
Erik Schlitt
Managing Editor at Pride of Detroit
Co-Host at Detroit Lions Breakdown Podcast
Managing Editor at @PrideofDetroit. Co-host of the @LionsBreakdown podcast and the POD Mid-Week Mailbag podcast. “We don’t draft scared. We don’t play scared.”
Articles
-
1 week ago |
prideofdetroit.com | Erik Schlitt
Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images Our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock is well underway, and over the past couple of weeks, we have seen members of our community make selections for the first 27 picks, thus putting the Detroit Lions on the clock. If you missed any of the previous sections, you can check all of them out, including the fan-voted grades, in our Community Mock Draft Tracker.
-
1 week ago |
prideofdetroit.com | Erik Schlitt
Gary Cosby-Imagn Images With less than two weeks until the 2025 NFL Draft, analysts are finally narrowing the options for the Detroit Lions. Of the 40 mock drafts we examined for this week’s mock Draft Roundup, every projection was for an offensive or defensive lineman. While all eyes are in the trenches, which trench player the Lions will target is still a complete unknown.
-
1 week ago |
prideofdetroit.com | Erik Schlitt
Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Detroit Lions fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week, the folks over at FanDuel Sportsbook released their odds for each NFL team’s projected win totals for the 2025 season.
-
1 week ago |
prideofdetroit.com | Erik Schlitt
Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images We’re less than two weeks away from the 2025 NFL Draft and analysts are producing mock drafts at a fever-pitch rate. It can be tough to sort through the wash with so many ideas flooding the market, so it’s worth highlighting mock drafts that make sense for the Detroit Lions.
-
2 weeks ago |
prideofdetroit.com | Erik Schlitt
Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Detroit Lions fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Our SB Nation Reacts Survey is back for a special offseason edition.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 26K
- Tweets
- 110K
- DMs Open
- Yes

Oregon DT Derrick Harmon posted this on his instagram account, apparently in town for a Top 30 or local visit. Harmon is from Detroit and attended Loyola HS and Michigan State before transferring to Oregon in 2024. (H/t to @j_ekks) https://t.co/R74egA101z

The Athletic 3-round mock: #Lions add flexibility in the trenches https://t.co/tnEXOkfgun via @PrideOfDetroit

Fairchild is inexperienced but gritty and tough -- can likely play at both guard spots. Expect him to come off the board in the third or fourth round range. Added him to our tracker here --> https://t.co/MvUvMKH6fD

Source: Georgia iOL Dylan Fairchild had a predraft visit with the Detroit Lions yesterday, has a local scheduled with the Atlanta Falcons, then will visit Seattle early next week.