select Vaki in the fourth round.

But through two seasons, Vaki’s growth as a running back has been severely stunted. Could 2026 be the year...

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 with OTAs/minicamp behind us, let’s predict which undrafted rookie could make an impact on the Lions roster in 2026.

This offseason, the Lions signed nine undrafted rookie free agents, and we broke down their on-field skill sets and potential, explored the guarantees in their contracts, and our staff even picked our favorite UDFA rookies immediately following the draft.

However, we have yet to get Lions fans’...