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2026 NFL mock draft: Buffalo Bills select Kayden McDonald
We’re nearing the end of the first round in our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. If you’re just joining, this is a mock draft we’re creating with commenters from our community. We’ve selected 31 of our most loyal fans and slotted them to represent 31 other teams. The Detroit Lions are represented by […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Chicago Bears select Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Despite their success last season, the Chicago Bears remained owned by the Detroit Lions in 2025, losing to their rival twice during the regular season. With a wildly successful season under first-time head coach Ben Johnson, they’re hoping to take their franchise to another level and get out from under the thumb of the Lions. […]
Discussion: What characteristics matter most in NFL Draft scouting?
NFL Draft evaluation is an imperfect art form. Despite decades and decades of experience and more and more resources devoted to ensuring a team gets their pick “right,” NFL general managers, scouts, and other front office members continually get it wrong. Whether it’s overlooking a flaw, failing to discover a character question, lacking similar visions […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Cleveland Browns select Avieon Terrell
Our 2026 NFL mock draft continues, as selected by our Pride of Detroit Community. The Cleveland Browns are on the clock again. With the sixth overall pick, acting Browns general manager—commenter Col.Aureliano—took Georgia offensive tackle Monroe Freeling. With some offensive line investment, where will they go with the 24th overall pick? Before we get to […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Philadelphia Eagles select Akheem Mesidor
While many Detroit Lions fans were understandably upset about how the 2025 season went, the Philadelphia Eagles fell nearly as far. After winning the Super Bowl in the 2024 season, the Eagles just never looked right in 2025. Sure, they finished 11-6, but their offense was a disaster last year (19th in scoring) and they […]
2026 Lions Mock Draft Roundup 11.0: Focus remains on OT as draft day approaches
With less than two weeks until the 2026 NFL Draft, analysts are fine-tuning their mock drafts after months of collecting information. In this installment of the mock draft roundup, the majority of projections—62 of the 66 we explored—are pairing the Detroit Lions with an offensive lineman in the first round. Let’s take a look at […]
Why the Detroit Lions could add a CB early in the 2026 NFL Draft
How do good teams approach the draft? When it comes to the NFL draft, good teams tend to prioritize their biggest future needs early on. Fans are eager to see the biggest remaining questions on the roster right now addressed early. When looking at the Lions’ situation, it’s easy to get gridlocked into the idea […]
2026 NFL Draft: Detroit fans pick their favorite OT for Lions
Earlier this week, we published our latest SB Nation Reacts survey, sponsored by the folks over at FanDuel Sportsbook, asking Detroit Lions fans the question: Which OT is the best prospect for the Lions in the 2026 NFL draft? For this exercise, we provided Lions fans with six offensive tackle prospects to choose from and […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Los Angeles Chargers select Kadyn Proctor
The Los Angeles Chargers consistently seem on the precipice of becoming a primary AFC contender. But perception is not always reality. Despite posting far more winning seasons than losing, the Chargers haven’t made it past the Wild Card in almost a decade, and the last time they even saw the AFC Championship game was 2007. […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Pittsburgh Steelers select Peter Woods
The Pittsburgh Steelers are going through a rare transition. Gone is Mike Tomlin, in is Mike McCarthy. The Steelers almost never have an inaugural coach, but in our Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft—where our community creates their own two-round mock—the Steelers also have a new general manager. That manager for this exercise is GM […]
What is your favorite NFL Draft tradition?
