Category: Cool Lions Media

Watch: Kenny Golladay’s best catches of 2019

NFL.com released a highlight video of Detroit Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay featuring his best catches from the 2019 season.

When the NFL starts cutting up highlight reel videos from a player’s season, you know they’re expecting big things from him in the future.

And after leading the NFL in touchdown receptions and making his first Pro Bowl in 2019, it’s no surprise Detroit Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay earned a video highlight reel.

In the video, the NFL focuses on some of the spectacular catches made by Golladay during the 2019 season. Let’s take a look at which catches were featured.

In Week 2 versus the Los Angles Chargers, Golladay had two terrific grabs, including a tiptoe down the sideline catch and the game-winning touchdown catch down the seam.

Golladay’s Week 4 catch in between four Chiefs may have been the catch — and throw — of the year, but that wasn’t the only great touchdown catch that game, as he also made another catch that earned him a spot on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football’s “Toe Drag Swag” feature.

Next up was “Monday Night Football” in Week 6, where the Lions opened up the game with a flea-flicker that Golladay was on the receiving end of.

In Week 8, Golladay nearly replicated the catch that earned him the Toe Drag Swag honors.

The Lions traveled to Oakland — for what appears to be the final time — in Week 9 and Golladay showed off his speed, quickness, and power after the catch in a 59-yards touchdown reception.

Week 10 brought a change at quarterback for the Lions and Golladay was on the receiving end of Jeff Driskel’s first touchdown pass as a Lion — a 47-yard touchdown bomb.

Week 11 versus the Cowboys, Driskel quickly learned, if Golladay is singled up in coverage, toss it up to him and he’ll likely come down with the catch.

By Thanksgiving, the Lions were on their third quarterback in David Blough, but Golladay continued to produce. On Blough’s second pass attempt of his career, Golladay broke through the defense for a 75-yard touchdown. Golladay would make yet another deep grab later in the game.

Week 14 against the Vikings brought another pair of fantastic catches, including a sideline grab in the first half and an over the top touchdown grab in the final quarter.

Golladay’s final two receptions in the video came against the Buccaneers in Week 15 and Packers in Week 17.

You can watch all the catches listed, in the video below:

Tyrell Crosby takes in the FC Barcelona experience

Lions offensive tackle Tyrell Crosby got the VIP treatment touring the facilities of FC Barcelona during his offseason trip to Spain

Detroit Lions offensive lineman Tyrell Crosby is doing what many NFL players do in the dead time of their offseason. Crosby is decompressing from the long campaign by traveling to other parts of the world.

One of his stops is bound to make fĂşbtol fans jealous. Crosby was a special guest of FC Barcelona in Spain, one of the world’s most successful soccer franchises. Crosby got a guided tour of their impressive stadium, VIP treatment and a customized Barcelona jersey with his Lions No. 65.

“It’s such an honor to be hosted by FC Barcelona,” the wide-eyed Crosby says, clearly enthused by the experience. “This is unreal. Blown away by the size of this, how amazing this is.”

He continued his tour of southern Europe with a stop in Portugal. Follow along with his travels on Twitter @Tyrellcrosby.

Watch: Matt Patricia was mic’d up during the 2020 Senior Bowl

The Detroit Lions media department has released a behind-the-scenes video featuring coach Matt Patricia mic’d up during the Senior Bowl game.

Occasionally during the 2020 Senior Bowl, NFL Network would cut to clips of Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia being mic’d up on the sidelines and they even landed a very entertaining interview with Tom Pelissero.

Earlier this week, the Lions’ media department released a behind-the-scenes video of Lions’ coaches mic’d up during Senior Bowl practices and now they have released another extended behind-the-scenes video, this time featuring Patricia during the Senior Bowl game itself.

The video opens with quick clips of Patricia interacting with players and giving a pre-game speech in the locker room.

The first play highlighted was a memorable one. Michigan’s Josh Uche destroyed the South’s right tackle with a pass-rushing speed move and had a clean shot at the quarterback, but instead of making the sack, Uche simply touched him as he ran by. It’s worth noting that all week in practice it is stressed that you don’t hit the quarterback, but instead run by him as not to injure him — Uche just had a lapse in judgment, forgetting they were indeed in game-mode now.

When Uche got to the sidelines, Patricia calmly asked him if he was alright, to which Uche said, “I’ve gotta tackle him”. That got a chuckle out of Patricia, who simply said, “Yeah bro, we’re playing a game”, followed by another light chuckle.

Patricia tucked Uche’s shoulder pads back into his jersey and gave him more advice on how to approach the rest of the game, “That was a huge sack. The ball’s coming out on that deal. Listen to me, you’re a defensive player, let them worry about protecting the quarterback, you go get the quarterback.”

Cut to the next sequence and you can see Patricia in his element, talking to the defensive players about strategy and how to read their cues.

What fascinating about the interaction Patricia has with the sideline judge is not what they were actually talking about, but that mid-sentence, Patricia recognized where the play was heading and yelled to him to “watch out” on the sidelines. This all happened before the ball was even thrown, as Patricia knew the play, saw the breakdown in coverage, predicted that’s where the ball was going — and it did, for an 80-yard Darius Anderson (RB, TCU) touchdown.

