Day 3 of training camp kicked off, and it started with a swap of TEs, then good news around two players on NFI, another big play by a guy that has been excelling in camp and ended with two players suffering injuries that needed to be checked out. Lions TE Brock Wright and LB Jack Campbell - Nicole Scharff/Detroit Lions Injury Updates Updates from Dan Campbell's press event this morning, providing clarity on existing and new situations since last practice of players not partic

Dan Campbell Camp Day 3 Press Event 07/31/26 Dan Campbell kicked off his Day 3 press event with no opening statement and dove straight into questions. He did drop a few new nuggets on Izien and nickel, Gibbs "back" injury and talked about Dortch and the OL. Injury Summary New: Gibbs - Campbell mentioned a "back" issue during conditioning test, but it isn't serious <wink> No Changes: Branch - Potentially Early September Kerby - Likely will linger into the season on same timeli

It has been anticipated for a while that we were wondering if we were going to even see it, but the Detroit Lions came through late yesterday and published their 2026 Draft Edition of Inside the Den. Detroit Lions 2026 Draft Edition of Inside the Den We won't detail it with a full transcript, as watching one of these is such joy, but we will hit the summary key points and takeaways below. Key points and Takeaways Day 1 Blake Miller was always the guy. Lions tried to trade up

The Detroit Lions made another roster move on Friday morning prior to Day 3 of camp, re-signing TE Anthony Firkser and cutting TE Zach Horton. Detroit Lions cut TE Zach Horton and sign TE Anthony Firkser Dan Campbell just wrapped his press event about 20 minutes ago and this news hadn't come out yet, but with TE Ty Conklin laid up for the next couple of weeks and the pads coming on soon, it's likely that the team wanted to get another experienced veteran into the TE room to m

The Lions are back in Allen Park for Day 2 of camp today, and they will be a bit more shorthanded at a couple of positions due to new injuries that have popped up. One of these resulted in a surprise placement on the NFI and fueled additional speculation about this player's long-term viability with the team. Lions' specialist LS Hogan Hatten, P Jack Fox and K Jake Bates - Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions Injury Updates Updates from Dan Campbell's press event this morning, providing

Dan Campbell Camp Day 2 Press Event 07/30/26 Day 1 is in the books and Dan Campbell just completed his Day 2 press event, dropping plenty of info for those craving more news about the Lions. This includes some details on Tyleik Willaims Instagram post about losing 50plbs and the mystery around Gio Manu ending up on the NFI/Injury list after practice yesterday. Injury Summary New: Peyton Turner - Stiff back, nothing serious Giovani Manu - Added to NFI/Injury List due to previo

In a surprise move, the Detroit Lions yesterday put OL Giovanni Manu on the Non-Football Injury List with an injury designation, catching many off guard because he started practice and wasn't in any health updates form Campbell. Lions place OL Gio Manu on NFI/Injured At today's Day 2 press event, Campbell clarified the situation, and it doesn't bode well for the young OL from Canada. Per Campbell, Manu had a "previous injury over the summer that was not disclosed." This was

The Detroit Lions kick off their 2026 training camp today with an initial acclimation practice that is expected to run just around an hour and a half. No pads yet, so we are back to similar conditions that we saw in OTAs and Minicamp. Campbell held his opening press event and touched on a bunch of injuries and other topics, which can be seen below. There was one surprise cut, one "surprise" non-participant and a whole lot more. Lions QB Jared Goff arrives at Training Camp -

Dan Campbell Press Event 07/29/26 Dan Campbell just wrapped his 2026 training camp opening press event and provided a bunch of updates on injuries, player positions. some off season happenings and a bit about today's practice. Injury Summary Branch - Potentially Early September Kerby - No Change, Update form Spring still applies. Likely will linger into the season on same timeline as Branch Conklin - Calf in Spring, Two Weeks Izien - Flu bug likely back Friday Mahogany - Coup

