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• Lions injury news: Updates on Kerby Joseph, Brian Branch, Sam LaPorta

Before the Detroit Lions kicked off their third OTA practice of the week, coach Dan Campbell took the podium, and clearly, he was expecting some questions about injuries. Before any reporters had a chance to ask any questions, he gave a vague update on safeties Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph, along with tight end Sam […]...2026
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• Don’t Let Sam LaPorta’s Down 2025 Scare You Off of Him in the Middle Rounds: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 2
RotoViz - This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Don’t Let Sam LaPorta’s Down 2025 Scare You Off of Him in the Middle Rounds: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 2 appeared first on RotoViz....2026
• Dynasty Decision: Sam LaPorta

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• Dynasty Fantasy Football 2026: Sell Jameson Williams, Buy Sam LaPorta Under Drew Petzing
Drew Petzing's shallow passing attack could boost Sam LaPorta back to elite status while exposing Jameson Williams' volatility. Here's how to adjust your dynasty roster....2026
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• Lions TE Sam LaPorta offers injury details, 2026 expectations

There’s been a little mystery surrounding Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPora back injury that cost him the final eight games of the season. All we’ve really heard is that it required season-ending surgery, and the 2023 second-round pick is expected to be ready by training camp in 2026. On locker room cleanout day, LaPorta […]...2026
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• Sam LaPorta injury update: Lions give hint toward 2026 timeline

It’s been nearly two months since Sam LaPorta’s season suddenly ended with a mysterious back injury. The Detroit Lions tight end played nearly every snap of the team’s Week 9 game against the Washington Commanders. Then he was on the injury report with a back injury. Then he was surprisingly put on injured reserve. Then […]...2026
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• Lions injury news: Updates on Kerby Joseph, Brian Branch, Sam LaPorta
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• Lions roster preview: Why Christian Mahogany will be the Lions’ next great OL

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images Second-year offensive guard Christian Mahogany is poised to establish himself as a stalwart on the Detroit People Movers for years to come. Our 2025 Detroit Lions roster preview continues with one of the team’s most critical new starters. Mahogany experienced a surprising slide in the 2024 NFL Draft, but he’s already positioning himself to make the ...2025
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• NFL execs, coaches rank Sam LaPorta among best TEs: ‘He’s a stud’

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images An ESPN survey of NFL coaches, executives, and scouts reveal that Detroit Lions TE is top three at his position. ESPN is continuing its top-10 positional series, as voted on by NFL executives, coaches, and scouts, and the Detroit Lions continue to dominate the lists. They’ve already nabbed a duo of top-five safeties, a top-10 edge defender, a...2025
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• Lions LB Malcolm Rodriguez faces critical, shortened year

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Malcolm Rodriguez will miss the start of the 2025 season, but when he returns, the Lions linebacker faces the most important football of his NFL career. As the Detroit Lions proved last year, depth can sometimes be as important as your top-end talent. You never know when or where the injury bug is going to hit, but when it does, you'd better be prepared....2025
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• Lions roster preview: For Jameson Williams, the best is yet to come

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Already one of the most explosive, big-play receivers in the NFL, Williams has another gear that has coaches and teammates excited for him to harness. As the temperature reaches a fever pitch, so too does the anticipation for the Detroit Lions to return to their facilities at Allen Park for training camp. Our roster preview series continues with a look a...2025
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• It’s time to embrace, not fret, Jameson Williams’ future with Lions

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images After a breakout 2024 season, Lions fans should be celebrating the rise and redemption arc of Jameson Williams, not debating his long-term fit. Hey, here’s an idea: how about we let Jameson Williams play this upcoming season before we start making plans for his future, yeah? I know. I get it. You’re still not over how he missed the majority of his rookie...2025
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• Does Lions GM Brad Holmes have a reach problem in the NFL Draft?

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Analyzing Lions general manager Brad Holmes’ history of reaches in the NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions have not shied away from bold moves in the NFL draft under general manager Brad Holmes. Whether it’s a 20-spot trade-up in the first round to grab a speedy wide receiver coming off a torn ACL or throwing positional value into the trash by grabbing a runnin...2025
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• Open thread: Excluding Hutchinson, who is biggest Lions’ priority re-signing?

