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• 2024 NFL mock draft: 11 options Detroit Lions’ 2nd-round pick

Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK Breaking down 11 NFL Draft prospects for the Detroit Lions’ second-round pick in our mock. The Detroit Lions are on the clock in our 2024 NFL Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft in the second round. Erik Schlitt will be making the pick (to be revealed on Wednesday) for the Lions, but before he does, let’s examine the options. If you need a reminder...2024
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• Video: Why Iowa CB Cooper DeJean makes sense for the Lions

Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK We have a roundtable NFL Draft discussion about why Iowa CB Cooper DeJean makes sense for the Lions. The discourse surrounding Iowa cornerback Cooper DeJean ahead of the 2024 NFL draft in Detroit has been fascinating, and to some extent—very unique. Erik Schlitt, managing editor of Pride of Detroit as well as the co-host of the Detroit Lions Brea...2024
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• Notes: A guide to Detroit’s 2024 NFL Draft festivities

Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images From Corktown to Greektown, a guide to the 2024 NFL Draft events in Detroit. After quite literally watching a clock count down in Campus Martius, the 2024 NFL Draft is finally here. I’ve heard friends or family mention they’re considering heading downtown for the festivities, so I thought it may be helpful to put together some options. First and foremo...2024
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• NFL mock draft: 12 candidates for the Detroit Lions at Pick 29

Mandi Wright / USA TODAY NETWORK The Lions are on the clock in our Community Mock Draft. Here are 12 candidates Detroit could pick. This is it. The Detroit Lions are finally on the clock in our 2024 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. It’ll be up to Erik Schlitt to make the 29th overall pick in the draft. Here’s a look at how the board has fallen through 28 picks. Chicago Bears: QB ...2024
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• POD Community Mock: With the 28th pick, the Bills select...

With the 28th pick in the POD Community Mock, the Bills select... The Detroit Lions are on deck in our 2024 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, and Erik Schlitt is patiently waiting for his turn on the clock. But before he can make his selection, he is at the mercy of the Buffalo Bills and acting Bills general manager Elite539. The Bills are seemingly stuck in AFC purgatory: too good to be ear...2024
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• Mock Draft Roundup 9.0: Heavy shifts in projections, 2 weeks out

Photo by Brandon Sumrall/Getty Images With less than two weeks before the 2024 NFL Draft, we are seeing a heavy shift in projections for the Lions. Catch up on all the latest information in our latest Mock Draft Roundup. If you’re not familiar with how the Detroit Lions roundup works, each week we collect data from the latest expert mock drafts published over the last seven days and compil...2024
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• Lions mailbag: Would Brad Holmes mortgage future to trade up in NFL Draft?

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports Would the Lions dig into future resources to trade up in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft? We discuss in our MAILBAG! For the first time in general manager Brad Holmes’ time with the Detroit Lions, his team will not be entering the draft with a ton of capital. After finishing the season in the final four and trading away one of his third-round picks...2024
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• Erik Schlitt’s Detroit Lions 7-round mock draft, 2.0

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Erik Schlitt drops his second Detroit Lions 7-round mock draft of the 2024 offseason. The 2024 NFL Draft is just over two weeks away and it’s time for the next installment in my Detroit Lions mock draft series. If you missed my initial Lions mock draft of the offseason, make sure you go back and check it out because I made a point of not selecting any of the...2024
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• Mock Draft Roundup: Lions prospect pool expanding less than 3 weeks out

Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With less than three weeks before the NFL Draft, we take a closer look the expanding options for the Lions in our latest Mock Draft Roundup series. If you’re not familiar with how the Detroit Lions roundup works, each week we collect data from the latest expert mock drafts published over the last seven days and compile them (with link...2024
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• Erik Schlitt’s Detroit Lions 7-round mock draft, 1.0

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Erik Schlitt drops his first Detroit Lions 7-round mock draft of the 2024 offseason. It’s finally April, and that means we’re just weeks away from the 2024 NFL Draft. As we get closer to the big event, we begin to narrow our focus on which prospects fit the Detroit Lions culture/scheme, but with three weeks of free agency additions in the books, it’s a go...2024
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• Notes: Detroit welcomes DJ Reader with open arms

