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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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• 7 winners, 3 losers from the Lions’ first month of 2024

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Heading into the bye week, it’s a good time to take a look at who and what has been working for the Lions and what hasn’t so far this season. Here are 7 winners, 3 losers. One month into the 2024 campaign and the Detroit Lions are 3-1, with wins over the Los Angeles Rams, Arizona Cardinals and the Seattle Seahawks. The Lions have a tough schedule ahead, but i...2024
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• VIDEO: Watch radio call of David Montgomery’s ridiculous run vs. Cardinals

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Detroit Lions radio call of the hilarious David Montgomery run vs. the Cardinals is absolutely worth your watch. See it here. For a second, I thought we had seen the end of the “Calls of the Game” feature the Detroit Lions would drop after every victory. However, the series made its triumphant return this week after Detroit’s big 20-13 win over the Ariz...2024
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• NFC North 2024 preview: Reasons for pessimism and optimism for each team

Wm. Glasheen-USA TODAY Sports The Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, and Chicago Bears all have reasons for optimism in 2024. The NFC North stayed in the same in the front offices, with the general managers and head coaches all still in place among the Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Chicago Bears. That’s a rarity in the NFL, but there were still ...2024
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• How many Detroit Lions free agency losses made new team’s 53-man roster?

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images A look at the player the Detroit Lions lost in free agency and whether they made their new team’s 53-man roster. This offseason, the Detroit Lions moved on from over a dozen players from the 2023 team and practice squad who ended up signing free agency deals with other teams. With roster cuts coming down on Tuesday, many of those players did not end u...2024
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• Report: Tracy Walker expected to sign with NFC contender

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Former Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker appears to have finally found a new home with an NFC competitor. The safety market is finally moving with some veterans still on the market, and that means former Detroit Lions captain Tracy Walker appears to have finally found a new home. According to The Athletic’s Matt Barrows, Walker is expected to sign with the Sa...2024
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• Lions’ new-look secondary will need to gel for Detroit to repeat their success in 2024

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions reworked their secondary to stay on top of the NFC in 2024. When general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell took over the Detroit Lions in 2021, they knew they had a big task ahead of them to turn the franchise into a winner. Three years later, they were 30 minutes of football away from the Super Bowl and have exceeded expectations—ev...2024
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• Free agents the Colts could target before training camp

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Chris Ballard has used the very late free-agency window in the past, and even likes taking players that did not make opposing team’s 53-man rosters. This time around there are a lot of remaining veterans in positions where the Colts desperately need some depth, which works wonders for CB considering how cheap they could potentially be. Justin Simmons...2024
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• Training camp preview: Safety, and the Brian Branch domino effect

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images In our latest training camp preview, we wrap up the defense by exploring the fallout from Brian Branch expanding his role to safety. With Detroit Lions 2024 training camp nearly upon us, we are putting the finishing touches on our preview series by wrapping up the defense and examining the safety group. After initially looking like a position the Lions might...2024
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• Lions roster preview: Brian Branch is the key to secondary’s success

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Brian Branch is already in the conversation as one of the top players on the Lions’ roster, yet he appears to only be scratching the surface of the player he can become. Our 2024 Detroit Lions roster preview series continues with one of the most beloved players on the roster: Brian Branch. Branch is already in the conversation as one of the top players ...2024
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• Lions roster preview: Is Ifeatu Melifonwu a long-term answer at safety?

Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports After an impressive showing in 2023, can Ifeatu Melifonwu’s playmaking abilities turn him into a long-term starter? After having a fully healthy season for the first time in his NFL career, the next player we focus on in the 2024 Detroit Lions roster preview series is safety Ifeatu Melifonwu. Melifonwu came into the season late after an injury struck safety ...2024
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• Titans should feel sense of urgency at safety after Marcus Maye signs with Dolphins

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Will the Tennessee Titans feel motivated to make a move at safety? The Tennessee Titans’ biggest need on the roster is at safety opposite Amani Hooker. General manager Ran Carthon showed interest in former New Orleans Saints and New York Jets safety Marcus Maye earlier this offseason by hosting him in Nashville for a visit. Maye is no longer on the market af...2024
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• 5 post-draft veteran free agent safety options Ravens could target

Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images There are plenty of potential Geno Stone replacements available on an oversaturated open market. The Baltimore Ravens addressed just about all of their most glaring needs in the 2024 NFL Draft with some great value picks in the early and middle rounds. While they took a safety with their ninth and final selection in the seventh round, ...2024
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• Lions roster preview: Brian Branch is the key to secondary’s success
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"Lions inactives: QB Hendon Hooker — designated as the team’s emergency quarterback WR Kalif Raymond (knee) — Ruled out on Friday DT Brodric Martin EDGE Julian Okwara EDGE Charles Harris CB Steven Gilmore S Tracy Walker Hooker will once again be the Lions emergency quarterback, meaning he will be inactive for today’s game unless both of Detroit’s other options at quarterback are lost due to injury."

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"With safety Tracy Walker hopefully returning from his torn Achilles and Kerby Joseph ideally taking a Year 2 jump from a solid rookie season, suddenly the Lions' secondary appears it could be a strength in 2023."

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"Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker III, cousin of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year old Black man who was shot and killed in Feb."

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"Tracy Walker: Lions going 0-17 not a possibility in my mind"

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"Still trying to make sense of it all, Lions safety Tracy Walker is coping with the loss of his cousin and former high school teammate, Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed while jogging in broad daylight in their hometown of Brunswick, Georgia."

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"Lions' Tracy Walker blasts 'awful' referee call over Geronimo Allison hit"

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"Louisiana's Tracy Walker plays with an aggressive style and has enough speed to at least be an option in the kicking game, while Texas' DeShon Elliot is more of a physical presence at the position."

• Former Lions check-in: How Detroit’s free agency losses are playing on new teams
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• 7 winners, 3 losers from the Lions’ first month of 2024
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• VIDEO: Watch radio call of David Montgomery’s ridiculous run vs. Cardinals
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• NFC North 2024 preview: Reasons for pessimism and optimism for each team
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• Report: Tracy Walker expected to sign with NFC contender
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• Free agents the Colts could target before training camp
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• Signing John Johnson is actually a bad sign for the safety market?

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images John Johnson found a team before Justin Simmons, is that just Rams connection or a bad sign for safeties? For months, L.A. Rams fans and media have speculated if the team could sign four-time second-team All-Pro Justin Simmons and dramatically upgrade a position of need. The Rams were set to enter training camp with free agent signing Kamren Curl, rookie ...2024
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• Lions roster preview: Is Ifeatu Melifonwu a long-term answer at safety?
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• Statistical model shows Lions having top-5 offseason, free agency

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images One statistical model says the Detroit Lions have had one of the best free agency periods in the NFL so far. This week, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes claimed that the team just had its best free agency period in his four years here, and they hit on all of their Plan A options (aside from the still-unsigned receiver Josh Rey...2024
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• The Linc - Eagles “on the hunt” for a linebacker

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 3/13/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... What’s left for the Eagles to do in free agency? - PhillyVoiceLinebacker: The free agent linebacker crop wasn’t as strong as safety. The Eagles were in on a handful of linebackers early, but those guys signed with other teams. Many of the better linebackers — l...2024
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• Former Lions S C.J. Gardner-Johnson signing back to Eagles on multi-year deal

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions will not be returning C.J. Gardner-Johnson after the veteran safety agreed to a three-year free agency deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Detroit Lions will not be bringing back C.J. Gardner-Johnson for a second year. As first reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Gardner-Johnson is returning to the Philadelphia Eagles on a three-year...2024
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• Grading every notable decision from Lions GM Brad Holmes’ career

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions would not have achieved this level of success without general manager Brad Holmes. Let’s grade all of the critical moves he did—or didn’t—make so far. The Detroit Lions have found a near-unprecedented level of success during the tenure of Brad Holmes as general manager. From top to bottom, Holmes has built a talented roster in multiple ways, ...2024
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• NFL Combine preview: 5 safeties the Lions should watch

John Reed-USA TODAY Sports Identifying which safeties the Detroit Lions should be keeping an eye on during the 2024 NFL Combine. The 2024 NFL Combine is in full swing, and with televised coverage of on-field drills set to take place on Thursday, we are nearing the end of our Detroit Lions prospect preview series. So far, we have examined the quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tig...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Two men charged with murder for parade day shooting

