Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams spoke with the media on Thursday regarding his six-game gambling suspension. The Detroit Lions entered this offseason with high hopes after narrowly missing out on a playoff spot. Now, they are favorites to win the NFC North. However, the Lions and the NFL world received word that multiple players
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The Detroit Lions have a three-man kicking competition brewing. The Lions acquired kicker Riley Patterson from the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday for a conditional 2026 seventh-round draft pick. Patterson made 13 of 14 field goals with the Lions in 2021, but lost a camp battle with Austin Seibert for the kicking job last summer. More:
Allen Park — Hours after Detroit Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp gave an emphatic “no” to a question about whether he wanted the team to explore adding another kicker, the Detroit Lions have added another kicker. And it’s former Lion Riley Patterson, who was waived heading into the 2022 regular season after appearing in
Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Thursday’s OTA practice, the first of the offseason open to the media. ▶ The Lions didn’t leave the day unscathed as two key contributors exited with early injuries. Running back David Montgomery came up hobbling with a lower left leg injury after a jump cut during
Jameson Williams felt “sick” when he first learned of his six-game suspension the night before the NFL announced it last month, but the Detroit Lions receiver insisted Thursday he did not knowingly violate league rules on gambling and still does not know the specifics of what led his punishment. “The suspension, it pretty much, it
Allen Park — Jameson Williams is pleading ignorance for his actions, but he’s also accepted the consequences for violating the NFL’s gambling policy and is ready to move on from the mistake. Williams has been suspended the first six games of the season for gambling on something other than NFL games while at a team
Legendary Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson expresses his support for Lions head coach Dan Campbell and the 2023 Lions organization. Once upon a time, former Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson described continuing his career in Detroit as “the definition of insanity.” Johnson, who became a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2021, made it
Detroit — As Detroit Grand Prix organizers put the finishing touches on preparations for the return of auto racing to the downtown streets, Mayor Mike Duggan is eager to see what can be applied for upcoming events, namely next year’s NFL Draft. With the backdrop of the Renaissance Center and standing in the middle of
Allen Park — Detroit’s favorite bromance is alive and well. After Lions general manager Brad Holmes rocked a sweatshirt with head coach Dan Campbell on it for his post-draft press conference last month, Campbell on Thursday returned the love by wearing a shirt featuring a photo of Holmes wearing the sweatshirt of Campbell. Some are
Not a day goes by without someone in the national NFL sphere professing their love for the Detroit Lions. It seems that way, right? “Get on the bandwagon!” folks keep imploring. “There won’t be any room if you don’t.” The love is everywhere, all the time, and it’s not even June. Call it the summer
The cold war isn’t over quite yet, but the ice is starting to thaw in the frosty relationship between Calvin Johnson and the Detroit Lions. A new sign of détente between the two parties is the football camp the Hall of Fame receiver will host in tandem with the Lions on June 11 at the
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are an official sponsor for Calvin Johnson’s inaugural charity golf outing next month, which will be held a day after the Hall of Fame receiver’s annual youth football camp. This year, that youth camp is being held at the Lions’ practice facility in Allen Park. And last month, Johnson,
David Montgomery, Chicago Bears (Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports) 3 Atlanta Braves who won’t survive the trade deadline and why by Mark Powell 2024 NHL Stadium Series will reportedly feature 4 Metropolitan Division teams by Marci Rubin New Detroit Lions RB David Montgomery levied some harsh criticism against his former team, the Chicago Bears.
The Detroit Lions added more depth for their offensive line Tuesday, signing veteran offensive tackle Germain Ifedi, according to NFL Network. Ifedi, who has starting experience at both right guard and right tackle, was released by the Atlanta Falcons last week. He played in all 17 games for the Falcons last season, primarily on special
As the Lions transition into the third set of organized team activities this week, the team is adding veteran offensive line depth, agreeing to sign Germain Ifedi, according to an NFL Network report. A first-round draft pick out of Texas A&M in 2016, Ifedi spent the first four seasons of his career in Seattle. He
One by one, the Detroit Lions are getting all of their draft picks under contract. The Lions signed linebacker Jack Campbell, their second of two first-round picks, to a standard four-year contract Tuesday, the fifth member of their eight-player draft class to finalize his deal. As the 18th pick of the first round, Campbell’s contract
Jack Campbell and the Detroit Lions have finished their off-the-field business. The first-round linebacker on Tuesday signed his four-year rookie deal, with a fifth-year option with a draft slot of $14.7 million, including a $7.7 million signing bonus and $3.2 million counting against the salary cap. Campbell, the reigning Butkus Award winner, was selected out
A right tackle his entire college career, Colby Sorsdal has found a new home with the Detroit Lions at right guard. “I love how fast it is,” Sorsdal said at rookie minicamp this month. “Everything happens so much faster when you’re at guard; things get on you really quick, and that’s one thing that I
By Dave Campbell | Associated Press Eagan, Minn. — The NFL has pushed the kickoff return further toward irrelevance with a priority on player safety. League owners voted Tuesday for a one-year trial of an enhanced touchback rule that will give the receiving team the ball at its own 25 with a fair catch of a
The Detroit Lions open the final phase of their offseason program with their first three organized team activity workouts this week. The workouts are voluntary, but usually heavily attended. Here are five things I’ll be watching when the Lions open OTAs to the media Thursday. Walker’s return Tracy Walker ruptured his Achilles tendon in the