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The future is bright for the Detroit Lions. The team’s newest weapon, tight end T.J. Hockenson, is already connecting with long-time quarterback Mathew Stafford. Early in the second quarter of the Lions’ third preseason bout, against the Buffalo Bills, Stafford found Hockenson in the middle of the field. The tight end then turned a first-down […]

Matt Patricia is entering his second season as the Detroit Lions head coach and is longing to see some improvements on the roster this season. So far in the preseason, the play from the roster has been quite lackluster. While the Buffalo Bills—who they face in Week 3 of the preseason—have won both of their […]

Detriot Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson is expected to start the season as the team’s backup tight end behind Jesse James, according to Terez A. Paylor of Yahoo Sports. Hockenson will likely start out the year as the Lions’ No. 2 tight end behind Jesse James. How quickly he ascends from there will come down […]

Rookie tight end T.J. Hockenson is impressing his Detroit Lions coaches and teammates during the team’s training camp. Hockenson, 22, was selected eighth overall by Detroit in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Iowa, where he spent two seasons playing for the Hawkeyes after a redshirt true freshman year. Here’s what DetroitLions.com senior writer Tim […]

The Detroit Lions drafted T.J. Hockenson with the eighth overall pick in this year’s draft. The Lions are hoping that the Iowa product can help provide a much-needed spark to the offense in 2019. According to Jeff Risdon, an NFL writer for RealGM, Hockenson has had an impressive start to training camp. Risdon also pointed […]

Matt Patricia now understands how much it takes to lead a team as the head coach. Patricia now has one season under his belt as the head coach of the Detroit Lions and is hoping for things to change in year two. In 2018, the Lions finished with a record of 6-10 which was last […]

The Detroit Lions are hoping to break out of the rut that their franchise has been in for decades. At the least, Darrell Bevell believes that one of the position rooms has been improved for 2019. In an article on the Lions official site by Tim Twentyman, the Lions offensive coordinator says the tight end […]

The Detroit Lions had a disappointing year in Matt Patricia’s first season as head coach. The Lions ended the year with a 6-10 record, finishing last in the NFC North. There were high expectations before the 2018 season with Patricia coming from the New England Patriots. Matthew Stafford had a ton of weapons at his […]

T.J. Hockenson was drafted by the Detroit Lions with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. It was a move that has the fans in Detroit excited about their offense again. They have been searching for a true threat at the tight end position for awhile and Hockenson should provide Matthew Stafford […]

Charlie Sanders was one of the greatest Detriot Lions to ever suit up and he was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Lions haven’t retired his number, which means an incoming player is free to wear it. First-round draft pick T.J. Hockenson decided that he wanted to wear the legendary No. 88, […]

Tight end is always a tricky position for fantasy football. It was especially difficult last year, with a shortage of quality options. With Rob Gronkowski retiring this offseason, the pool of top options got even slimmer. Guys like Travis Kelce and George Kittle will be off the board early, and if you don’t get any […]

With the NFL Draft officially over, it’s time to start looking at the 2019 season. Right now we’re specifically talking about the 2019 fantasy football season. Every year there are standout rookies. Rookies that intrigue a lot of people and are taken early in drafts. There are also rookies that are taken as sleepers late […]

The Detroit Lions made a splash in the draft this past weekend. Many observers expected Detroit to trade down, but they ultimately decided to stay pat at number eight. With the pick, they selected T.J. Hockenson, a tight end from Iowa. Tight end has been a position of weakness for the Lions for a while […]

The Detroit Lions took University of Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson with the eighth overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft on Thursday night, and quarterback Matthew Stafford is already looking forward to working with him. Hockenson told TMZ Sports that Stafford, who has been tending to his wife while she recovers from surgery to […]

The Detroit Lions made it clear coming into the offseason they needed to upgrade the tight end position, and they wasted no time taking T.J. Hockenson from the Iowa Hawkeyes with the eighth pick of the 2019 NFL Draft. This is just the fourth time in the last 40 years a tight end has gone […]

Former Iowa Hawkeyes tight end and 2019 NFL Draft prospect TJ Hockenson, as expected, has become the first tight end off the board. With the Detroit Lions quickly selecting the former Iowa pass catcher, Hockenson will attempt to make a seamless transition to the professional ranks. Throughout the spring, Hockenson and former Hawkeyes teammate and […]

If Rob Gronkowski proved anything during his Hall of Fame career, it’s that tight ends are still incredibly important in today’s NFL, perhaps just as much as wide receivers. With the added bonus of extra in-line blocking, teams are beginning to invest higher picks in the position, and there could be at least three TEs […]

The Green Bay Packers have 10 total selections in the upcoming 2019 NFL Draft, including two first-rounders. Coming off of a very disappointing season that saw their head coach of 13 seasons fired before their regular season finale, the Packers will need to make quality selections in order to get back to being the playoff […]

Former Iowa tight end TJ Hockenson is looking like a good prospect as the NFL draft approaches, and is earning comparisons to New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski. NFL Draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah: "I love (Iowa TE) T.J. Hockenson. I think he's the safest player in the draft." Says he evaluated Hockenson the day after […]