2025 Lions offseason

[Jason_R]

Brad and Aidan are gung ho about Marcus Davenport, but let’s get Judon here too. 

 

[Motown Bombers]

Been reading good things about Teslaa so far.

 

[Motown Bombers]

You can tell the Lions have made into the NFL's elite since they have the big guns spending more time at Lions camp these days.

 

[Jason_R]

3 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

Been reading good things about Teslaa so far.

 

I saw a tweet that Campbell had singled him out for praise after practice yesterday. 

[Motown Bombers]

I’ll say no one is going to say Mahomes has to prove it without Reid. 

[Motown Bombers]

[sagnam]

16 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

Could be nothing, but it only took a few minutes after he was picked to like the possibilities. We shall see.

[MichiganCardinal]

I don’t take Justin Rogers’ word lightly. Jamo may be in for a huge year.

 

[NYLion]

16 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

I don’t take Justin Rogers’ word lightly. Jamo may be in for a huge year.

 

Jamo is due for a big breakout, you could see it coming last year. The potential Jamo extension is one of the reasons why they can't trade for a guy like Hendrickson, it's going to be a big one.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Cruzer1]

On 7/28/2025 at 2:53 PM, sagnam said:

Could be nothing, but it only took a few minutes after he was picked to like the possibilities. We shall see.

The Rams were rumored to have offered a 26 2nd rounder, which might be the reason the Lions had to offer so much.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[MichiganCardinal]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

That case was always going to be nearly impossible to prosecute. The victim was far better off with Sutton in the league and making millions she could collect child support off of.

I expect the league still comes out in the Lions favor on this.

[Sports_Freak]

The Detroit Lions are going to have a top 5 defense this season. All of those injuries last season gave our backups tons of experience, priceless experience.

[GalagaGuy]

Call me crazy but I think this dude is gonna surprise a lot of people.  

 

 

[Sports_Freak]

LMAO...Gardner White is offering refunds on any furniture purchased if the Lions win the Super Bowl again this season. I bet they were sweating last year. Prolly rooting against the Lions to win.

[Jason_R]

3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

The Detroit Lions are going to have a top 5 defense this season. All of those injuries last season gave our backups tons of experience, priceless experience.

This is honestly a plausible expectation. Had Hutch stayed healthy he might have broken the single-season sack record. He might do it this year. 

By the time of the Bills game last year, Ben Niemann had the second-most snaps at LB with 63% of defensive snaps. David Long and Zeke Turner had 41% and 40% of defensive snaps for the LB position, and Kwon Alexander with 12%. The CB position was as bad, other than Terrion Arnold. It's very disappointing for those guys (not to mention us fans) for a 15-2 season to end that way.

I listened to the whole Sirius XM training camp show in Detroit. Everyone they talked to is so dialed in. I think the press is sleeping on them, with Philly and Washington getting a lot of press. But I think the defense will be in the top ten and the offense will still put up a lot of points. 

[Motown Bombers]

Keep in mind that most of the Lions stars are in years 3-4. We may not have even seen the best from guys like Gibbs, Laporta, St Brown, Williams, Sewell, Hutchinson, Campbell, Arnold, Branch, and Joseph. You really only have guys like Decker and Reader who could be in for decline.  

[MichiganCardinal]

The defense should be fine. The interior DL may takes its lumps against teams like Baltimore and Philly, but they have the DPOY betting favorite on the edge, Anzalone/Campbell behind them, one of the best safeties in the league deep, and two capable to good corners. Healthy, I agree that’s top five.

It’s the offensive line that worries me. We are betting on a lot going right with Mahagony/Glasgow/Ratledge on the interior, and that’s not even accounting for Decker’s age. There may be games where we see Goff turtle so often we want to put a hole in the TV. Those games may happen with two guards who have nearly no collective NFL experience.

Now if the OL is as good as last year, or even just a little bit worse, there is no reason we can’t make the Super Bowl. We could have last year before half the team fell off an injury cliff.

[Jason_R]

Mahogany played very well in his limited action last year. I am not worried about him. And I think he and Ratledge are both the kind of dirtbags you want playing guard. They may both play ten years. But it will take a month or so for the IOL to gel. 

[Motown Bombers]

It's also a good sign how quickly Mahogany shot up the depth chart. He blew past Sorsdal who was drafted a year before him. I have a feeling Sorsdal doesn't make the roster. 

[holygoat]