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Yesterday marked 25 years after Barry Sanders announced his retirement from the NFL. It shocked the Detroit Lions fan base and certainly football fans everywhere as Sanders was only 31-years old when he retired. I still remember being 8-years old and crying about it as I read the front page of the sports section in

Lions second-year quarterback Hendon Hooker has had an up-and-down training camp through the first week of practices. One of Hooker’s issues has been consistency with the accuracy of his passes, something that was a bigger issue in the team’s OTAs and minicamp in June. It turns out Hooker has a good reason for some of

The Detroit Lions added veteran linebacker Malik Jefferson to the training camp roster on Saturday. Jefferson joins the Lions after playing for the Dallas Cowboys in the 2023 season and is expected to be in uniform for Monday’s practice session, which will be the first fully padded practice. What are the Lions getting in Jefferson?

Even on a Saturday, the Detroit Lions were busy on the NFL’s transaction wire. The Lions added a veteran linebacker among a flurry of roster moves after the fourth training camp session. The Lions added Malik Jefferson, a linebacker who played for the Dallas Cowboys in 2023. Detroit is Jefferson’s sixth team in as many

Lions quarterback Jared Goff didn’t spent very long as the highest-paid quarterback in the NFC North. That title now belongs to Packers quarterback Jordan Love. Love agreed to a four-year extension worth $220 million. That ties him with Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence at $55 million per year. However, Love’s contract stands out as he

DaRon Gilbert never expected to be wearing a Detroit Lions uniform and playing in front of friends and family for his hometown team. The undrafted rookie linebacker, a product of Brother Rice High School before progressing to college at Lafayette and then Northern Illinois, got to live out the local dream on Friday. With a

The Detroit Lions training camp session on Friday morning saw some fans in the stands. That upped the energy in Allen Park on the third day of training camp, a practice that included an unexpected pit drill, some bad injury news, a breakout undrafted rookie and more. The latest episode of the Detroit Lions Podcast

Is Jared Goff’s deal with the Lions already starting to look like a bargain? Maybe not completely but his average value has been surpassed again, this time by Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported Friday the Dolphins signed Tagovailoa to a four-year extension worth $212.4 million. That works out to an average

Former Detroit Lions starting cornerback Jerry Jacobs has found a new NFL home. Jacobs is signing with the Los Angeles Rams after also taking visits with the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers recently. Jacobs was one of Detroit’s best undrafted free agent stories of the last few seasons. After going undrafted out of Arkansas in

Friday was the third training camp session for the Detroit Lions at the Meijer Performance Center in Allen Park. It marked the first day that fans were allowed to attend, with friends and family of players and VIPs filling their designated areas. It also marked the first time the players were in light pads, and

With the news breaking early Friday morning that kicker Michael Badgley suffered a season-ending injury during practice Thursday, the Lions may be in the market for a veteran kicker to compete with Jake Bates, who has been off to a good start in camp. Who are some kickers they could go after? Here’s a quick

In conjunction with the Detroit Lions Podcast, I recorded a video summary of what I saw and heard during the second Detroit Lions training camp practice session. The video was recorded just after Thursday’s practice in Allen Park. The focus here is on three of the most hot-button players on the roster: [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] Terrion Arnold

[affiliatewidget_smgtolocal] We have our first injury of Detroit Lions training camp. Kicker Michael Badgley is headed for the injured reserve and will miss the season. Head coach Dan Campbell broke the bad news about Badgley at the start of his Friday morning press conference. Campbell indicated Badgley suffered a “significant” injury and needs surgery. Badgley’s

There is a new international flavor in Allen Park after the latest roster move by the Detroit Lions. The team has signed free agent defensive lineman David Bada following the second training camp session. Bada is a part of the NFL’s International Player Pathway program. As such, he does not count against the team’s 90-man