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If the Detroit Lions try to go that way to replace DJ Chark, these five wide receivers are potential trade targets. The free agency departure of wide receiver DJ Chark surely did not catch the Detroit Lions off-guard, as it seems they drew a line in the sand with him in contract talks. He of

Dan Campbell and Sean Payton have a close and lengthy friendship, so it’s not surprising the Broncos head coach took an opportunity to praise his former assistant. After Sean Payton stepped down as the New Orleans Saints head coach a little over a year ago, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell talked poignantly about the relationship

Is DJ Chark’s replacement already on the Lions roster? by Curt Steele It’s been an exciting offseason for Lions fans with several key acquisitions to an already-talented roster, led by defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson. Things are about to get even sweeter thanks to DraftKings Sportsbook’s incredible Michigan promo: Bet $5, Win $150 on any moneyline win!

As the Detroit Lions survey the landscape of draft prospects, they’ve been mentioned as a team with interest in an older, under the radar signal caller. The Detroit Lions have acknowledged the need to consider what their quarterback future after Jared Goff might look like, and the idea they’ll take a quarterback in April’s draft

The Detroit Lions now have to actually consider how to replace DJ Chark, and Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton has resurfaced as a potential option. It felt inevitable back to before free agency started, but the Detroit Lions indeed lost wide receiver DJ Chark, to the Carolina Panthers. Merely on the concept of having to

The Detroit Lions have notably added pieces in free agency, but one sneaky departure has been tabbed as their biggest loss. In free agency this year, it has been mostly about adding for the Detroit Lions. Some may want to lament the loss of wide receiver DJ Chark, but that’s a very small fly in

David Montgomery has landed in the best situation of his career with the Detroit Lions, and his fantasy football upside for 2023 has been further confirmed. With his coming to the Detroit Lions in free agency, David Montgomery had landed in a situation better than he had in any of his four seasons with the

After the great find James Houston was last year, the Detroit Lions are doing some pre-draft work on another small school edge rusher this year. While he transferred from Florida to play for Deion Sanders at Jackson State, James Houston went down as a small school prospect and one heck of a find for the

With DJ Chark’s departure official now, here are five remaining free agent options for the Detroit Lions to replace him. It always seemed likely, even as he lingered available longer than probably expected, and on Friday in became official. Wide receiver DJ Chark is leaving the Detroit Lions for a one-year free agent deal with

Pro Football Focus did a quarterbacks-only 2023 mock draft, and the Detroit Lions indeed came out with a potential successor to Jared Goff. The idea of the Detroit Lions drafting a quarterback this year is definitely out there, and after the simple re-signing of backup Nate Sudfeld it’s creeping toward being a virtual certainty. It

After the notable waves of NFL free agency, here is a full 7-round mock draft for the Detroit Lions. The Detroit Lions have gone against general manager Brad Holmes’ previous grain in free agency this year, signing Cameron Sutton, Emmanuel Moseley and C.J. Gardner-Johnson to remodel what was a bad secondary. Not to be overlooked

DJ Chark lingered available longer than he probably expected to, but he is set to leave the Detroit Lions for the Carolina Panthers. The longer he remained available in free agency, going into the second week, the idea DJ Chark could return to the Detroit Lions sort of surfaced. But alas Chark will be elsewhere next

As the options to fill the No. 2 spot on the depth chart quickly thinned, the Detroit Lions have re-signed Nate Sudfeld. After last season ended, via SI.com, here’s what Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said about the backup quarterback situation. Going into this past year, yeah, we went down to the umpteenth hour

Cam Newton resurfaced at Auburn’s Pro Day this week, but could he really be a fit to be the Detroit Lions’ No. 2 quarterback? After not playing in the NFL last season, Cam Newton resurfaced at Auburn’s Pro Day this week as the headliner of an event that didn’t feature a top-end 2023 draft prospect

The idea is one that’s still interesting, and some writers are still trying to match Lamar Jackson and the Detroit Lions. In a broad sense, within the notion Jared Goff is not a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, I’m fully on board with the idea of the Detroit Lions pursuing Lamar Jackson. That would now be via

It’s not a huge surprise, but Lions running back D’Andre Swift had been tabbed as one of the biggest fantasy football losers from NFL free agency. Some people bought into the fantasy football hype around Lions running back D’Andre Swift last year. Of course he missed a few games, and often had limited workloads as

It was always headed for another team, but former Lions cornerback Amani Oruwariye has signed with the New York Giants.  Even the faint idea the Detroit Lions were going to overhaul their cornerback depth chart this offseason meant Amani Oruwariye was going to be gone as a free agent with little or no resistance. Then

It became more likely the more time went on, but the Detroit Lions have remodeled the contract of guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai rather than cut him. It seems it would have been simpler to just cut him, but the more time passed the more likely it was that Detroit Lions guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai would be sticking

Rich Eisen hopped on the bandwagon as he calls for the Detroit Lions to not only make the postseason in 2023, but host a playoff game. The Detroit Lions playing in the playoffs has been an anomaly lately, and unless you’re a Lions fan over the age of 30 a home playoff game is absolutely

It’s hard to find much flaw with what Lions general manager Brad Holmes has done in two drafts thus far, and ESPN’s Mel Kiper has heaped praise on that work. Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes stuck firmly to a commitment to build through the draft in 2021 and 2022, as the team was in