Detroit Lions bolster defensive line depth by signing former Packers DT Brian Price: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/06/detroit-lions-bolster-defensive-line-depth-by-signing-brian-price.html
Lions offseason questions: Breakout player: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-offseason-questions-breakout-player-swift-okudah-hockenson
Calvin Johnson explains 'mad respect' for Dan Campbell: https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-lions/calvin-johnson-explains-mad-respect-for-dan-campbell
Recent history says switching Penei Sewell to RT is the right move for the Lions: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/06/01/lions-moving-penei-sewell-left-tackle-to-right-tackle-recent-nfl-history-tackle-side-changes-saints-browns/
3 Lions Who Will Exceed Expectations in 2021: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/nfl/lions/news/3-lions-who-will-exceed-expectations
Projecting D'Andre Swift's 2021 Stats: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-projecting-dandre-swift-2021-stats
First Impressions of Quarterback Jared Goff: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/first-impressions-detroit-lions-jared-goff
One Player Detroit Lions Could Trade After June 1: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/one-player-detroit-lions-could-trade-after-june-1
Detroit Lions ‘expect nothing less’ than Levi Onwuzurike messing up offenses: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/6/1/22462843/detroit-lions-expect-levi-onwuzurike-mess-up-offenses-aaron-glenn
Aaron Glenn excited about the versatility of Jamie Collins, Ifeatu Melifonwu: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/5/31/22461628/aaron-glenn-excited-versatility-jamie-collins-ifeatu-melifonwu
Top 100 NFL Players of 2021: Patrick Mahomes holds on to No. 1 spot, Josh Allen rockets into top 10 (85. G Frank Ragnow: He was one of the best centers in the game last season, which is why the Lions smartly rewarded him with a new contract. He is the anchor for what should be a good offensive line in 2021.): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/top-100-nfl-players-of-2021-patrick-mahomes-holds-on-to-no-1-spot-josh-allen-rockets-into-top-10/
Most underrated NFL players on all 32 teams in 2021 (Detroit Lions: Jack Fox, P - I am only half kidding with this pick. Jack Fox, a second-year pro from Rice, earned the starting job in Detriot last spring. In his debut month of September, he won NFC Special Teams Player of the Month and continued his success throughout the season. After punting 59 times for the third-best average in the league (49.1 yards), Fox secured Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro merits. With the Lions’ lackluster offense, expect to see a great deal of Fox in 2021.): https://www.profootballnetwork.com/most-underrated-nfl-players-all-32-teams-2021/2/
NFL'S BEST COACHES 2021 (New Hires (In Alphabetical Order) -Dan Campbell, Lions (Career Record: 5-7 (.417) ): One way to know you’ve made an interesting hire? One of his suggested Google searches is “kneecaps.” By now you know all about The Quote. Dan Campbell is here to take your kneecaps, etc. Taking Campbell at face value, he is throwing the modern football car into reverse. Smash-mouth defense, running the ball, etc. If you dig a little deeper, there was something new age-y in his initial comments. “I'm a big mind-over-matter person and a lot of you are going to think I'm a kook a little bit here, but I do believe you can will things to happen in some regard,” Campbell said. "If you're a really positive thinker, I think positive things can happen to you and those around you. … They feel your energy." Campbell, who was prone to these sorts of asides during his long-forgotten tenure as Dolphins interim coach, stayed player-friendly with his hires, stocking his staff with one recently retired NFLer after another. We laugh, but the tone certainly needed changing in Detroit, especially after the ludicrously pompous Matt Patricia era. At worst for the Lions, Campbell is a readymade fall guy for yet another rebuild. The best-case scenario is that he puts a modern spin on football’s oldest clichés of toughness and determination, shaking up an organization in dire need of being stirred.): https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/edge/article/goal-line-stand/nfls-best-coaches-2021
Seven NFL stars who could be traded after June 1 -- and why (Trey Flowers, DE, Detroit Lions: With the hiring of Dan Campbell as the new head coach of the Detroit Lions, as well as the move to new defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, the Lions are shifting to a base 3-4 defense. That means that players like EDGE defender Trey Flowers are now going to be playing outside linebacker instead of defensive end. Now, this shift does not matter as much as you might think for a number of reasons. As you probably know most teams live in sub packages in today’s NFL, leading to the idea that “nickel is base.” Secondly, the difference between being a defensive end in a base 4-3 and a outside/SAM linebacker in a 3-4 front is minimal. In the former you’ll be on the edge with your hand in the dirt and in the latter you’ll…be on the edge perhaps with your hand in the dirt. The alignment might be a gap over, perhaps at a 9-technique instead of a 7-technique, and you might now face more coverage responsibilities, but depending on how the player is used by the defensive coordinator, things as a 3-4 OLB might be very similar to life as a 4-3 DE. Still, there are a few reasons why Flowers could get moved in the coming days. First is the emergence of Romeo Okwara, who notched an impressive ten sacks a season ago. Second is the financial situation. Flowers has an argument as the Lions’ best defensive player, but this season he accounts for just over ten percent of the team’s total salary cap number. Trading him after June 1st would create a dead cap hit of just over $5.6 million, and create a cap savings of $14.375 million. Now anytime a former New England Patriots player becomes rumored to be available, Bill Belichick’s squad is mentioned as a potential destination. We’ll have more on the Patriots in a second, but another team that could get in on a potential Flowers move might be the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas made a number of additions to their defense during the past draft, with additions at linebacker (Micah Parsons and Jabril Cox), defensive tackle (Osa Odighizuwa and Quinton Bohanna) and in the secondary (Kelvin Joseph and Israel Mukuamu) this points to their need to improve on the defensive side of the football. Adding Flowers could be a big piece to completing that puzzle. Getting him in under the cap, however, might be the tougher part to that move.): https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-trade-june-first-julio-jones-zach-ertz/
17-0 Chiefs? It’s a 40-1 shot (At the other end of the spectrum are the Lions and Texans. Houston has +2500 odds to become the first 0-17 team in league history. The Lions are +2800 to do the same. They don’t play each other, either; they both could could go 0-17. The Lions were the first team to go 0-16, in 2008. A year earlier, the Patriots became the first and only team to go 16-0.): https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/06/01/17-0-chiefs-its-a-40-1-shot/
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