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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

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,

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

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

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

Dave Campbell |  Associated Press Eagan, Minn. — Thursday nights in the NFL have long been the most drastic feature of its made-for-TV schedule, a prime-time slot that raised concerns about player safety and produced plenty of competitive duds before it moved to a streaming-only platform. Now the league will have the power, albeit limited,

Dave Campbell |  Associated Press Eagan, Minn. — NFL owners approved a rule change Monday that allows teams to play an emergency quarterback from the inactive list if the first two are injured during a game, a decision that stems from San Francisco’s depth-chart challenge in the NFC championship game. The bylaw was initially proposed by the Detroit Lions.

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions have been assigned a new player through the league’s International Pathway Program, adding offensive tackle Max Pircher to the roster on Monday. The 6-foot-7, 300-pound Pircher spent the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, where he shared a position room with veterans such as Andrew Whitworth and

Continuing our post-draft film study on the Detroit Lions’ draft class, let’s explore the tape of defensive tackle Brodric Martin, the team’s third-round selection out of Western Kentucky. ▶ Games watched: @Indiana (Sept. 17), @UTSA (Oct. 8), vs. Rice (Nov. 12), @FAU (Nov. 26) ▶ Statistics: 2018 (North Alabama): 10 games, one start, 27 tackles, 3.0 for

Allen Park — Of all the prospects Detroit Lions linebacker coach Kelvin Sheppard talked to and met before this year’s draft, three stood out. One, Alabama’s Will Anderson Jr., came off the board before the Lions even had a shot. The Houston Texans traded up nine spots to No. 3, making him the first defensive

Allen Park — First-year Lions running backs and assistant head coach Scottie Montgomery has been selected to participate in the NFL’s coach accelerator program. Established in 2022, the program aims to increase exposure between owners, executives, and diverse coaching talent, providing an opportunity to develop and build upon those relationships. That should hypothetically improve the

Associated Press |  The Detroit News Green Bay, Wis. − Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry realizes he must raise his game to get the most out of a defense that didn’t live up to expectations last year. “It starts with me,” said Barry, who was the defensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions in 2007-08

Allen Park — Roughly 98% of Colby Sorsdal’s career snaps at William & Mary came at right tackle. But unless Penei Sewell’s full-time transition to tight end is coming sooner than we realize, Sorsdal, taken in the fifth round in April’s NFL Draft, is more likely to carve a career at guard. He was listed

Detroit — The sights were something to see, no doubt. But it’s the sounds of spring that we’re really missing these days in Detroit. And the calendar is full of reminders. Take May 16, for example. This is the anniversary of that anxious evening back in 1996 when Steve Yzerman nearly blew the roof off