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The Detroit Lions have reportedly added to their wide receiver corps.  According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Lions have agreed to a deal with wide receiver Tyrell Williams on a one-year, $6.2 million deal.  Williams, 29, was cut by the Las Vegas Raiders last week. He did not play last season with a torn shoulder

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions GM on Kenny Golladay: ‘He’s at forefront of our minds’ Lions GM Brad Holmes on receiver Kenny Golladay, an unrestricted free agent, and the franchise tag on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Detroit Lions Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez answers three questions from Detroit Lions

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions GM on Kenny Golladay: ‘He’s at forefront of our minds’ Lions GM Brad Holmes on receiver Kenny Golladay, an unrestricted free agent, and the franchise tag on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions could begin the process of clearing cap

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 Mel Kiper Jr. does not

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 clock is ticking on

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions could have their pick of quarterbacks not named Trevor Lawrence with the No. 7 pick of April’s NFL draft, and in every case, ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said they should pass on that player in favor of one who plays another position. “I would not consider

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 In a normal year, most

Tyler J. Davis | Detroit Free Press Any Detroit Lions fans who imagine the current rebuild as general manager Brad Holmes hoarding draft picks like shares of Bitcoin, they’ll love Mel Kiper Jr.’s newest mock draft. Kiper, ESPN’s longtime NFL analysr, in his latest projection has the Lions dealing the No. 7 slot for multiple picks

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press For three seasons, it seemed every move the Detroit Lions made had ties to former coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn’s old team, the New England Patriots. Trey Flowers, Danny Shelton, Jamie Collins, Duron Harmon, Danny Amendola. The list went on and on. Well, Patricia and Quinn

Carlos Monarrez   | 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 What will the Detroit Lions

Carlos Monarrez   | 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 There was a time when

Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press I have a question for Chris Spielman. Apparently it’s the same question many of us have. How involved is Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp with the team? Well, Spielman answered that exact question and spilled the beans about Hamp’s involvement Tuesday on “Stoney and Jansen with Heather” on WXYT-FM

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Chris Spielman made headlines Tuesday when he told WXYT-FM (97.1) he and Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp were sitting in on scouting meetings and that Hamp was “giving her opinion” when the Lions discussed their plans for free agency. That news was not totally unexpected — Hamp owns

Steve Megargee |  Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Detroit Lions wide receiver Quintez Cephus said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the University of Wisconsin that he was used as a scapegoat during a sexual assault investigation that resulted in his temporary expulsion. Cephus seeks unspecified damages in his lawsuit filed in federal court in Madison, Wisconsin, accusing

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp and adviser Chris Spielman are taking an active role in the organization’s offseason football makeover. Spielman, hired as special assistant to Hamp and team president Rod Wood in December, said Tuesday on “Stoney and Jansen with Heather” on WXYT-FM (97.1) that he sat

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press A breakout second season may be just the beginning for Detroit Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson, whose role should only increase this fall after the team’s offseason of change. “T.J. did some nice things last year, and I think his ceiling is even higher,” new Lions offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn said

Nate Davis | USA TODAY The NFL’s 2021 pre-draft buildup will suffer from an obvious void: the league opting not to hold the annual scouting combine lest it become a COVID-19 super spreader. However, this year’s hot stove season is off to a tremendous start, with three big-name quarterbacks already packaged in soon-to-be consummated trades that will become official

Dave Birkett | Detroit Free Press So much has changed in the past 12 months. In the world, in football and with the Detroit Lions. Including how the Lions should proceed with star receiver Kenny Golladay. I have long advocated for the Lions to sign Golladay to a long-term contract that makes him one of the

Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press For the first time in more than a decade, the Detroit Lions appear set to enter a season with someone other than Matthew Stafford as their starting quarterback. Presumably, Stafford’s replacement under center for 2021 is the QB acquired in the deal that sent him to the Los Angeles Rams: