After what can only be called a disappointing season, the Detroit Lions made a move today to shore up the Offensive Line to make another run at the Super Bowl in the upcoming 2026-2027 season. Sticking with the 17th overall pick, the Lions selected Clemson OT Blake Miller to likely be the starting RT of the future. Take a look at his RAS score and PFF grades form last year, and he is about the most balance OL pick of the draft, and a great addition for Hank Fraley. His RAS is

As we enter Day 1 of the NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions are sitting in a decent, but not enviable position to add to the core players on the roster starting with tonight's Round 1 of the 2026 Draft. Millions of mock drafts have been put together by people all across the world, and the Lions have been trending as taking an OT at Pick #17, specifically with Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor as the favorite. While I am not so sure that is the way Brad Holmes will go, he is one of the few

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Lions Players, Coaches and Team Kerby Jospeh is putting out content that suggests he is fine and will be back in the Fall DJ reader has recently visited the Ravens and Giants and plans to make a decision after the draft SideLion report has a nice article up about Mike Kafka getting a huge endorsement from Andy

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Lions Players, Coaches and Team In an interview with Justin Rogers of DetroitFootball.net , Taylor Decker admitted he would feel dirty playing for the Packers or Bears ($$) Isiah Pacheco looks ready to go with speed and quickness to burn in these offseason clips The NFL officially announced 16 attendees for the

T-Minus 13 Days and counting down fast until the 2026 NFL Draft is upon us, and here at the Grey Manes, we have switched out focus almost exclusively to Draft Day. Last week, I ran a solo Mock Draft 1.0 through the PFFN Mock Draft Simulator and wrote about the journey on where I ended up. On the Pod last Tuesday , (7pm EST Tuesday Nights), Brent, Chris and I sat down and did a Live 1st Round Mock draft for all teams under some basic rules to see who the Detroit Lions woul

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. The Riddell Retro Collection Lions Players, Coaches and Team Dan Campbell at the Owner's Meeting said the Lions would not partake in joint practices this summer The Detroit Lions are at five Global Marketing Partnerships including Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Austria and Brazil Lions likely to move Penei Sewel

As the days to the draft dwindle down and Wave 1 of Free Agency wraps, here at the Grey Manes we have turned our focus to Draft Season. In our first Mock (1.0), we are using Pro Football Network Mock Draft Simulator on the Consensus Player rankings for the AI portion of the draft. Below are the results for Rd 1. I had two trade proposals that came in at #17 , the 1st was form CAR offering 19 and 83 for 17. The second offer was from ARZ, who offered 34, 65 and a 2027 2nd fo

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. The Riddell Retro Collection Lions Players, Coaches and Team Lions added another new face to the strength staff in Grant Steen Detroit with an off-white helmet? Yes, per the Ridell retro Collection and as seen at Pro Sport Zone in Livonia Lions sign OL Ben Bartch formerly of the 49ers A slew of new Lions have

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Lions RB Isiah Pacheco at his introductory Press Conference. Lions Players, Coaches and Team New Lions RB Isiah Pacheco will wear No 10 for the team this fall Detroit re-signs DT Myles Adams, who was buried on the Practice Squad last year due to the IDL depth Lions sign WR Greg Dortch formerly of Arizona as the

As the 2026 NFL combine drew to a close on Sunday, the last chance to hear form the players and who they have been speaking with in Indy is done. While there will be plenty of contact in the upcoming weeks (Top 30 Visits, Pro Day Attendance, Virtual Visits and Local Days), we have a pretty good idea between the Combine and the All-Star games where the Detroit Lions have been dedicating their resources. As of today (Tuesday, 03/03/26), there have been confirmed reports that h

As the new league year approaches in 10 days, the Lions have started making roster moves to not only get under the cap but start to reshape their team for the 2026 season. First up was the tarde of David Montgomery to the Houston Texans for what can only be described as an absolute haul. Reports are that the Lions initially agreed to trade Monty for just a 5th round pick, but a mystery team jumped in the bidding and the Texans upped their offer to be their 4th, their 2027 7t

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Jahmyr Gibbs and Jack Campbell with Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes Lions Players, Coaches and Team  What will the Lions do with the Fifth year Options  for Gibbs and Campbell The Lions announced  their 2026 Coaching staff and there were seven Changes in roles or new Hires from 2025. The Lions Director of Sports Perf

This is the Ninth and Last in our series of roster analysis by position group for the 2026 offseason leading up to Free Agency and the NFL draft. Today’s focus will be on Special teams, where the Lions have control of their K (ERFA), Punter (under Contract) and LS (Under Contract, but the return game will need some assistance. Detroit Lions P Jack Fox and K Jake Bates STs Under Contract: Jack Fox (P), Hogan Hatten (LS), Jacob Saylors (KR-Re-Signed ERFA), Sione Vaki (KR) Free

As Draft Season moves ahead with the Combine, The Grey Manes will be identifying and listing all of the Draft Interactions that the Lions have had from the All-Star Games through the last Top 30 Visit. Brad Holmes has historically been known to draft players that they have met with, so these can tell a bit about the Lions thought process and roster direction come the draft and UDFA signing. Click HERE see the complete list.

This is the eighth in our series of roster analysis by position group for the 2026 offseason leading up to Free Agency and the NFL draft. Today’s focus will be on the DB room, which has significant health questions despite Brad Holmes throwing multiple Draft Picks and FA signings at it the last few years. Detroit Lions starting Safeties Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch DB Under Contract: CB: Terrion Arnold, D.J. Reed, Ennis Rakestraw, Khalil Dorsey, Nick Whiteside (ERFA-Re-Sig

The 2026 NFL Combine is upon us, which unofficially kick starts the two-month window for Draft Season that will culminate with the Detroit Lions (as of now) picking a future player at no. 17 overall in Pittsburgh in late April. The Combine will open Tuesday, and the NFL put out a release a few weeks ago detailing the 319 Prospects that were invited to attend. Almost all will show up, although many will forego any on-field testing or workouts for a variety of reasons, inclu

Now that the All-Star games (sans the HBCU game on 02/11/26) have been completed, Brent had done a review and analysis on all of the information form the practice and games and put together a list of potential Lions targets for each round of the draft. Zion Young - Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Round 1 (Pick 17): Likely target + pivots few targets for Round 1 played in the SB or SHR bowls.  — strategy note – Your Senior Bowl (SB)/Shrine Bowl (SHR) risers mostly profile Day 2–3. At

With the 2022 NFL Draft approaching this week in Las Vegas, NV, the Grey Manes decided to conduct and publish their first ever mock...

The Lions selected a Running Back in Round 7 out of Oregon State Jermar Jefferson.

The Lions traded up into the 4th Round to select the tackling machine from Purdue Derrick Barnes.