The NFL offseason is in full swing. We’re still less than a couple months away from the 2024 NFL draft, but we’re in the thick of draft season where there are no shortage of storylines, especially involving this quarterback class. With NFL free agency set to begin next week, we’re unveiling our second NFL Wires
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We are almost to free agency. The fun starts on Monday when the legal tampering period begins at noon eastern time. Then the new league year starts on Wednesday at 4:00 PM eastern time. With this being the last Friday before we jump into the madness, it’s time for one last list of guys for
Zach Ertz didn’t have a long career with the Detroit Lions. It was clear from the moment he was signed in the middle of the playoffs that he would only be a backup to a team that’s on an unexpected rise. However, it seems like his experience working with Dan Campbell left nothing but good
The Lions Draft Prospect of the Day sticks in the secondary with a player who has been popularly projected to be Detroit’s top pick before the NFL Scouting Combine. The focus for the Lions prospect of the day is on players who should hold some appeal to Detroit in the draft, with a focus on
Zonovan “Bam” Knight is heading back to Detroit. The Lions announced on Thursday they have re-signed the free agent running back as an exclusive rights free agent, or ERFA. Insert your favorite Emeril Lagasse joke here… “Bam” joined the Lions last summer after being let go by the New York Jets. He was a 2022
The Chase Lucas era is over for the Detroit Lions. The Lions will not extend the exclusive rights free agent the required tender offer to retain his rights, per Lucas’ agent. Lucas is an exclusive rights free agent, or ERFA. The cornerback was a seventh-round pick out of Arizona State in 2022, the second draft
According to Mike Garafolo, the Lions won’t tender a contract to exclusive rights free agent CB Chase Lucas, making him an unrestricted free agent. Lucas, 26, is a former seventh-round pick by the Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Arizona State. He signed a four-year rookie deal worth $3,759,280 and includes a $99,280 signing
Brad Holmes and the Detroit Lions have been very good at drafting. so good that at the end of the 2023 season, they still had every draft pick this regime has made on the team in some fashion. It looks like that streak is coming to an end on Thursday as the Lions have chosen
Knight, 22, wound up going undrafted out of North Carolina State back in 2022. He later signed a rookie contract with the Jets, but was released coming out of the preseason. New York re-signed Knight to their practice squad before eventually calling him up in October. He was among the Jets’ final roster cuts this
The Detroit Lions got a steal in camp last year when they claimed running back Zonovan Knight after he was released by the New York Jets so they could make room for Dalvin Cook. A move they now no doubt regret. Knight immediately became a strong contender for running back three and even started to
The Detroit Lions are going to be looking for defensive line help during free agency and the draft. Especially on the interior of their defensive line. They had a lot of turnover there in 2023. Isaiah Biggs, Benito Jones, Brodric Martin, Levi Onwuzurkie, Quinton Bohanna and Tyson Alualu all played rotated in and out in
The last few days have been tough on NFL safeties. However, it’s become a bullish buyer’s market for teams looking to add a safety or two from the upcoming free agency pool. One of the top names on the list is Detroit’s own C.J. Gardner-Johnson. He’s been joined in recent days by a slew of
Looking around the mock draft landscape for the Detroit Lions these days, it seems to be an extension of the Swiss Family Robinson. Two players with that surname dominate the current projections. In a special edition of the Detroit Lions Podcast, I dove in a little deeper on the Robinsons, Darius from Missouri and Demeioun
It’s like we just can’t stop talking about cornerbacks and the Detroit Lions. It’s been full on cornerback week here at A to Z Detroit. There’s been a lot of talk about what way the Lions might go with the position. Will they trade for Sneed or will they bring in some veterans. What if
It’s all just talk now, but there is more evidence that there could be some fire to the trade smoke involving the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs. USA TODAY confirmed the Lions are among a handful of teams that have expressed interest with the Chiefs in a potential trade for cornerback L’Jarius Sneed. A
The Lions Draft Prospect of the Day for today is a cornerback who seems to “fit the grit” as we hit 50 days until the 2024 NFL draft in Detroit. The daily focus is on players who should hold some appeal to the Lions in the draft, with an emphasis on the more likely positions
As expected, the Chiefs were among the teams which applied the franchise tag before Tuesday’s deadline, keeping L’Jarius Sneed off the free-agent market in the process. The standout corner is far from certain to remain in Kansas City, though, as a tag-and-trade maneuver is on the table. Sneed has served as a full-time starter for
The Detroit Lions are coming off one of their best seasons in franchise history. They ran away with the NFC North in 2023 and advanced to the NFC Championship Game, where they were defeated by the San Francisco 49ers. While the ending was disappointing, especially since the Lions held a 17-point lead in the second
The Lions are getting a jump on the pre-draft visit process this week. The NFL Scouting Combine just ended and the Lions have already hosted the first of their 30 official pre-draft visits. Northern Iowa defensive tackle Khristian Boyd is making the trip to Allen Park to have his official visit with the team. Boyd
The Kansas City Chiefs will have no shortage of interest in cornerback L’Jarius Sneed if they decide to trade him. Seven teams have expressed some level of interest in trading for Sneed, according to Tyler Dragon of USA Today. The Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville