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• 7 winners from the Detroit Lions’ 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Bad news for some players can be good news for others. Here are 7 players that benefitted from the Detroit Lions’ 2025 NFL Draft. Things are not all doom and gloom for the Detroit Lions depth chart. While some players are at risk of losing a starting role or a roster spot, this post-draft period also highlights how beneficial the NFL Draft was for others...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions 53-man roster prediction: Post-draft edition

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The 2025 NFL Draft is in the books. With many new players joining the Lions, how could the 53-man roster play out? The 2025 NFL Draft has wrapped and the Detroit Lions have made plenty of moves. Though some additional wheeling and dealing could arise in the coming days, weeks, and months, the bulk of their roster has been set. Do we have some clarity regarding what t...2025
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• Detroit Lions updated depth chart: Pre-2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images Here’s an updated look at the Detroit Lions’ depth chart ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. With the 2025 NFL Draft ready to kickoff, now is a great time to take a look at the Detroit Lions roster with an updated depth chart. This version of the Lions depth chart is a bit unique. As always, we will lists/ranks all the players, highlighting the team's current...2025
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• Lions draft preview: Adding long-term LB not out of question

Photo by Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Detroit Lions don’t have an immediate need at linebacker, but it remains a long-term one, and there are several tempting candidates in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions love linebacker perhaps more than any other team in the NFL. They spent a first-round pick on one in 2023 (Jack Campbell), they just handed another an extensio...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Best LB, DB fits for Detroit Lions on each day

Photo by Jason Clark/Getty Images Our favorite fits for the Detroit Lions when it comes to the linebacker and defensive back positions in the 2025 NFL Draft. Our 2025 NFL Draft preview series continues on the PODcast. Last week, we kicked things off by looking at the skill position players we liked on Days 1, 2, and 3 of the draft. This week, we start looking at the Detroit Lions’ options...2025
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• Lions free agency grade: Grant Stuard creates stiff companion in LB room

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Breaking down the Detroit Lions’ free agent signing of LB Grant Stuard. I held off on giving the Detroit Lions’ signing of linebacker Grant Stuard an immediate free agency grade because there were no known contract terms other than it was a fully guaranteed deal. Without those terms, it was hard to know how committed they were to Stuard, and it was impos...2025
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• Detroit Lions re-signing another special teams linebacker

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are bringing back special teams linebacker Ezekiel Turner, who joined the team in the middle of the 2024 season. The Detroit Lions spent their Friday solidifying their linebacking corps, apparently. After agreeing to a three-year deal with Derrick Barnes and a one-year deal with Anthony Pittman, the Lions are bringing back Ezekiel Turn...2025
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• 2025 Lions free agency, offseason tracker: Latest signings, trades

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images A comprehensive list of all the 2025 Detroit Lions free agency signings, key offseason losses, trades, and contract details. The Detroit Lions face their most important free agency yet in 2025. With Super Bowl hopes still firmly entrenched in the franchise and a healthy amount of cap space, the Lions need to fortify their roster across the board to ele...2025
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• Report: Detroit Lions to release Jalen Reeves-Maybin

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are reportedly parting ways with the veteran linebacker in a move that will save nearly $2 million in cap space. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Detroit Lions are planning to release veteran linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin. The move comes just a year after handing Reeves-Maybin a two-year, $7.5 million contract that inclu...2025
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• NFL Combine preview: 10 linebackers the Lions should watch

Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images Identifying which linebackers the Detroit Lions should be keeping an eye on during the 2025 NFL Combine. The 2025 NFL Combine is scheduled to be televised from Thursday, February 27 through Sunday, March 2, and we’re previewing every position group leading up to the big event. So far, we have already previewed which quarterbacks, running backs, wide receive...2025
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• 2024 Lions rookie report: DaRon Gilbert’s versatility can secure him a role in Detroit

Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images Can the local kid stick around with his hometown team for 2025? Adversity is the word that best describes linebacker DaRon Gilbert’s journey to the NFL. Gilbert already had an uphill battle coming into training camp as an undrafted rookie in a crowded linebacker room. The fact that he only had one year of experience playing the position only added to the...2025
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"Other Lions linebackers facing free agency include Derrick Barnes, Trevor Nowaske (exclusive-rights), Anthony Pittman (restricted), Ben Niemann, Ezekiel Turner, and Kwon Alexander."

