How the trade market for D’Andre Swift fully looked is unclear, but at least one other team was in and one team was out on making a deal. D’Andre Swift may have been surprised the Detroit Lions traded him, and some may quibble with what can be seen as a poor return (2025 fourth-round pick).
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If the Detroit Lions make a move for a wide receiver at this point, could it be a trade for someone general manager Brad Holmes knows well? Among the most notable losses for the Detroit Lions in free agency this year was wide receiver DJ Chark, though just how much of a loss he is
As the NFL offseason moves on, here is the Detroit Lions OTA and minicamp schedule. There’s never much of an offseason in the NFL, with some teams having their rookie minicamps this coming weekend and voluntary offseason work having started in April. The Detroit Lions aren’t one of them who will have their rookie minicamp
The 2023 NFL Draft has concluded, and the top quarterback prospects have found out what teams they will play on. Let’s grade each landing spot. We have finally reached the end of the 2023 prospect cycle. Last Thursday, eyes were set on Kansas City as the NFL Draft took place. This year’s edition of the
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor (@shawnwindsor) and Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Guest: Dave Birkett, Free Press Lions beat writer • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: Free Press Lions beat writer Dave Birkett is back in the guest seat this week. Along with Carlos & Shawn, the guys talk the above-average results GM Brad
The Detroit Lions have had one of the most aggressive offseasons in recent memory. Despite finishing the season on an 8-2 run, Lions general manager Brad Holmes was clearly not okay just resting on his laurels. Detroit went out and made a handful of big investments in free agency, and the team just capped their…
For more than a year, DeJanai Raska kept quiet about the powerful man she says used his position to turn her into his sexual target: fired Detroit Pistons executive Rob Murphy, a beloved hometown figure revered for turning his hardscrabble background into a success story in the world of professional basketball. But behind closed doors,
The Detroit Lions have added tight end Patrick Murtagh via the NFL’s International Player Pathway program. The NFL has become an international game, with an ever-expanding slate of games overseas. The league has an International Player Pathway program to provide opportunities, and via the program on Thursday morning it was announced the Detroit Lions have
The Detroit Lions looked to have Jahmyr Gibbs ahead of Bijan Robinson on their big board. Is that the smart move? Also, D’Andre Swift speaks to the media about being surprised he was traded, he talked about how he did not like how he was viewed by Hard Knocks, and the Lions nearly traded him
As part of the NFL’s International Pathway Program to offer opportunities to foreign players, the Detroit Lions were assigned Australian tight end Patrick Murtagh on Thursday. “Detroit Lions bound! Beyond grateful for everyone that’s been a part of this journey,” Murtagh posted on Instagram. “To my team around me, friends, family and everyone else out
Even though the 2023 NFL Draft is now a full week in the past, we’re still trying to piece together everything that happened over the three-day event. The Detroit Lions’ draft was certainly one of the most interesting of the bunch, and while it left many scratching their heads, the public seems to be seeing…
The Detroit Lions will be eligible to carry an extra player on their practice squad this season after being allocated a player from the NFL’s International Pathways Program. The Lions added tight end Patrick Murtagh, 23, from Australia, to their roster Thursday. As an IPP player, Murtagh will stay with the Lions through training camp.
Detroit Lions Brad Holmes has always been an aggressive general manager, but a newfound confidence emerged during the 2023 NFL draft and he turned things up a notch. “I felt a lot more comfortable doing that this year,” Holmes said at his post-draft press conference. “Obviously, we made a couple of trades last year, but…
The Detroit Lions had one of the worst defenses in the NFL last season, by metric and by sight. That’s the narrative, right? Which is why so many were surprised Brad Holmes didn’t take more defenders during last week’s NFL draft. (Five of the Lions’ eight draft picks were on offense.) Holmes had his reasons.