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 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

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

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

Now that the draft has ended, and the Detroit Lions picked up players to plug most of their glaring needs, the time has come to reach agreements with the UDFA players that were not picked in the draft. Detroit Lions Current Depth Chart before UDFA Going into the Draft, the Lions had 69 players on the Roster, and with seven draft picks, they now have 76 roster spots spoken for. That leaves the Lions the ability to sign up to 14 Undrafted Free Agents (or veteran FAs) to fill o

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 Riddell Retro Collection Lions Players, Coaches and Team Dan Campbell at the Owner's Meeting said the Lions would not partake in joint practices this summer The Detroit Lions are at five Global Marketing Partnerships including Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Austria and Brazil Lions likely to move Penei Sewel

The Detroit Lions have had quite a bit of turnover this offseason, with some key veterans moving on in Free Agency while others were cut or retired. In addition to all of the Fre e Agents signed, there will be plenty of Jersey Number changes coming up for the 2026 Offseason. Below is the running list of known number changes for returning players and the free agent signings that do and do not have a new number. However, before you look at that list, one interesting nugget is

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 Riddell Retro Collection Lions Players, Coaches and Team Lions added another new face to the strength staff in Grant Steen Detroit with an off-white helmet? Yes, per the Ridell retro Collection and as seen at Pro Sport Zone in Livonia Lions sign OL Ben Bartch formerly of the 49ers A slew of new Lions have

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. Lions RB Isiah Pacheco at his introductory Press Conference. Lions Players, Coaches and Team New Lions RB Isiah Pacheco will wear No 10 for the team this fall Detroit re-signs DT Myles Adams, who was buried on the Practice Squad last year due to the IDL depth Lions sign WR Greg Dortch formerly of Arizona as the

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

As the new league year approaches in 10 days, the Lions have started making roster moves to not only get under the cap but start to reshape their team for the 2026 season. First up was the tarde of David Montgomery to the Houston Texans for what can only be described as an absolute haul. Reports are that the Lions initially agreed to trade Monty for just a 5th round pick, but a mystery team jumped in the bidding and the Texans upped their offer to be their 4th, their 2027 7t

In our Monday News & Nuggets post, we mentioned that we had been hearing that Dan Skipper would be joining the Lions Coaching staff in some capacity, and news has broken this morning that is indeed the case. Dan Skipper coaching the East OL at the Shrine Game on 1/27/26 Per a post on X, Rachel Hopmayer of CBS Detroit stated that Skipper had been hired by the lions and will "be molding the next jumbo TEs in no time." It is unclear if that means Skipper will be the Assistant

Weird how a single day can make a huge difference. Yesterday, the majority of the Detroit Lions fans thought that the Lions would be in the market for some DL depth, with the impending Free Agency of seven of their D-line. However, word comes today that both Edge Josh Paschal and DT Levi Onwuzurike had their contracts form 2025 toll due to a quirk in the CBA regarding players on the Non-Football Injury and (N-FI) and Reserve Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) lists. Lions Edg

The Detroit Lions announced on X t hat they have added a new TE to the room in Thomas Gordon. Formerly of the Chicago Bears, Gordon (UDFA out of Northwestern) signed in early August but was released on 8/24/25, a few days before final cuts. The Bears re-signed to their Practice Squad on 12/24 when they lost another TE to IR. Gordon was never elevated and did not record a snap or stats last year. The addition of Gordon brings the Lions to four TEs on the roster currently,

With the 2025 season complete, the Lions have had some turnover within their coaching ranks, but nothing like lasty year when a total of 10 assistants (Including Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson) left creating a massive void in continuity. So far this year, only two coaches are needing to be replaced, and for different reasons. In addition, Detroit Lions Chief Operation Officer Mike Disner has been linked to the open Atlanta Falcons President of Football Operations role and has

With the 2025-2026 season officially over for the Detroit Lions, Brad Holmes and the front office started the process of filling out the off-season 90-man roster yesterday with a flurry of moves. In addition to signing all three Exclusive Rights Free Agents (ERFAs), the Lions signed nine of their 16 practice squad players to reserve/futures contracts, essentially guaranteeing them a spot on the initial 90-man offseason roster. The Lions had only three ERFAs, and yesterday the

Multiple NFL Media National guys (Adam Schefter had it first) are reporting that the Lions have signed Aiden Hutchinson to a four-year extension this morning. Per Hutch's agent, the extension is four-years for $180M with $141M guaranteed. Hutchinson has been one the best EDGE players in the NFL since he joined the Lions, and the extension was a matter of when, not if. What is interesting is that he actually took less money on the deal than Micah Parsons but below shows how

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