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2026 NFL Draft: Detroit Lions top-30 visit tracker
The Detroit Lions often tell a lot about their NFL Draft intentions by the players they decide to meet. Whether it’s formal meetings at the NFL Combine or pre-draft visits to their team facility in Allen Park, the Lions’ draft history has been littered with players they’ve done additional work on. So every year, we […]
2026 NFL mock drafts: 3 dueling Detroit Lions mocks
With just days until the 2026 NFL Draft, the PODcast crew opted to turn our draft preview episode into an all-out mock draft competition. Here was the task: Create the best Detroit Lions four-round mock draft using the following rules: With those rules in place, here’s what each of us came up with: Jeremy Reisman’s […]
2026 Grit Index: 30 NFL Draft prospects who topped our updated character metric
The Grit Index returns for the 2026 NFL Draft, marking the fourth iteration since its inception in 2023. For the Detroit Lions, “grit” is a defining role of the organization, and this metric attempts to quantify how a prospect’s character, intelligence, and intangibles can help them stand out. As important as Grit is to the Lions, […]
2026 NFL Draft: Which 6 prospects best fit the Lions?
For the 2025 Detroit Lions, there were basically two different seasons. There was the 5-2 mark they put up before their bye week… and then, there was the 4-6 mark down the stretch as the team’s injury history was even worse than it was in 2024. For the second time in the last four seasons, […]
Top 10 players fans are mock drafting to the Detroit Lions in the 1st round
Since the end of the regular season, we’ve been tracking which players national NFL Draft analysts have been mock drafting to the Detroit Lions on a weekly basis. It’s a fun exercise to see what national analysts think, and it’s a good way to introduce our audience to some of the top prospects that may […]
Lions GM Brad Holmes breaks down film of Detroit’s’ 2026 free agent class
On Sunday night, the Detroit Lions dropped Episode 1 of their 2026 documentary series “Inside the Den.” Often lauded as the best work the Lions production team does all year, the “Inside the Den” docuseries gives fans an inside look as to how the team operates, with insightful interviews and behind-the-scenes moments. This year, their […]
Ranking the 2026 Detroit Lions free agent signings: The top 9
Continuing the two-part series from this past weekend, ranking the Detroit Lions free agent signings from this offseason, we now flip to the top half of the list after starting with Nos. 17–10—diving into Nos. 9–1. Keep in mind, this isn’t just a ranking of the players or their projected 2026 contributions. These rankings blend projected role, […]
Discussion: Is the 2026 NFL Draft the most important draft of the Brad Holmes era?
Every NFL Draft is important, but some drafts are more important than others. The Detroit Lions would not be in their current position without general manager Brad Holmes. Whether that is a positive or a negative is up to you. Many look at his draft history and compliment the job he has done to rebuild […]
Discussion: Do you agree with Lions GM Brad Holmes’ best player available approach?
If the latest mock draft roundup is any indication, just about everyone thinks the Detroit Lions will go offensive tackle with their first-round pick on Sunday. As a reminder, of the 72 mock drafts that Erik Schlitt looked at over the past week, 70 of them had the Lions selecting an offensive lineman. Take away […]
Ranking the Detroit Lions 2026 free agent signings: 17-10
For the most part, over the last month, there’s been plenty of outspoken disappointment and second-guessing surrounding the Detroit Lions’ less-than-splashy free agent approach. Their $50.8M in total contract value ranks 27th league-wide—still more than four playoff teams (Eagles, Packers, Broncos, Jaguars). Notably, only three of the 14 playoff teams from 2025 ranked in the […]
Why the Detroit Lions should draft Olaivavega Ioane
This offseason has seemingly gone by at light speed and we are now less than a week away from the draft—a pivotal draft at that for the Detroit Lions. With the Lions being so cap strapped and passive in free agency, they will once again look to build through the draft. This is where they […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Picks, grades from our full 2-round mock
Our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft has come to a close. Before I reveal the final results, I just want to thank our entire community for helping put this together. It requires a lot of coordinator and our participants this year were on the ball throughout the entire process. Not only did we […]
Discussion: Which Detroit Lions player would be the best tag-team partner?
