Updated 08/25/26 8:45 AM EST As the Lions continue working through training camp and the preseason, here is the status by position of the players that the staff of The Grey Manes thinks will ultimately comprise the initial 53-man roster. The number in parenthesis after each position and unit indicates The Grey Manes expected targeted number for each. Detroit Lions QB Luke Altmyer warms up at Ford Field - Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions OFFENSE (24) Quarterback (2^) On The Team: Ja

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

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In a simple 10-word statement, the Detroit Lions have chosen to release CB Terrion Arnold after his bond hearing today in Florida. The now former Lions CB was arrested last week on multiple felony counts of Burglary and Kidnapping and was held in the Hillsborough County jail all weekend until his bond hearing this morning. Former Lions CB Terrion Arnold at his Bond hearing in Florida Fox 2 was live streaming the entire Two and Half hour hearing, in which Arnold was ultimately

The last of the offseason practices are here with Minicamp Day 2, so things will quiet down a bit here over the next few month or so. Let's recap the most important bits of news that came out of Day 2 from the press events, photos, interviews and boots on the ground from the Lions beat reporters. Photo - Jeff Nguyen Detroit Lions Injury Updates Here are the players that are either not participating or limited due to injuries. The list of those not practicing Avonte Maddox was

The fourth week of offseason workouts for the 2026 Detroit Lions has begun with mandatory minicamp, which will be the last two official team workouts before training camp starts in late July. Let's recap the most important bits of news that came out of the three-day camp from the press events, photos, interviews and boots on the ground from the Lions beat reporters. Photo - Jeff Nguyen Detroit Lions Injury Updates Dan Campbell gave some updates in his media press event on in

The third and final week of OTAs for the 2026 Detroit Lions has concluded and as the Lions get deeper into the off-season workouts, we start to see some trends emerge along with players that start to separate themselves from the pack early in the process. Let's recap the most important bits of news that came out of the three-day camp from the press events, photos, interviews and boots on the ground from the Lions beat reporters. Photo - Jeff Nguyen Detroit Lions Injury Updat

The second week of OTAs for the 2026 Detroit Lions has concluded and as the Lions get deeper into the off-season workouts, we start to see some trends emerge along with players that start to separate themselves from the pack early in the process. Let's recap the most important bits of news that came out of the three-day camp from the press events, photos, interviews and boots on the ground from the Lions beat reporters. Photo - Jeff Nguyen Detroit Lions Injury Updates During

Lions Defensive Coordinator Kelvin Sheppard went on The Office Show with Dan Miller and Jennifer Hammond on Tuesday evening and dropped a significant amount of info on where he believes the Lions Defense is at, some breakout candidates and how he intends to improve over last year. On Roster Competition Shep said it's the most amount of jersey numbers and new faces he has had to learn in his six years Credits the front office bringing in competition, says that was the thing le

The first week of OTAs for the 2026 Detroit Lions has concluded and a significant amount of information came out from the press events, photos, interviews and boots on the ground from the Lions beat reporters. Let's recap the most important bits of news that came out of the three-day camp: Photo - Jeff Nguyen Detroit Lions Injury Updates Dan Campbell in his press conference on Thursday provided several key injury updates on players, including those that ended last year on IR

T-Minus 13 Days and counting down fast until the 2026 NFL Draft is upon us, and here at the Grey Manes, we have switched out focus almost exclusively to Draft Day. Last week, I ran a solo Mock Draft 1.0 through the PFFN Mock Draft Simulator and wrote about the journey on where I ended up. On the Pod last Tuesday , (7pm EST Tuesday Nights), Brent, Chris and I sat down and did a Live 1st Round Mock draft for all teams under some basic rules to see who the Detroit Lions woul

As the days to the draft dwindle down and Wave 1 of Free Agency wraps, here at the Grey Manes we have turned our focus to Draft Season. In our first Mock (1.0), we are using Pro Football Network Mock Draft Simulator on the Consensus Player rankings for the AI portion of the draft. Below are the results for Rd 1. I had two trade proposals that came in at #17 , the 1st was form CAR offering 19 and 83 for 17. The second offer was from ARZ, who offered 34, 65 and a 2027 2nd fo

As the first wave of the 2026 Free Agency period winds down, and teams continue to bargain hunt while preparing for the draft, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the Lions roster as it sits now vs where it was at the end of the 2025 season. This piece focuses on player movement but also takes into account some ancillary changes (coaches, certain players, unit changes, etc.) that have also occurred since the 2025 season ended. Each position group below is bro

Free Agency is less than a week old, and the moves have been coming fast and furious. While most of the heavy spending has been made by bad teams with lots of cap, the Lions have taken a very measured approach so far, focusing on their OL and resigning key contributors, while letting older veterans leave. 2026 Lions Free Agent Scoreboard Re-Signings Detroit re-signs LB Malcolm Rodiguez CB Rock Ya-Sin re-signed with the Lions on a 1-year up to $4M deal After declining their

The Detroit Lions announced their full 2026 Coaching staff earlier today and it finally clears up a couple of unknow roles for recently mentioned hires. There is a total of 12 Title or role changes from last season amongst coaches and the training staff. Changes Of Note: Drew Petzing - New Hire: Offensive Coordinator (replaces the Fired Jon Morton) Mike Kafka - New Hire: Pass Game Coordinator Dan Skipper - New Hire: Offensive Assistant Bruce Gradkowski - New Title: Assista

Our weekly segment on Lions News, nuggets and rumors that have occurred within the last time frame that this was posted. Lions Coach Dan Skipper Lions Pl ayers, Coaches and Team The Lions blocked the Dolphins from interviewing Offensive Assistant Bruce Gradkowski for their QB Coach. Dan Skipper has been hired to the Detroit Lions Coaching Staff On Feb 13th, DJ Reader and Alex Anzalone's' contracts officially voided , adding ~$5M to the Lions Dead Cap for 23025, which now st

This is the sixth in our series of roster analysis by position group for the 2026 offseason leading up to Free Agency and the NFL draft. Today’s focus will be on the DL room, which has three of the four positions nailed down, but still is missing that fourth amigo and the depth and rotational guys all have questions. Detroit Lions Alim McNeil (#54) and Tyleik Williams (#91) DL Under Contract: EDGE: Aiden Hutchinson, Ahmed Hassanein (Futures), Josh Paschal (IR), Chris Smith

This is the fifth in our series of roster analysis by position group for the 2026 offseason leading up to Free Agency and the NFL draft. Today’s focus will be on the OL room, which may very well be the Detroit Lions biggest concern heading into the 2026 offseason. Taylor Decker and Graham Glasgow OL Under Contract: Center: Graham Glasgow (C), Kayode Awosika (C), Seth McLaughlin (C – Futures) Interior OL: Christian Mahogany (G), Tate Ratledge (G), Miles Frazier (G/T), M

This is the fourth in our series of roster analysis by position group for the 2026 offseason leading up to Free Agency and the NFL draft. Today’s focus will be on the WR room, where the Top 3 players are set for the next several years, but depth and special teams play possibly could be upgraded for spots four, five and six. Isaac TeSlaa second career TD reception WRs Under Contract: Amon-Ra St Brown, Jameson Williams, Isaac TeSlaa, Dominic Lovett, Jackson Meeks (Future

This is the third in our series of roster analysis by position group for the 2026 offseason leading up to Free Agency and the NFL draft. Today’s focus will be on the TE room, which has the top two guys under contract for one more season, but lots of questions around their health. The position became a bit of a revolving door at the end of the 2025 season, so the Lions will be looking to add some stability and balance, even though they currently have four players under contra