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The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks have booked their tickets to the Super Bowl. The Detroit Lions, meanwhile, are left wondering what it would take to be in their shoes. After a 9-8 season in which the Lions barely sniffed the playoff picture, Detroit has a lot to envy from these two Super Bowl […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 15 days ago | 3 reads
Sure, guys in their 30s may not be quite what people call 'daddies.' Yet in the pro sports world, those athletes qualify in our book. The post Matthew Stafford is one of the hot sports daddies still entertaining us appeared first on Outsports .
From Outsports | 15 days ago | 0 reads
The Miami Dolphins completed three in-person head coaching interviews on Monday, including Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard, and Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley. After days of speculation and rumors that the Dolphins were looking toward Hafley as their primary candidate for the vacancy, the rumors […]
From The Phinsider | 16 days ago | 4 reads
A day after announcing he’s hanging up the pads, now former Detroit Lions offensive lineman Dan Skipper got to work starting a new career in coaching. In a social media post on Thursday, Skipper announced his retirement from the NFL and his plans to switch to coaching. A day later, he was already helping coach […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 16 days ago | 1 read
Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell has been named the recipient of the 2025 Pro Butkus Award. The award, which is more known for the identical college honors, goes to the top linebacker in the NFL, as voted on by the Butkus Award Selection Committee—a selection of 51 voters from all ranks of football, including NFL […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 17 days ago | 1 read
Watching NFL Draft projections in January can trigger your vertigo, as analysts scramble to adjust their projections from pre-season expectations to end-of-season results. In the first two installments of this year’s Mock Draft Roundup series, we saw the majority of NFL Draft analysts projecting the Lions to land Miami right tackle Francis Mauigoa. However, with […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 18 days ago | 5 reads
On Wednesday night during the 10 point win over Washington, I told everybody that would listen that seeing Braden Frager on the bench with a boot on, with tears in his eyes and having a teammate pray with him was not a great sign. In fact, I expected the worst. Frager was going to be […]
From Corn Nation | 18 days ago | 1 read
Changes are certainly coming for the Detroit Lions’ offense now that they’ve hired Drew Petzing to be their new offensive coordinator. While coach Dan Campbell is likely to still have his thumb on the scale, and Petzing’s overall philosophies certainly seem to overlap heavily with what Detroit has already had success with, the new coordinator […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 18 days ago | 2 reads
While the playoffs are in full swing, the Detroit Lions have shifted their focus to the offseason. It’s been a tough pill to swallow for many, something owner Sheila Hamp addressed in her end-of-the-year communication to season-ticket holders, but an important offseason lies ahead for a football team in search of recapturing their je ne […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 18 days ago | 2 reads
Detroit Lions offensive tackle Dan Skipper announced on Thursday his retirement from the NFL. In a post on Instagram, Skipper called it a career after playing the game he’s loved for two dozen years. Here’s his message: 24 years of putting on pads and a helmet every fall. This year I’ll trade that out to […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 18 days ago | 2 reads
On Thursday, the NFL announced the finalists for their 2025 NFL Honors, and Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson is in the running for two end-of-season awards: Defensive Player of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year. The four finalists for Defensive Player of the Year, joining Hutchinson, are Will Anderson Jr. (Texans), Nik […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 19 days ago | 3 reads
When the PODcast was last live, the news of the Detroit Lions’ hiring of Drew Petzing as their new offensive coordinator broke right in the middle of the show. Admittedly, it left us scrambling to provide as informed of an opinion on the hire, while also trying to gain as much information on a coach […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 19 days ago | 5 reads
The NFL playoff field is down to just four teams. In the AFC, the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos will fight for a spot in the Super Bowl. While in the NFC, it’s between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams. With no NFC North rival team to root against, Detroit Lions fans no […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 19 days ago | 1 read
While the Detroit Lions have yet to make the hiring of offensive coordinator Drew Petzing official, one player has already offered his first thoughts on the hire. During his weekly podcast with his brother, Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown provided a little insight into the Petzing hire, what he heard from quarterback Jared Goff, and […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 19 days ago | 4 reads
Three Detroit Lions have been named to Pro Football Writers Association teams for their outstanding performances in 2025. Celebrating its 62nd season, the PFWA is made up of accredited writers who cover the NFL and the 32 clubs daily, and aims to fight for access to NFL personnel to best serve the public. Jack Campbell […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 19 days ago | 4 reads
Without a doubt, the biggest offseason question for the Detroit Lions was how they were going to fill the offensive coordinator position after firing John Morton. With Drew Petzing now in line to become the offensive play-caller, Detroit’s focus must shift. There are a lot of things that still need to be addressed, changed, or […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 20 days ago | 3 reads
It’s common practice when a team hires a new coordinator for that coach to bring in some familiar staff members to help them build their system within their new organization. Even with a team like the Detroit Lions, who have a pretty solidified positional coaching staff, they may be willing to bring in some fresh […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 20 days ago | 1 read
With the announcement that the Detroit Lions are reportedly hiring Drew Petzing as their newest offensive coordinator came a bunch of reactions from fans and analysts alike. One of the more popular reactions was frustration that the Lions didn’t land former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, a candidate widely believed to be the best offensive […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 21 days ago | 3 reads
With reports that former Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing is being hired as the next Detroit Lions offensive coordinator, everyone is scrambling to dig into Petzing’s past to analyze the decision. We’re no different here at Pride of Detroit. But while Petzing’s coaching career spans well over a decade, in this piece, we’re just […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 21 days ago | 2 reads
On Monday, the Detroit Lions shocked a lot of people by reportedly agreeing to make former Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing their new offensive coordinator. Now, part of the shock was that there hadn’t been any connection made public between Petzing and the Lions. There were seven other known candidates at the time, and so […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 21 days ago | 3 reads
According to several sources, the Miami Dolphins are finalizing plans to make Jeff Hafley their next head coach. Hafley earned the gig after just two seasons with the Green Bay Packers as their defensive coordinator. There, he turned around a unit that struggled under Joe Barry and produced a defense that ranked sixth in scoring […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 21 days ago | 3 reads
The Detroit Lions’ hiring of former Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing as their next OC—while not official yet—caught many fans and analysts off guard when news broke on Monday afternoon. Although he reportedly interviewed with the team last week, per Dave Birkett, that news didn’t leak to the public, so his name was not on […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 21 days ago | 1 read
The Detroit Lions are bringing in a new offensive coordinator for the 2026 NFL season. And the name might be familiar to some Chicago Bears fans. Well, at least the ones who were neck deep wading through the Bears’ head coaching candidates last offseason. Drew Petzing, who interviewed for Chicago’s head coaching vacancy last January, is joining the Lions as their new offensive play caller. The Lions are hiring Drew Petzing as their offensive coordinator, sources tell me and @RapSheet . Pe...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 21 days ago | 2 reads
One of the first coordinators to be hired this cycle was not a particularly hot name on the market. Everyone and their mother wants former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel to call offensive plays for their team next year, but that enthusiasm never built around Drew Petzing, who, like head coach Jonathan Gannon, was […]
From Acme Packing Company | 21 days ago | 0 reads
According to several reports, the Detroit Lions are finalizing a deal to hire Drew Petzing as their new offensive coordinator. For the past three seasons, Petzing has served as the Arizona Cardinals’ offensive coordinator. During that time, the Cardinals ranked 24th (2023), 12th (2024), and 23rd (2025) in points scored. But he did manage to […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 21 days ago | 3 reads