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"With Reeves-Maybin’s return and Trevor Nowaske back after missing Sunday’s game against the Bills with a concussion—plus the recent signing of Anthony Pittman—suddenly the Lions’ linebacker room is looking a little more like it has the past couple years."

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"With Reeves-Maybin on board, here’s a look at the linebacker currently under contract for 2023: Alex Anzalone, Malcolm Rodriguez, Derrick Barnes, Anthony Pittman, and Reeves-Maybin Back in 2022, Pride of Detroit wrote a free agent profile on Reeves-Maybin asking if the Lions should re-sign him and an overwhelming 92 percent of fans said the Lions should get a deal done."

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"Walker has been placed on the injured reserve list and the Lions announced that they have signed linebacker Anthony Pittman [more]"

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"The team closed their facility on Tuesday after a pair of positive COVID-19 tests and placed practice squad linebacker Anthony Pittman on the COVID-19 reserve list later in the day."

2019
"The team announced that linebacker Anthony Pittman was promoted from the practice squad."

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• 2025 Detroit Lions 53-man roster prediction: Post-draft edition
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• Detroit Lions updated depth chart: Pre-2025 NFL Draft
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• New Lions LB Grant Stuard drops inspiring bible verse to describe his game

Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images Grant Stuard’s inspiring story and tenacious attitude are great fits for the Detroit Lions. New Detroit Lions linebacker Grant Stuard life has not exactly been a fairy tale. As detailed by The Athletic’s Zac Keefer, he battled through a tough childhood. His father was in and out of jail, and his mother was battling a crippling drug addiction throughout hi...2025
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• Detroit Lions reportedly tender 2 ERFAs, let 2 walk

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are bringing back two ERFAs, but are opting to let another two hit free agency. The Detroit Lions have reportedly tendered two exclusive rights free agents (ERFAs), but are letting the other two walk. Per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions have tendered interior offensive linemen Michael Niese and linebacker Trevor Nowas...2025
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• Free agency news: Detroit Lions adding another special team linebacker

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are reportedly signing Grant Stuard to a one-year, fully guaranteed deal. The Detroit Lions certainly have themselves a type, and that type is a special team linebacker. On Wednesday, NFL insider Aaron Wilson announced that the Lions have agreed to terms with former Colts linebacker Grant Stuard. Per Wilson, it’s a fully guaranteed con...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions free agency news, rumor tracker

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images One place with all of the Detroit Lions free agency news, rumors, and everything else you need to know. While NFL free agency is likely to get off to a speedy and exciting start, the Detroit Lions often take things slow and steady. Still, it can be hard to keep track of everything that is happening, all the players the Lions are inte...2025
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• 9 Detroit Lions cap casualty candidates for the 2025 offseason

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images These nine Detroit Lions players under contract in 2025 could see their deals terminated to save salary cap room. The Detroit Lions have a sizeable list of pending free agents, but before any of those names ink a new contract in Detroit or elsewhere, we could see a player or two get their existing deals axed. Cap causalities are an unfortunate yet imp...2025
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• Lions-Commanders NFCD snap counts: Defense, again, needed to adjust for injury

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A look at how the Detroit Lions deployed their snaps against the Washington Commanders in the NFC Divisional round of the playoffs. Taking a closer look at the snap counts from the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders NFC Divisional round battle in the 2024-25 NFL Playoffs. Offense Quarterbacks Jared Goff: 66 (96%)Teddy Bridgewater: 3 (4%)H...2025
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• NFL playoff opening odds: Lions huge favorites over Commanders

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The opening betting line has been set for the Washington Commanders at Detroit Lions NFC Divisional round playoff game. After earning the No. 1 seed in the NFC and securing a bye week during the Wild Card round of the 2024-25 NFL playoffs, the Detroit Lions were able to get some much-needed rest as they awaited their opponent in the Divisional Round. As...2025
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• The statistical impact of Lions LB Alex Anzalone is jaw-dropping

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions defense looks completely different with Alex Anzalone in vs. out of the lineup. When the Detroit Lions’ defensive struggles were at its worst, fans clung to the hope that the few players who would return from injury could help resettle a Detroit defense that once ranked into the top five in nearly every metric. Unfortunately, the injur...2025
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• Lions-Vikings Week 18 snap counts: Return of the king

