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• The UFL’s implosion is another opportunity for NFL minor leagues

Jeff Le-Imagn Images The UFL is in deep trouble and there’s one way out. Establishing a second professional football league in the United States really shouldn’t be this difficult, but here we are. The UFL, the latest, most-enthusiastic attempt to launch a second league in the USA is in turmoil this week after four teams, the entire USFL conference was shut down on Friday, with rumors abou...2025
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• Chargers sign All-UFL offensive tackle Ryan Nelson

Photo by Butch Dill/UFL/Getty Images The Chargers are adding one of the UFL’s best offensive lineman to their roster. According to reports, the Los Angeles Chargers are adding training camp competition for the offensive line after signing Michigan Panthers’ offensive lineman Ryan Nelson of the United Football League. BREAKING: The Los Angeles #Chargers are signing @USFLPanthers OT Ryan N...2025
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• Detroit Lions to work out Michigan Panthers running back

Photo by Rick Osentoski/UFL/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are reportedly trying out the Michigan Panthers’ leading rusher of 2025. For the second straight year, the Detroit Lions could be seeking reinforcements from their local UFL team. According to UFL analysts Mike Del Negro, the Lions are working out Michigan Panthers running back Toa Taua. The news was more or less confirmed by Taua ...2025
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• Open thread: What is the Detroit Lions’ best player contract?

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Out of all of the Detroit Lions contracts on the book, which is the absolute best? Teams are made or broken by the deals they make. Signings, re-signings, trades, extensions, these are all choices that impact the state of an NFL team in the present and future. One bad move can set you back for years, another can signify the dawn of a new era. The Detr...2025
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• What the Cowboys are getting in latest UFL signing DT Perrion Winfrey

Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cowboys are giving Perrion Winfrey a second chance at the NFL. In the aftermath of OTAs and minicamp being the first on-field work for the completely overhauled Dallas Cowboys coaching staff and a host of new players, the team continued to add to their roster on Wednesday with the addition of two new defenders. Ever since the draft, it has been apparent t...2025
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• 5 players from the UFL Rams should consider for a tryout in training camp

Jeff Le-Imagn Images Here are five players that the Rams should consider from the UFL heading into training camp? Over the past couple of years, the UFL has been a good opportunity for young players looking for an opportunity to put out strong tape for NFL teams and earn a tryout. Last year, 21 players who were in the UFL in 2024 made an NFL roster or practice squad. Kicker Jake Bates and ...2025
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• 3 UFL players the Browns should consider

Photo by Mitchell Layton/UFL/Getty Images There are still holes on the Browns roster that need depth The Cleveland Browns are just over a month from the beginning of training camp. Their roster is completely full. But that hasn’t stopped GM Andrew Berry from tweaking it each week. It is common for him to drop a guy with a new player already signed. It just so happens that an entire league...2025
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• Can you name the NFL team with the most former Eagles players on their roster?

Eric Canha-Imagn Images Checking in on some old friends. Now that we’re in the NFL’s dead zone until training camp begins in late July, it’s time for an annual Bleeding Green Nation tradition: checking to see which former Philadelphia Eagles players are still playing in the NFL ... and other professional football leagues! Some trivia questions for you before you scroll down to see the answ...2025
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• 4 players to watch for the Browns in the UFL Championship Game

Photo by Alex Slitz/UFL/Getty Images The developmental league features former Browns and prospects The United Football League (UFL) closes out its second season this Saturday with the UFL Championship Game, Saturday, June 14, with kickoff at 8:00 pm (Eastern). The game will be broadcast by ABC and ESPN+ and played at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. RELATED: FORMER CLEVELAND PLAY...2025
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• 2025 UFL Championship Game to feature 5 former Detroit Lions

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Check out which former-Lions will be part of the 2025 UFL Championship Game. The UFL will play its second championship game on Saturday, June 14, at 8 p.m. ET. The game will feature the local Michigan Panthers team as they take on the DC Defenders. For many, the Panthers’ inclusion in the championship game may be enough for Detroit Lions fans to tune in. H...2025
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• Browns kicking situation: Dustin Hopkins the only option?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Is there an issue with the special teams group? Last year, the NFL season did not go the way the Cleveland Browns drew it up on paper. After winning 11 games in 2023 and making the postseason, hopes were really high. Sadly, the bottom fell out in reverse order as the Browns lost 14 games. RELATED: PFF GIVES AN UGLY GRADE TO THE BROWNS ROSTER There we...2025
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• UFL suspends Michigan's Nacua for slapping fan
Michigan Panthers receiver Samson Nacua has been suspended by the UFL for one game and will participate in community service after slapping a fan following a game....2025
• 23 Eagles connections to the upcoming UFL season

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Highlighting the former Philadelphia players, coaches, and executive in the United Football League. Football is back! Spring football, that is. The United Football League is kicking off their 2025 season later this week on Friday, March 28. There are a number of Philadelphia Eagles connections to the UFL, so, let’s run through those on a team-by-team ...2025
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• Former Browns WR lands college coaching gig