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Which Detroit Lions player should be at the front of the line when it comes to getting an extension? Detroit Lions general manager was blunt last week at the NFL owners meetings: the reason the Lions weren’t active during free agency was that they are already earmarking cap space to use for re-signing some of their best players—many of which are due fo...2025
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• Lions TE Sam LaPorta offers injury details, 2026 expectations
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• Lions roster preview: Why Christian Mahogany will be the Lions’ next great OL
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• Lions roster preview: Don’t sleep on Kerby Joseph’s leadership, tackling

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With another year of experience under his belt, Lions’ safety Kerby Joseph has all he needs in order to be a perennial All-Pro. We are getting closer to Detroit Lions football everyday, and as time marches forward this Summer, so does our roster preview series. Next up, we have yet another 2024 First Team All-Pro, safety Kerby Joseph. Select...2025
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• Lions LB Malcolm Rodriguez faces critical, shortened year
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• Graham Glasgow is the most sensible option at center

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With an unexpected opening at center with the retirement of Frank Ragnow, could Graham Glasgow transition from guard to center? Last season, the Detroit Lions had one of the best—if not the best—offensive line in the NFL. They got help in free agent guard Kevin Zeitler to help beef up the interior, and guard Graham Glasgow was coming off his b...2025
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• Lions roster preview: For Jameson Williams, the best is yet to come
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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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• Arrowheadlines: Based on the offseason, apparently the Chiefs’ reign of the AFC West is coming to an end

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Monday, May 5 The latest Each NFL Division’s Biggest 2025 Offseason Loser | Bleacher Report AFC West: Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs should feel the walls closing in on their nine-year reign over the AFC West. The Los Angeles Chargers added size and firepower to compete with the Chiefs, signing guard Mekhi Becton, reuniti...2025
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• Notes: The Athletic’s data and math gives Lions’ 2025 draft class an ‘F’

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Athletic didn’t love the Lions’ 2025 draft class, giving them a grade of an F based off their combined data. I understand this is part of the NFL draft process: assigning grades to a group of players who have not taken any snaps in the league. With that said, and stop me if you have heard this before, but there are people out th...2025
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• Does Lions GM Brad Holmes have a reach problem in the NFL Draft?
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• Lions roster preview: Don’t sleep on Kerby Joseph’s leadership, tackling
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• In new ESPN ranking, George Kittle again steps in front of Travis Kelce

Photo by Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty Images Can Kansas City’s superstar tight end manage at least one more great season? On Friday, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler continued his series of rankings based on input from NFL executives, coaches and scouts. This time, the league’s top 10 tight ends were listed. Fowler laid it out. The George Kittle vs. Travis Kelce battle raged on for a half-decade in g...2025
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• Graham Glasgow is the most sensible option at center
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• Lions roster preview: For Jameson Williams, the best is yet to come
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• Lions roster preview: Is Jake Bates the next long-term kicker?
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• It’s time to embrace, not fret, Jameson Williams’ future with Lions
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• The Eagles should trade for Michael Mayer

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Too logical not to happen. I’m of the belief that the Philadelphia Eagles should try to retain Dallas Goedert for the 2025 NFL season. He’s still a good player. It’d be ideal to keep him for one more year while also investing in a replacement option who can take over as the Eagles’ starting tight end in 2026. But it sounds like that scenario just might not...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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• The Honolulu Blueprint: 10 keys to a Lions victory over the Commanders

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images In this week’s Honolulu Blueprint, we explore what the Detroit Lions need to do in order to advance to the next round of the 2024-25 NFL Playoffs. The Detroit Lions will host the Washington Commanders in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs. If the Lions want to come away with a victory and advance to the next round of the playoffs, they’ll need to...2025
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• Lions News: Sam LaPorta gets blessed by new Pope

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta is having himself one incredible offseason. It’s fairly common to come across an athlete’s post on social media with the caption “blessed,” likely referencing their successful career or family and friends, but it’s fairly rare that the term is meant so literally. Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta posted photos this ...2025
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• Notes: The Athletic’s data and math gives Lions’ 2025 draft class an ‘F’
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• Detroit Lions signing new tight end from Jets

Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are signing a big, physical tight end in free agency with four years of experience. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit Lions are signing tight end Kenny Yeboah to a one-year deal. Yeboah has been in the NFL for four years after splitting his college career at Temple and Ole Miss. He went undrafted in 2021 an...2025
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• Lions Thanksgiving grades: More good than bad in narrow win over Bears

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions escaped what would’ve been a brutal collapse vs. the Bears. But there was still more good than bad on Thanksgiving. Let’s hand out some grades. For the second time this season (Texans game), it was a story of two very different halves for the Detroit Lions on gameday. The first half was utterly dominant against the Chicago Bears, but ...2024
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• Detroit Lions’ 2023 draft voted best NFL Draft by fellow scouts

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images NFL scouts agree: The Detroit Lions had the best selections in the 2023 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions were the recipients of the 2023 “Best Draft Award” as presented by Inside The League. The award was voted on by fellow NFL scouts. Lions general manager Brad Holmes—plus a ton of his front office staff—were on hand at the NFL Combine to accept the award....2024
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• VIDEO: Yes, Detroit Lions GM Brad Holmes went crazy in an elevator again

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has a new playoff victory tradition: Going crazy in the elevator. Last week after the Detroit Lions' first playoff win in 32 years, general manager Brad Holmes started a new tradition I didn’t know we needed so bad. On his way down to the locker room from his suite, he went absolutely crazy in the elevator and it was caught on video by TV anchor Mark Pear...2024
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• 5 winners, 2 losers from the Lions’ win against Bucs

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports In an NFC divisional matchup, which Detroit Lions players stepped up and who is still a step behind? Coming off their first playoff victory since 1991, the Detroit Lions returned to Ford Field on Sunday to take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the chance to advance to the NFC Conference Championship game. Although the Bucs held off the defending NFC champion P...2024
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• Lions vs. Rams stock report: 9 movers after Lions’ playoff win

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Check out your movers for the week. SAME OLD BRAND NEW LIONS BABY, THE DETROIT LIONS HAVE WON A PLAYOFF GAME! Here are your movers for the week: Stock down: C.J. Gardner-Johnson, S Stats: 7 tackles For all the hype around Ceedy Duce’s return, he laid a dud against the Rams. All day, Gardner-Johnson seemed a step behind where he needed to be. On the p...2024
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• 7 takeaways from the Lions’ Wild Card win over the Rams

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions playoff drought is officially over as they topple the Los Angeles Rams—and here are the takeaways. It has been a long time coming for the Detroit Lions. After decades of frustration, disappointment, and heartbreak, the Lions have emerged victorious in the playoffs. Heartrates were certainly elevated against the Los Angeles Rams. The Dan Campb...2024
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• Open thread: Would the Lions have defeated the Chiefs in the Super Bowl?

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Everyone’s talking about it, so let’s address it: would the Lions have won the Super Bowl had they won the NFC Championship? “The Detroit Lions would have played better!” That was a thought appearing quite frequently amidst the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl matchup. Both offenses struggled early and often, leading a halftime score ...2024
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• Recap: Lions get mojo back with dominant 42-17 win over Broncos

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions are officially out of their slump with their first blowout win in nearly two months—and over a team with a winning record. The Detroit Lions had earned some doubters over the past few weeks, and it was hard to blame them. Detroit had played uninspired ball for most of November and had dropped two consecutive divisional games. But against the ...2023
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• Detroit Lions TE Sam LaPorta wins NFL Rookie of the Week... again

Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images For the second time in three weeks, Detroit Lions TE Sam LaPorta has won NFL Rookie of the Week. Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta just keeps racking up the accolades. On Thursday, he was named NFL Rookie of the Week, the second time he’s won the award in the past three weeks. Against the Denver Broncos, LaPorta tallied five catches for 56 yards and th...2023
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• Sam LaPorta topples T.J. Hockenson’s most prolific season as a Lion

