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Allen Park — To say the Detroit Lions have been active through the first wave of free agency would be an understatement. With that period winding down, we thought it was a good time to collect our thoughts on the moves the team has made and what’s ahead for the remainder of the offseason. ▶ Acing

Detroit always had been represented at the Super Bowl — by one man. Jerry Green, a legendary sportswriter in Michigan, first at the Associated Press and later at The Detroit News, who was the only reporter to cover each of the first 56 Super Bowls, died on Thursday night, according to his daughter, Jenny Klein.

The Detroit Lions’ best remaining free agent has found a new home. According to the NFL Network, wide receiver DJ Chark has come to terms on a one-year deal with the Carolina Panthers. Chark joined the Lions last season on a similar, prove-it deal. Things got off to a rocky start when he and quarterback

Allen Park — For a minute there, Jared Goff was the only quarterback on the Detroit Lions’ roster. That’s no longer the case after the team announced Friday they’ve re-signed Nate Sudfeld, who backed up Goff last season. After a training camp competition between David Blough and Tim Boyle failed to net a solution last

The seven-round NFL Draft will take place over three days in 2024, from April 25-27. Detroit — Detroit is starting to feel the draft. The NFL Draft is coming to the city for the first time in 2024, and the dates are set: April 25-27. The draft will be held around Campus Martius Park and

Allen Park — For the third time this offseason, a veteran Detroit Lions player has agreed to a significant pay cut to stay with the team. Instead of releasing offensive lineman Halapoulivaati Vaitai, and immediately clearing slightly more than $6.5 million in cap space, the two sides agreed to a restructured deal that will save

What do the Lions do if Jalen Carter is still on the board at No. 6? For better or worse, whether you’re willing to admit it or not, almost everyone loves a good mock draft. OK, maybe good is a stretch. At the very least, we’ll commit to well-reasoned. But, unlike previous projections this year

Chris Spielman earned four Pro Bowl berths as a linebacker for the Lions from 1988 to 1995. In 2020, Spielman rejoined the franchise that selected him in the second round (29th overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft as a special assistant to the president/CEO and chairperson, embracing the opportunity to do a little bit of

Allen Park — A year after leaving Detroit, the Lions are bringing back veteran linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin. The two sides agreed to contract terms Wednesday evening, according to the player’s agent. A fourth-round draft pick out of the University of Tennessee in 2017, Reeves-Maybin spent his first five seasons with the Lions, where he developed

Pre-draft narratives surrounding Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter have formed and strengthened in recent weeks. Rumblings of character concerns were magnified when arrest warrants were issued for Carter’s involvement in an auto accident that resulted in the deaths of a former teammate and Georgia staffer. He’s since pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charges of

Allen Park — The best way for Chris Spielman to explain his wide-ranging role with the Detroit Lions is to invoke the Apostle Paul’s words to the Church of Corinth. “I just want to be all things to all people,” Spielman said. “That’s the goal.” More than two years after rejoining the Lions, little has

Allen Park — The first time Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson crossed paths was 2016, at Nike’s “The Opening” football camp for the nation’s elite skill-position players. Glenn, who was early in his coaching career, was there to work with the cornerbacks at the camp, while Garner-Johnson was bound

Allen Park — Graham Glasgow has no problem admitting he was bitter about the way his first run with the Detroit Lions came to an end. But, those feelings didn’t last long, and when the Denver Broncos released him this offseason, Glasgow asked his agent to gauge whether Detroit was keen on a reunion. As

Allen Park — Bill Belichick, one of, if not the greatest coach in NFL history, has always put a premium on special teams. So, when a primarily special-teams performer gets a call from the Patriots in free agency, it’s noteworthy. Belichick’s Patriots poached one of the Detroit Lions’ top special-teamers last week, signing free-agent linebacker

Both Romeo Okwara and Charles Harris were potential cap casualties this offseason, but the two Detroit Lions edge rushers have agreed to significant pay cuts to stay with the team in 2023. News of Harris’ negotiated deal came out last week. Entering the final year of the contract, he was scheduled to have an $8

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions clearly felt a pressing need to upgrade the team’s secondary this offseason. After adding cornerbacks Cam Sutton and Emmanuel Moseley, the team took another big swing Sunday night, reaching an agreement with free agent safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. According to an NFL Network report, it’s a one-year, $8 million deal

Allen Park — On Friday, the Detroit Lions lost one of their top special teams contributors, linebacker Chris Board, to New England. A day later, they made sure it wouldn’t be two departures, reaching a two-year agreement to bring back safety C.J. Moore, the NFL Network reported. Moore has spent most of his professional career

Baked into the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement is a $336 million fund, divided evenly the league’s 32 teams, which compensates players based on their playing time and salary. The “performance-based pool” is designed to reward players on lower-cost contracts who logged large workloads the previous season. Regardless of any other factor, every player who was

Ahead of the New England Patriots’ matchup with the Detroit Lions last season, Patriots coach Bill Belichick provided his weekly scouting report of the opponent, specifically highlighting Lions linebacker Chris Board. “Board, that’s the best special-teams player we’ll play against all year,” Belichick said. “He’s great. A great player.” On Friday, the legendary coach and

The New Orleans media got the full Jamaal Williams experience during his introductory press conference on Friday. Wearing a Pokémon hat, playfully poking fun at reporters’ socks and facial hair and breaking down his interest in beignets and dislike of crawfish with the heads still attached, the always-random and equally entertaining running back was in