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Are you ready for the wrecking crew of DJ Reader and Alim McNeill? Opposing teams are not. Big, bad DJ Reader signed with Detroit on Thursday, and the Lions wasted no time rolling out the introductory materials. In addition to the introductory press conference we mentioned on Pride of Detroit (in which the team offered an optimistic injury update for the to...2024
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• 2023 Detroit Lions awards: Most Valuable Player

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Vote on the Detroit Lions’ most valuable player for the 2023 season. We’ve come to the end of our 2023 Pride of Detroit, and it’s time to give out the biggest award of them all: Most Valuable Player. Ask any five people, and they’ll likely give you five different definition of “MVP,” and we didn’t explicitly define it for our staff. Just asked, quite simply: ...2024
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• 2024 NFL Combine preview: 5 OTs the Lions should watch

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Identifying which offensive tackles the Detroit Lions should be keeping an eye on during the 2024 NFL Combine. Our 2024 NFL Combine preview series continues to roll along as we take another step closer to the big event—scheduled to be televised on Thursday, February 29. So far in this series, we have previewed the quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers...2024
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• 2024 NFL Combine preview: 5 running backs the Detroit Lions should watch

Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports Identifying which running backs the Detroit Lions should be keeping an eye on during the 2024 NFL Combine. The 2024 NFL Combine officially kicks off on Sunday, February 25, but we won’t see the prospects in action until the on-field drills are televised on Thursday, February 29. Our coverage of this year’s event is underway, as we will be publishing a series of ...2024
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• 2023 Detroit Lions awards: Offensive Player of the Year

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Detroit Lions offense was stellar in 2023. But which player deserves Lions Offensive Player of the Year? Vote on these candidates. The Detroit Lions offense is one of the best in the league, and it’s easy to see why. This roster is filled with superstar talent at every level of the offense, and it makes the following Pride of Detroit Award the toughe...2024
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"A subscription includes: weekly film breakdowns from Jon Ledyard, pre and post-game essays from myself, personalized videos from me and Erik Schlitt, plus analysis pieces from Ryan Mathews, Brett Whitefield, and Morgan Cannon."

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"com/HhYqYVRi68— Erik Schlitt (@erikschlitt) September 8, 2023 It also wasn’t the cleanest day tackling from this group, but, again, there were enough individual plays made here to feel optimistic about this group."

• 2024 NFL mock draft: 11 options Detroit Lions’ 2nd-round pick
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• Video: Why Iowa CB Cooper DeJean makes sense for the Lions
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• Notes: A guide to Detroit’s 2024 NFL Draft festivities
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• NFL mock draft: 12 candidates for the Detroit Lions at Pick 29
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• Mock Draft Roundup 9.0: Heavy shifts in projections, 2 weeks out
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• Video: Positions the Lions can afford to overlook in the NFL Draft

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports A look at the positions the Detroit Lions do not need to address in the 2024 NFL Draft. It’s getting to be that time of year for NFL fans. The time where most fans are aware of what their favorite team needs to address prior to the start of the 2024 season. But before summer gets here and the offseason really sets in, there is one major obstacle in every ...2024
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• Lions mailbag: Would Brad Holmes mortgage future to trade up in NFL Draft?
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• Erik Schlitt’s Detroit Lions 7-round mock draft, 2.0
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• 2024 NFL Draft: Community mock tracker, selections, grades

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Tracking all of the selections and draft grades in our 2024 POD Community Mock Draft. We’re a week into our 2024 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, and we’ve already seen a few surprises. If you haven’t been following, our Community Mock Draft allows the most active and loyal members of our community to participate as NFL general managers. All 32 teams ar...2024
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• POD Community Mock: With the 28th pick, the Bills select...
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• Lions mailbag: Would Brad Holmes mortgage future to trade up in NFL Draft?
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• Erik Schlitt’s Detroit Lions 7-round mock draft, 2.0
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• 2024 NFL Draft: Community mock tracker, selections, grades
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• Mock Draft Roundup: Lions prospect pool expanding less than 3 weeks out
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• Full 2024 NFL Draft order: List of Detroit Lions’ 7 picks

Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A look at all seven of the Detroit Lions’ 2024 NFL Draft picks, and the seven-round order for all 32 teams. On Friday, the NFL announced all the recipients of 2024 NFL Draft compensatory picks. The Detroit Lions were, expectedly, shut out from any additional picks, and our own Erik Schlitt explained why. But with the distribution of ...2024
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• Notes: Lions OC Ben Johnson visits Red Wings, offensive explosion ensues

