Mandi Wright / USA TODAY NETWORK The best 2024 NFL first-round mock you’ll ever see: The Complete Randomized Edition: With NFL mock draft season coming to a close, it’s time to conclude the pre-draft process with the most important mock you’ll read: our annual Random Names Out of a Hat NFL mock draft, 2024 edition. This tradition goes all the way back to 2013, when site founder Sean Yuille set out to answer a very important question: Could a completely randomized draft produce better results for the Detroit Lions than when Matt Millen was general manager? When Sean stepped down in 2015, I was ..read more

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images A look at how Lions teammates and other NFL players reacted to Amon-Ra St. Brown’s and Penei Sewell’s contract extensions. In a historic day in franchise history, the Detroit Lions gave a pair of record-setting contracts to receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and offensive tackle Penei Sewell. Both members of the 2021 NFL Draft class—the first draftees of Lions general manager Brad Holmes—St. Brown and Sewell represent the young, extremely talented core of this Lions franchise. St. Brown is just 24 years old. Sewell is only 23. Now both are the highest-paid players a ..read more

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have locked up Penei Sewell on a record-setting 4-year contract extension. The Detroit Lions have made Wednesday an iconic day in franchise history. Just a few hours after it was reported that Amon-Ra St. Brown is getting a massive four-year extension, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo is now reporting that Penei Sewell is getting a record-breaking four-year extension of his own. Per Garafolo, the deal is worth a total of $112 million, including $85 million guaranteed. The deal, per Garafolo, makes Sewell the highest-paid offensive lineman in foot ..read more

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown is signing a MASSIVE extension that makes him the highest-paid receivers in the NFL. The Detroit Lions and Amon-Ra St. Brown have reportedly agreed on a four-year, “more than” $120 million extension that makes the All Pro the highest-paid wide receiver in football. According to NFL Network, the deal comes with $77 million. The previous high for a receiver contract was Miami Dolphins Tyreek Hill’s four-year, $120 million—although Hill only had $72.2 million guaranteed. It’s a well-deserved raise for St. Brown after the 24 year old ..read more

David Rodriguez Munoz / USA TODAY NETWORK Lions coach Dan Campbell is warning fans of a potential trade out of the first round. We’re officially deep into lying season for the 2024 NFL Draft, so take everything you hear between now and Thursday night with a grain of salt. That said, the Detroit Lions almost seem likely they’re actively trying to prepare fans for a trade out of the first round. The latest sign comes from coach Dan Campbell, who joined the Costa & Jansen with Heather show on local radio station 97.1 The Ticket. Campbell was asked if the fact that the NFL Draft was in Detroit ..read more

David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports Amon-Ra St. Brown gave ESPN a very optimistic update on contract talks with the Detroit Lions. The last we heard of contract talks between the Detroit Lions and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, the two sides were preparing to meet at the NFL Combine at the beginning of March. Since then, it’s been pretty quiet, although St. Brown has not been spotted at voluntary offseason activities at Allen Park lately. However, there is good news on the horizon. St. Brown talked with ESPN’s Eric Woodyard this week, and gave a very optimistic outlook on where negotiations curre ..read more

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images With pick No. 61 in the 2024 POD Community Mock Draft, the Detroit Lions select... Our 2024 Pride of Detroit Community Mock is nearly concluded, but before we put a bow on the series, we still have one last profile to explore. This offseason, our POD mock drafters did a great job of picking a lot of great prospects the Lions might be interested in, leaving me with some tough choices. We asked readers to vote on who they would like me to select—a reminder that I took Chop Robinson at pick No. 29—and as is tradition, I made my selection before the voting began ..read more

WVU center Zach Frazier is everything the Detroit Lions could possibly want in an offensive lineman. In last year’s NFL Draft, I would argue there was no prospect more DAN CAMPBELL GRIT than linebacker Jack Campbell. It came as very little surprise that Detroit took him, despite the fact that the Lions didn’t have a pressing need at linebacker. If I were to award that honor to a player in the 2024 NFL Draft class, it would go to West Virginia center Zach Frazier, and I think he should be on the short list of candidates for the Detroit Lions’ 29th overall pick—the reasoning goes well beyond hi ..read more

Mandi Wright / USA TODAY NETWORK A look at the Detroit Lions’ top 10 needs entering the 2024 NFL Draft: The Detroit Lions are heading into the 2024 NFL Draft without even one pressing need. In fact, there’s a very, very good chance that whoever the Lions take with the 29th overall pick (or wherever their first pick eventually lands) will not be a day one starter. Things are that good in Detroit right now. But the NFL Draft is not just for taking care of your current year’s roster. The impact of a single draft class can last several seasons, or even decades if you know what you’re doing. And wh ..read more

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images In SB Nation’s 2024 NFL Mock Draft, the Detroit Lions sat patiently at pick No. 29 and landed the best press man corner in this class. As mock draft season comes to a close, so does our SB Nation writer’s mock draft series. So far, 28 picks have come off the board and the Detroit Lions are now on the clock. At this point in the draft, many of the big-named prospects have been selected—you can read short excerpts about each pick here—but let’s do a quick recap of the players drafted: QB: Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels, J.J. McCarthy, Michael Penix ..read more