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Rookie tight end Sam LaPorta continues to climb the Detroit Lions record books. Detroit Lions rookie tight end Sam LaPorta is having an incredible first season in the NFL. How good? During the Lions Week 15 game against the Denver Broncos, LaPorta caught three passes for 43 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he brought his season total up to 69 recep...2023
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• Brian Branch responds to penalized hit on Bijan Robinson: ‘F- it... I’ll take the flag’

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Lions rookie defensive back Brian Branch wasn’t sweating the flag after he destroyed Bijan Robinson. The Detroit Lions rookie draft class has been stepping up in massive ways to open the 2023 NFL season. In Week 3 alone, tight end Sam LaPorta and running back Jahmyr Gibbs set records, linebacker Jack Campbell recorded his first career sack, and Colby ...2023
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• Recap: Lions clinch first-ever 1 seed in statement win over Vikings

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions made a statement for the rest of the NFC with their decisive win over the Minnesota Vikings. The Detroit Lions are NFC North champions again! On Sunday night, the Lions displayed their dominance in the division—and in the conference—with a decisive win over the Minnesota Vikings. With the win, the Lions are division champions in back-...2025
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• VIDEO: No one had a better night than Lions GM Brad Holmes

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes played an essential part in the team’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs, and he let everyone know. A lot of Detroit Lions players, coaches and fans had themselves a night on Thursday. A win over the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead was yet another milestone for this franchise in the step towards legitimacy. And while Lions fans packed Arrowhead and celebrat...2023
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• Dan Campbell rips NFL Draft critics of Jahmyr Gibbs, Sam LaPorta

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions took a lot of heat for drafting Jahmyr Gibbs and Sam LaPorta, but after the two combined for 5 TDs vs. the Broncos, Dan Campbell got his revenge. Detroit Lions rookie tight end Sam LaPorta and running back Jahmyr Gibbs combined for five touchdowns against the Denver Broncos—only the second time since the 1970 merger two rookies from t...2023
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• Dan Campbell promises increased role for RB Jahmyr Gibbs coming

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Detroit Lions rookie RB Jahmyr Gibbs played in just 19 snaps against the Chiefs. But that was part of the plan, and Gibbs’ role is expected to increase quickly. On Thursday night, the Detroit Lions unleashed the fury of their 2023 NFL Draft class. Defensive back Brian Branch and tight end Sam LaPorta essentially had full-time starter roles (44 and 58 sna...2023
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• Fantasy football: What Lions-Chiefs start/sit decisions are you making?

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Week 1 is never easy for fantasy, let alone Game 1 of the entire season. It’s game day! The Detroit Lions begin their quest for the playoffs on Thursday night in Kansas City, and so too do many fantasy managers. The first game of the season is always tricky, as is any sort of Thursday night decision, and with the stakes of personal fandom and offseason im...2023
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• In new ESPN ranking, George Kittle again steps in front of Travis Kelce
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• Lions LB Malcolm Rodriguez faces critical, shortened year
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• Arrowheadlines: Based on the offseason, apparently the Chiefs’ reign of the AFC West is coming to an end
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• NFL Draft grades 2025 roundup: Detroit Lions rank among worst classes

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images According to most NFL analysts, the Detroit Lions have one of the worst 2025 NFL Draft classes in the league. Can Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes prove them all wrong again? The grades are in for the 2025 NFL Draft classes, and the Lions are near the bottom of the class again. The general consensus around the Lions’ class revolves around two m...2025
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• Myles Garrett trade request: Could Detroit Lions get involved?

Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Myles Garrett has requested a trade. Do the Detroit Lions have a realistic shot of getting involved? Myles Garrett went public on Monday morning, officially requesting for a trade from the Cleveland Browns after eight seasons with the team that drafted him first overall in 2017. It’s not often that a player of Garrett’s skill becomes...2025
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• Cowboys draft analysis: Dallas bolsters defensive line with DT Mazi Smith in first round
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images After years of struggling against the run, Dallas addressed it with their top pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. The Dallas Cowboys made Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith the 26th pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Despite having a slew of tight ends and some other major talents available at cornerback and edge rusher, Smith joins Dallas as they...2023
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