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Both Jared Goff and Ben Johnson are fan favorites in Hockeytown. Although the team is in offseason mode, Detroit fans are still expressing their appreciation and admiration for the accomplishments of the 2023 Lions squad during its deep playoff run. Last time we checked in on how Detroit Lions fever was spilling over to other sports venues in Detroit, ther...2024
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• 2023 Detroit Lions Awards: Pride of Detroit Moment of the Year

A look back at the best moments and accomplishments from Pride of Detroit in 2023. The 2023 season wasn’t just unforgettable for the Detroit Lions, but it was a year I’ll never forget professionally. It was a record year for Pride of Detroit in so many ways. Our community has never been bigger, we’ve never had a wider reach in terms of variety of content we offer, we broke records in our Movember...2024
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• 2023 Detroit Lions awards: Defensive Player of the Year

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Vote for the winner of the 2023 Detroit Lions Defensive Player of the Year award. The Detroit Lions defense had an up-and-down season, to say the least. Early in the year, they were able to hold five of their first eight opponents to 20 points or less. For the rest of the season—including playoffs—they only managed to do that three more times. But th...2024
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• Lions mailbag: Would Brad Holmes mortgage future to trade up in NFL Draft?
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• See you starside

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK SB Nation has decided to discontinue the PODcast. But we’re not done yet. When I started the Pride of Detroit PODcast, I was a year coming up from a low, a very low spot. I had lost nearly everything after years of searching for work in Georgia, and I had just moved back in with my mother. I was taking jobs as a carpenter, dealing with abjectly low pay and hap...2024
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• 2024 NFL mock draft: Chicago Bears select QB Caleb Williams

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images With the first pick in our 2024 NFL community mock draft, the Chicago Bears select... Our Pride of Detroit 2024 NFL community mock draft is underway! If you’ve never been a part of it before, we’ve selected 31 members of our community to act as an NFL general manager, while our own Erik Schlitt will serve as the Detroit Lions general manager. From now until...2024
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• Notes: Detroit welcomes DJ Reader with open arms
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• Detroit Lions finally lose a player drafted by Brad Holmes to free agency

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Detroit Lions GM Brad Holmes’ incredible drafting streak is coming to an end, losing his first of 23 draft picks to freea gency. Through three years, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes accomplished something quietly remarkable. By the end of the 2023 season, every single Lions draft pick under Holmes—from 2021 to 2023—was stil...2024
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• Notes: Lions OC Ben Johnson visits Red Wings, offensive explosion ensues
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• 2023 Detroit Lions Awards: Pride of Detroit Moment of the Year
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• 2023 Detroit Lions awards: Play of the Year

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports Vote on the greatest play from the Detroit Lions’ 2023 season. The 2023 Detroit Lions season did not have a shortage of memorable moments. When a team erases droughts of three decades or longer, it tends to stick in your head for a while. But was there one moment—one play—that sticks out above the rest? We’ll decide that today as we examine our latest Pride o...2024
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• 2023 Detroit Lions awards: Offensive Player of the Year
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• Detroit Lions report card: Defense steps up big time vs. Chiefs

The Detroit Lions defense helped carry a sputtering offense against the Kansas City Chiefs. We hand out positional grades to analyze the entire team’s performance. The Detroit Lions didn’t play their prettiest game against the Kansas City Chiefs, but no Week 1 game is perfect. The fact that the Lions were still able to pull off the victory over the Super Bowl champs on such an imperfect night is ...2023
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• Predictions: What will the Lions’ record be? Will they make the playoffs?

