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Jeff Risdon

United States

Managing Editor at USA Today

Journalist at Freelance

On Air Personality at ESPN Radio

Managing Editor for @theLionsWire & @TheDraftWire. Cohost @DETLionsPodcast. On-air 96.1 in GR. Hoops & vball dad. Ohio Bobcat. Probably listening to metal.

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  • Lions 2025 NFL schedule release live updates: Leaks, time, opponents

    19 hours ago | lionswire.usatoday.com | Jeff Risdon

    The 2025 NFL schedule release blows out the doors on Wednesday evening. While we already know the Detroit Lions home and road opponents for the coming season, the sequence and schedule of games haven't been unveiled. Early leaks have been pretty tight on the Lions' schedule thus far. With no international games and no games on Christmas, Detroit has been curiously absent from all the early official schedule release notes.

  • Lions 2025 NFL schedule release live updates: Leaks, time, opponents

    19 hours ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jeff Risdon

    The 2025 NFL schedule release blows out the doors on Wednesday evening. While we already know the Detroit Lions home and road opponents for the coming season, the sequence and schedule of games haven't been unveiled. Early leaks have been pretty tight on the Lions' schedule thus far. With no international games and no games on Christmas, Detroit has been curiously absent from all the early official schedule release notes.

  • How accurate are 'too-early' mock drafts at projecting prospects? A look back at 2017.

    1 day ago | draftwire.usatoday.com | Jeff Risdon

    year when initial mock draft projections come out for the 2026 NFL Draft. Heck, we've already got our initial Draft Wire mock first round for 2026 out (thanks Curt Popejoy!). At this point in the process, it's about identifying potential candidates for future draft prominence.

  • The Detroit Lions have signed DE Keith Cooper after impressive rookie minicamp tryout

    1 day ago | lionswire.usatoday.com | Jeff Risdon

    The Lions have signed another player who participated in the rookie minicamp over the weekend on a tryout basis. Detroit has signed defensive lineman Keith Cooper after the successful tryout. Cooper is a 6-foot-3, 280-pound defensive end who played collegiately at Tulane and then Houston, going undrafted after completing his Cougars career. He primarily played DE for Houston, racking up 3.5 sacks in his final year.

  • Brad Holmes reveals that the popular 'Inside the Den' draft show is coming back

    1 day ago | lionswire.usatoday.com | Jeff Risdon

    The Detroit Lions are bringing back the popular "Inside the Den" draft show after a one-year hiatus. That hiatus caused considerable consternation with Lions fans, what with the 2024 NFL Draft being in Detroit, drawing over 700,000 fans to the city and with reporters from around the world. Lions GM Brad Holmes acknowledged the frustration in a social media video that showed a good-natured self-awareness from the team that they dropped the ball.

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Jeff Risdon
Jeff Risdon @JeffRisdon
11 May 25

My video recap of my thoughts and takeaways from Lions rookie minicamp https://t.co/OTHPYKRGfs

Jeff Risdon
Jeff Risdon @JeffRisdon
10 May 25

Projecting how the new pieces fit... Evaluating the Cleveland Browns 2025 NFL draft picks https://t.co/BInw61txPx via @TheDraftWire

Jeff Risdon
Jeff Risdon @JeffRisdon
10 May 25

RT @JeffRisdon: Lions rookie minicamp notebook: 1st impressions on Detroit's rookie class https://t.co/ov6OUBL8rj via @thelionswire