Kerby Joseph Is Quietly Becoming the Leader This Defense Needed Every NFL team talks about leadership. Very few know when it actually begins. Fans often assume leadership arrives after a player earns a Pro Bowl selection. Or signs a lucrative contract. Or wears the captain’s patch. Sometimes that’s true. More often, leadership begins in moments…
The Jahmyr Gibbs Contract Situation Isn’t Really About Money Every NFL contract negotiation eventually reaches the same point. Fans start counting dollars. How much is the player worth? Who’s resetting the market? Which contract becomes the comparison? This week, much of that conversation shifted toward Detroit after Atlanta rewarded Bijan Robinson with a massive extension….
The Lions Just Entered the Most Important Phase of Training Camp Training camp highlights can fool you. A receiver makes a spectacular catch. A defensive back grabs an interception. A quarterback threads a pass between two defenders. Those moments matter. They tell us something about talent, timing, confidence, and development. But eventually, Dan Campbell needs…
Why the Devin White Signing Tells Us More About Brad Holmes Than Devin White NFL fans love to evaluate signings by asking one simple question. Can this player still play? It’s a fair question. It just isn’t always the most important one. When the Detroit Lions signed veteran linebacker Devin White during training camp, much…
Dan Campbell Just Revealed What Will Decide the Lions’ Season Success changes a football team. Not just on the field. In the locker room. In the front office. In the minds of the players. And perhaps most importantly, in the expectations that surround them. For most of Dan Campbell’s time in Detroit, the Lions were…
The Lions’ Defense Is Starting to Look Exactly How Dan Campbell Imagined It There comes a point in every rebuild when the conversation changes. At first, you’re talking about draft picks. Then you’re talking about free agents. Eventually, you’re talking about whether the roster has enough talent to compete. But contenders reach a different stage…
Dan Campbell Just Confirmed What Makes Jahmyr Gibbs Different There are plenty of talented running backs in the NFL. There are fewer game changers. And then there are the players who force defensive coordinators to throw part of their game plan in the trash before the opening kickoff. Dan Campbell may have quietly told us…
Every training camp has one play that immediately grabs headlines. A spectacular catch. A long touchdown. A rookie making an impossible interception. This year, one of those moments belonged to Derrick Barnes. The veteran linebacker stepped in front of a Jared Goff pass for an interception during Day 2 of Detroit Lions training camp, giving…
There’s a temptation after a major story breaks to believe everything has suddenly changed. The Detroit Lions are living through one of those moments right now. Over the past week, nearly every conversation surrounding the organization has shifted away from training camp competitions and toward uncertainty in the secondary. The legal case involving Terrion Arnold…
For most of the Detroit Lions’ offseason, the conversation has been familiar. Training camp dates. Young players making progress. Position battles beginning to take shape. Whether the offensive line can reclaim its physical identity. Which second-year player might become the next breakout contributor. Those are the conversations winning organizations expect to have in July. Then,…