Of the many events of the NFL offseason, most would agree that the NFL Draft is the king of them all. It is the time of year when teams can make the biggest wholesale changes to their roster, and in turn, their team’s future. For example, think back to the 2021 NFL Draft. The Detroit […]
Notes: The Athletic releases annual comprehensive draft guide ‘The Beast’
The 2026 NFL Draft just weeks away and for those looking to polish their mock drafts, a newly released comprehensive draft guide could help. This week, The Athletic released its annual behemoth draft guide, affectionately called “The Beast.” Authored by NFL Draft Analyst Dane Brugler each year, this work of sports art features over 600 pages […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Dallas Cowboys select Keldric Faulk
The Pride of Detroit 2026 NFL mock draft—as completed by our commenters—rolls on. It’s time for the Dallas Cowboys to pick again, which means commenter 1951LION is on the clock. With the Cowboys’ previous pick, 1951LION selected cornerback Mansoor Delane with the 12th overall pick. Now what will they do with Pick 20? Before we […]
2026 NFL Draft: Full 7-round Detroit Lions mock
Is it just me, or is the time that takes place between the end of the Super Bowl and the draft the slowest moving portion of the calendar each year? Where the fall feels like it is moving at 1.5 speed, the end of Winter feels the exact opposite. With that said. we are now […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Carolina Panthers select CB Jermod McCoy
The Carolina Panthers are on the clock for our 2026 NFL mock draft, as selected by our Pride of Detroit community. Representing the Panthers are commenter… LionsFaninCarolina. Imagine that. It’s almost like I made that happen on purpose. Before we get to the pick, head to our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft tracker. […]
Discussion: Who was the Lions’ best first-round pick ever?
We’re officially just two weeks away from the 2026 NFL Draft. In a lot of ways, we’re in the golden era of Detroit Lions drafts. Despite his two most recent drafts yet to bear a ton of fruit, Lions general manager Brad Holmes has rightfully earned a reputation as being an impressively good college scouter. […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Minnesota Vikings select Dillon Thieneman
After the Detroit Lions have made their pick in our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, it’s time to continue with our site-wide, two-round mock. As a reminder, this mock is being completed by our community. We have 31 of our most loyal commenters acting as general manager for 31 teams. Erik Schlitt picked […]
Mailbag: Could the Detroit Lions pass on OT, EDGE in the NFL Draft?
At this point, it almost feels like we’ve exhaused the conversations about the Detroit Lions taking an offensive tackle or defensive end with their 17th overall pick and their second-round selection (50th overall). Everyone has made their opinion known on their preference for this year’s offensive line class, and most have picked their favorite pass […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Detroit Lions land foundational OL at No. 17
Our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock is well underway, and over the past week, we have seen members of our community make selections for the first 16 picks, putting the Detroit Lions on the clock. (Track each pick here.) As we do every year in this exercise, we picked a handful of players that Lions fans […]
Which OT is the best prospect for the Lions in the 2026 NFL draft?
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 the 2026 NFL Draft just over two weeks away, we’ve steered this week’s question in that direction. Most people have settled […]
Dream, nightmare scenarios for the 2026 Detroit Lions draft
Every year, NFL fans seem to narrow their focus of the NFL Draft on just a couple of players. If their team doesn’t take those players, they’re idiots. Give them harsh grades! Send the general manager packing! We’re doomed for years to come! But on this week’s PODcast, we take a different approach to our […]
NFL mock draft: 8 options for Detroit Lions’ 17th overall pick
The Detroit Lions are on the clock in our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft! But before we reveal Erik Schlitt’s pick for the Lions, let’s break down who has been picked, and the logical candidates to be Detroit’s pick in this scenario. Here’s how the board has fallen through 16 picks. You can […]
Discussion: What is the best era of Detroit Lions football?
On Monday night, the Michigan Wolverines defeated the UConn Huskies to win the Men’s Basketball Championship for the 2025-26 season. The title comes just a few years after the Wolverines’ football team also produced a National Championship. And later this week, the men’s hockey team will compete in the Frozen Four to potentially make it […]
NFL Draft rumors: Detroit Lions ‘love’ one of the top OT prospects
NFL Draft rumor season is here, and that means you should take every word in this article with a grain of salt. But when a high-profile draft expert drops an interesting line about the Detroit Lions, we have a hard time ignoring it completely. The latest comes from long-time NFL Draft expert—and former NFL scout—Daniel […]
Detroit Lions re-sign safety Avonte Maddox
Suddenly, the Detroit Lions’ safety room is feeling a bit crowded. On Monday, the Lions announced that they’ve re-signed veteran defensive back Avonte Maddox. Immediate contract details were not made available. Maddox returns to the team after a very solid first season in Detroit in 2025. The former fourth-round pick spent his first seven seasons […]
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