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, February 21 The latest Prosecutors charge 2 adults with murder in Chiefs parade shooting | The Athletic Two Missouri men have been charged with murder in connection to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade last Wednesday, Jackson County prosecutors announced Tuesday. Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays face charges...2024
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• VIDEO: Watch radio call of David Montgomery’s ridiculous run vs. Cardinals
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• Lions roster preview: Is Ifeatu Melifonwu a long-term answer at safety?
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• 5 post-draft veteran free agent safety options Ravens could target
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• Grading every notable decision from Lions GM Brad Holmes’ career
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• Cowboys draft 2024: 7-round NFL mock draft for all teams after the combine

Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images Who could the Cowboys land in this year’s draft? The 2024 NFL Combine has come and gone, which means it’s time to start piecing together mock drafts after getting a first taste of which teams are even somewhat interested in which players. Without further ado, here’s a full seven-round mock draft with a focus on how things could shake out for the Cowboys. O...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Two men charged with murder for parade day shooting
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• UPDATE: Detroit Lions to release safety Tracy Walker in cap-saving move

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Detroit Lions are reportedly releasing Tracy Walker as the safety sends a heartfelt goodbye message to the city of Detroit, fans, and the Ford family. It’s always a dangerous game to read too much into vague social media posts, but given the circumstances, it certainly seems like veteran safety Tracy Walker has seen his last few days as a member of the Detroit...2024
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• Tracy Walker appears to say farewell to Detroit Lions

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker sent heartfelt message to the city of Detroit, fans, and the Ford family. It’s always a dangerous game to read too much into vague social media posts, but given the circumstances, it certainly seems like veteran safety Tracy Walker has seen his last few days as a member of the Detroit Lions. On Tuesday, Walker had a lengthy I...2024
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• How you can help Detroit Lions players: List of charities, foundations

PHIL MASTURZO / USA TODAY NETWORK Want to thank Detroit Lions players for an awesome season? Here’s a list of charities and foundations they represent. Give a donation, if you can! During the Detroit Lions’ playoff win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, fans flooded Frank Ragnow’s “Rags Remembered” foundation with donations. Ragnow showed tremendous spirit and resiliency in that game, playing...2024
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• Lions' Walker fondly remembers cousin Arbery
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• Lions players are going CRAZY after adding C.J. Gardner-Johnson
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Both Detroit Lions players and fans can suddenly feel something special growing in Detroit after signing C.J. Gardner-Johnson in free agency. Just when you thought the Detroit Lions may quiet down following an active first wave of free agency, they closed the week with an emphatic exclamation point by agreeing to terms with former Eag...2023
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• Notes: Detroit Lions have all the pieces to get to Super Bowl, analyst says
Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have made a splash in free agency and turning some heads. A growing number of people think the Detroit Lions have what it takes to make it to the Super Bowl, including one NFL Network analyst. The Good Morning Football crew, as they often do, posed a question to the group: Based on this offseason and free agency so far, which team do y...2023
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• Lions TE Sam LaPorta ACTIVE vs. Rams in Wild Card game

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images The Detroit Lions have announced their inactives ahead of their Wild Card playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams. The Detroit Lions have declared their inactives ahead of the Wild Card round of the playoffs matchup with the Los Angeles Rams and the big news is that stud tight end Sam LaPorta is active and will play in this game. LaPorta is having a tremen...2024
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• Detroit Lions reportedly signing C.J. Gardner-Johnson to 1-year deal
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions continue to fortify their secondary by signing C.J. Gardner-Johnson to a 1-year deal. The Detroit Lions are adding even more firepower to their secondary. After signing both Emmanuel Moseley and Cameron Sutton to bolster the cornerback room in free agency, the Lions are reportedly adding one of the bigger free agency pieces. According to E...2023
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• WATCH: Ifeatu Melifonwu clinches NFC North for Lions with game-sealing INT

