The UFL is proving lucrative for at least some high-performing players who are successfully parlaying it into an NFL opportunity. The Detroit Lions signed UFL kicker Jake Bates to a two-year deal, his agent Marty Magid told Adam Schefter of ESPN. Bates also received interest from the Green Bay Packers and Washington Commanders. Bates quickly
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The Detroit Lions traded up from No. 29 to No. 24 in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft to land Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold. Lions GM Brad Holmes sent No. 29 plus a third-round pick, No. 73 overall, to the Dallas Cowboys to acquire No. 24 and a seventh-round pick in the 2025
The Detroit Lions are planning to sign UFL kicker Jake Bates to a two-year-deal, multiple outlets reported Saturday. Bates can be signed as early as Tuesday, based on UFL rules. He spent the spring with the Michigan Panthers and made 21 of 28 field goals, including a 64-yard attempt and two others of at least
The spring session OTAs and mandatory minicamp are all wrapped up for the Detroit Lions. That means it’s time for the Detroit Lions Podcast spring wrap-up episode. Recorded live on the DLP YouTube channel on Friday afternoon, this episode covers a lot of the Lions topics from the spring season. Among the notable points: [affiliatewidget_smgtolocal]
The 2023 NFL Draft was a huge success for the Detroit Lions, who got major contributors at multiple positions and proved a lot of doubters wrong with some picks that may have been a bit questionable at the time, depending on who you ask. It turns out that general manager Brad Holmes is pretty good…
The Detroit Lions are rumored to sign Jake Bates early next week. Jake Bates proved to be a sensational UFL kicker last season. Jake Bates caught the eye of three other NFL Clubs: the Packers, Commanders, and Ravens. It is still just a rumor at this point. Will Jake Bates sign with the Lions? If
The NFL interest in UFL kicker Jake Bates has been no secret over the past several weeks. Bates has been taking the football world by storm in his season with the UFL’s Michigan Panthers out of Detroit. Now, it seems like he’ll get a chance to play for the city’s NFL team as Aaron Wilson of
With the UFL season about to conclude, the players in the merged spring league are about to be available for NFL teams to sign. The Detroit Lions have already set their sights on one player from the Michigan Panthers, who play in Ford Field. As has long been dreamt about by many a Lions fan,
According to a report from NFL insider Aaron Wilson, the Detroit Lions are expected to sign Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates. Per Wilson, the signing won’t become official until Tuesday. Bates quickly became one of the most fascinating stories in the UFL this season. After not kicking a single field goal in college—serving as the…
Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Lions have 12 receivers on the team right now and there’s a chance they could add more ahead of camp. Of all 12, it seems like Alexander is the guy you’ve heard the least from. Rookies Isaiah Williams and Jalon Calhoun have made some noise, rookie minicamp tryout
There is just one more season-long player stats market we have yet to dig into: Interception totals. NFL futures: Season-long bets to make Rushing yards | Receiving TDs | Receiving yards | Passing TDs | Passing yards We wrap this series with a look at a few season-long cornerback bets to consider, and of all the stats we’ve dug
It didn’t take long for Jared Goff’s contract extension with the Detroit Lions to get put into a broader NFL context. When the Jacksonville Jaguars signed their franchise quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, to a lucrative new deal on Thursday, it provided a nice comparative tool for what the Lions and Goff agreed to earlier this offseason.
There sure has been a lot of receiver talk going on here at A to Z Detroit when it comes to the Detroit Lions. It’s been going on at ESPN, The Athletic, Pro Football Focus, Bleacher Report and more as well. Some fans don’t think it’s a problem at all, but after OTAs and minicamp
The Detroit Lions’ 2023 draft class has been widely praised as one of the best in the league, but first-round Jack Campbell is often left out of the picture when praising Brad Holmes’ picks. It’s not that Campbell had a rookie bad season, per se, but his performance was a bit overshadowed by the emergence…