The Detroit Lions announced their full 2026 Coaching staff earlier today and it finally clears up a couple of unknow roles for recently mentioned hires. There is a total of 12 Title or role changes from last season amongst coaches and the training staff. Changes Of Note: Drew Petzing - New Hire: Offensive Coordinator (replaces the Fired Jon Morton) Mike Kafka - New Hire: Pass Game Coordinator Dan Skipper - New Hire: Offensive Assistant Bruce Gradkowski - New Title: Assista

After two weeks of using News and Nuggets, we have decided to rebrand our weekly item to be called the "Monday Morning Rundown". Going forward, expect this to be posted each Monday and contain the news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Detroit Lions President Rod Wood interviewed by Lions team reporter Dannie Rogers Lions Players, Coaches and Team Rod Wood is retiring as Lions Team President prior to the start of t

This is the seventh 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 LB room, which has only two players currently under contract for the 2026 season, leaving lots of questions for both the starting unit and the special teams play. Lions LBs Jack Campbell (#46) and Derrick Barnes (#55) chasing Lamar Jackson (#8) ©Jess Rapfogel, Getty Images LB Under Contract: LB: Jack Campbell,

Our weekly segment on Lions News, nuggets and rumors that have occurred within the last time frame that this was posted. Lions Coach Dan Skipper Lions Pl ayers, Coaches and Team The Lions blocked the Dolphins from interviewing Offensive Assistant Bruce Gradkowski for their QB Coach. Dan Skipper has been hired to the Detroit Lions Coaching Staff On Feb 13th, DJ Reader and Alex Anzalone's' contracts officially voided , adding ~$5M to the Lions Dead Cap for 23025, which now st

This is the sixth 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 DL room, which has three of the four positions nailed down, but still is missing that fourth amigo and the depth and rotational guys all have questions. Detroit Lions Alim McNeil (#54) and Tyleik Williams (#91) DL Under Contract: EDGE: Aiden Hutchinson, Ahmed Hassanein (Futures), Josh Paschal (IR), Chris Smith

This is the fifth 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 OL room, which may very well be the Detroit Lions biggest concern heading into the 2026 offseason.   Taylor Decker and Graham Glasgow   OL Under Contract: Center: Graham Glasgow (C), Kayode Awosika (C), Seth McLaughlin (C – Futures) Interior OL: Christian Mahogany (G), Tate Ratledge (G), Miles Frazier (G/T), M

In our Monday News & Nuggets post, we mentioned that we had been hearing that Dan Skipper would be joining the Lions Coaching staff in some capacity, and news has broken this morning that is indeed the case. Dan Skipper coaching the East OL at the Shrine Game on 1/27/26 Per a post on X, Rachel Hopmayer of CBS Detroit stated that Skipper had been hired by the lions and will "be molding the next jumbo TEs in no time." It is unclear if that means Skipper will be the Assistant

This weekly segment will be an aggregator of much of the Lions News, nuggets and rumors that have occurred within the last time frame that this was posted. The expectation is that we will publish it weekly and will continue to ramp up the content and evolve it over the coming months. It will focus on Lions Coaches Lions newly promoted TE Coach Steve Oliver Lions Players, Coaches and Team Lions Assistant TE Coach Seth Ryan was hired by Aaron Glenn and the NY Jets to become

This is the fourth 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 WR room, where the Top 3 players are set for the next several years, but depth and special teams play possibly could be upgraded for spots four, five and six.     Isaac TeSlaa second career TD reception   WRs Under Contract: Amon-Ra St Brown, Jameson Williams, Isaac TeSlaa, Dominic Lovett, Jackson Meeks (Future

This is the third 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 TE room, which has the top two guys under contract for one more season, but lots of questions around their health. The position became a bit of a revolving door at the end of the 2025 season, so the Lions will be looking to add some stability and balance, even though they currently have four players under contra

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

Weird how a single day can make a huge difference. Yesterday, the majority of the Detroit Lions fans thought that the Lions would be in the market for some DL depth, with the impending Free Agency of seven of their D-line. However, word comes today that both Edge Josh Paschal and DT Levi Onwuzurike had their contracts form 2025 toll due to a quirk in the CBA regarding players on the Non-Football Injury and (N-FI) and Reserve Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) lists. Lions Edg

This is the second 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 RB room, currently the one position with the most stability to it, which could turn volatile really quick depending on how the David Montgomery situation turns out and whether any of the depth guys aren’t what the new OC is looking for. Gibbs and Montgomery with their Alter Egos (NFL/X) RBs Under Contract: Ja

This is the first in a 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 QB room and what Brad Holmes intends to do for a backup and long-term replacement for Jared Goff. QBs Under Contract: Jared Goff   Free Agents: Kyle Allen – UFA, CJ Beathard – UFA (PS)   Lions QBs Goff and Allen by MSN Analysis: The Lions will need another QB or two for 2026 season, as both the primary backup to

The Detroit Lions announced on X t hat they have added a new TE to the room in Thomas Gordon. Formerly of the Chicago Bears, Gordon (UDFA out of Northwestern) signed in early August but was released on 8/24/25, a few days before final cuts. The Bears re-signed to their Practice Squad on 12/24 when they lost another TE to IR. Gordon was never elevated and did not record a snap or stats last year. The addition of Gordon brings the Lions to four TEs on the roster currently,

The folks over at Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) have released their All-NFL and All-NFC teams, and the honors continue to roll in for a trio of Lions. PFWA All-Pro Notes Penei Sewell has been All-NFL and All-NFC consecutive selections from 2023-25 This is the first honor for both Jack Campbell and Aiden Hutchinson All-NFL Penei Sewell Jack Campbell All-NFC Penei Sewell Jack Campbell Aiden Hutchinson

In a move that will surely have the Detroit Lions fanbase nodding in unison (sarcasm off), it is being reported by multiple sources that Dan Campbell has quietly interviewed and will hire the former Arizona Cardinals OC Drew Petzing as the Detroit Lions new OC. Former Arizona Cardinals OC Drew Petzinger Name : Drew Petzing Age : 38 Years Old Philosophy : Run First Coach who likes to have Balance Coaching Mentors : Mike Zimmer (MIN), Kevin Stefanski (CLE) and Jonathon Gannon

When the Detroit Lions hired Dan Campbell back in 2021, he identified a need for a culture shift on Defense as the Lions transitioned away from the prior regimes and into Aaron Glenn's new system. One of the first Free Agents that was pursued and ultimately signed was Alex Anzalone from the New Orleans Saints, who the Lions brought on initially with a 1-Year $1.75M deal, extended the following year for another 1-year $2.5M deal and ultimately signed "long-term" in 2023 with

Love them or hate them, PFF has become engrained into the fabric of College and Pro Football. So, when they produce their yearly All-Pro awards based on their ratings system, it's always nice to see where the Lions had players shine through. This year, five players were honored, with three 1st team and two 2nd team winners. PFF All-Pro Notes Penei Sewell was the highest rated OL for PFF in 2025 at 95.2 LB Jack Campbell was second highest rated LB, and highest rated (90.0)

Brad Holmes had his annual end-of-year press event last week and while there was plenty of nuggets dropped about player health, accountability for not making the playoffs and much more, one thing that really grabbed the attention of the Lions fan base was the status of RB David Montgomery. Everyone knew that Monty's numbers were down this year and he had recently made some cryptic social media posts that indicated he may not be happy with his role or the Lions or both. Holme