Lots more interactions with players and more predictive play calls followed, eventually leading up to the Pelissero interview.

The video concludes with Patricia setting up a long field goal opportunity for kicker Tyler Bass, allowing him to give scouts who didn’t see him kick at Georgia Southern a chance to get a better look at him in live-action. This is an excellent example of Patricia doing right by his players and giving them a chance to shine on the big stage — and it’s also likely why he got the Gatorade bath at the end of the game.

You can watch the entire video (over 10-minutes in length) below:

Watch: Tavon Wilson is latest Lion featured on ‘Under the Helmet’

The Detroit Lions Michigan Emmy winning documentary continues, this time featuring safety Tavon Wilson.

The Detroit Lions Michigan Emmy winning documentary series “Under the Helmet” premieres a new episode at Ford Field ahead of every home game. So far this season, the series has featured Romeo Okwara, Quandre Diggs, Kerryon Johnson, and Taylor Decker.

Next up: Lions safety Tavon Wilson.

For those unfamiliar with the series, it is led by Dustyn Blindert (Senior New Media Producer) and Eamonn Reynolds (Director of Football Communications), and it looks at Lions player’s lives off-the-field, giving fans a unique perspective on who the players are as individuals.

This episode opens with Wilson talking about what it was like growing up in a tough neighborhood and how he now reaches out to youth in the community, letting them know “their future is bigger than their environment, right now”.

The video then shifts to Wilson talking with youth about facing adversity head-on and not running from problems. He leans on his experiences of growing up in the projects without a mother (who died when he was 12 years old) or a father (who dies when he was only one year old) and that people are capable of overcoming adversity.

Wilson said he recognizes that the NFL provides him a platform to reach out and help others because that’s what he really wants to do. That line of thought transitions into the work he does to raise money for Lupus research as it has impacted his family.

Continuing with the family theme, Wilson then talks about his immediate family and how he enjoys spending time with them on his off days.

Wilson then spends some heartfelt time talking about his wife. Explaining how she is his biggest supporter, as well as the person who helped him break through barriers and overcome his fears.

You can watch the entire touching episode on Wilson below:

Watch: Goin’ Nuts with T.J.: Episode 5

Prepare to laugh as the Detroit Lions media department released the latest installment of “Goin’ Nuts with T.J. Episode 5”.

The Detroit Lions media department released the latest installment of “Goin’ Nuts with T.J. Episode 5” and Lang is running solo in this episode as he visits the Plymouth Historical Museum.

The video opens with Lang about to make an entrance into the museum wearing an ugly holiday sweater — note the hilariously subtle description under Lang’s name during the intro.

Lang begins his tour by learning about the museum’s connection to the famous movie A Christmas Story, making clever jokes about himself — like being teased that he looked like Raggedy Ann doll — along the way. Lang also took his picture in a cut out of the pink bunny suit from the movie and nailed the expression of sadness and disappointment.

Lang then jumps off the tour to visit the Lincoln exhibit and has a run-in with Abraham Lincoln, but Lang’s “like 99-percent sure” it’s not the real Lincoln though.

You can watch the entire five-minute episode below:

Lions players are big fans of ‘Remember the Titans’

What is your favorite football flick?

When the Detroit Free Press asked several Lions players about their favorite football movie, the popular response was “Remember the Titans.” Of the six Lions who responded, half cited the 2000 classic starring Denzel Washington and Will Patton as coaches of T.C. Williams High School as they struggled to racially integrate the football team in 1971.

Austin Bryant, Darius Slay and T.J. Hockenson all cited the flick as their favorite football movie. And David Blough noted he loved it too despite his choice of “Friday Night Lights.”

It’s fitting the Lions players showed love for the movie this week. “Remember the Titans” is based on a true story from Alexandria, Virginia, a half-hour from where Detroit plays this week’s opponent, the Washington Redskins.

Watch: Goin’ Nuts with T.J.: Episode 4, with special guest Frank Ragnow

Prepare to laugh as the Detroit Lions media department released the latest installment of “Goin’ Nuts with T.J. Episode 4”.

The Detroit Lions media department released the latest installment of “Goin’ Nuts with T.J. Episode 4” and Lang welcomes in a special guest this week — Frank Ragnow.

This installment diverges from previous episodes that are drenched in humor, instead, taking a more serious approach to some things NFL players do on their off days during the season.

The video opens with Lang and Ragnow meeting up at the Glass Academy, to try their hand at blowing glass. Ragnow explains to Lang that he is a regular, is familiar with the process and will teach him how to do it.

Lang has some fun with some of the terminologies of glass blowing and eventually, wants to try his hand at making a creation. Ragnow — with a little assistance — takes Lang through the process but unfortunately, because it takes 14 hours for the glass to properly cool, we don’t get that final look at a finished product.

It’s always cool to get a behind the scenes look at the players you root for on Sunday and Lang’s series continues to give fans a look at different Lions’ player’s personalities.

You can watch the entire seven-minute episode below: