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• 2025 Detroit Lions draft preview: Future nickel CB could be a target

Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Detroit Lions don’t have a huge need at cornerback, but the 2025 NFL Draft class could provide some long-term help at nickel. For the past several offseason, the Detroit Lions have targeted the cornerback position as both a short and long-term position of need. Now, in 2025, it seems they are well set up for ...2025
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• Lions Mock Draft Roundup 12.0: Final predictions all over the place

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Taking a closer look at the prospects from the 2025 NFL Draft class that have been projected to the Detroit Lions over the past week. With less than a week until the 2025 NFL Draft, we’re delivering our final Mock Draft Roundup of the offseason. Unfortunately, if you’re looking for clarity on who the Detroit Lions will select, you’r...2025
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• Lions GM Brad Holmes sends clear message about drafting for need, pass rushers

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes talked about drafting for needs, and his thoughts on adding a pass rusher. The Detroit Lions don’t draft for immediate need, and general manager Brad Holmes wants you to know that. During his pre-draft press conference, Holmes reiterated—several times—that chasing need is something this team isn’t interested in do...2025
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• Dane Brugler makes unorthodox pick for Detroit Lions in 7-round mock

Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Dane Brugler’s 2025 NFL mock draft gives the Detroit Lions a first-round pick that we haven’t seen suggested very often. Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has said time and time again that they don’t truly approach the draft with immediate needs in mind. He said as much recently during the owners meet...2025
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• Jameson Williams, Jahmyr Gibbs among several Lions changing numbers

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images Several Detroit Lions players are changing their numbers for the 2025 NFL season. The Detroit Lions announced on Thursday that eight different players are changing their jersey numbers with the team, while also announcing the numbers for the incoming players from free agency. Most notably, Jameson Williams is switching from No. 9 to the No. 1 jers...2025
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• Lions roster construction: How Detroit is spending cap space on defense

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Breaking down how the Detroit Lions are utilizing their cap space for their 2025 defensive players. On Monday, we looked at the Detroit Lions’ positional spending on offense. It came as little surprise that the Lions were spending a lot on offense—particularly at the running back and offensive line positions. Now it’s time to look a...2025
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• Lions GM Brad Holmes sends clear message about drafting for need, pass rushers
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• Open thread: Did the Lions improve their cornerback room?

Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images The Detroit Lions made three notable changes in their cornerback room. Were they improvements/ The Detroit Lions did not make a ton of changes when it came to free agency. It’s clear Lions general manager Brad Holmes’ primary objective was to keep as much of the team together as possible. Including tenders, futures signings and re-signings, the Lions re...2025
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• The Linc - Eagles praised for making one of the very best offseason moves

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 3/22/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... 2025 NFL free agency signings: Ranking best deals, contracts - ESPN1. Linebacker Zack Baun re-signs with the Eagles. The deal: Three years, $51 million ($34 million guaranteed). The Eagles signing Baun to a one-year, $1.6 million deal, converting him to an off-b...2025
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• Detroit Lions re-sign ‘incredible’ special teams cornerback

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Lions return a key special teams starter and depth player at cornerback. The Detroit Lions are bringing back cornerback Khalil Dorsey. The team announced on Thursday he has re-signed for the 2025 season, but did not offer any contract details. Dorsey entered the league in 2020 as an undrafted prospect with the Baltimore Raven...2025
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• Projecting how the Lions will fill their remaining 24 spots on their 90-man roster

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK Looking back at the past four offseason to project how the final spots on the Lions 2025 roster may be constructed. As the Detroit Lions head into the second week of the 2025 free agency period, they have 66 players under contract, leaving 24 open spots on their 90-man roster. To see how the Lions might fill those final roster spots, we looked back at the Lio...2025
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• New Lions CB D.J. Reed eager to mentor ‘All-Pro type’ Terrion Arnold

DJ Reed developed a ‘deliberate process’ to his game, and now he’s eager to share it with the Detroit Lions’ young cornerbacks room. When it comes to things that new Detroit Lions cornerback D.J. Reed is hoping to bring to his new team, the veteran said most things cornerbacks would. He’s eager to cover, loves playing man-to-man, and in true Detroit Lions fashion—he wants to get his nose dirty in...2025
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• Ranking Detroit Lions’ top-6 needs heading into free agency

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images A look at the Detroit Lions’ six biggest needs as they head into 2025 NFL free agency. Happy NFL free agency tampering day! It’s going to be a Monday filled with NFL news from start to finish when teams are allowed to negotiate with agents of players on expiring contracts and come to an agreement on new terms in a new city. While the Detroit Lions ...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions free agency preview: 3 cornerback options

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images A look at three intriguing cornerback options in free agency for the Detroit Lions. While the Detroit Lions may have just doubled down on cornerback in the 2024 NFL Draft by taking Terrion Arnold and Ennis Rakestraw, there are still a lot of question marks within that defensive back group that need answering. Starter Carlton Davis and top reserve options ...2025
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"He’ll likely slide into a starting role alongside Terrion Arnold, with Amik Robertson and Ennis Rakestraw both capable of playing the outside and nickel cornerback positions."