Corey Coleman, Cleveland’s first-round pick in 2016, joins TCU as an assistant WR coach. Corey Coleman, a first-round draft pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2016, was named to the coaching staff at TCU on Wednesday. Coleman joins head coach Sonny Dykes staff as an assistant wide receivers coach. Related: WR Corey Coleman opens up to DBN about Hard Knocks scene, mental health, and more A talented w...2025
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• 5 points: Things to be thankful for in the 2024 Cowboys season

Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Are there any Dallas Cowboys things you are thankful for right now? This part of the calendar during the holiday season is all about giving thanks and appreciating what we have in life. The 2024 Dallas Cowboys might not break the top ten of any list of things people have been thankful for this year, but there are a few things to hi...2024
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• Cooper Rush, Tershawn Wharton, Josh Butler among Secret Superstars for NFL Week 12

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Which under-the-radar NFL players stepped up in Week 12? We have our list. As any NFL season progresses, there will be more unheralded players who rise up from humble beginnings to become factors, and guys whose careers have gone sideways who somehow find the road back to relevance. We like to celebrate these players every week in “Secret Superstars.” This week, we...2024
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"Michigan Panthers receiver Samson Nacua has been suspended by the UFL for one game and will participate in community service after slapping a fan following a game."

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"Photo by Nic Antaya/UFL/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have reportedly reached out to heroic Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates."

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"He was also drafted by the Michigan Panthers with the eighth overall pick in the 2023 USFL Draft, but opted not to take that route in the hopes of pursuing his NFL dreams instead."

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"Jeff Fisher returning to coaching with USFL's Michigan Panthers after five-year hiatus"

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• Chargers sign All-UFL offensive tackle Ryan Nelson
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• Open thread: What is the Detroit Lions’ best player contract?
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• What the Cowboys are getting in latest UFL signing DT Perrion Winfrey
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• 5 players from the UFL Rams should consider for a tryout in training camp
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• Lions roster preview: Is Jake Bates the next long-term kicker?

Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images With an impressive rookie season in 2024, can Jake Bates prove he’s worth a long-term deal in Detroit? For the first time during the Brad Holmes-Dan Campbell era, there isn’t a question at the kicker position. For a 40-year stretch, the Detroit Lions have been spoiled at kicker, leaning on Eddie Murray from 1980 to 1991, then turning to Lions legend Jason Hanson...2025
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• Majority of Lions fans planning on watching Michigan Panthers in UFL Championship

Photo by Wes Hale/UFL/Getty Images The Michigan Panthers are in the 2025 UFL Championship game, but will Detroit Lions fans be watching? The 2025 UFL Championship Game will be played on Saturday, June 14, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and will feature the Michigan Panthers versus the Birmingham Stallions. While this event is the pinnacle of the UFL season, the league is still very young and is still...2025
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• What the Cowboys are getting in latest UFL signing DT Perrion Winfrey
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• Discussion: Which Detroit-based sports team is closest to winning a championship?

Bill Streicher-Imagn Images The Detroit sports teams are (almost) all very competitive. But who will lift their respective trophy first? If I had a nickel for every time a Detroit football team lost in disappointing fashion to a Washington-based team in the playoffs in 2025, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. The Michigan Panthers of the United ...2025
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• Survey: Will you be watching the Michigan Panthers in the UFL Championship?

Photo by Stew Milne/UFL/Getty Images Our latest SB Nation Reacts survey asks fans about their interest in Michigan’s other professional football team. Welcome to another installment in SB Nation’s Reacts survey series. This week, we are asking Detroit Lions fans one question: Will you be watching the Michigan Panthers in the UFL Championship? You may not have noticed, but near the end of M...2025
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• 2025 UFL Championship Game to feature 5 former Detroit Lions
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• Notes: Lions named division champ most vulnerable to lose title in 2025

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Can the Lions pull a three-peat and hold onto their division title? The competition for NFC North champions may be heating up for the Detroit Lions as their rivals attempt to get their ducks in a row. Despite winning back-to-back titles, losing back-to-back playoff games has many wondering if the Lions’ time in the spotlight as monsters on the gridiron h...2025
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• Notes: Go watch the Michigan Panthers, get a Jake Bates bobblehead

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The playoff-bound Panthers are honoring the UFL-turned-NFL star. It’s cool to support people chasing their dreams. That’s one of the takeaways from a fantastic profile on Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates from Tony Paul of The Detroit News. The writer caught up with Bates just ahead of the Michigan Panthers finale at Ford Field on Saturday afternoon, and he h...2025
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• Notes: Lions make list of top matchups on the 2025 NFL schedule

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The people are yet again excited to see what the Lions are made of. As football fans gear up for the 2025 NFL schedule release Wednesday, several media outlets are selecting their top must-see games of the season. NFL.com’s Kevin Patra ranked the matchup between the Detroit Lions at the Philadelphia Eagles as his second-most anticipated game of the year....2025
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• Alex McGough, Malik Turner headline former Seahawks playing in UFL

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Spring football is here! Maybe! Did you know this week is the start of a brand new United Football League (UFL) season? Well if you didn’t, you know now. The 2025 campaign for spring football kicks off with the St. Louis Battlehawks and the Houston Roughnecks on Friday, Mar. 28. We think! Because the league might actually go on strike. Whether there’s a s...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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• Cooper Rush, Tershawn Wharton, Josh Butler among Secret Superstars for NFL Week 12
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• Josh Butler, Chauncey Golston were pivotal in victory over Washington Commanders

Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Josh Butler and Chauncey Golston were incredible on Sunday. The Dallas Cowboys captured a surprising victory on Sunday over the Washington Commanders, winning 34-26. Heading into the game, Washington was a 10.5-point favorite against Dallas. With the Commanders entering the game with a 7-4 record and the Cowboys limping in with a 3-...2024
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• Jeff Fisher returning to coaching with USFL's Michigan Panthers after five-year hiatus
The longtime NFL coach last graced a sideline in 2016 with the Rams, when he was fired midseason...2022
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• Jeff Fisher will coach the USFL’s Michigan Panthers
Jeff Fisher is heading back to the sidelines. The USFL announced on Thursday that Fisher will be the coach of the Michigan Panthers when the league opens business this spring. They also announced that Larry Fedora will coach the New Orleans Breakers. Fisher spent 17 seasons as the head coach of the Oilers/Titans before moving [more]...2022
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• UFL suspends Michigan's Nacua for slapping fan
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• Former Broncos first-round pick Paxton Lynch drafted by USFL's Michigan Panthers in Round 12 after CFL release
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• Former Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson is No. 1 pick in USFL draft

Former Michigan Wolverines quarterback Shea Patterson was No. 1 pick in the 2022 USFL draft by the Michigan Panthers. ...2022
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• Vikings sign QB Tanner Morgan to the practice squad

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images A local guy signs with the local team Yesterday, we pointed out that the Minnesota Vikings listed quarterback Nick Mullens as being limited in practice with a back issue on their first injury report. On Thursday, they made a move that may or may not be connected to that. The #Vikings are signing rookie QB Tanner Morgan to the practice squad, per source....2023
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• Report: Lions inquire about heroic Michigan Panthers kicker

Photo by Nic Antaya/UFL/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have reportedly reached out to heroic Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates. Over the weekend, the UFL—the latest spring league that combined the USFL and XFL—kicked off its inaugural season. The local Michigan Panthers won their opener at Ford Field in heroic fashion. Kicker Jake Bates made a 64-yard field goal with three seconds left ...2024
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• UFL kicker with interest from Detroit Lions continues magical season

Photo by Luke Hales/UFL/Getty Images UFL kicker Jake Bates—who has drawn the interest of the Lions—continued his magical season on Sunday. Last week, Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates blasted on the scene last week during the opening weekend of the 2024 UFL season. Right here at Ford Field, Bates crushed a 64-yard field goal (twice) in the final seconds of the game to give the Panthers ...2024
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• Lions News: Detroit tops 2025 NFL running back rankings

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Sonic and Knuckles are the cream of the top. The title for best running back room in the league goes to the Detroit Lions, per one CBS Sports analyst. Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, nicknamed Sonic and Knuckles, rushed for a combined 2,000+ yards and 25 touchdowns last season, cementing themselves as the best running back duo in the NFL. “While Mon...2025
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• Cowboys news: CeeDee Lamb responds to holdout rumors about his contract

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Your Wednesday morning news around the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboys’ Lamb responds to contract holdout rumor - Patrik Walker, Dallascowboys.com Could the Cowboys star wide receiver hold out for a new contract this offseason? While it’s unclear if he’ll ultimately hold out to help hasten that endgame, what he said next leaves no room for interpretation, and should p...2024
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• Remembering some Seahawks ‘preseason sweethearts’ from yesteryear

Photo by Rio Giancarlo/Getty Images A look back at some of the notable preseason standouts on the Seahawks, and what happened after they failed to make the roster. (Editor’s note: Please welcome John Tapia to the Field Gulls staff!) Every year, NFL teams have to trim their 90-man rosters down to 53 players. This means that 1,184 players will be losing their jobs at the end of each Preseaso...2024
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• Lions News: Players get 12 new helmets to choose from in 2024

Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Players now have more position-specific head gear options. It’s not as sexy as a new uniform, but having new options to keep players safe on the field is just as important. NFL players will be able to choose from 12 new helmets next season, including eight that are position specific, per NFL.com’s Judy Battista. Five of those new hel...2024
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• Browns history: WR Corey Coleman opens up to DBN about Hard Knocks scene, mental health and so much more

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images 25 questions with a former first-round draft pick The Cleveland Browns were looking for some offensive punch in 2016. With a new head coach who was an offensive mind in Hue Jackson, the franchise just wasn’t scoring enough. The thought process was to bring in a young guy with plenty of speed to take the top off the defense. WR Josh Gordon had been the NFL ...2024
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