One backup quarterback down, and one still to go? The Detroit Lions re-signed veteran Nate Sudfeld as insurance for Jared Goff on Friday, but still could look to address a position general manager Brad Holmes admitted earlier this offseason he neglected in past years. “I feel like last year we kind of left training camp
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After one “amazing” season with the Detroit Lions, DJ Chark is leaving town. Chark posted Friday on Twitter that he has agreed to a free agent contract with the Carolina Panthers. The deal is for one year, NFL Network reported. “The past year has been incredible for me,” Chark wrote on Twitter. “Signing with Detroit
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
When the Detroit Lions took Eric Ebron with the 10th pick of the 2014 NFL draft, they passed on the best defensive player of this generation and a future first ballot Hall of Famer in Aaron Donald. Ebron played four middling seasons with the Lions, where he was a part-time starter and sometimes weapon on
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
Dates for the 2024 NFL draft in Detroit, Michigan have been announced. The league’s annual showcase of incoming talent will take place April 25-27, 2024, centered around Campus Martius and Hart Plaza in the downtown area near the Detroit River. “We look forward to showcasing the culture, energy, and passion of our vibrant downtown as
Another veteran lineman is taking a massive pay cut to stay with the Detroit Lions in 2023. Offensive guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai has agreed to cut his base salary from $9.4 million this fall to $1.21 million, according to NFL Players Association records, and in return the Lions have converted the final year of his contract
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
A lot of college basketball fans perhaps not completely clued into Michigan State basketball appeared to be taken aback when NFL Hall of Famer and Detroit Lions legend Barry Sanders appeared on their television screens wearing a green and white MSU cap — and sitting behind former MSU football coach Mark Dantonio and Kirk Gibson
Jalen Reeves-Maybin is coming home. A special-teams standout with the Detroit Lions in 2017-21, Reeves-Maybin agreed to a one-year contract with the team Wednesday, his agent, Brian McLaughlin, tweeted. Reeves-Maybin made 11 starts at linebacker in 2021 but played his most significant role on special teams during his five years in Detroit. He led the
The first wave of NFL free agency is in the books, which means it’s time for another mock draft. The Detroit Lions addressed their biggest need in a big way, adding three potential starters at cornerback in Cam Sutton, Emanuel Moseley and C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who can play safety or as a slot defender. As much
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
One prominent NFL analyst is giving Brad Holmes high marks for how he’s handled the draft in his first two seasons as Detroit Lions general manager. “I’d give him an A, a solid A,” ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. said in a conference call Wednesday. “You could go A-plus.” Holmes inherited a Lions team coming off
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
Ah yes, the real signs of spring. Melted snow gives way to matted, yellow grass. The scores from the Grapefruit League leak across our timelines. The NCAA tournament is the talk of the town. But there’s one other sign that we’re hurdling toward spring, and we’re not talking about Masters commercials (or Charles Barkley commercials,