Detroit Lions Camp Battles: Nick Bellore vs. Steve Longa
Nick Bellore and Steve Longa are in an interesting situation. They are both on the field at the same time, so their natural instinct as teammates is to hope the other does well. Much of…
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Caushaud Lyons Hopes The Detroit Lions Have Patience
Caushaud Lyons grew up in Georgia and played his high school football for the Woodland high school Wolfpack. He went to Tusculum college, in the South Atlantic Conference. There he set a school record for…
Detroit Lions Roster Battle: Rolan Milligan vs Alex Carter
Rolan Milligan and Alex Carter have a problem. In a few weeks the Lions will be dropping from 90 players on their active roster down to 53. At the safety position the Lions have three…
Can Dez Stewart Eclipse His Competition At Wide Receiver?
Dez Stewart (the guy on the right above) earned the award for the most varsity letters at his high school and was named the school’s athlete of the year. He was first team all conference…
Pass Rush Help is Needed In Detroit
The Lions have been struggling to find a book end pair of defensive ends to cement their pass rush for a very long time. Not since the days of Robert Porcher and Tracy Scroggins, the…
Can Ameeer Abdullah Break The Barry Sanders Curse?
Every player has a season that defines them, and for Barry Sanders career with the Detroit Lions, that year was 1994. The events of that season are perfect examples of all the things people say…
Left Tackle: The Detroit Lions’ Battle For The Blind Side
It Has Been A Very Long Time Since The Detroit Lions Had Questions About Their Left Tackle. The Lions have had three consecutive first round picks man the left tackle spot. During that time, the…
Who Will Be The Detroit Lions Kick Returner In 2017
A kick returner on an NFL team is like the Bass player in a band. Nobody chooses the Bass as their instrument. Bass players are usually former guitarists who realized they had peaked, and still…
Fantasy Football Philosophy: Risk/Reward
There are a few fundamental fantasy football philosophies I follow. Most of them have been covered 1000 times, but I have never done it here, so now it will be 1001. Some of them are…
Fantasy Football Advice For The Beginner
I have a fantasy football league that would be old enough to drink in any state in the continental United States if it were a person. The league is older than one of the team…
The Detroit Lions Real Salary Cap Situation For 2017
The Detroit Lions have $5,754,102 in Salary cap space right now according to over the cap. But what will that look like when the season starts? Currently, the top 51 contracts count against the salary…
T.J. Jones Has It Tough to Make the Lions Roster in 2017
The 2017 season could be make-or-break for T.J. Jones T.J. Jones was born in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. His godfather is Raghib “Rocket” Ismail. he attended Gainsville High School in Gainsville Georgia. He garnered recognition as…
The Detroit Lions 2018 Salary Cap Situation
Ash Thompson Breaks Down The Detroit Lions’ Salary Cap Situation. One of our readers requested an article looking at the Lions 2018 salary cap situation. There has been a lot mentioned about the team’s position…
So You Failed A Drug Test: Khyri Thornton Edition
Detroit Lions’ Defensive End Khyri Thornton Was Suspended Six Games By The NFL. The NFL, more than any business you or I are likely to ever work for, is all up in their employee’s business. From…