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Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Searching for new football leadership this offseason, the Detroit Lions solved half the puzzle on Thursday, hiring Los Angles Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes as the franchise’s next general manager. According to multiple reports, it’s a five-year deal.  “On behalf of the entire Lions organization, I am thrilled

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Searching for new football leadership this offseason, the Detroit Lions solved half the puzzle on Thursday, hiring Los Angles Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes as the franchise’s next general manager. According to multiple reports, it’s a five-year deal.  “On behalf of the entire Lions organization, I am thrilled

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Searching for new football leadership this offseason, the Detroit Lions solved half the puzzle on Thursday, reaching an agreement with Los Angles Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes to be the franchise’s next general manager, according to multiple reports.  Holmes, a former college defensive lineman, has spent the past

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Ed Dodds makes a dozen, and unless the Detroit Lions unexpectedly add another name to the mix, he will likely be the final candidate the franchise interviews for its general manager vacancy.  The Indianapolis Cots assistant general manager interviewed Tuesday. Now the Lions can narrow their extensive list of options down

Associated Press  |  The Detroit News Detroit – The Detroit Lions acquired linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton off waivers from Washington. Detroit made the move Tuesday, taking a brief break from its search for a new general manager and coach. Hamilton started in seven of 46 games over three seasons with Washington. He has 89 career

Associated Press  |  The Detroit News Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he will be a guest host on “Jeopardy!” during the offseason. The show is using a series of interim hosts to replace Alex Trebek, who died of cancer on Nov. 8.  Rodgers was a winning “Celebrity Jeopardy!” contestant in 2015. Rodgers, an All-Pro quarterback

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions are making important progress with their search for a new general manager. The team has scheduled to bring in Los Angeles Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes for a second, in-person interview a team source confirmed Tuesday afternoon.  Last week, Lions president and CEO Rod Wood

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Nearing the end of their first round of coaching candidate interviews, the Detroit Lions virtually met with Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith on Tuesday.  A former offensive lineman at North Carolina, Smith has spent the past decade with the Titans, slowly moving up the ranks while working for

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News Ed Dodds makes a dozen, and unless the Detroit Lions unexpectedly add another name to the mix, he will likely be the final candidate the franchise interviews for its general manager vacancy.  The Indianapolis Cots assistant general manager interviewed Tuesday. Now the Lions can narrow their extensive list of options down

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News Renton, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to a contract extension with general manager John Schneider that will keep him tied to the franchise through the 2027 draft. The Seahawks announced Schneider’s extension Tuesday, three days after their season ended in a 30-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in

Go through the gallery above to view Justin Rogers’ final grades for the 2020-21 Detroit Lions. Click here if you’re having trouble viewing the gallery. The Detroit Lions finished the 2020-21 season with a 5-11 record. That represented modest improvement from the previous year, but not near enough to save the jobs of general manager Bob Quinn and coach

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions wrapped up their fifth, known interview for the team’s head coaching vacancy on Monday, virtually meeting with New Orleans Saints tight ends coach Dan Campbell.  A 10-year NFL veteran, Campbell was selected in the third round of the 1999 draft by the New York Giants. The

Bob Wojnowski   | The Detroit News The Lions have tried every path and made every mistake imaginable when hunting for a new leader. They’ve gone for offensive gurus and defensive gurus, experienced guys and first-timers, well known and little known. So how could they possibly get it right this time? Maybe, just maybe, because they’ve

The Detroit Lions are expecting to wrap their first wave of head coaching interviews next week, but before they do, they’re looking to add another name to the list — Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles.  The Lions have put in a formal request to talk to Bowles, according to the NFL Network.  Bowles, 57,

John Niyo   | The Detroit News The Lions didn’t land a player on the Associated Press All-Pro first team for the third consecutive season. But center Frank Ragnow and punter Jack Fox both received second-team honors Friday, marking the first All-Pro honors for both. Ragnow, a 2018 first-round pick, established himself as one of the

John Niyo   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions are nearly finished with their initial round of interviews for the team’s vacant general manager position. And they’ve now met with one of the leading candidates to be the team’s next head coach.  The Lions confirmed they’ve completed two more interviews for the GM job, meeting

John Niyo   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions are nearly finished with their initial round of interviews for the team’s vacant general manager position.  The team confirmed it completed two more interviews for the job Wednesday, meeting with Brad Holmes, the Los Angeles Rams’ director of college scouting, and George Paton, the Minnesota Vikings’

The Detroit News Former Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson and Michigan great Charles Woodson have moved one step closer to Canton. Johnson and Woodson were among the 15 modern-era finalists named for the 2021 Pro Football Hall of Fame class on Tuesday. They are also two of four first-year eligible players on the ballot, along

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News One of the biggest debates heading into the hiring of a new general manager and head coach is whether the Detroit Lions need to completely rebuild the roster or make more modest adjustments to be competitive in 2021.  Team president and CEO Rod Wood, who will be helping make those

Justin Rogers   | The Detroit News The Detroit Lions’ next general manager and head coach almost certainly will come from the known pool of candidates who already have been interviewed or are lined up to interview this week and next. Additionally, the team is comfortable waiting until after the Super Bowl to make one of those