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images A look at how the Detroit Lions deployed their snaps against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 18. As the Detroit Lions headed into their season finale with the Minnesota Vikings, one of the biggest talking points was the possible return of captain Alex Anzalone. After missing six weeks with a broken forearm, Anzalone weighed the risks of playing and eventua...2025
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• Lions-Bears snap counts: Detroit deploys 3 safety sets in Ifeatu Melifonwu’s return

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A look at how the Detroit Lions adjusted their defense against the Chicago Bears in Week 16. With injuries all over the defense, the Detroit Lions continue to make adjustments with their player usage, and the return of Ifeatu Melifonwu led to some fun new wrinkles. Here’s a closer look at the Lions’ snap counts in their 34-17 win over the Chicago Bears....2024
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• 7 best quotes from Detroit Lions coordinators in Bears week

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A collection of the best quotes from the Detroit Lions coordinators in Week 16 of the 2024 season. Let’s take a look at the seven best Detroit Lions coordinator quotes from this week as they put the loss to the Bills behind them and look forward to their Week 16 matchup against the Chicago Bears. Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson Note: We wro...2024
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• Former Lions check-in: How Detroit’s free agency losses are playing on new teams

Stephen Lew-Imagn Images How have former Detroit Lions from the 2023 team performed with their new team in 2024? A few will surprise you. As the bye week comes to a close, I wanted to do one final check-in. But this time, I wanted to look across the league and see how former Detroit Lions player are doing with their new teams. In primetime already, we’ve seen former Lions receiver KhaDare...2024
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• New Lions LB Grant Stuard drops inspiring bible verse to describe his game
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• Detroit Lions reportedly re-signing LB Anthony Pittman

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Lions continue to fortify their linebacker room by agreeing to re-sign LB Anthony Pittman. The Detroit Lions continue to fortify their linebacker room before the start of free agency. Just hours after reports broke that the Lions are re-signing linebacker Derrick Barnes to a three-year extension, ESPN is reporting that Detroit has agreed to bring ba...2025
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• Wild Card snap counts: Lions rotate DL, manage Aidan Hutchinson’s illness

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images A look at the Detroit Lions’ snap counts from their Wild Card playoff win over the Los Angeles Rams. The Detroit Lions defeated the Los Angeles Rams 24-23 in the Wild Card round of the 2023-24 playoffs, in what was the most thrilling game of the first round. On offense, it was very much business as usual, while the defense needed to make adjustments...2024
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• 2023 Detroit Lions 53-man roster final prediction: Jeremy Reisman edition

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Jeremy Reisman predicts the Detroit Lions' 2023 53-man roster following the Lions’ final preseason game. The Detroit Lions wrapped up the preseason on Friday night, officially turning the page on the 2023 offseason. Before the team can turn its attention to the Kansas City Chiefs game in less than two weeks, general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell m...2023
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• Lions 53-man roster: Erik Schlitt’s final projection

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Erik Schlitt predicts the Detroit Lions' 53-man roster following the Lions’ final preseason game. The Detroit Lions have completed their preseason and now are required to reduce their roster to 53 players by the Tuesday, August 29, 4 pm ET deadline. Throughout the offseason, Jeremy Reisman and I (Erik Schlitt) have collaborated on several joint 53-man proj...2023
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• Detroit Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position vs. Giants

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Checking in on every Detroit Lions players stock after preseason Game 1 against the New York Giants. The Detroit Lions opened the preseason with a tally in the win column, beating the New York Giants 21-16 on Friday night. There were some shaky moments in this game, as well as some special highlights, which resulted in some movement in this week's stoc...2023
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• Lions signing back LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin
Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports The former Lions draft pick is coming back to Detroit after agreeing to a free agency deal. The Detroit Lions are bringing back linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin. According to a tweet from his agent, Reeves-Maybin has agreed to terms on a contract that will bring him back to Detroit. As of Wednesday night, the terms have not been released publicly. Originally a fo...2023
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• Lions minicamp observations Day 1: Offense shows life, defense sticky in coverage
Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK Unloading the notebook as we share our observations from the first day of Detroit Lions minicamp. The Detroit Lions opened their 2023 mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, welcoming in the media for the first of three practices this week. For the most part, the Lions roster is healthy as only 10 of their 90 players missed practice entirely, while another fo...2023
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• SURPRISE: Lions LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin returns to practice

Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Detroit Lions could get linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin back soon, as the coverage/ST linebacker returned to practice Thursday. The Detroit Lions got some positive injury news on Thursday, as veteran linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin returned to practice. Reeves-Maybin remains on injured reserve after suffering a neck injury against the Green Bay Packers, but now...2024
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• Lions cut RB Devine Ozigbo, add LB to 53-man roster

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images By cutting RB Devine Ozigbo, the Detroit Lions seem to be signaling the health of David Montgomery. The Detroit Lions announced a pair of roster moves on Thursday during their bye week. Running back Devine Ozigbo has been waived, while practice squad linebacker Trevor Nowaske has been signed to the 53-man roster. Ozigbo’s waiving seems to suggest that Da...2023
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• Roster impact of the Lions re-signing LB Alex Anzalone
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions are bring back the quarterback of their defense in Alex Anzalone but does that mean their done adding to the linebacker position? The Detroit Lions have reportedly re-signed starting MIKE linebacker Alex Anzalone to a three-year contract, bringing him back for the third consecutive season. Anzalone had his fair share of struggles his first se...2023
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• Detroit Lions tender 5 exclusive rights free agents
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Brock Wright headlines a group of five exclusive rights free agents tendered by the Detroit Lions. On Monday, the Detroit Lions announced that they have tendered five of their 2023 exclusive right free agents. An exclusive rights free agent is a player with less than three years vested in the NFL and is on an expiring contract. Because ERFAs are not vest...2023
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• Detroit Lions stock report: Risers, fallers at every position vs. Giants
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• Lions Day 4 camp observations: Defense rebounds as Jack Campbell joins starters
Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions offense found their stride on Tuesday but the defense returned to form on Wednesday and made a lot of plays. The Detroit Lions held their fourth day of 2023 training camp on Wednesday, and after a solid showing from the offense the day prior, it was the defense making the most plays heading into the team’s day off. Attendance/injury No injure...2023
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• Lions snap counts: David Montgomery's production earns increased snaps

Tork Mason / USA TODAY NETWORK Taking a closer look at the Detroit Lions snap counts from their Week 4 game against the Green Bay Packers. The Detroit Lions stand alone in first place in the NFC North after beating up on the Green Bay Packers in Week 4, winning their matchup 34-20, and improving their record to 3-1. The Lions rode the hot hand in their running back committee, but for the m...2023
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• New Lions LB Grant Stuard drops inspiring bible verse to describe his game
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• Free agency news: Detroit Lions adding another special team linebacker
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• NFL Combine preview: 10 linebackers the Lions should watch
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• Lions-49ers snap counts: Jalen Reeves-Maybin returns for largest role of season

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images A look at how the Detroit Lions deployed their snaps against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 17. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell opened Week 17 by declaring that they would not rest their starters, regardless of the playoff implications associated with their game against the San Francisco 49ers. Campbell stood true to his word—and logically explained wh...2024
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• Listing the probabilities the Lions will pick a player at each position

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions could select many positions in the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft. Which positions are in need of talent, and how will they be addressed? The 2024 NFL Draft is just around the corner and the Detroit Lions have a lot of potential routes to explore with their draft picks. From adding starting-caliber talent to depth across multiple positions, gen...2024
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• Week 6 snap counts: Jameson Williams scaled back, EDGE roles change

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The Detroit Lions actually scaled Jameson Williams’ playing time back against the Buccaneers, while making some major adjustments on the defensive line. The Detroit Lions went on the road to Tampa and won their fourth straight contest this season to move to 5-1. Let’s take a closer look at their personnel choices against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Offens...2023
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• Lions free agent profile: Josh Woods quietly had a dominant year
Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Lions special teamer Josh Woods is a free agent, but after a quietly dominant year, he may be an essential re-signing for the Lions. When fans think about free agency, they often think about those “big splash” signings—players who can take their offense or defense to the next level and become tentpoles of the franchise going forward. But free agency is ju...2023
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