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
On Saturday, the Detroit Lions will take their practice field—newly donned as the Meijer Performance Center—in front of season ticket holders. Without a doubt, that will add some extra juice to practice—not that the Lions need it after a trio of spirited practices during the work week. Still, there will be a buzz in Allen…
In the past if you were a depth guy looking to make the Detroit Lions roster, special teams alone might be your ticket to making the roster. That’s no longer the case now. Now you have to be much more than that according to Lions’ special teams coach Dave Fipp. “I tell the players in
The Detroit Lions announced some front office maneuvers on Friday and one of the big ones that everyone will rightly focus on is the hiring of Charlie Adkins. He comes in to replace Brandon Sosna who left for a job with the Commanders. Sosna was quietly a big part of the Lions front office form
The Detroit Lions have produced top-five offenses in back-to-back seasons, which has been the leading source of their recent surge to the NFC Championship Game. That has led many to believe that if the Lions could manage just a top-10 unit on the other side of the ball, a championship run is very much on…
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
We’re only a few days into training camp and the intensity is already starting to ramp up. With players wearing shells for the first time on Friday, there were reports of some skirmishes breaking out between players after a few physical plays. It seems players are itching to get those pads on, which will happen…
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
The full list includes: K Matt Ammendola K Lucas Havrisik K Matthew McCrane K Andre Szmyt Ammendola, 27, signed with the Panthers back in 2021 before being released in May of that year. He had multiple stints with the Jets later in 2021 and ultimately signed a futures contract before being released in March 2022.
The Detroit Lions practiced in front of an audience for the first time in 2024 training camp, as they welcomed in friends and family members of players, coaches, and organizational employees. Friday also marked the first day the Lions could practice in shells and with that change came another level of intensity.
Free agent cornerback Jerry Jacobs is reportedly signing a new deal to join the LA Rams for the 2024 season after three years in Detroit, according to NFL insider Jeremy Fowler. Jacobs entered free agency in March after the Lions declined to extend his contract. In 2023 for Detroit, he posted a career-high 55 tackles
As the NFL world reacted to the news about Detroit Lions field goal kicker Michael Badgley’s horrific season-ending hamstring injury, it’s a reminder of how quickly an NFL season can instantly turn. The UFL – Another Option at Kicker for the Detroit Lions Badgley was expected to compete for the starting assignment in training camp
Jacobs, 26, went undrafted out of Arkansas in 2021 before catching on with the Lions and making the 53-man roster ahead of the season. He played out his standard three-year undrafted rookie contract and was slated to be a restricted free agent in 2024, but Detroit declined to tender him a contract. In 2023, Jacobs