Lions News

A  lot of players hit the open market all over the NFL on Tuesday. That means there’s now about 900 players out there that are looking for spots on rosters or practice squads. If you’re a young player looking for a chance, the Detroit Lions practice squad is the place you want to be.  The

It did not take wide receiver Tim Patrick long to find a new team following his release from the Denver Broncos on Tuesday. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Detroit Lions are expected to sign Patrick to their practice squad with the intention of him working his way on to their active roster.  It was

The Lions used a couple of different methods to get their active roster to 53 players: Released: Waived: Waived/injured: Placed on IR (designated for return): Placed on reserve/PUP list: The Lions released a lot more vested veterans than we typically see at this time in the year, perhaps a sign of the young talent on

The Detroit Lions have been needing an X receiver for a while now and it appears they have found their guy. The Lions are reportedly signing former Denver Broncos receiver Tim Patrick. Patrick has an interesting route to Detroit. In 2020 and 2021 he looked like a player that was on the rise. He had

The Detroit Lions 53-man roster fully made up and now we’re ready to get into the 2024 regular season. Before we do that, it feels right to highlight some of the guys that made this roster despite having some long shot odds to do so. Here’s four guys that defied those long shots and earned

The thing about cut down season is that there’s always going to be some big surprises. The Detroit Lions had a pretty big one on Tuesday when they released Nate Sudfeld.  Look, we get it, Sudfeld looked really bad. You can understand why this is happening from an on the field standpoint. Where it gets

The Detroit Lions are making their final roster cuts before the start of the 2024 regular season along with every other team around the league. The Lions are coming off of one of their best seasons in franchise history in 2023, getting to the NFC Championship game, and are looking to make another step forward

Pelissero adds Detroit is also waiving TE Shane Zylstra.  Knight, 23, wound up going undrafted out of North Carolina State back in 2022. He later signed a rookie contract with the Jets, but was released coming out of the preseason. New York re-signed Knight to their practice squad before eventually calling him up in October

Zylstra seemed totally destined for the 53-man roster this year. He had a solid camp and a really good preseason. That’s why it’s shocking that the Lions have chosen to waive him. The reason could be that the team wants to carry fewer tight ends this season. This would set them up with likely three

The Lions traded for Peoples-Jones at the trade deadline last November. They sent a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Browns to get him. Peoples-Jones was not a big part of the Lions receiving corps last year, but was expected to be a big part of it in 2024 since the belief was that he could play

Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs and cornerback Terrion Arnold are back at practice, leading a long list of key contributors getting healthy at just the right time for Detroit. Head coach Dan Campbell said Gibbs and Sam LaPorta were back on the practice field Sunday and are recovering from hamstring injuries. Arnold also practiced Sunday

The Detroit Lions beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in their third and final game of the preseason on Saturday by a score of 24-17. It was an impressive come-from-behind victory for the Lions, who relied solely on the team’s bench while resting their starters for the grueling demands of the upcoming regular season.  What We Learned

In a move expected to energize Detroit Lions fans, defensive tackle D.J. Reader has been cleared off the physically unable-to-perform list. This is awesome news for the Lions, as they’re preparing for their season opener against the Los Angeles Rams in two weeks. The timing could not be more perfect, as the return of Reader

The Lions have received a boost on the health front in advance of roster cutdowns. Defensive tackle D.J. Reader was activated from the PUP list on Sunday, the team announced. Reader had been rehabbing the torn quad which ended his 2023 campaign prematurely. That injury brought his Bengals tenure to a close, and it had