Look, I get that some Detroit Lions fans are going to look at the headline and mistake this for me saying the Lions don't need to keep Jack Campbell. That just could not be farther from the truth.
A significant reason the Detroit Lions did not meet their expectations in 2025 was the rash of injuries that continued to negatively impact the team. For the second consecutive season, Dan Campbell's squad was among the most injured team's in the league.
The Detroit Lions' season has ended, and the focus has shifted to the offseason. As general manager Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell evaluate how to improve, needs have emerged for the team to target in the offseason.
The NFL officially started recording sack totals during the 1982 season, and since then a player has totaled 18 or more sacks in a season on 31 occasions. How many of the 31 can you name in five minutes?
The Detroit Lions' 2025 season is over, and now it's time to jump into full offseason mode. This is going to be the most consequential offseason the Lions have had in a pretty long time.
Rule changes have made passing numbers easier to compile in the modern era, and the game's top quarterbacks have taken full advantage. While the heaviest hitters are represented here, some storied postseasons by slightly lesser-celebrated QBs remain entrenched in playoff annals as well.
This whole thing has been blown way out of proportion. It's all understandable why the Detroit Lions have been playing David Montgomery less. They haven't had the leads they normally do, so they had to change their run game a bit.
Detroit Lions second-year defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo only appeared in two games this season, both against the Chicago Bears. For the former sixth-round pick, it was a challenging sophomore campaign, as he was a healthy scratch for a significant portion of the season.
Let's go back in time a little bit to October. The excitement around the Detroit Lions activating Alim McNeill was huge. The defensive line was leading the league in sacks and pressures at the time, and the addition of McNeill was supposed to put them over the top.
Here is a look at the final 2025 NFL power rankings. The Detroit Lions were once considered among the best teams in the league, but finished in the majority of polls ranked as an average team.
The Detroit Lions' pass-rush received a huge boost with the performance of veteran defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad. In 2025, Muhammad had a career year with 11.5 sacks, which finished second on the team behind Aidan Hutchinson.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
Shortly before the Detroit Lions ended their disappointing season with a Week 18 win, Lions head coach Dan Campbell suggested that the club hit "rock bottom" during a campaign it finished with a record of 9-8.
The Bears secured the No. 2 seed in the NFC this past week, but they backed into it, losing to the Lions and getting bailed out by the Commanders beating the Eagles’ B-team.
The Detroit Lions have wrapped up their post-season media availability on Monday, and that gave local reporters a chance to speak with tight end Sam LaPorta.
Now that the Detroit Lions' season is over, the Lions have already got to work on securing some of their pending free agents. They got three guys set up with new deals, and now they're adding nine players to futures deals.
The Detroit Lions announced they have signed seven players to futures contracts. The following is a list to players Detroit signed to a futures contract:
The Detroit Lions have started the process of re-signing players they want to continue developing in their system. Following the conclusion of the regular season, teams will begin to offer futures contracts and bring back players that acclimated well throughout the course of a season.
On Monday, we put out the full list of 34 free agents that the Detroit Lions have going into the offseason. A few hours later, the Lions got three of them signed to new deals.
On Monday afternoon, head coach Dan Campbell spoke to local reporters to recap the Detroit Lions 2025 season. After a 15-2 record and the top seed in the NFC last year, expectations were sky high for the Lions.
Thank you, Taylor Decker. If this was indeed your last game in the NFL, the Detroit Lions and all of us Lions’ fans owe you a debt of gratitude. If you decide to ride off into the sunset and start the next chapter of your life, we wish you nothing but the best.
Jake Bates kicked a 42-yard field goal on the final play and the Detroit Lions topped the NFC North champion Bears, 19-16, in Chicago on Sunday. Chicago (11-6), which rallied from a 16-0 deficit in the fourth quarter, held onto the No.
Although the Detroit Lions’ season will sadly come to an end after Sunday’s game at Chicago, several players will be playing for more than just pride in the finale.
The NFC South is once again a pit of despair, with the division doing nothing to earn its playoff spot, let alone the privilege of hosting a postseason game.
The Detroit Lions announced Sunday that they’ve made three moves ahead of their season finale against the Bears. The full list includes: Lions placed OL Trystan Colon on injured reserve.
The Lions’ offensive line suffered a brutal blow when four-time Pro Bowl center Frank Ragnow retired last June. Ragnow hung it up a couple of weeks after his 29th birthday, but five months later, he staged a comeback bid in late November.