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Steve Collins
Aug 28, 2023
Lions 2023 Season Preview - Playtime Is Over
It’s hard to write about the season ahead in Detroit when it feels like we haven’t quite gotten over the last season of Lions football...
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John Wallace-Howell
Dec 2, 2022
Reviewing the Lions: The Final Push
The Lions have taken steps forward, but this is still a rebuilding team. What roster questions could be answered in the final six games?
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John Wallace-Howell
Oct 20, 2022
Reviewing the Lions: Back down to earth
John returns with the latest in his series looking at the big-picture questions facing the Lions. There are quite a few...
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John Wallace-Howell
Sep 7, 2022
Reviewing the Lions: The First 5 Weeks
An ongoing series where John W-H will periodically review how the Lions' season is progressing and what we're learning about the team.
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![Trading Jared Goff Needs To Be On The Table](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eb5fee_0c550878a9d94c309977db0e29b1e0f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eb5fee_0c550878a9d94c309977db0e29b1e0f6~mv2.webp)
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Matthew Turner
Feb 24, 2022
Trading Jared Goff Needs To Be On The Table
I know what you're thinking. "Goff played well down the stretch". "Wasn't he a top 5 QB in ratings in the last 4 games of the year?"
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Matthew Turner
Feb 7, 2022
Reviewing Brad Holmes as Detroit Lions GM - Year 1
We've just passed Brad Holmes' 1st anniversary as General Manager of the Detroit Lions, and we look back at his performance so far.
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Matthew Turner
Oct 9, 2021
2021 Detroit Lions Quarter-Season Review
Now we're four games in, it seems an apt time to take an early look at how things are going...
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Steve Collins
Aug 15, 2021
Detroit Lions - Season Preview
When the Ford family sacked Detroit Lions’ head coach Jim Caldwell in 2018 after two 9-7 seasons, they made a clear statement of intent.
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Steve Collins
Aug 10, 2021
Scouting The Enemy Season Preview - Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings will begin their 2021 campaign facing a whole new batch of unanswered questions...
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Matthew Turner
Jan 30, 2021
Lions look at the Senior Bowl
If you've been reading this blog, you're going to have a fair idea of where Detroit's interests in the 2021 NFL Draft are. That being...
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Aaron Fletcher
Jan 20, 2021
Detroit Lions hire NO Saints TE Coach & Asst. HC Dan Campbell as Head Coach
The Detroit Lions have announced that the head coach position has been filled by New Orleans Saints tight ends coach and assistant head...
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Matthew Turner
Jan 14, 2021
Detroit Lions hire LA Rams Director of College Scouting Brad Holmes as General Manager
The first of the Lions big jobs this offseason has gone. Replacing Bob Quinn at GM is Brad Holmes. Let's have a look at the man who, all...
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Aaron Fletcher
Nov 29, 2020
Lions FIRE HC Patricia & GM Quinn - Key takeaway's from SFH's Presser & Next HC/GM Odds
The Lions sent out a tweet that General Manager Bob Quinn and Head Coach Matt Patricia had been 'relieved of their duties'.
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Antony Fitzpatrick
Nov 24, 2020
2021 Lions Roster- Refine to Define (Act 2)
This entry we will be taking a look at the rest of the offense, namely the O-Line and the Receivers.
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Antony Fitzpatrick
Nov 24, 2020
2021 Lions Roster- Refine to Define (Act 1)
Anyone who's watched the Lions in depth this season knows that the game is up.
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Aaron Fletcher
Nov 14, 2020
2020 Half-Season Review - Pt. 2: Mid-way point (with look ahead)
After the bye week, the Lions stood at 1-3 and 0-2 in the division. The HC come under serious fire.
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Aaron Fletcher
Nov 12, 2020
2020 Half-Season Review - Pt. 1: Up to the Bye!
I’m going to start this article by congratulating you all. WE MADE IT! (so far, anyway).
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Antony Fitzpatrick
Aug 13, 2020
State of the North Address
With the start of the 2020 NFL season under a month away it's time to take a look at the state of the NFC North.
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![Post-draft 2020 & UDFA roster and projected starters](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_223b34bc4d2f412b9e315cafe6d3695b~mv2_d_3333_1918_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_223b34bc4d2f412b9e315cafe6d3695b~mv2_d_3333_1918_s_2.webp)
Matthew Turner
May 11, 2020
Post-draft 2020 & UDFA roster and projected starters
I take a look at how that's affected the roster and the possible starting lineups for offense and defense.
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![The NFL Draft 2020 - Lions needs and outcomes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1904439ae431dcc8cccfcffeae58173d.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1904439ae431dcc8cccfcffeae58173d.webp)
Matthew Turner
Apr 23, 2020
The NFL Draft 2020 - Lions needs and outcomes
The NFL 2020 draft starts on Thursday night here in the UK (more accurately Friday morning) and I cannot wait.
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