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Detroit Lions 2026 NFL Draft UDFA List
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
Apr 251 min read


Monday Morning Rundown: 04/06/26
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
Apr 63 min read


Updated Detroit Lions Jersey Numbers for 2026
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
Apr 43 min read


Monday Morning Rundown: 03/30/26
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
Mar 302 min read


Monday Morning Rundown: 03/23/26
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
Mar 232 min read


Detroit Lions 2026 Free Agency Tracker - Updated 3/24/26
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
Mar 122 min read


Lions Trade Montgomery and release Glasgow in Flurry of Moves
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
Mar 22 min read


Dan Skipper set to join Lions Coaching Staff
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
Feb 111 min read


Lions keep two DL due to CBA Quirk
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
Feb 22 min read


Lions add TE Thomas Gordon on Futures Contract
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,
Jan 301 min read


Lions Live Coaching Tracker - 02/09/26
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
Jan 73 min read


As Season ends, Lions start Signing Existing Players for Next Year
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
Jan 62 min read


Lions Sign Aiden Hutchinson to 4-Year $180M Extension
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
Oct 29, 20251 min read


Multiple Lions Eligible to Return from Reserve List next week…but will they?
With Week 4 off and running, there will be a significant number of players around the NFL that will be eligible to come off their team’s...
Sep 26, 20256 min read


Lions sign Dwelley to Active Roster and IDL Quinton Jefferson to Practice Squad
The Lions must have liked what they saw of TE Ross Dwelley last week, as they made his elevation to the Active Roster a full signing...
Sep 24, 20251 min read


Lions Make Flurry of Moves
After news broke earlier today that the Lions were planning on signing TE Ross Dwelley and WR Malik Cunningham to their Practice squad,...
Sep 16, 20251 min read


Lions Reportedly also adding TE Dwelley to Practice Squad
Brad Holmes keeps churning the bottom of the practice squad, sometimes out of necessity, and sometimes to help prep for the next game. ...
Sep 16, 20251 min read


Lions Reportedly Adding Former Patriots and Ravens WR/QB Malik Cunningham to Practice Squad
What appears to be prep work for this week’s upcoming game, the Lions will be adding the former Raven (and Patriot) WR/QB Malik...
Sep 16, 20251 min read


Lions Churn Practice Squad, Release LB Anthony Pittman and sign LB Monty Rice
in addition to the signing of OT Devin Cochran we posted about earlier , the Lions officially announced that they have also signed LB...
Sep 9, 20251 min read


Lions signing OT Devin Cochran to Practice Squad
Confirmed by his agency, former Cincinnati Bengal OT Devin Cochran has agreed to sign with the Detroit Lions to their Practice Squad....
Sep 9, 20251 min read
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