2022 Season Recap
Record: 9-8 Points For: 452 (5) Points Against: 426 (28)
Off-season Roster Recap
Added:
RB - David Montgomery, OL - Graham Glasgow, OL - Germain Ifedi, CB - Cameron Sutton, CB - Emmanuel Moseley, DB - CJ Gardner-Johnson, LS - Jake McQuaide, LB - Jalen Reeves-Maybin, WR - Marvin Jones, DL - Christian Covington, K - Riley Patterson
Lost:
OL - Evan Brown, RB - Jamaal Williams, LB - Chris Board, WR - DJ Chark, CB - Amani Oruwariye, CB - Mike Hughes, CB - Jeff Okudah, RB - D’Andre Swift, DB - DeShon Elliott, LB - Josh Woods, DE - Austin Bryant
Draft Recap Offense
(12) RB - Jahmyr Gibbs, (34) TE - Sam LaPorta, (66) QB - Hendon Hooker, (152) OL - Colby Sorsdal, (219) WR - Antoine Green, (UDFA) OL - Connor Galvin, (UDFA) RB - Mohamed Ibrahim, (UDFA) OL - Ryan Swoboda, (UDFA) QB - Adrian Martinez, (UDFA) WR - Chase Cota, (UDFA) WR - Keytaon Thompson
Draft Recap Defense
(18) LB - Jack Campbell, (45) DB - Brian Branch, (96) DL - Brodric Martin, (UDFA) LB - Isaac Darkangelo, (UDFA) DB - Brandon Joseph, (UDFA) DB - Starling Thomas, (UDFA) DE - Zach Morton, (UDFA) DL - Chris Smith, (UDFA) LB - Trevor Nowaske, (UDFA) DT - Cory Durden
2023 Outlook
As FantasyHolic’s resident Lions fan, I will make this as unbiased as possible. With that being said, the Lions are coming off a good finish to the 2022 where they won 8 of their final 10 games but barely missed the playoffs. They had one of the most explosive offenses last year finishing top 5 in points per game. They struggled early in the season on defense allowing 32 PPG in their first 7 games but came on strong at the end of the season finishing allowing 20.2 PPG.
Their next leap they want to make is to win their division for the first time since 1993. They need to keep their offense churning at the same pace as last season while improving their defense. They did just that in the draft when they drafted RB Jahmyr Gibbs and TE Sam LaPorta to their offense and LB Jack Campbell and DB Brian Branch to their defense; all of whom could potentially be Day 1 starters. In free agency, they made their biggest mark by upgrading the secondary by signing Cameron Sutton, Emmanuel Moseley and CJ Gardner-Johnson along with signing David Montgomery to run alongside Gibbs. The Lions hype has substance to it and could actually turn into something for the 2023 season.
Schedule
Week 1 at Kansas City (TNF) Week 2 vs Seattle Week 3 vs Atlanta Week 4 at Green Bay Week 5 vs Carolina Week 6 at Tampa Bay Week 7 at Baltimore Week 8 vs Las Vegas Week 9 BYE Week 10 at LA Chargers Week 11 vs Chicago Week 12 vs Green Bay (Thanksgiving) Week 13 at New Orleans Week 14 at Chicago Week 15 vs Denver Week 16 at Minnesota Week 17 at Dallas Week 18 vs Minnesota
Strength of schedule: .495 (20)
DraftKings Projected Wins
9.5
#RebuildingSince57’s prediction 11 wins - 6 losses.
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