The Detroit Lions have been without the top four cornerbacks on the depth chart at various times throughout training camp. Three of the four missed the second preseason matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs due to injuries. Lions head coach Dan Campbell offered some updates on the walking wounded in the cornerback room ahead of
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Like the Detroit Lions, I was desperate to find a way to fix the team’s receiving corps ahead of the season, so I cooked up a trade package that would send Kalif Raymond to Ravens. Obviously a good number of Lions weren’t happy about that. The big response that I got was that “Kalif Raymond
The Detroit Lions have signed linebacker Joel Iyiegbuniwe, the team announced on Tuesday. Iyiegbuniwe is the third linebacker the Lions have signed in the past 10 days, joining Abraham Beauplan and Ty Summers. Malik Jefferson—who himself was added just three weeks ago—suffered a finger injury during Saturday’s preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs, and…
With just two preseason games under his belt, rookie Sione Vaki is setting himself apart in a pretty big way. Athlon Sports’ Doug Farrar named the rookie one of the top “secret superstars” emerging from the NFL preseason. Vaki, drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round, was both a safety and a running…
The Lions have Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams as their top two wide receivers. After that, it’s anyone’s guess. Undrafted rookie Isaiah Williams has made a strong case this preseason and has been moved around the field as the Lions look for answers. Other than that, no receiver has really taken hold of a
We’re now officially just a week away from NFL roster cuts, and that means there are some huge decisions on the horizon for the Detroit Lions. Their defensive roster has changed dramatically in a single offseason, but as they fine-tune that side of the ball, there are tough choices ahead. With the revamped secondary, will…
Yes, it’s another receiver article. We’ve got a lot of them. It’s because it’s the Lions top problem right now. One of the big ways they can fix it is by going after a receiver that could be hitting the open market soon after their current team cuts them. Jeremy Reisman of, my old stomping
Through two weeks of the preseason, the Detroit Lions have rested nearly all of their starters. We saw something similar last year when the Lions ramped up the intensity for joint practices with their first-team offense and defense, and then sat them out for their preseason games. But this year the Lions only had the…
The Detroit Lions continue to sign linebackers like it’s going out of style. Last week they signed Abraham Beauplan, before that it was Ty Summers, Malik Jefferson and Ben Niemann. The belief is that the Lions are looking to have someone on the roster in case Malcolm Rodriguez isn’t ready to go Week 1. On
Former Lions running back Kevin Smith was a pretty good football player during his time in the NFL. Turns out he’s also pretty good in basketball as well. Smith, who spent five seasons with the Lions from 2008-2012, is now the running backs coach for Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. He is in his second
The Detroit Lions are making some final moves before the start of the 2024 NFL regular season. The team recently experienced an injury to their quarterback Hendon Hooker, who suffered a concussion during the preseason. While it may not be as important as the starting job, the backup quarterback position is crucial to a team’s
The roster tinkering during Detroit Lions training camp continues, and it rolls forward with another linebacker joining the den. The Lions are signing veteran LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe. A 2018 fourth-round pick by the Chicago Bears out of Western Kentucky, the 28-year-old has 65 games of NFL experience between the Bears and Panthers franchises. He was
Iyiegbuniwe, 28, was drafted by the Bears in the fourth round out of Western Kentucky. He played out the final year of a four-year, $3.1 million rookie contract and became a free agent in 2022. The Seahawks signed Iyiegbuniwe to a one-year deal but ended up releasing him during training camp. From there, he spent
With Saturday serving as the final preseason opportunity, Fountain could use a strong showing. Others around him at the position have popped, with Kaden Davis scoring a 61-yard touchdown and Isaiah Williams displaying his dynamic playmaking ability. Fountain has the size to be a difference-maker, but hasn’t been tasked with displaying it in either of