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"Other prospects ranked in the Top-50 overall include: Oregon State offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga Toledo cornerback Quinyon Mitchell Penn State cornerback Kalen King Missouri cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Missouri cornerback Kris Abrams-Draine Houston offensive tackle Patrick Paul Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy II Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr."

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"29) CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr."

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• Lions GM Brad Holmes sends clear message about drafting for need, pass rushers
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• Dane Brugler makes unorthodox pick for Detroit Lions in 7-round mock
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• Open thread: Have the Lions gotten better or worse in free agency?

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images With most of free agency over, it’s time to assess the Detroit Lions’ roster movement. Is it enough? That is the question at the forefront of every Lions fan entering the 2025 season. The Detroit Lions went 15-2, but still fell short of the title game. With the calendar flipped, many viewed free agency as the time for Detroit to restock and reload. Not on...2025
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• Detroit Lions adding another veteran CB and Detroit native

Kara Durrette/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are adding another solid veteran cornerback in former Eagle Avonte Maddox. The Detroit Lions aren’t done adding to their cornerback room. After signing both Rock Ya-Sin and Khalil Dorsey on Thursday, the Lions have reportedly signed veteran cornerback Avonte Maddox, as well. Maddox was drafted in the fourth round of the 2018 NFL Draft and has s...2025
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• Lions mailbag: Will Detroit eventually have to trade away talent?

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Detroit Lions may have to make some tough roster decisions ahead. Does that eventually mean trading away talent? It’s not easy having an abundance of talent in the NFL. In the salary cap era, the league has purposely tried to make it hard for one team to hoard all of the talent, even if that team managed to find those players all on their own through...2025
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• Lions Mock Draft Roundup 12.0: Final predictions all over the place
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• Lions mailbag: Will Detroit eventually have to trade away talent?
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• D.J. Reed instant analysis: Lions find high-level starter for 2025 and beyond

Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images The Lions wasted no time in adding one of the top free agent corners in the 2025 cycle. Just two hours into the NFL’s 2025 tampering period of free agency, the Detroit Lions made a splash move, agreeing to terms with Jets cornerback D.J. Reed on a reported three-year, $48 million contract. Reed is expected to take over the starting role left vacant after Carlton ...2025
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• 2025 Detroit Lions free agency preview: 3 cornerback options
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• NFL Combine preview: 10 corners the Lions should watch

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Identifying which cornerbacks 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, ...2025
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• 2025 Lions free agent profile: Marcus Davenport

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Another injury claimed the potential of Marcus Davenport breaking out, but is there room for a reunion next season? Our 2025 Detroit Lions free agent series continues. We’re breaking down each and every single decision the team must make with their pending free agent class ahead of this offseason including what their expectations were coming into the 20...2025
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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Rookie of the Year

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Vote on the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Rookie of the Year. We’ve become spoiled under general manager Brad Holmes. In his first three draft classes, the Detroit Lions have produced at least three full-time starters who are playing at a near-elite level. 2021: Penei Sewell, Alim McNeill, Amon-Ra St. Brown2022: Aidan Hutchinson, Jameson Williams, Kerby Joseph2023: Jahmyr...2025
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• 9 takeaways from new Detroit Lions coordinators’ first media appearance

Photograph by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images New Lions OC John Morton and new Lions DC Kelvin Sheppard spoke to FOX 2 Detroit this week. Here are the biggest takeaways. The Detroit Lions officially announced the hiring of their new coordinators—John Morton as the offensive coordinator and Kelvin Sheppard as defensive coordinator—on January 30. It’s been nearly three week...2025
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• Free agent profile: Emmanuel Moseley may be out of chances

Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With two injury-riddled seasons with the Lions, it’s time for Detroit to move on from cornerback Emmanuel Moseley. The next installment for our 2025 Detroit Lions free agency preview takes us on the defensive side of the ball, focusing on cornerback Emmanuel Moseley. Moseley has had some of the worst luck since arriving in Detroit. Af...2025
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• Open thread: Did the Lions improve their cornerback room?
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• New Lions CB D.J. Reed eager to mentor ‘All-Pro type’ Terrion Arnold
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• Report: Detroit Lions lose another veteran CB in free agency

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have lost one of their primary depth options at cornerback. Former Detroit Lions cornerback Kindle Vildor is headed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He’s signing a one-year deal, but there are no more public details on the deal. Vildor has spent the last two years with the Lions, offering up...2025
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• Lions News: St. Brown brothers say D.J. Reed takes his job seriously

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The St. Brown brothers offered some nice insight into the Detroit Lions’ big free agency signing. You’d hope that any professional athlete takes his or her job seriously, but when it’s one of the first things someone says about them, you’d have to think they’re pretty locked in. Over on the St. Brown Podcast, the brothers discussed the Detroit Lions’ big...2025
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• Discussion: Which positions are realistic first-round options for the Detroit Lions?

