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The Detroit Lions could have a new starter for their young secondary. The Lions are signing former Baltimore Ravens safety DeShon Elliott to a one-year deal, NFL Network reported, after he visited the team Wednesday. Elliott, who turns 25 next week, has been effective for the Ravens the past three seasons but has battled injuries

Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions’ 2022 opponents: Which games are most intriguing? A look at the Detroit Lions’ 2022 opponents, featuring 9 home games and 8 road games, and the benefit of a last-place schedule. Marlowe Alter, Wochit If you thought taking a cornerback at No. 3 two years ago was a reach, you’ll

There are those moments, those special moments, when someone with the Detroit Lions says or does something so stupid it stops you in your tracks. Marty Mornhinweg taking the wind in overtime at Chicago, losing and then getting fired five games later. Jim Schwartz saying, “Don’t say I’m scared, because we ain’t,” after calling a

The scouting combine and pro days are done, now all we have are the projections. ESPN’s Jordan Reid, a former Division I football coach and quarterback, dropped his seven-round prediction for the 2022 NFL draft, listing out fits for all 262 picks. Reid goes “chalk” by having Michigan football‘s Aidan Hutchinson No.1 overall to the Jacksonville Jaguars,

Determined to add more playmakers to their defense in this month’s NFL draft, the Detroit Lions are hosting one of the top linebacker prospects on a pre-draft visit. Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean told Georgia Bulldogs Extra that the Lions are his only scheduled pre-draft visit. Dean also took part in Atlanta Falcons local day, he

Before he wanted to be an NFL player, Andrew Stueber dreamed of being a marine biologist. Growing up on the Long Island Sound in Darien, Connecticut, Stueber was fascinated by the estuary’s mix of salt and fresh water. He loved to fish — he once caught a nearly 7-foot blue marlin on a family trip

Detroit Lions punter Jack Fox signed his exclusive rights free agent tender Monday, a contract that could be a precursor to a bigger long-term deal. Fox finished second in the NFL in net punting in his first season with the Lions in 2020, when he set franchise records by averaging 49.1 yards per punt with

The first ever College Football Playoff game made a dreamer out of Thomas Odukoya. Now, the Eastern Michigan tight end is on the verge of turning his fantasy into reality. A budding football star at the time, the 17-year-old Odukoya watched Oregon beat Florida State in the 2015 Rose Bowl with five of his buddies

Will Harris has a new position. “He’s a cafety,” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell joked Thursday. “Yeah, he’s a hybrid. He really is. He’s a jack of all trades.” Harris played three positions in the Lions’ injury-riddled secondary last fall, starting games at safety, cornerback and slot corner. He opened the season as a starting

Where there’s smoke, there’s not always fire, at least during NFL draft season. That’s why it’s difficult to read too much into anything anyone says or does this time of year. A general manager shows up at a top prospect’s pro day? He’s not doing it for the airline miles, but it’s also not valid enough

NFL teams have been tripping over themselves to add star quarterbacks the past two seasons, believing an upgrade at the position can lead them to the Super Bowl. But second-year Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell told beat reporters Wednesday he does not believe teams need to be elite at the position for long-term success. “No, I

Whatever the Detroit Lions decide to do with Kayvon Thibodeaux, it won’t be for a lack of getting to know the Oregon pass rusher. By the time the NFL draft kicks off later this month, the Lions will have spent as much in-person time with Thibodeaux as any prospect as they try and figure out if he is

The 2022 NFL draft is still three weeks away, but some teams — including possibly the Detroit Lions — appear to be eyeing next year’s draft and the potential bumper crop of quarterback prospects available. The Philadelphia Eagles became the fifth team to acquire a second first-round pick in 2023 when they traded two first-round

The NFL draft is just more than three weeks away and ESPN’s NFL draft expert Todd McShay has a new name at quarterback linked to the Detroit Lions. For weeks, Michigan football star Aidan Hutchinson has been pegged to go to Jacksonville as the draft’s No. 1 pick but after that, a few different names have

The Kansas City Chiefs sent shockwaves through the NFL when they traded star receiver Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins for five draft picks last month. A six-time Pro Bowler, Hill was an essential part of the league’s most dangerous offense and a favorite target of All-Pro quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and his trade came at

ASSOCIATED PRESS FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – Safety Dean Marlowe, who set a career high with 67 tackles while starting nine games for the Detroit Lions in 2021, has signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons announced the signing on Thursday. Marlowe, 29, began his career by playing three seasons with Carolina before

The Detroit Sports Commission is throwing a football-themed party on April 14 at Campus Martius Park to celebrate Detroit being selected as the host of the 2024 NFL draft. Starting at 4:30 p.m., the community event will feature music by Official Lions GameDay DJ Ray Ya Dig, fun activities, food trucks, swag giveaways and appearances by Lion

Brad Holmes may have already “had dialogue” about trading the No. 2 pick in April’s NFL draft, but one prominent analyst said he thinks the Detroit Lions will be hard-pressed to move out of that spot because of the lack of blue-chip prospects available. “It sucks for Detroit this year because there’s … no elite quarterback

With less than a month remaining until the 2022 NFL draft, there’s still a pervasive sense of mystery throughout the first round. After a rash of trades significantly reshaped the order and left eight teams without picks on the first day, there’s still a high degree of uncertainty about which dominoes will fall first and

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jarrad Davis’ first go-round with the Detroit Lions was a disappointment by just about any measure. Brad Holmes is confident Round 2 will go much better. “I think everybody deserves second chances,” Holmes, the Lions’ second-year general manager, said Tuesday at the NFL’s annual meeting. “We did see some things on tape that