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NFL schedule release 2025: Detroit Lions will NOT play in season opener

3 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

The first game of the 2025 NFL schedule has been released. We always knew that the Philadelphia Eagles would open the season on Thursday night at home—as the league’s Super Bowl champions. However, their opponent hadn’t been revealed until Monday morning. On Monday, it was announced the Eagles will open the season against the Dallas Cowboys. There was a good chance the Detroit Lions could have gotten the season opener again.
Your daily Lions trivia game, Monday edition

3 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

We’re back for another day of the Pride of Detroit in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form. Today’s Pride of Detroit in-5 gameIf you can’t see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article.
2025 Detroit Lions NFL schedule: When to expect leaks, full release

3 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The NFL schedule release has become one of the bigger days of the offseason. But the NFL is apparently no longer happy with the schedule release being a single moment on a single day. So this year, the NFL has a full week of scheduled releases of games for the 2025 season. When it comes to the Detroit Lions, we already know the opponents for all 17 games. But the order, date, and timeslot of those games have yet to be revealed.
Lions GM Brad Holmes delivers powerful speech at his alma mater

3 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Over the weekend, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes went back to his roots. He traveled back to his alma mater North Carolina A&T State University to deliver the commencement speech to the graduating class. You can see a short clip of it—courtesy of the Greensboro News & Record—via YouTube or below.
Lions News: CB D.J. Reed thrilled to be playing with 2 elite safeties

3 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Morgan Cannon

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Detroit Lions’ cornerback D.J. Reed is no stranger to playing in a talented secondary. Originally drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in 2018, Reed spent two years in Seattle, and the last three seasons of his career with the New York Jets. Reed now joins a talented and young secondary in Detroit, and judging by a few recent tweets—it’s safe to say he is pretty excited to be a Lion. Bro I’m playing w football w Brian Branch & Kerby Joseph ‍ .
POLL: Who should be the Detroit Lions’ Week 1 opponent?

4 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images The NFL is rolling out its 2025 schedule release all of next week. There will be individual games intentionally leaked out starting on Monday and running all the way through the official full announcement on Wednesday night. When the schedule is released, fans always seem to look for the same kind of things. How many primetime games is my team getting? When is my team’s bye week? When will my team be playing outdoors?
Why Ahmed Hassanein does not count against Detroit Lions roster... yet

5 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images On Friday, the Detroit Lions announced they had signed four of their seven drafted players from the 2025 NFL Draft. One of those players was defensive end Ahmed Hassanein, the first Egyptian-native player to have ever been drafted in the NFL. On the NFL’s transaction list for Friday, Hassanein showed up as a roster exemption, as an international player.
Which Lions rookie had the most encouraging debut in minicamp?

5 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images First impressions aren’t everything, but they are something. On Friday, the 2025 Detroit Lions rookie class took the field for the first of three rookie minicamp practices. That’s the only practice we’ll get to see from a media standpoint, so that will be our lasting impression of this rookie class until they take the field with the veterans during Organized Team Activities at the end of the month.
Detroit Lions rookie minicamp observations: Notes on each draft pick

5 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions rookie class took the field on Friday morning for the first of three rookie minicamp practices. This was the only of the three that will be opened to the media, so I took as detailed notes as I possibly could. Here are my biggest takeaways from practice, particularly with Detroit’s seven 2025 draft picks. Note: For a full list of participants, check out this earlier story on the UDFA signings and tryout players.
Detroit Lions first-round pick Tyleik Williams limited in rookie minicamp

5 days ago | prideofdetroit.com | Jeremy Reisman

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Detroit Lions first-round pick Tyleik Williams was limited in his first NFL action on the opening day of rookie minicamp. When the team opened up with 11-on-11 walkthroughs, Williams was given limited reps at nose tackle. Then, when the team moved to individual drills, Williams worked one-on-one with a trainer on the hill at the back of the practice field. Eventually, he would leave practice a little early.