Justin Fields didn’t have much success in Chicago, posting a 11-29 record in three seasons, but Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell is glad that the elusive quarterback is in Pittsburgh and he doesn’t have to prepare for him twice a year anymore. “I’m not going to lie, it’s nice to have Fields out of
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The Detroit Lions have brought back reserve quarterback Nate Sudfeld for the 2024 season. The team announced the signing on Wednesday. Sudfeld was slated to be the Lions’ backup quarterback last season while rookie Hendon Hooker recovered from knee surgery. After joining the Lions prior to the 2022 season and playing sparingly in his first
As of Wednesday morning, the Lions only had Jared Goff and Hendon Hooker on the quarterback roster. Hooker was sidelined last season in his rookie year due to an injury. They will have a third quarterback for OTAs. According to a statement by the Lions, the team re-signed Nate Sudfeld. Sudfeld has been with the
The Detroit Lions announced Wednesday that they’ve re-signed QB Nate Sudfeld to an undisclosed contract. Sudfeld missed the entire 2023 season after suffering a torn ACL during the preseason. He was later placed on injured reserve. Sudfeld, 30, is a former sixth-round pick of Washington back in 2016. He signed a four-year, $2.47 million contract
While Teddy Bridgewater‘s early retirement will create an opening for Hendon Hooker behind Jared Goff, the Lions are still taking care of the other quarterback on last year’s team. Nate Sudfeld re-signed with the Lions on Wednesday, per a team announcement. The Lions are bringing Sudfeld back months after he suffered a torn ACL during the preseason. Should
Dan Campbell has High Praise for Justin Fields Fields never quite lived up to his billing as a top-15 selection in the NFL Draft during his time with the Bears, but be it because of being miscast in Chicago’s various offensive schemes during his tenure or a limited supporting cast for much of his time
Josh Reynolds had been in the midst of a quiet free agency period. Despite being the Lions No. 2 wode receiver in 2023, the veteran wideout hadn’t been linked to any teams before last week. After a recent visit with the New York Giants put his name back in the news, Reynolds has found a
The Detroit Lions are in need of another pass rusher alongside of Aidan Hutchinson, and while they signed Marcus Davenport in free agency, that probably isn’t the only answer. Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox sees a potential trade target for the Lions, naming Jacksonville Jaguars edge rusher Josh Allen as a possibility. The Jaguars slapped a
The best part of hitting on trades, free agents, and draft picks is you get to see a roster build and develop into its full potential. The downfall is everyone needs to be paid at some point to keep the roster together. For the Lions, they are coming up to offer some extensions to keep
The Detroit Lions have had a stellar offseason so far. If you ask Lions general manager Brad Holmes, the team has had the best free agency they’ve ever had. It’s hard to argue with that. DJ Reader, Kevin Zeitler and Carlton Davis is a pretty good haul. But they didn’t attack the edge like Lions
The NFL smartly approved a bylaw change to the way the initial 53-man roster gets constructed at the end of the preseason. Proposed by the Lions, the new rule will eliminate some of the roster chicanery that teams have been forced to do. In the past, players who were injured during the preseason or training
Welcome to the Detroit Lions Podcast Bish & Brown Show! This week Bischoff and Brown give you a seven-round mock of the upcoming 2024 NFL draft. Showing the value of Restore, this week they give you not one prospect of the week, but two in Florida State CB Renardo Green and Tennessee RB Jaylen Wright.
Brad Holmes became the Lions general manager in 2021 and he wasted no time making monumental moves. It started with the trading of franchise keystone Matthew Stafford and acquiring new starter Jared Goff. It was followed with free-agent moves that have the team now coming off their best season in franchise history. Speaking with the
The NFL approved a fairly radical change to the way kickoffs and kick returns will be handled this week. During the NFL owners’ meetings in Orlando, the league effectively replaced the existing kickoff format and structure with the innovative kickoff and kick returns used by the XFL (now part of the UFL). Effectively, the league
Former Detroit Lions cornerback Cameron Sutton is wanted by police after a warrant was issued for his arrest, and another crazy detail about the situation has emerged. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida announced that Sutton has a warrant out for a charge of domestic battery by strangulation. Police asked for the public’s help
The Detroit Lions are coming off of their best season in three decades, so you can bet that head coach Dan Campbell and the front office want to make sure they keep their best players. When asked about potential contract extensions for quarterback Jared Goff and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown on Tuesday, Campbell said
The NFL adopted a radical new kickoff and kick return format for the 2024 season during the annual owners’ meetings in Orlando this week. The changes effectively transform what has become a yawning procedural touchback into the exciting, potentially impactful play it was in the XFL. In fact, the new NFL kickoff is taken straight
Goff, 29, was the No. 1 overall pick by the Rams out of California back in 2016. He was entering the final year of his four-year deal worth $27.9 million when the Rams picked up Goff’s fifth-year option. From there, the Rams signed Goff to a four-year, $134 million extension that included an NFL record
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell spoke with media members at the NFL league meetings on Tuesday morning and he talked about how the Lions have a newfound urgency at cornerback since they released Cameron Sutton after an arrest warrant was issued for him and he has been on the run for the last three
Former Tennessee Vols quarterback Hendon Hooker didn’t see any action during his rookie season with the Detroit Lions. Hooker, who was selected in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the Lions, spent much of the 2023 season rehabbing from the torn ACL he suffered in late 2022 in Tennessee’s loss to South