Detroit Lions safety Ifeatu Melifonwu should never have to buy a drink in Detroit again. His game-sealing interception clinched the division for the first time in 30 years. The Detroit Lions are NFC North champions, and they owe it, in part, to the play of safety Ifeatu Melifonwu. The Lions moved to Melifonwu three games ago, taking over for Tracy Walker. Since then, he’s been a sparkplug for the...2023
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• Recap: Detroit Lions gobsmacked by Ravens in humbling 38-6 blowout

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The Detroit Lions will have to do some serious soul-searching after the Baltimore Ravens routed them in every phase of the game. Up until Sunday, the 2023 Detroit Lions met every single challenge they faced. At 5-1, they truly looked like one of the best teams in the league. But facing a tough Baltimore Ravens team on the road, Detroit looked like one of ...2023
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• The Detroit Lions 2023 NFL Draft haul has opened the Super Bowl window
Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK The Lions crossed the threshold of good team to great team during the NFL Draft What an offseason it has been for the Detroit Lions. Maybe it’s more appropriate to say what a past six months it’s been. Back at the end of October, this team was 1-6. Since that moment, the Lions have been on an unprecedented ascension for this franchise. They’ve taken m...2023
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• 7 takeaways from the Lions’ win on Monday night over Raiders

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions got their much-needed rebound against the Las Vegas Raiders, as they enter their bye week with a 6-2 record—good for second in the NFC. The Las Vegas Raiders were just what the doctor ordered for an ailing Detroit Lions team. After an embarrassing loss to the Baltimore Ravens last week, the Lions were in desperate need of a turnaround perform...2023
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• Former Lions check-in: How Detroit’s free agency losses are playing on new teams
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• 7 winners, 3 losers from the Lions’ first month of 2024
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• Signing John Johnson is actually a bad sign for the safety market?
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• Deep group of safeties and cornerbacks left on free agent market

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Rams should be active in the second, third, and fourth phase of free agency If the Los Angeles Rams were to field a defense today, they would most likely be starting Cobie Durant and Derion Kendrick next to free agent signee Darious Williams, as well as Russ Yeast next to safety addition Kamren Curl. And going that route could be fine, or just as fine...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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• 6 takeaways from the Lions’ NFC Championship loss to the 49ers

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images An amazing season ends in heartbreaking fashion. The coming months will be difficult for the Detroit Lions. The Lions have not been in this situation in the 21st century. We are familiar with disappointing losses amid disappointing seasons. Very rarely have we experienced a loss like this. At one point in time, the Lions had a stranglehold on this game. Up 2...2024
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• Detroit Lions report card: All levels of defense shine in win over Falcons

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images We hand out positional grades praising the Detroit Lions defensive effort in our Week 3 report card vs. the Atlanta Falcons. The Detroit Lions got a shockingly good defensive performance against the Atlanta Falcons to move to 2-1 on the season. And while there will be a ton of focus on the defensive line for helping the team notch seven sacks and hold ...2023
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• Open thread: Would you support the Detroit Lions drafting Jalen Carter?
All-American defensive tackle Jalen Carter has seen his stock dip as of late. Could he slide to 6th overall, and would the Lions consider taking him there? Only a few months ago, Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter was considered a lock to go in the top of the draft. Prior to the trade with the Carolina Panthers, there was legitimate buzz around Carter going number one overall to the Chicago Bea...2023
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• 5 biggest takeaways from the Lions’ 2022 season, Part 1: Players
Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Detroit Lions made many strides in 2022 thanks to their players. For a 9-8 team, the Detroit Lions were a breath of fresh air. After Year 1 of the Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes era, the Lions had more hope than talent. An early draft pick would certainly set the Lions up to get an important contributor, but they needed more to actually make the ju...2023
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• Lions' Walker 'happy' justice served for Arbery

Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker III, cousin of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year old Black man who was shot and killed in Feb. 2020, is happy that justice has been served against the three white men who were convicted of murder and federal hate crimes....2022
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• Glover Quin undecided on playing in 2019
Lions safety Glover Quin does not know yet if he will play in the NFL in 2019, according to the Detroit Free Press’ Dave Birkett. When asked by reporters if he would be returning next season, the veteran defender responded by saying, “I don’t know. We’ll see.” Asked if he would consider another place to play besides Detroit, he answered, “I don’t know. Depends on the situation.” Quin, who turns 3...2018
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