Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press When the NFL’s free agent negotiating period opens at noon Monday, players will be met by a different market. There is not as much money to go around as in years past, thanks to a pandemic-induced shrinking salary cap, and the money that is available should be gobbled up
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Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams (Photo by Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) The Detroit Lions‘ new brass voyaged to North Dakota in search of a franchise quarterback. The question is: Did they find one? This past Friday, Lions’ head coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes were in North Dakota. While they weren’t quite braving
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions should have used the franchise tag on Kenny Golladay. Given the chance to retain their No. 1 receiver this week at a below-market rate, at least for the purposes of trading him, the Lions instead opened the door and bid him farewell in free agency. Golladay almost
New Orleans Saints tight end Josh Hill (Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports) Are the Lions positioning themselves to draft a first-round receiver? by Steven Mullenax The Detroit Lions parted ways with tight end Jesse James this past week following two underwhelming seasons in the Motor City. It didn’t take the new regime in Detroit very long
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell openly acknowledged familiarity would be a factor as the team reworked the roster this offseason and that assessment continues to come to fruition in the early stages of the process. On Saturday, one day after releasing tight end Jesse James, the Lions signed a replacement,
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Patriot Way is a thing of the past, but the new Detroit Lions coaching staff still will have a pipeline to its old teams. The Lions announced the signing of former New Orleans Saints tight end Josh Hill on Saturday. Hill was released earlier this month after eight seasons
The Detroit Lions own the seventh overall selection in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. And the position that appears to contain the most talent worthy of a top ten selection outside of quarterback is wide receiver. And the truth is the Lions could be in play for both positions. Despite Detroit being
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press A strong leg is important. Accuracy is a must. But Dave Fipp has seen enough kickers in his time in the NFL to know neither one of those traits means a thing if you don’t have the mental fortitude to go with it. “I think probably the most important thing
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions could go a number of different directions in the first round of the upcoming draft. It’s easy to envision the team drafting one of the top receivers in this class, plugging the roster’s most-glaring hole. Trading back and snagging a linebacker also makes all kinds of sense.
New Orleans Saints defensive end Trey Hendrickson (Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports) Lions to cut Justin Coleman, Jesse James; Fixing past wrongs? by Steven Mullenax The Detroit Lions‘ new regime opted not to use their franchise tag on any of their pending free agents this week. The two names on top of that list being
Christina Hall, Kristen Jordan Shamus | Detroit Free Press As many as 6,000 people will be able to get COVID-19 vaccines every day starting March 24 at Ford Field, the Detroit Lions’ domed stadium in downtown Detroit, which will become a federally run mass vaccination clinic, Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said during a
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The free agent negotiating period opens Monday and the Detroit Lions have holes to fill on both sides of the ball. Here is the eighth in a series of position-by-position breakdowns on the top players available in free agency and what the Lions might do at each position. Special teams
Nate Davis | USA TODAY Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions don’t use franchise tag on Kenny Golladay: Surprised they’re moving on? Debating Detroit Lions’ decision to pass on tagging Kenny Golladay, allowing him to hit unrestricted free agency, and what it means, March 9, 2021 Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press By
The Detroit Lions, along with every other NFL team, is feeling the financial crunch following the announcement that the league salary cap will drop to $182.5 million for this season. To compensate, several talented players are being released from their respective teams. The Lions are in an advantageous position when it comes to retooling their
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press He’s never been a Pro Bowler. He plays a position at which the Detroit Lions have one entrenched starter, onegeneral manager Brad Holmes said is deep in this year’s draft. And he likely will command a big enough contract to offset a compensatory draft pick for his new team.
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions went on a spending spree at the start of free agency two years ago, signing Trey Flowers, Justin Coleman and Jesse James to big-money contracts. Now, two of those players are gone. The Lions plan to release James before the start of the new league year next
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Cleaning up another remnant from the previous regime, the Detroit Lions are releasing tight end Jesse James, according to two sources familiar with the decision. James will arguably go down as former general manager Bob Quinn’s worst free-agent signing. After a productive early-career stretch with the Pittsburgh Steelers, James was
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Brad Holmes likes the quarterback class in this year’s NFL draft and won’t rule out taking one at No. 7, and now the Detroit Lions are hitting the road to see one of the top prospects at the position. North Dakota State coach Matt Entz said Thursday that Lions coach
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions are continuing to clear cap space ahead of the new league year, informing cornerback Justin Coleman he’ll be released, according to a source familiar with the situation. Coleman joined the Lions in 2019, signing a lucrative four-year, $36 million contract after a two-year stint with the Seattle
Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions are getting rid of another prominent player on defense. The Lions plan to release slot cornerback Justin Coleman before the new league begins next week, a person informed of the decision told the Free Press. Coleman has been the Lions’ primary slot cornerback the past two years,