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
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With the brunt, if not all, of the offseason moves done, here are three worst moves the Detroit Lions made this offseason. The Detroit Lions followed the high note of winning eight of their last 10 games last season with an interesting offseason. In many ways, it was how a team who senses an opportunity
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
One by one, the Detroit Lions are getting all of their draft picks under contract. The Lions signed linebacker Jack Campbell, their second of two first-round picks, to a standard four-year contract Tuesday, the fifth member of their eight-player draft class to finalize his deal. As the 18th pick of the first round, Campbell’s contract
A right tackle his entire college career, Colby Sorsdal has found a new home with the Detroit Lions at right guard. “I love how fast it is,” Sorsdal said at rookie minicamp this month. “Everything happens so much faster when you’re at guard; things get on you really quick, and that’s one thing that I
Even coming off one of the best years of his career, Detroit Lions Jared Goff is not that well-regarded compared to his peers. It’s possible to get called a Jared Goff hater if you point it out, but 2022 was one of the best seasons of his career and he seems bound to regress some
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
After being cut Tuesday by the Denver Broncos, Brandon McManus now lands as an option for the Detroit Lions to upgrade their kicker spot. It’s rare for a kicker to spend his entire NFL career with one team. Up until Tuesday that’s what Brandon McManus had done, landing with the Denver Broncos in 2014 and
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 14: Jordan Meredith #61, Max Pircher #66 and Jacob Harris #87 of the Los Angeles Rams stand for the national anthem before the preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on August 14, 2021 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) Detroit Lions public relations department named
The Detroit Lions open the final phase of their offseason program with their first three organized team activity workouts this week. The workouts are voluntary, but usually heavily attended. Here are five things I’ll be watching when the Lions open OTAs to the media Thursday. Walker’s return Tracy Walker ruptured his Achilles tendon in the
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
The Detroit Lions signed offensive tackle Max Pircher on Monday as part of the NFL’s International Pathways Program. Picher, a native of Italy, spent the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams after being allocated to the team through the program in 2021. He takes the place of Australian-born tight end Patrick Murtagh, who