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Antwaan Randle El wanted “a guy” this offseason. Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes went out and got him two. Randle El, the Lions’ second-year wide receivers coach, lobbied for a major makeover to his receiver room this offseason and Holmes obliged, signing DJ Chark to a one-year deal in free agency and trading up

Monday was the final day of media availability at OTA’s and minicamp at Detroit Lions headquarters and for weeks now, different coaches and players have done their best to turn down the hype. When it comes to the offensive line, Penei Sewell and Taylor Decker both said they believe it has potential. Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn said he loves what

Little Caesars and the NFL announced a multi-year partnership Tuesday that names the pizza company as the league’s official pizza sponsor. The deal is one of Little Caesars’ highest-profile partnerships to date. The NFL previously held pizza sponsorships with Papa John’s from 2010-18 and Pizza Hut from February 2018 to 2022. Little Caesars, headquartered in

Dan Campbell has taken a different approach than most of his peers to his first two offseasons as Detroit Lions coach. Campbell has elected to have his team’s mandatory minicamp in Week 3 of Phase 3 of the offseason, and use Week 4 — the final week of the program — as a developmental time for

It wasn’t that long ago Kelvin Sheppard sat next to Jarrad Davis in the Detroit Lions practice facility, pouring over film while listening to Al Golden as the team’s linebackers coach in 2018. Fast forward four years and Davis is no longer expected to be the team’s star of the future. He’s a free agent from

Most trips to the dentist don’t include a live DJ or meeting a Detroit Lions football player, but for some Detroit students, that’s exactly what happened. In the Brenda Scott Academy gymnasium on Friday, approximately 300 students at the school received free dental screening and care to the sound of today’s top hits. Children were offered glitter tattoos, face painting

The Detroit Lions wrapped up minicamp Thursday, and though they have a few final Organized Team Activity practices this week, most of their veterans have already left town for the summer. I’ll be disappearing for a few weeks as well after the Lions put a bow on their offseason program, but let’s answer your most

Defensive tackle John Penisini has announced his retirement from the NFL, days after sitting out the Detroit Lions’ mandatory minicamp. “I have made the decision To retire from football,” Penisini, 25, wrote in an Instagram post early Saturday. “I’m definitely going to miss my teammates in the coaching staff but I’m glad I got to experience

I’ve been to so many Detroit Lions minicamps over the years that I no longer keep count because they only serve as a grim reminder that I’m no longer in my 20s. So let’s just say I’m in my late 20s. My very, very, very late 20s. It’s a well-established scientific fact that covering the

Logan Stenberg does not have a cool story to tell his kids one day about the first injury he suffered in his NFL career. In fact, the third-year Detroit Lions offensive lineman joked Thursday it was “embarrassing” how he tore the MCL in his left knee last October. “Field goal,” Stenberg said. “I was the end.

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell says he generally tries to do his best to put football to the side when he gets home with his family. But there are times it still comes up, such as Wednesday evening, when he found himself raving about the Lions’ 2022 No. 2 overall pick. “I told my wife

A month was all Jermaine Waller needed to know the NFL was not for him. An undrafted rookie cornerback out of Virginia Tech, Waller retired from football this week, prompting the Detroit Lions to place him on the reserve/retired list Wednesday. “It wasn’t for him, and that’s OK,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said Thursday, on the final

The Detroit Lions are ending their formal offseason program a week early for most veterans, the second straight year Lions coach Dan Campbell has dedicated the last week of workouts to developing the young talent on his roster. And the Lions headed into summer Thursday on a light note — with a big man punt-catching

The Detroit Lions have hired Southern California’s Brandon Sosna as the team’s senior director of football administration, Lions coach Dan Campbell confirmed Thursday. Sosna served as chief of staff for athletics for USC and oversaw the football operations. He previously worked for the Cleveland Browns in 2017-18, under Lions senior personnel executive John Dorsey, where his

The Detroit Lions won’t have one of their first-round picks on the field for the start of training camp next month, and there’s a chance they might not have their second-round choice, either. Lions coach Dan Campbell said on the final day of mandatory minicamp Thursday he does not expect rookie receiver Jameson Williams to

After his disappointing first season in Detroit ended with 10 paltry catches for 103 yards and a measly 48 offensive snaps played in the final eight games, Detroit Lions wide receiver Trinity Benson went straight to the source to figure out what he needed to work on this offseason Benson sat down with Lions coach

Before every practice and game, Detroit Lions defensive lineman Jashon Cornell makes sure to take a knee, cross his chest and point skyward. He does so because over the past two years, he has realized how quickly the game can be taken away. Cornell missed his rookie season after tearing his Achilles in training camp. Then,

It’s hard to turn on the TV these days or scroll the Internet without seeing someone picking the Detroit Lions to do good things in 2022. One ESPN analyst predicted the Lions will make the playoffs this fall. A football analytics expert called them a contender to win the NFC North. And one longtime NFL

AJ Parker had a better rookie season than almost anyone could have expected. An undrafted rookie out of Kansas State, Parker started seven games, had one interception and was the Detroit Lions’ primary nickel cornerback for most of last season. But on Day 2 of mandatory minicamp Wednesday, Parker explained why he is taking nothing

Nearly 30 minutes after Day 2 of Detroit Lions minicamp had wrapped up on Wednesday, there were two players remaining on the field, catching balls from the JUGS machine. One was Kalif Raymond. That work ethic from the receiver, entering his sixth season in the NFL, helped him put together a career year in his first go-round in