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Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Friday’s training camp practice. ► As with all these observations, sample size should be considered, but Will Harris as an outside cornerback continues to get more intriguing by the practice. The Lions ramped up the competitiveness on Day 3 following a methodical start to camp, highlighted

Allen Park — After a six-year battle with ALS, former Detroit Lions safety William White passed away this week the team announced Thursday night. He was 56 years old. “I loved William,” former teammate and Lions special assistant Chris Spielman said in a statement. “We shared experiences of joy and sorrow on and off the field. He was and

Allen Park — After spending his first four seasons in Jacksonville, wide receiver DJ Chark admits to feeling a little like a rookie again during his first offseason with the Detroit Lions. From learning a new area to a new playbook to new teammates, Chark acknowledges he’s still getting acclimated to things a little more than

Allen Park — The start of training camp has Detroit Lions defensive back Will Harris feeling the love. He loves the “hybrid” tag applied to him as someone who can play both safety and cornerback. He loves the challenge of being “out there on that island.” Mainly, though, he just loves football, he said —

Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Thursday’s training camp practice. ► The Lions opened their competitive periods running seven-on-seven, with Will Harris replacing Jeff Okudah at one of the cornerback spots with the first-team defense, as well as having multiple linebackers rotating through the top group, including special teams workhorse Anthony Pittman.

Allen Park — A few days before training camp, Dan Campbell took a tumble. He hurt his left wrist, which made him nervous. He had a reputation to uphold, an example to set, a team to lead. When the Lions opened Wednesday, Campbell was ready. His wrist tightly taped, he stood alongside his players and

Allen Park — For the most part, the Detroit Lions are in good health entering training camp. There are a few lingering injuries from last season — namely defensive end Romeo Okwara’s still-healing Achilles and rookie receiver Jameson Williams’ ACL — but coach Dan Campbell raved about his team’s conditioning as the roster returned to town after its five-week summer

Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Wednesday’s training camp practice. ► There was a new, noticeable piece of practice equipment being worn by many of the roster’s players during the first training camp practice. Any player who would be engaged in collisions during these non-padded practices, including all offensive and defensive linemen,

Allen Park — As training camps open around the NFL this week and last, optimism is characteristically high for all 32 teams. And given the run the Cincinnati Bengals went on a year ago — going from four wins to a Super Bowl appearance, all while snapping a league-worst, 31-year drought without a postseason victory in

Allen Park — Football is back. The Detroit Lions’ rookies are already in town and the veterans report to training camp Tuesday, with the team’s first preseason game under three weeks away. As the Lions open camp Wednesday morning, here are a dozen story lines worth watching: ► New offense, similar questions During the downtime between

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions’ passing game in 2022 will be formed with the input of many. Only a handful of coaches will have an actual say in what the offense looks like, sure, but Lions tight ends coach and passing-game coordinator Tanner Engstrand said at the close of minicamp that the backgrounds of himself

Joe Reedy |  Associated Press The NFL is making its move into offering its own media streaming platform. The league announced that “NFL+” launched on Monday. Owners were briefed about it during the league meetings in May, while Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s chief media and business officer, confirmed in a column for “Sports Illustrated” last

The Detroit Lions have made some moves ahead of training camp. The team on Sunday announced that cornerback Jerry Jacobs and defensive ends Romeo Okwara and Josh Paschal have been placed on the active/physically unable to perform (PUP) list. Rookie wide receiver Jameson Williams and linebacker Natrez Patrick have been placed on the active/non-football injury

Allen Park — Kelvin Sheppard was disgusted. “Oh, that right there makes me cringe,” he said. Sheppard, the Lions’ linebackers coach, had just been told that veteran Alex Anzalone described Detroit’s linebackers as playing a “wait-and-pat-your-feet” style. “There’s no patting your feet at all in this system that we’re playing anymore,” Sheppard said last month. “There’s no

Bloomfield Hills — It’s been over five years, and Frank Ragnow’s still not over it. He’s here to tell you: That’s OK. Ragnow’s dad, Jon (nicknamed “Rags”), died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2016, when the Detroit Lions’ starting center was still at Arkansas. With his new foundation, “Rags Remembers,” Ragnow, a Minnesota native, is

If you’re a Michigan fan that doubles as a Detroit Lions fan, rejoice. Former Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett is finally on your side. The Lions announced Saturday that they’ve hired Barrett as an offensive assistant. Details regarding Barrett’s exact role with the Lions were not released. Barrett played 50 games at Ohio State from 2014-2017, throwing for

Allen Park — Like many positions on the defensive side of the ball, the Detroit Lions’ depth chart at safety is a bit fluid heading into training camp. Despite safeties coach Brian Duker being reluctant even to say that Tracy Walker would be a starter in week one — “We’re obviously still hoping to have some

Associated Press Madison, Wis. — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit alleging the University of Wisconsin System reinstated former Badger and current Lions receiver Quintez Cephus without seeking input from a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2018. A UW-Madison investigation found that Cephus likely assaulted her and the university expelled him

Allen Park — T.J. Hockenson was on his way to a potential Pro Bowl season last year, but that was before he went down with a thumb injury and missed the final five games of the campaign. The 6-foot-5 tight end was catching 72.6% of his targets and was on pace to have over 800 receiving yards,

Allen Park — Kelvin Sheppard has been through something like this before. The Detroit Lions linebackers coach is tasked this summer with coaching a former teammate, veteran linebacker Jarrad Davis. It’s not all that different from what Sheppard experienced with Romeo Okwara; the two were once teammates with the New York Giants and Sheppard became Okwara’s