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Our staff makes their 2023 Detroit Lions record predictions. Last week, we polled Pride of Detroit users on the Detroit Lions’ 2023 record, and a whopping 89 percent of you believe the team will win at least 10 games. That would be quite an accomplishment for this franchise, as they’ve reached double-digit wins in a season just twice since 1995 and only fi...2023
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• Matt Patricia buried after Eagles give up game-losing 92-yard TD drive

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia is under heavy criticism again after allowing backup QB Drew Lock to beat the Eagles with a 92-yard game-winning drive. This week, the Philadelphia Eagles made somewhat of a desperate coaching move. After giving up over 30 points in three consecutive games, Philly opted to move defensive coordinator Sean Desai t...2023
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• Exploring the roster impact of Lions WR Jameson Williams being reinstated early

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images What to expect from the return of Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams. Friday afternoon, the NFL and NFLPA altered the league’s stance on gambling, handing down stricter future penalties, while also issuing some select forgiveness to those currently suspended due to unclear expectations. Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams is amongst t...2023
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• Report: Lions restructure Tracy Walker’s contract, create $5 million in cap space
Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports A look at what Tracy Walker’s contract restructure may look like and what it means for Detroit Lions free agency. On Monday, our own Erik Schlitt broke down eight different options for the Detroit Lions to create more cap space by restructuring the contracts of different players. According to ESPN’s Field Yates, the Lions followed his advice, adjusting Tracy ...2023
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• Detroit Lions fans reveal when they first believed in Dan Campbell

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Detroit Lions fans explain the first time they really started believing Dan Campbell was the right head coach for the team. It’s fair to say that Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is likely one of the most popular people in the state of Michigan right now and for good reason. In just a matter of three seasons, he’s taken one of the historically worst f...2024
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• Lions 7-round mock draft: Ryan Mathews and Erik Schlitt edition
Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Pride of Detroit’s Ryan Mathews and Erik Schlitt team up for a 7-round Lions mock draft. We are less than a month away from the 2023 NFL Draft, so that means it’s time to overload Detroit Lions fans’ senses with mock drafts. In this version of our mock draft, Ryan Mathews and I (Erik Schlitt) have joined forces to produce a joint mock d...2023
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• Lions 7-round mock draft 2.0: Ryan Mathews and Erik Schlitt edition
Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Pride of Detroit’s Ryan Mathews and Erik Schlitt are back for another 7-round Lions mock draft. We’re just a couple of weekends away from the 2023 NFL Draft, and the Detroit Lions are still the talk of the town. In our first mock draft, Erik Schlitt and I (Ryan Mathews) explored what Detroit’s draft could look like if they moved off of their pick at sixth ...2023
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• 2024 NFL mock draft: 11 options Detroit Lions’ 2nd-round pick
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• Erik Schlitt’s Detroit Lions 7-round mock draft, 2.0
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• Mock Draft Roundup: Lions prospect pool expanding less than 3 weeks out
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• Lions mailbag: Predicting biggest surprise from Detroit's 2024 draft

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports How could Lions GM Brad Holmes surprise us again in the 2024 NFL Draft? Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes isn’t afraid to go against conventional norms and surprise some people with his personnel decisions. While many of the national folks were shocked by last year’s selection of Jahmyr Gibbs, the following pick in the draft was just as surprisin...2024
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• Pride of Detroit’s 2024 NFL Community Mock Draft sign-up

Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Your chance to participate in a site-wide 2024 NFL mock draft is now! Sign up here! It’s that time of year again! It’s time for the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, which YOU can be a part of and act as an NFL general manager. Every year, we select the most well-behaved and active members from our Pride of Detroit comment sect...2024
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• Notes: Analyst believes Lions missed their Super Bowl window

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Need something to be mad online about? Here you go. A clip circulating social media has Lions fans up in arms of popular ESPN host Mike Greenberg claiming the Detroit Lions missed their chance to go all the way. “I think they missed their window. I think their shot to win the championship was last year. I think they’re getting surpassed in their own divi...2024
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• Instant reaction to Detroit Lions cutting Isaiah Buggs

We give our live reaction to the surprising decision to cut Detroit Lions defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs. On Tuesday, news broke that the Detroit Lions are parting ways with veteran defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs. While not completely unexpected considering how the Lions used Buggs sparingly in 2023, it is still a pretty shocking development when you consider just how high of a standing he had with...2024
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• Breaking down Jeff Okudah trade; Should Lions trade for Devin White?
Junfu Han-USA TODAY Sports On our latest Detroit Lions podcast, we break down the Jeff Okudah trade and answer whether we’d trade for Bucs LB Devin White. On Tuesday night, we convened for an emergency podcast in the wake of the news that the Detroit Lions are trading Jeff Okudah to the Atlanta Falcons. While the news may not have been all that surprising, it is certainly a development wo...2023
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