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Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Kenny Golladay may have played his last game with the Detroit Lions. The Lions have decided not to use the franchise tag on their No. 1 receiver, NFL Network reported Tuesday, effectively allowing him to sign elsewhere when free agency opens next week. Neither Lions general manager Brad Holmes nor Golladay’s agent,

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press The free agent negotiating period opens March 15 and the Detroit Lions have holes to fill on both sides of the ball. Here is the fifth in a series of position-by-position breakdowns on the top players available in free agency and what the Lions might do at each position.

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions need help everywhere on defense: upfront, at linebacker and in the back end. And while they should find some help when free agency opens next week, general manager Brad Holmes hinted that he’s expecting bigger contributions from some of the lesser-known players on his roster in 2021.

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions offseason: How will they handle franchise tag, free agency? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez preview the big decisions the Detroit Lions need to make this offseason, Feb. 22, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press The Detroit

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions offseason: How will they handle franchise tag, free agency? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez preview the big decisions the Detroit Lions need to make this offseason, Feb. 22, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press The free

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions offseason: How will they handle franchise tag, free agency? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez preview the big decisions the Detroit Lions need to make this offseason, Feb. 22, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press The free

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Here’s who Detroit Lions will play in 2021 NFL season A look at the Detroit Lions’ 2021 opponents, home and away, in what is expected to be the NFL’s first 17-game regular season. Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press “He’ll hold up. … There’s no issues

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions offseason: How will they handle franchise tag, free agency? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez preview the big decisions the Detroit Lions need to make this offseason, Feb. 22, 2021. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press The free

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions offseason: How will they handle franchise tag, free agency? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez preview the big decisions the Detroit Lions need to make this offseason. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press The free agent negotiating period

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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions offseason: How will they handle franchise tag, free agency? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez preview the big decisions the Detroit Lions need to make this offseason. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press The free agent negotiating period

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Meet Detroit Lions QB Jared Goff, fresh from California Detroit Lions traded QB Matthew Stafford to the L.A. Rams for Jared Goff and draft picks on Jan. 30, 2021. Here’s a look at Detroit’s new starting QB. Ryan Ford, Wochit First they did it with

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Their new coaching staff in place, the Detroit Lions are going about making changes to their front office. Kyle O’Brien and Jimmy Raye III, two of former Lions GM Bob Quinn’s top lieutenants in the personnel department in recent years, are no long with the team. O’Brien was one

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Jared Goff will not be a member of the Detroit Lions for another 12 days, but he is already affecting how the team is going about business. Lions general manager Brad Holmes acknowledged this week that having a veteran quarterback under center for 2021 — for the start of what appears to

Mick McCabe |  Special to Detroit Free Press For the longest time, Tony Scheffler’s life revolved around football. He was a terrific two-time All-MAC tight end at Western Michigan, finishing fourth for the John Mackey Award (given to the top college tight end in the country). The Denver Broncos then picked him in the second

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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Nate Burleson breaks down Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford trade. Who won the deal? Former Lions WR and current NFL Network and CBS TV personality Nate Burleson joins Dave Birkett to discuss the Matthew Stafford trade, Jared Goff & more, Feb. 2, 2021. Dave Birkett, Detroit

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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press With their wide receiving corps on the verge of being torn apart by free agency, the Detroit Lions made a move to bolster the position Wednesday, signing Tyrell Williams to a one-year deal according to ESPN. The deal is reportedly worth $6.2 million. Williams, 29, missed the 2020 season for