The Detroit Lions finished with a 9-8 record last season. Over the last few seasons, Detroit has drafted very well. In the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Lions selected wide receiver Kendrick Law from the Kentucky Wildcats.

Lions OTAs are in week 2, and this week's mailbag covers everything from injuries around the league to OL sacks, breakout candidates, and under-the-radar names to watch heading into camp.

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell opened the OTA media session with unfortunate news of a major injury on the roster, while also declaring running back Jahmyr Gibbs the bell cow.

Analyzing the film to see how big of an impact friendly fire was to the Detroit Lions injury problems.

Rakestraw might fly under the radar because he's missed so much time the last two seasons due to injury. A second-round pick by the Lions in 2024, Rakestraw was limited to eight games played during his rookie season and missed the entire 2025 season with a shoulder injury.

It takes time for stuff to come back a little bit and some stuff was just not there, no matter how hard I tried to do certain stuff, it just wasn’t there. It’s here now.”

Alim McNeill is still recovering from his 2024 ACL injury. What did he say about it and what is his outlook for the Lions heading into 2026?