A day after brining the roster back up to the offseason maximum of 91, the Lions made another move today and cut veteran DT Jay Tufele. In addition, they placed S Chritian Izien on the Active/Non-Football Illness and OL Christian Mahogany on the Active Non-Football Injury lists. Lions make moves prior to camp Tufele was actually projected by our team to take the last DT (NT) spot in our camp preview, but the Lions apparently are going in a different direction. As far as Izie

Now that both the Rookies (Sat 7/25) and Veterans (Today) have reported for training camp, it's time to look at the Lions defense and Special Teams roster battles leading into camp. We will take a look at the players at each position and put them in the buckets that we think they fall, Starter, Backup, Bubble/Cut/Reserve/Practice Squad. The (Number) after each position is how many players, we think the Lions will keep starting the season. Projected Positional Numbers to g

The Detroit Lions rookies reported on Saturday 7/25/26 and the veterans will report tomorrow (Tuesday 7/27/26), so we thought it would be a good time to take a look at the Lions Offense as they start training camp. We will take a look at the players at each position and put them in the buckets that we think they will end up, as a Starter, Backup or Bubble/Cut/Reserve List. Let’s preface this by saying that any injuries can shale this whole list up immediately, including brin

The Detroit Lions are poised to fill out their final roster spot with the signing of LB Troy Reeder per his Management Company. Incidentally, Reeder was not re-signed by the Rams after they signed the Lions Grant Stuard as a younger (and attempted upgrade) version of the Special teams trole that Reeder had been filling. Troy Reeder signing with Lions Announcement on X Reeder is a seven-year veteran that was a 2019 USFA of Rams out of Penn State, and he has played exclusively

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Detroit Lions Exclusive 1934 Club Lions Players, Coaches and Team The Lions are offering membership to an all-inclusive, members only pregame lounge called the 1934 Club exclusively for Lions Loyal Members (aka season ticket holders.) Lions place Safeties Brian Branch, Kerby Joseph and TE Ty Conklin on PUP list pr

Kerby Joseph proclaiming he wouldn't be going on the PUP. After declaring that he wouldn't be going on the list yesterday, Lions S Kerby Joseph was overruled by the Lions training staff and joined S Brian Branch and TE Ty Conklin on the Pre-Training Camp PUP list today as the Lions prepare for Veterans to report on Tuesday. Lions place three on PUP Both Branch (Achilles) and Joseph (Knee) were expected to be on the initial PUP list, but Conklin (Unknown injury suffered in OTA

Detroit Lions 1934 Club Logo Earlier today, the Detroit Lions sent an email out to season ticket holders about a unique new hospitality lounge that will be introduced at Ford Field this fall. The name of 1934 Club harkens back to when the Lions arrived in Detroit, and will be an all-inclusive, members-only pregame hospitality lounge that only season ticket holders will have access to. This season the Detroit Lions are unveiling the 1934 Club, an all-inclusive, members-only pr

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Avonte Maddox proposing to his girlfriend Iman. Lions Players, Coaches and Team More Love is in the air for the Lions, last week it was Amon-Ra St Brown, this week it is Avonte Maddox proposing to his girlfriend Iman. Congrats! David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs had FOUR of the Top 100 runs ranked 30th to 21st. Gi

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Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. The future St. Browns Lions Players, Coaches and Team Amon-Ra St Brown is now engaged to his fiancé Brooklyn Adams The Lions have released additional "Get to Know" Pick posts including Jimmy Rolder and Keith Abney II The Lions Jahmyr Gibbs was rated #2 RB in the league for an ESPN survey conducted with Executives,

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Jack Campbell is No. 88 on NFL's Top 100 List Lions Players, Coaches and Team The Lions released CB Terrion Arnold after his Bond hearing on Monday. Terrion Arnold was released on $1 Million bond with conditions that he surrender his passport, can have no contact with an co-defendants or witnesses and must be conf