Let’s take a step away from NFL Draft talk for a minute. We could use a break from arguing who is the best offensive tackle or defensive end in this year’s class. Instead, let’s talk WrestleMania. It’s okay, I’m not secretly kidnapped. I promise. WrestleMania is this weekend, and apparently it’s now a two-day event. […]
2026 Detroit Lions Mock Draft Roundup 12.0: Final predictions from 72 experts
The NFL Draft is just days away, and analysts are publishing their final mock drafts of the 2026 offseason. As we do every week in the offseason, we’ll round up this week’s projection—we explored 72 different mock drafts from the past seven days—and organize the predictions by prospect, as well as provide some Detroit Lions-related […]
Notes: Michigan native stands outside Lions’ practice facility asking for a tryout
A former EMU football player is making national headlines for standing outside the Detroit Lions practice facility with a sign asking for a tryout. NFL hopeful Freddie McGee III went viral after several Lions reporters took pictures and spoke with him as he stood in Allen Park holding a sign with his stats and the […]
2026 NFL Draft profile: Why the Detroit Lions should draft Keldric Faulk
For years, Detroit Lions fans have been begging the front office to spend high resources on a defensive end opposite Aidan Hutchinson. Detroit’s pass rush may be putting up the pressures and sacks, but the time it’s taking to get to the quarterback is causing the secondary to get toasted in between sacks. Well, the […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Detroit Lions land powerful EDGE at pick No. 50
Our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock is well into the second round (track each pick here) and has reached the Detroit Lions and pick No. 50 overall. After selecting Utah right tackle Spencer Fano at pick No. 17 in the first round, I am back on the clock for the Lions’ next pick. As […]
NFL mock draft: Top 11 options for Detroit Lions at Pick 50
The Detroit Lions are on the clock for their second-round pick in our site-wide 2026 NFL mock draft. This draft is run by our commenters. We took 31 of our most loyal commenters and asked them to act as general managers for 31 teams. The Lions’ general manager is our own Erik Schlitt. We’ve spent […]
2026 NFL Draft: Why the Detroit Lions should pick Keionte Scott on Day 2
With the 2026 NFL Draft quickly approaching, the Detroit Lions find themselves in a different spot from years past. After drafting largely for depth and developmental players the last couple of years, the Lions are in need of immediate contributors, and those players can be most easily found with either of their first two picks—No. […]
Mailbag: What to make of Detroit Lions’ draft rumors—and lack thereof
If you’ve been desperately looking for hints at what the Detroit Lions will do in next week’s draft, you’re likely pretty frustrated right now. The Lions have done a good job keeping their intentions close to the vest, and with Lions general manager Brad Holmes changing up their pre-draft process a little, what they do […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Revealing picks 33-49
The 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft concluded its first round on Wednesday night. But we’ve got an entire second round to get to. Unlike the first round, we are not doing individual posts for each pick. Rather, we’re revealing the first half of the second round right now—leading right up to the Lions’ […]
What Detroit Lions could acquire in a 1st-round trade down
A few weeks ago, our own Ryan Mathews broke down what it would cost if the Detroit Lions were to trade up in the 2026 NFL Draft. Now let’s look at the other side of the coin. The Lions may be more interested in trading down this year. Entering the draft without any picks between […]
Discussion: Predicting how the Detroit Lions will surprise in the 2026 NFL Draft
We’re officially just a week away from the 2026 NFL Draft, and it feels like we’re no closer to being able to predict what the Detroit Lions could do. Each year, Lions general manager Brad Holmes seems to do something unexpected. Whether it’s taking a running back and linebacker in the first round, drafting back-to-back […]
2026 NFL mock draft: Seattle Seahawks pick Brandon Cisse
The first round of our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft closes with the Seattle Seahawks. This mock, which is run by 31 of our most loyal commenters, will run two full rounds. But this pick will close out our first. Acting as general manager for the Seahawks in this mock draft is commenter […]
2026 NFL Draft: Full 7-round Detroit Lions mock, with trades
Now that we are another week closer to the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, myself and my good friend Meko Scott are back with a second iteration of our 2026 Detroit Lions mock draft. In our first attempt last week, we decided we would draft using our own perspectives on what makes sense for […]
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