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Justin Rogers was mad at his mother for something too trivial to remember now. He got in trouble for something one of his brothers did or wanted something she wouldn’t buy, so he decided, in the most earnest of ways, he was going to run away from home. Rogers set off on the long walk

Aidan Hutchinson’s contract is done, just in time for him to take part in Detroit Lions rookie minicamp this weekend. Hutchinson, the No. 2 pick of last month’s NFL draft, signed a four-year contract Monday, his agent Mike McCartney said. Rookie deals are slotted under the collective bargaining agreement, making holdouts rare. Hutchinson’s four-year contract

When former Michigan State football coach Nick Saban was hired at Alabama in 2007, he delivered few surprises. The Crimson Tide almost immediately returned to its dominance of college football from a generation prior, winning the SEC West in his second season, and a national championship (the first of his six in Tuscaloosa) in his

The Detroit Lions landed two potential playmakers in their eight-man draft class last week, but general manager Brad Holmes is not done remaking his roster coming off a 3-13-1 season. “It’s never really complete,” Holmes said after the draft. “The season doesn’t start until September. But I will say, on both sides of the ball, especially

The Detroit Lions have passed on quarterbacks in each of Brad Holmes’ first two drafts as general manager, but their patience could be rewarded in a big way next spring. ESPN analyst Todd McShay unveiled his way-too-early mock draft for 2023 on Thursday, and with the second pick he had the Lions selecting Alabama quarterback

Dominic Raiola hasn’t spent the past few months poring over draft guides, watching hours of tape or parsing results from the NFL combine. So he doesn’t pretend to be an expert on Aidan Hutchinson, the former Michigan football star selected last week by the Detroit Lions with the No. 2 overall pick. But from what

The Detroit Lions are determined to proceed cautiously with first-round pick Jameson Williams in his return from a torn ACL, but the speedy Alabama receiver could be medically cleared by training camp, and once he’s on the field the doctor who performed his surgery said he’s confident Williams will “get back to his normal self.”

The Detroit Lions spent six of their eight picks in last week’s NFL draft on defensive players. But even coming off a season in which they allowed the second most points in the NFL, general manager Brad Holmes insisted that was not entirely intentional. “With all the things that we wanted to do, we had

Now that the 2022 NFL draft is in the books, it’s time to project who the winners and losers were for the Detroit Lions. Winner: Jared Goff With the addition of Alabama receiver Jameson Williams, the quarterback now has plenty of weapons at his disposal to move the offense and reach elite Pro Bowl-level play

General manager Brad Holmes went into the 2022 NFL draft determined to find a “game changer” and came away with two players who fit that bill. This is why I believe the Detroit Lions had one of the best draft hauls in the league. I’m asked to grade the Lions’ picks every year after the

The Seattle Seahawks were on the clock with the ninth pick in last week’s NFL draft when Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes called his counterpart with the Minnesota Vikings, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, to check in on the trade they had agreed upon a few days earlier. Holmes was looking to move up in Thursday’s first

Four hundred and 56 days ago, the Detroit Lions traded Matthew Stafford to the Rams. Now, Stafford has a Super Bowl ring; the Lions have Aidan Hutchinson. So was it a fair trade? Wait a second. That’s an unfair question. Because they aren’t directly linked. It’s not straight line, one action causing the other. The

The Detroit Lions spent the vast majority of their resources on defense in this week’s NFL draft, which was the clearest indication yet what they think about Jared Goff at quarterback. The Lions used six of their eight draft picks on defensive players, including the no-brainer No. 2 overall selection of Michigan football edge rusher

The Detroit Lions added eight players to the roster in the 2022 NFL draft, and are in the process of signing numerous prospects in the undrafted free agent market. Those who cover the draft and the NFL were generally pleased with what the Lions did in the annual three-day extravaganza. Here’s a look at who

The Detroit Lions hit it big in the “eighth round” of the NFL draft last year, signing two cornerbacks among their undrafted free agent class who played significant roles as rookies. AJ Parker won the starting slot cornerback in Week 1, and Jerry Jacobs emerged as starting outside corner before tearing his ACL late in the season.

The Detroit Lions selected eight players in the NFL draft over three days. Six of them play defense. Was this the plan? “We’re not going to say, ‘don’t draft offense,’” said Brad Holmes, the Lions general manager. “We are never going to pass up good football players. … It just happened to line up that

In the days leading up to the NFL draft, Michelle Riggs made it crystal clear that she believed her beloved Lions should use their first pick to select a certain defensive lineman who played his home college games just 45 miles west of Ford Field. “Hutchinson will make a big difference,” said Riggs, referring to

The Detroit Lions hit it big in the “eighth round” of the NFL draft last year, signing two cornerbacks among their undrafted free agent class who played significant roles as rookies. AJ Parker won the starting slot cornerback in Week 1, and Jerry Jacobs emerged as starting outside corner before tearing his ACL late in the season.

The Detroit Lions spent the vast majority of their resources on defense in this week’s NFL draft, which was the clearest indication yet what they think about Jared Goff at quarterback. The Lions used six of their eight draft picks on defensive players, including the no-brainer No. 2 overall selection of Michigan football edge rusher

He wasn’t Mr. Irrelevant, but he was close. As the hours ticked by on Saturday afternoon toward the final pick of the 2022 NFL draft, so nicknamed, Chase Lucas was fielding calls from teams wanting to make him a priority as an undrafted free agent. Then, he saw the “313” area code. “It’s been a