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Welcome to my summer scouting series. Less than a month after the 2026 NFL Draft, we’re back to the grind as we start on the 2027 cycle. In this series I will be giving you my opinion on the top ten players at each position, I will be using a mixture of box score and PFF statistics to give you an overview of their 2025 college season, before summarising what I believe to be their strengths and areas for development based on what I saw on tape. Most of the stats are self-expla

The NFL has confirmed that the Detroit Lions will face the New England Patriots in Munich on Sunday, November 15, 2026, and we will be there!

The 2026 NFL Draft is behind us, and the Lions went for a high-floor strategy of taking players who seemingly have set roles in the scheme come Day 1 of the off-season. This is how (in my humble opinion) the 2026 Lions rookie class will fit into the Lions' scheme, with some player comparisons, so you can visualise my vision.

2025 saw the Lions end a 15-year streak of having a UDFA make the initial 53-man roster. So, let’s take a look at the 9 players hoping to start a new streak in 2026. To save myself from writing it out nine times, although I’m sure I’ll mention it once or twice; for any of these players to make the roster, they have to be able to contribute on special teams, other than Altmyer, of course. So, let’s begin……… Luke Altmyer – QB – Illinois Altmyer is an experienced player,

The 2026 NFL Draft is in the books, and boy was it a mad one. Here, I’ll take a look at the Lions’ haul, giving my honest assessment of each player. I’m not a fan of giving grades, especially before the players have even entered the building, it will be more of a summary of the type of player they are and their fit in Detroit. 1 (17) – Blake Miller – OT – Clemson Despite the usual draft day buzz that the Lions were looking at trading up, General Manager, Brad Holmes hel

So here we are, a year of watching these players, studying their tape, evaluating team needs, reading approximately 45,843 mock drafts, and after all that, I still don’t have a clue which players will get their names called on Thursday night,outside of no.1 overall. This draft, more than any I can remember, has become incredibly hard to predict, there is seemingly no consensus on these player grades, and 31 teams could go in a multitude of directions. So, this is my best gues