Dave Birkett @davebirkett
My Twitter. I post what I want. Don't like it, unfollow. 4x Michigan Sportswriter of the Year, Youth 🏀 coach. DMs open. News tips [email protected] freep.com/section/sports… In your head Joined March 2009-
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Smartest and Hungriest I ever been… Yall mf must not know the real 21. It’s really funny to me. You think I made it this far off of fluke? Bet ….😂 🧘🏾♂️
Detroit Lions undrafted free agent tracker 2024: Following every UDFA signing freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
'Let's not mess around:' How Brad Holmes worked his trade magic on Day 3 of NFL draft freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
If I remember right, Williams played little league football with Lions WR Jameson Williams
If I remember right, Williams played little league football with Lions WR Jameson Williams
Lions GM Brad Holmes said new DL Mekhi Wingo could play some big DE and rush inside in sub packages freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
Brad Holmes said he was shocked new Lions OG Christian Mahogany was still on the board late in Round 6: He’s got some dirtbag in him. He’s one of those tough Jersey kids freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
Brad Holmes on setting the NFL draft attendance record in Detroit: "There's something to be said, you get 700,000 fans at one draft host city, that's about as impressive as it gets."
Utah's do-it-all Sione Vaki said he met with the Lions' offensive staff on his pre-draft visit to Detroit and the team plans to use him at RB and on special teams, said he's willing to do whatever (also played safety in college) freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
And then another moments later to take Utah safety Sione Vaki freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
The Lions made one trade up Saturday for Canadian OT Giovanni Manu ... freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
Third trade up of the draft for Brad Holmes
Third trade up of the draft for Brad Holmes
Lions trade up for developmental OT
From @shawnwindsor: Detroit Lions as villains? As long as it works ... freep.com/story/sports/c… via @freep
Detroit Lions NFL draft Day 3 fits: Time to take a kicker? freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
Detroit Lions' Brad Holmes 'kind of felt dog exuding' from NFL draft pick Ennis Rakestraw, expects ‘bloodbath’ of a competition for playing time freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
Brad Holmes on sitting down and meeting with new Lions CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr: "I just felt dog exuding out of him"
Lions projected starting secondary/top backups 2023 2024 CB Sutton Davis CB Jacobs Arnold SCB CJGJ Branch S Joseph Joseph S Walker Melifonwu DB Moseley Robertson DB Branch Rakestraw DB Will Harris Moseley
There should be no complaints about the Detroit Lions secondary this fall: Lions pick Missouri cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr. in second round of NFL draft freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep
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2K Followers 367 Following nj | villanova '23 | football information intern @Lions | previous: r&d intern at PFF | former gymnast | anything and everything defensive coverageSmartest and Hungriest I ever been… Yall mf must not know the real 21. It’s really funny to me. You think I made it this far off of fluke? Bet ….😂 🧘🏾♂️
You don’t see this every day. CB Terrion Arnold on draft day, using his time on @gmfb to praise his high school janitor. I wanna draft this guy into my family. @KyleBrandt #gmfb
Man, although I’ve been a reporter for a while, it gets me every time people say they read my work. Three or four people on the soccer field came up to me to say they read my coverage last night and liked it. I know our work is a public service but these moments hit differently.
@davebirkett Friend of mine at CC told me they’ll will be posting it on their social media accounts eventually. Stay tuned.
@davebirkett @freep Dave, place we can pre order or sign up for updates in the book?
What L'Jarius Sneed gets on the open market will be very interesting to watch: 2021-2022: 52% slot rate 2023: 2% slot rate, 91% wide CB rate, highest WR1 shadow rate Versatility on display Since 2021: 1st in defensive stops, 1st in pressures, 1st in sacks, 1st in snaps of press
The best advice on how to be successful I’ve heard: On Nick Saban’s radio show, a young athlete asked him a bold question. What advice would the Alabama football coach give him – a basketball player – to improve in his sport? Saban’s response is gold: “I think for any…
Nick Saban was asked a question after practice once. His response was 70 seconds of gold on what it takes to be successful in life. Here’s Saban on the Illusion of Choice: “These guys, they all think they have this illusion of choice. Like I can do whatever I want to do. “You…
The NFL on Friday distributed to clubs its 2023-24 anti-tampering policy and hiring documents — including key changes to the cadence for head coaching interviews, which cannot happen in-person with current NFL assistants until Jan. 22. Here’s the high level summary:
New "Xs and Os with @gregcosell" on @TheNFLWire: @Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores has been Jared Goff's white whale throughout Goff's NFL career. Can the @Lions help Goff solve it on Sunday? OC Ben Johnson's precision will help. All-22: touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/jared-go…
“The process. Loving the process. Loving the daily grind of it and putting the puzzle together. It seems like this generation seems really concerned with the end result of things versus the understanding of appreciating the journey to get there, Kobe Bryant
Most MLB fans have become familiar with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, but very few are familiar with this stud right here, Shunpeita Yamashita. He has a chance to be just as good, if not better, than both. He ended his Pacific League 2023 ROY campaign with a 1.61 ERA.
Watch Iowa’s Koen Entringer (the gunner to the right side) on this play, from snap to tackle. Every youth coach should show their kids this.
Jayden Daniels is MUST SEE television🍿
Just approached Warde Manuel postgame prior to Jim Harbaugh’s press conference. He said he will have a comment at the appropriate time. Asked if he was given any sort of timeline, Manuel asked “what part of no comment” was not clear.
GP2 & Jonathan Kuminga complaining to each other about guarding Steph Curry 😂😂 "It's annoying guarding him bro. Annoying 'cause you can't rest! Because soon as you rest, he's open, and it's bad...Don't nobody move like 30. So if they move like 30, they don't shoot like 30"…