Detroit Lions signing 3 players after rookie minicamp: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/05/detroit-lions-signing-3-players-after-rookie-minicamp.html
Lions rookie Amon-Ra St. Brown finds motivation in the 16 WRs picked before him in the draft: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/05/lions-rookie-amon-ra-st-brown-finds-motivation-in-the-16-wrs-picked-before-him-in-the-draft.html
Lions coach Dan Campbell wants a pet lion for sideline: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2021/05/17/detroit-lions-coach-dan-campbell-pft-podcast-pet-lion/5130210001/
What's in a number? Lions rookies explain choice of jerseys: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2021/05/17/detroit-lions-rookies-explain-choice-jerseys/5127242001/
New Lions coach Dan Campbell kicks off tenure with couple of questionable calls: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2021/05/17/detroit-lions-rookie-minicamp-dan-campbell-tenure-questionable-calls/5124844001/
Campbell: If Sewell wasn't available, Lions were 'prepared to take' WR at No. 7: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2021/05/17/dan-campbell-if-penei-sewell-wasnt-available-detroit-lions-were-prepared-take-wr-no-7/5131713001/
Lions' Derrick Barnes draws 'linebacker mentality' from former, current greats: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2021/05/17/detroit-lions-derrick-barnes-draws-linebacker-mentality-former-current-greats/5128294001/
Bears sign ex-Lions WR Chris Lacy after a tryout: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/05/17/bears-sign-chris-lacy-after-tryout-lions-cowboys/
Alim McNeill wanted to keep wearing No. 29 at DT: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/05/17/lions-alim-mcneill-jersey-change-from-29-north-carolina-state-to-54/
Dan Campbell explains how the Lions ran through rookie minicamp sessions without a quarterback: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/05/17/lions-rookie-minicamp-dan-campbell-explains-no-qb-at-camp-detroit-coaching-staff/
Grading Dan Campbell's Appearance on "Pardon My Take": https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/dan-campbell-pardon-my-take-podcast-appearance
Roundtable: What Needs to Happen for the Lions to Go Over Six Wins: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/roundtable-can-lions-go-over-six-wins
Dan Campbell: Lions' Coaches Already 'Trash Talking': https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/campbell-says-lions-coaches-already-trash-talking
Top 25 running backs heading into the 2021 NFL season (19. D’Andre Swift, Detroit Lions: Like many of the rookie running backs last year, the second half of the season was much kinder to Swift than the early portion. Yet, even from the start, Swift flashed. He has immense potential in the receiving game but might not ever forecast as a heavy-workload runner.): https://www.profootballnetwork.com/top-25-running-backs-2021-nfl-season/
$.05 After Rookie Minicamps ($.05--I cover the Detroit Lions as the managing editor of USA TODAY’s Lions Wire, a job that, quite frankly, has not been a lot of fun in recent times. Beyond the team just not being very good, the Matt Patricia era viewed fun as something that got in the way. They were a dour, lifeless group by the exacting demands of their former head coach. Any players with more spice to their personality than table salt were sent packing. Good players and fun personalities like Quandre Diggs, Golden Tate, Darius Slay, Damon Harrison, Devon Kennard, all made football too enjoyable for Patricia’s liking. The soul-sucking was complete at the end of the pandemic season of 2020. This weekend was the Lions rookie minicamp, the first real chance to see new head coach Dan Campbell and his staff chock-full of former NFL players in action with the players. And the energy was absolutely palpable. Even over Zoom--press conferences are still conducted remotely--the joyful spirit poured from Campbell and the players. Players smiled and talked about one another. They answered questions with candid, honest answers that weren’t stifled in an effort to not say anything that might rub the authoritarian Patricia the wrong way. Rookies Alim McNeill, Levi Onwuzurike and Jermar Jefferson all made light of Campbell and his staff’s hands-on, balls-to-the-wall approach. They loved it. Patricia’s false tough-guy coaching persona never gave any player that sort of reaction. In talking with some folks who have been in the building with both Patricia and Campbell, the change is beyond night and day. There was a dark shroud enveloping the Patricia Lions, a strong negative aura that permeated everything about the team. I don’t know if Campbell will be a good coach, and I don’t expect his first Lions team to win many games. Detroit has one of the least talented rosters in the league, notably at WR and safety. But they’re going to be fun, energetic and competitive to a man under Campbell. That’s already a huge win for Lions fans, a necessary purging of negativity that could not have happened soon enough.): https://football.realgm.com/analysis/3356/$05-After-Rookie-Minicamps
Projecting starting lineups for all 32 NFL teams following the 2021 NFL Draft: https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-projecting-starting-lineups-for-all-32-nfl-teams-following-the-2021-nfl-draft#DET
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