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10 QUESTIONS WITH TWENTYMAN: What impact will Sewell have on Lions' run game?: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/10-questions-with-twentyman-what-impact-will-sewell-have-on-lions-run-game
Lions mailbag: It's a rebuilding year, but defense, rushing attack could see improvement: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2021/05/11/detroit-lions-mailbag-defense-rushing-attack-could-see-improvement/5034655001/
Detroit Lions TE T.J. Hockenson preparing for bigger role on and off the field: https://www.espn.com/blog/detroit-lions/post/_/id/37704/detroit-lions-te-t-j-hockenson-preparing-for-bigger-role-on-and-off-the-field
Scouts on Lions 4th-rounder Derrick Barnes: A 3-down, 'sideline to sideline' LB: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/05/11/scouts-on-lions-4th-rounder-derrick-barnes-a-3-down-sideline-to-sideline-lb/
Alim McNeill reveals his Lions jersey choice on his 21st birthday: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/05/11/alim-mcneill-reveals-lions-jersey-choice-21st-birthday/
Aaron Glenn Reveals Traits Lions' Linebackers Must Possess: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/glenn-explains-traits-linebackers-should-possess
Ranking Games To Watch on Lions 2021 Schedule: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/ranking-lions-2021-games-on-schedule
5 Qs with OSU blog: Jermar Jefferson has ‘incredible patience and timing’: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/5/11/22415287/5-questions-with-building-the-dam-jermar-jefferson-has-incredible-patience-and-timing
Models predict D’Andre Swift to have best season for Lions RB since 2013: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/5/11/22430217/2021-nfl-stat-projections-dandre-swift-best-detroit-lions-rb-2013
Watch: Detroit Lions DT Levi Onwuzurike’s college highlights, draft interviews: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/5/11/22428739/watch-detroit-lions-dt-levi-onwuzurikes-college-highlights-draft-interviews
32 teams, 32 players: 1 guy to root for on each '21 roster (Penei Sewell - I recently heard some Bears fan say they hope that Khalil Mack drives Sewell all the way into the backfield to sack Jared Goff. All right, that was me. That said, the Lions are another team that could have drafted Justin Fields in the first round this year. Instead, they passed and chose to ride with Goff. That’s an interesting strategy for the Lions. I hope it pans out for them. Actually, I don’t. But I want Sewell to do well for Detroit. The team deserves some good fortune.): https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-players-to-root-for-in-2021-one-selection-from-each-team
2021 All-Paid Team: NFL's highest earners by position (G Frank Ragnow (AVERAGE PER YEAR: $13.5 million. Full contract: Four years, $54 million (Signed: 2021). Guaranteed at signing: $25.5 million (47.2 percent of contract). 2021 cash: N/A. 2021 cap hit: N/A): New quarterback Jared Goff has to be pleased with his new franchise's investment along the offensive line during the 2021 offseason. The Lions made Ragnow the NFL's highest-paid center a week after drafting tackle Penei Sewell with the seventh overall pick in the draft. Ragnow surpassed Corey Linsley, who was the only center with a higher PFF grade than Ragnow in 2020, by $1 million per season. The 2018 first-round pick made his first Pro Bowl last season, but he couldn't celebrate due to a fractured throat which left him unable to talk for two weeks following a Week 14 game against the Packers.): https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-nfl-all-paid-team-patrick-mahomes-deandre-hopkins-joey-bosa-top-the-marquee
NFC UDFA CLASS RANKINGS (4. Lions: Detroit signed a league-high four prospects I had draftable grades on. Including, based on my UDFA rankings, the No. 3 and 7 available WR in Jonathan Adams and Sage Surratt, and my No. 5 and 6 iOL in Tommy Kraemer and Drake Jackson. Another sign of intelligent design from an organization that’s been devoid of it for far too long. Wide receiver was Detroit’s biggest need coming into the draft. Most mocks that had Ja’Marr Chase and Penei Sewell going to the Bengals and Dolphins slotted Jaylen Waddle to Detroit at No. 7. Instead, Waddle went No. 6 to the Fins, and Detroit did the right thing to steal Sewell at No. 7. The Lions got good value on a trio of defenders on Day 2, so the organization’s receiver need had to wait until the first pick of Day 3, USC slot WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, the only receiver Detroit ended up picking. By adding Adams and Surratt to Brown, the Lions, in sum, according to my rankings, acquired a third- and two sixth-round values at receiver for the price of 4.112 and slightly over $100k in guaranteed UDFA money, per Spotrac. Extremely slick thrift shopping. No panic. Portends a sustainable organizational decision-making model focused on long-term roster health. iOL was a tertiary need that didn't come up during the draft. So Lions GM Brad Holmes similarly attacked that position in a targeted way on Saturday night post-draft. Kraemer and Jackson could easily both make this roster. As Detroit’s new administration rebuilds the shoddy roster it inherited, this deep class will give it the option of swapping out the previous regime's failed developmental projects for fresh hand-picked alternatives. By any metric, the Lions had one of the best draft processes in the entire NFL, from the draft itself on through to the UDFA extravaganza. It’s a new era of Detroit Football.): https://www.nbcsports.com/edge/article/rankings/nfc-udfa-class-rankings
How pre-snap motion helps the NFL's best (and sometimes worst) quarterbacks (This is where it gets interesting. Last season, Jared Goff threw eight touchdown passes and eight interceptions with pre-snap motion. Goff tied with Carolina’s Teddy Bridgewater for the most interceptions with motion, and Bridgewater threw four more touchdowns. So, it could be credibly said that for whatever reason, motion didn’t work for Goff at all. Which means it didn’t work for head coach Sean McVay, either. It could have been one reasons the Rams traded Goff and a ton of draft capital to the Lions for Matthew Stafford — certainly, Stafford enables McVay to open the playbook up in ways Goff never did. Last season, Stafford had 243 dropbacks with motion, completing 147 of 226 passes for 1,734 yards, 852 air yards, 13 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a passer rating of 101.9. Stafford still has one of the best deep arms in the NFL, and on this 55-yard touchdown pass to Marvin Hall against Washington’s top-three defense, tight end Isaac Nauta moves pre-snap from the formation to the backfield, making deep safety Deshazor Everett’s read to that side. As a result, Hall has a one-on-one matchup against cornerback Kendall Fuller, who can’t quite keep up. When Hall gets outside position to the boundary, that’s the ballgame.): https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/aaron-rodgers-tom-brady-patrick-mahomes-pre-snap-motion/
Clay Helton Reveals Why Amon Ra-St. Brown is a 'Offensive Player: https://www.si.com/college/usc/football/clay-helton-explains-why-detroit-lions-scored-with-amon-ra-st-brown
Kerryon Johnson: Release by Detroit 'kind of scary': https://www.al.com/sports/2021/05/kerryon-johnson-release-by-detroit-kind-of-scary.html
Top offensive tackles in the 2022 NFL Draft include Rasheed Walker, Evan Neal: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/2022-nfl-draft-top-offensive-tackles-rasheed-walker-evan-neal/
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