The Lions Draft Prospect of the Day is back after a week-long hiatus during the NFL Scouting Combine. The focus is on players who should hold some appeal to the Lions in the draft, with a focus on the more likely positions the team will be targeting. If you’re looking for quarterbacks or upper-echelon running
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Free agency is set to begin next week and everyone is wonder what the Detroit Lions are going to do when they have a chance to bring in some new players. What we already know is that the Lions are expected to be aggressive in their pursuit of a high end corner per rumblings heard
With agency less than a week away, the Detroit Lions are working toward retaining some of their players, and on Monday afternoon, they announced that they have re-signed tight end Shane Zylstra. Zylstra joined the Lions in 2021, splitting his time between the practice squad and the active roster. He played 17 games over the…
The Detroit Lions have brought back another one of their own. The team announced on Monday it has re-signed tight end Shane Zylstra. #Lions re-signed TE Shane Zylstra. — Detroit Lions (@Lions) March 4, 2024 Zylstra was set to be a free agent. The 27-year-old has been with the Lions since 2021. He missed the
Zylstra, 26, signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent out of Minnesota State-Mankato following the 2021 NFL Draft. He was waived coming out of the preseason and signed to the Lions’ practice squad, however. He bounced on and off Detroit’s practice squad throughout the season before signing a futures deal for 2022. He
If the Detroit Lions want to acquire Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed, they’ll officially have to trade for them. On Monday, the Chiefs announced they have placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Sneed, meaning he will not hit free agency when the new league year starts next Wednesday, March 15.
After spending over a week in Indianapolis for the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, it’s nice to be back home. With the pro day circuit firing up later this week, it’s a welcomed pit stop to actually cook a meal. It’s also a good time to share what I think I learned about the Lions at
This happens all the time. Fans of a team will look at one of their players that could be traded and overvalue you them to the point of delusion. A perfect example is that I had Lions fans telling me that Julian Okwara shouldn’t be traded unless the Lions get a premier player back for
The NFL Scouting Combine has shaken things up just in time for another Mock Draft Monday. Every mock draft so far has had some sort of unique twist, this time we kept things simple. After the scouting combine there is so much information to absorb and process. It makes mock drafting difficult enough without any
Welcome to cornerback day. One of the big stories coming out of Indianapolis this past week was that the Detroit Lions are going to be aggressive in free agency when it comes to finding a cornerback. With that in mind, we went through the available prospects and here’s our top 5 corners for the Lions
The NFL Combine is a place where draft prospects display their talents, but it’s also a week of teams mingling and discussing potential moves in free agency. With the legal tampering period just a week away, general managers are trying to formulate plans, and ESPN’s Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler have the latest buzz from
The 2024 NFL Combine wrapped up its televised coverage on Sunday, and while there are a few minor testing notes to keep an eye on for Monday, the event is nearing its conclusion. After each position group completed its testing, we reviewed the prospects’ performances and identified the standouts who would fit in with the…
We’re just one week away from the start of NFL free agency, which begins at 4 p.m. ET on March 13. But the legal tampering window opens two days before that on March 11 at 12 p.m. ET, where teams will be able to negotiate with free agents before the official start of the new
We’re only a week away from the “legal tampering period”—where pending free agents can start to negotiate with other teams via their agents. That means the Detroit Lions, who have a healthy amount of cap space, are about to make their first big steps in improving their roster to make a Super Bowl run in…