Back to the Detroit Lions Newsfeed

Detroit Lions are most improved team in NFC North: A look at their rivals' offseasons

Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down when the Detroit Lions' 2020 schedule and how that sets up for them. Filmed May 7. Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Lions should be the most improved team in the NFC North this fall, if for no other reason than they have a healthy quarterback again.

Matthew Stafford's back injury cost the Lions wins in 2019, but it also afforded the team an opportunity to add high-end talent to its roster that no other team in the division can match.

Both first-round pick Jeff Okudah and second-round choice D'Andre Swift should play significant roles for the Lions this fall, and both ranked among the top players at their positions in the draft.