Dorsey will be an unrestricted free agent at the start of free agency. Exclusive rights contracts are one-year deals worth the minimum salary based on the number of years a player has accrued. Dorsey, 25, wound up going undrafted out of Northern Arizona back in 2020. He later agreed to a three-year, $2.28 million contract
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At the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Lions head coach Dan Campbell revealed Detroit’s “secret” weapon that could spark a Super Bowl run: coaching. Campbell spoke glowingly about the talent and cohesiveness of his coaching staff and how it’s translated into a successful team. He cited his growing relationship with rising star offensive
The Detroit Lions have a type. They like guys with grit and they like guys that love football. I’m talking about guys that live and breathe the game and spend all their time thinking about it. The Dan Campbell kind of guy. After watching Missouri edge rusher Darius Robinson talk at the NFL Combine, I
The NFL news just keeps flying in at the 2024 NFL Combine. The big thing Tuesday was that Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed could be franchise tagged and then traded if the two sides can’t come to an agreement on a long term deal. This, of course, got Detroit Lions fans very interested in
The NFL news just keeps flying in at the 2024 NFL Combine. The big thing Tuesday was that Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed could be franchise tagged and then traded if the two sides can’t come to an agreement on a long term deal. This, of course, got Detroit Lions fans very interested in
INDIANAPOLIS — Adamant the Detroit Lions will be back to the conference championship stage on his watch, Dan Campbell vows to learn from the most painful loss of his coaching career last month in San Francisco. “To me, you should benefit from every loss. I think if the losses don’t motivate you to not lose
My mind always goes back to when I was covering the Detroit Lions for Pride of Detroit and we had The Athletic’s Rams beat writer Jourdan Rodrigue on the podcast and she outlined what newly hired Lions GM Brad Holmes’ regime could look like and how that would relate to what the Rams did with
Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions had high hopes for wide receiver Jameson Williams when they took him with the 12th overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, but Williams has not really gotten a chance to live up to those expectations just yet. Williams missed most of his rookie campaign due to the torn
When you think of core players on an NFL team, you think about quarterback or edge rushers. You think about offense and you think about defense. One thing you don’t think about is the special teams guys. Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell thinks about it a lot. On Tuesday he called the returning Jalen
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell admitted Tuesday he’s unsure of what to expect from quarterback Hendon Hooker in 2024. Hooker, the 2023 third-round pick, spent the bulk of the season recovering from a torn ACL he suffered during his senior season at Tennessee. He practiced for the first time on Nov. 29 and served
The Detroit Lions are lucky enough to have two third round picks in the 2024 NFL Draft thanks to the T.J. Hockenson trade. They’ll have the 73rd and 92nd picks. Here’s two options that could be the best options for them at those picks ahead of the 2024 NFL Combine. We’ve already done both the
A former Tennessee Vols standout received a nice NFL contract extension on Monday. Detroit Lions linebacker/special teams ace Jalen Reeves-Maybin, who played at Tennessee from 2013 to 2016, received a two-year extension worth up to $8 million. The deal makes Reeves-Maybin the highest paid core special teams player of all time according to NFL Network’s
Jalen Reeves-Maybin is sticking in Detroit, and the special teams ace is making history with his next contract. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, Reeves-Maybin has agreed to a two-year extension with the Lions. The veteran was set to hit free agency in a few weeks. The contract is worth $7.5M and can max out
According to Garafolo, the contract is worth up to $8 million with incentives. Reeves-Maybin, 29, is a former fourth-round pick of the Lions back in 2017. He played out the final year of his four-year, $3.01 million contract and re-signed with the Lions on a one-year deal. Reeves-Maybin signed a two-year, $7.5 million deal that