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Which positions could the Detroit Lions realistically select on Day 1 of the NFL Draft? With the 28th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions select...? Those are the words that many Lions fans are anticipating, but which player could realistically follow suit? As Detroit looks to restock for another chase at a Super Bowl, the draft could be a piv...2025
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• 2024 Detroit Lions awards: Vote for Breakout Player of the Year

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Cast your vote on the Detroit Lions’ Breakout Player of the Year for the 2024 season. With the NFL season now comfortably behind us, it’s time to take one last look at the Detroit Lions’ 2024 season and celebrate the best moments. It’s time for the Pride of Detroit Awards, or the PODies. Wait, that sounds like potties. Let’s just stick with the POD Awa...2025
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• Free agency news: Detroit Lions agree to 3-year deal with CB D.J. Reed

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have reportedly agreed to terms with free agent cornerback D.J. Reed. The Detroit Lions didn’t take long to pivot after losing cornerback Carlton Davis to free agency. According to several reports (Jordan Schultz first), the Lions are signing former Jets cornerback D.J. Reed to a three-year, $48 million contract, including $32 million guar...2025
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• Open thread: What do the Lions need to match the success of the Eagles?

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions. What lessons can the Detroit Lions learn from the Eagles to win a title for themselves? The NFL is a copycat league. Once the Gatorade bath settles, teams start eyeing next season and how they can replicate the success of that season’s Super Bowl champion. To cap off the 2024 season, the Philadelphia Eagles ...2025
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• Cowboys news: Dallas has a decision to make about Leighton Vander Esch’s future

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The latest Dallas Cowboys offseason news. Contracts Cowboys Must Consider Cutting in 2024 Offseason - Kristopher Knox, Bleacher Report Even with linebacker being one of the Cowboys most glaring roster needs, Leighton Vander Esch may not factor into any of the team’s plans moving forward. LB Leighton Vander Esch It would be fairly surprising to see ...2024
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• Eagles releasing CB Darius Slay, who has interest in Lions reunion

Kara Durrette/Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles are reportedly cutting Darius Slay, who has said previously that he’d be interested in a Lions reunion. As expected, the Philadelphia Eagles are reportedly releasing veteran cornerback Darius Slay ahead the NFL’s new league year—which starts on March 12. Per Adam Schefter, it will be designated as a post-June 1 release, which means the $2...2025
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• Dan Campbell gives perfect answer on Lions’ mounting defensive injuries

Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images Lions coach Dan Campbell has the perfect attitude regarding Detroit’s mounting injuries on defense. The Detroit Lions defense is going through some serious attrition right now. Injuries have wreaked havoc on the depth chart, and the team has been forced to hand significant roles to players who have only been in the building for a month. But Lio...2024
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• Lions updated 2024 depth chart: Week 13 vs. Bears on Thanksgiving Day

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s an updated look at the 2024 Detroit Lions’ depth chart heading into their Week 13 matchup with the Chicago Bears. The Detroit Lions (10-1) are hosting the Chicago Bears (4-7) in Week 13, celebrating Thanksgiving Day inside the comfy confines of Ford Field. To help you get prepared for this matchup, we have a detailed and updated...2024
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• Campbell: Amon-Ra St. Brown appears to avoid long-term injury

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Per Dan Campbell, it appears Amon-Ra St. Brown avoided a long-term injury at the end of the Detroit Lions game. To add injury to insult, Detroit Lions All-Pro receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown went down with a lower-body injury late in the team’s 20-16 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That said, coach Dan Campbell seemed to indicate he won’t miss much (if any) time goi...2024
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• Terrion Arnold injury update: Dan Campbell offers some good news

David Reginek-Imagn Images Detroit Lions CB Terrion Arnold suffered a foot injury. It’s unclear how serious it is, but there is some good news. During the Detroit Lions’ emphatic win over the Minnesota Vikings, the team suffered two more injuries to their defense. Defensive tackle Pat O’Connor has a calf injury, while cornerback Terrion Arnold has a foot injury. Both players were initiall...2025
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• Report: Detroit Lions signing former 2nd-round cornerback

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are adding veteran cornerback depth with former second-round pick Rock Ya-Sin. The Detroit Lions are reportedly adding some cornerback depth in free agency. Per Mike Garafolo, former San Francisco 49ers corner Rock Ya-Sin has agreed to a deal with the Lions. No contract terms were immediately available. Ya-Sin entered the NFL as the I...2025
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• Mock draft roundup 6.0: Focus for Lions stays on the trenches

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Taking a closer look at the prospects from the 2025 NFL Draft that have been projected to the Detroit Lions over the past week. With the 2025 free agency period set to kick off next week, this week’s mock draft roundup offers Detroit Lions fans their last opportunity to check out which prospects are being mocked to the Lions before the official start...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 News: Jahmyr Gibbs will ‘completely change this offense in 2024’

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK After watching Lions vs. Giants joint practices, one national writer believes Jahmyr Gibbs is in for a transformative 2024 season. One of the benefits (and drawbacks) of being a good, buzzy teams is that national media offers nearly unlimited attention and coverage. We’re certainly seeing that with the Detroit Lions this year, as you can find a national outl...2024
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