Lions News

The Detroit Lions were one of the biggest feel-good stories of the NFL in recent memory. The team has been nothing but exceptional under coach Dan Campbell and were a half away from reaching their first-ever Super Bowl. As their offseason preparation continues, however, a QB from their NFC North rivals decided to fire shots

The Detroit Lions have made their first re-signing of the year on Thursday. They will be bringing back kicker Michael Badgley on a one-year contract.  I know a lot of Lions fans were hoping that the team would go out and find a new kicker for the 2024 season and this might look like they’re

Badgley, 28, originally signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Miami in 2018, but Indianapolis waived him before the season began. Badgley signed with the Chargers in October of 2018, where he spent the next three seasons as the primary kicker. Los Angeles tendered Badgley a qualifying offer,

The NFL combine starts next Tuesday and usually the combine will be accompanied by changes in draft stock. Players are going to rise and fall after all the running and jumping they do next week. So we’re going to get one more mock draft in before that starts and then we’ll come back for a

The Detroit Lions announced their presence as a contender in the NFC during the 2023 season. In Year 3 under general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell, the team broke through in a major way. The Lions went 12-5 this season, matching the total number of wins under Campbell in his first two

The Indianapolis Colts are in desperate need of some weapons in the aerial attack, and if they don’t shore up their receiving corps, quarterback Anthony Richardson could be in for a trying 2024 campaign. If it wasn’t already enough that the Colts are going to have to try and re-sign wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr.,

The Detroit Lions are coming off of one of the best seasons in the history of their franchise, but it still seems pretty clear that their roster needs some work. Especially on the defensive side of the ball. Bleacher Report’s NFL Scouting Department thinks the Lions should add a piece to their interior defensive line

The Lions are making some changes on their defensive staff. One of the moves will be bringing former defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil back to the NFL. Out of the league since the 2020 season, O’Neil will return as a Detroit defensive assistant. The 45-year-old staffer spent two seasons as Northwestern’s DC, but was last in

The Detroit Lions made some changes to their coaching staff on Wednesday. They first made the hires of both Terrell Williams and Deshea Townsend official. Both were hired in the last few weeks.  The Lions also hired former Northwestern defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil to be a defensive assistant on their staff. In additon to his

Williams, 49, began his coaching career at Fort Scott CC in 1998 as a DL coach. He had a number of stops at different colleges before taking his first NFL coaching job with the Raiders as their DL coach in 2012. From there, Williams spent three years as the Dolphins DL coach before the Titans

The 2023 season was a big one for the Detroit Lions as the hard work by general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell began to bear fruit. Detroit won the NFC North division and advanced to the NFC Championship Game, where they were defeated in comeback fashion by the San Francisco 49ers. This

Here’s a move that you knew would happen at some point, but you just hate to see. While there’s been no official word at this time, the Detroit Lions appear to be parting ways with former third-round pick Tracy Walker per the safety’s Instagram. Walker was a big part of this team when he signed

C.J. Gardner-Johnson‘s injury led Tracy Walker back into the Lions’ starting lineup, but the veteran did not hold down the job. Detroit will now move on from Walker’s second contract. Walker re-signed with the Lions on a three-year, $25M deal in 2022, but an injury hampered him on that deal. The Lions are cutting bait

Detroit will save around $5.5 million in cap space by releasing Walker and be left with a $7.3 million dead money charge, per Over The Cap. Walker, 29, was drafted by the Lions in the third round out of Louisiana in 2018. After finishing a four-year, $3.51 million rookie contract, Walker agreed to a three-year,