The Lions Draft Prospect of the Day moves into the defensive interior to kick off the week before the NFL Scouting Combine. The focus is on players who should hold some appeal to the Lions in the draft, with a focus on the more likely positions the team will be targeting. If you’re looking for
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It appears Tracy Walker’s time with the Detroit Lions has come to an end. Walker posted a heartfelt goodbye to the Lions fans and thanked them for their support over his six seasons in Detroit. The move, while not official yet, is not a surprise. Walker has been widely speculated as a salary cap cut
Here’s a move that you knew would happen at some point, but you just hate to see. While there’s been no official word at this time, the Detroit Lions appear to be parting ways with former third-round pick Tracy Walker per the safety’s Instagram. Walker was a big part of this team when he signed
C.J. Gardner-Johnson‘s injury led Tracy Walker back into the Lions’ starting lineup, but the veteran did not hold down the job. Detroit will now move on from Walker’s second contract. Walker re-signed with the Lions on a three-year, $25M deal in 2022, but an injury hampered him on that deal. The Lions are cutting bait
Detroit will save around $5.5 million in cap space by releasing Walker and be left with a $7.3 million dead money charge, per Over The Cap. Walker, 29, was drafted by the Lions in the third round out of Louisiana in 2018. After finishing a four-year, $3.51 million rookie contract, Walker agreed to a three-year,
The Detroit Lions released Tracy Walker, ESPN reported Tuesday, after the veteran safety posted a goodbye message to the team’s fans on social media. Walker has spent his entire six-year NFL career with Detroit. He was set to carry a $12.82 million cap hit in 2024, the final year of his contract. “Detroit I want
NFL free agency is less than three weeks away and the NFL Combine is next week. The Detroit Lions are going to be looking to fill holes in free agency, but we don’t quite know what those are just yet. So today we want to talk about my choice for best prospect the Lions could
The Chicago Bears had a nice finish to their 2023 season. After losing to the Lions in Detroit in Week 11, Chicago won four of its final six games to escape last place in the NFC North with a 7-10 finish. The upward winds have not kept blowing into the offseason. Instead, the drama around
When Ferris Buehler took his day off he made it a point to mention that life comes at you pretty fast. For the Detroit Lions, the last three years with Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell have seemed like a blur. As they enter year four people are beginning to favor them for a Super Bowl
The Lions Draft Prospect of the Day moves into the defensive interior to kick off the week before the NFL Scouting Combine. The focus is on players who should hold some appeal to the Lions in the draft, with a focus on the more likely positions the team will be targeting. If you’re looking for
Alim McNeill took a big step in his career progress in 2023. The third-year defensive tackle reshaped his body to become more of a lean, mean fighting machine on the Detroit Lions interior. Now McNeill is entering the final year of his rookie contract, a four-year deal that paid him just under $5.2 million as
We’ve reached the second half of February. Now it’s time to start talking about free agent prospects for the Detroit Lions. Here’s what we’re going to do. I’m going to break it all down by positions of need. First we’ll put out of list of players to watch for the Lions and then we’ll break
We are just 66 days away from the 2024 NFL Draft and Lions fans for once will have a long wait for their first pick. As of right now, they are set to be the 29th overall pick in the draft. Even picking that late, this draft is set up for them to get someone
Draft season is back! The 2024 NFL draft is in Detroit in April, and we’re getting very close to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. It’s time to fire up the “Lions Draft Prospect of the Day” series. The focus is on players who should hold some appeal to the Lions in the draft, with
The Detroit Lions defense had some issues in 2023, to be sure. Deep passes were a problem, as were defending quarterback runs. However, Aaron Glenn’s defense in 2023 thrived at one specific thing: stopping opposing running backs. The Lions defense allowed the fewest rushing yards to running backs of any NFL team in the 2023
The free agent period begins soon in the NFL. While it officially doesn’t fire up until mid-March, the NFL Scouting Combine typically marks when teams and agents really begin earnestly courting one another in free agency, too. The Detroit Lions figure to be net spenders in free agency once again. That’s as much of a
Bears Amidst the drama surrounding the Bears’ quarterback situation, Chicago LB T.J. Edwards chimed in how he feels about QB Justin Fields. Edwards spoke very highly about Fields to the media at Super Bowl Week, advocating for why he should be brought back. “What I love about him is I could tell him Day 1
This is truly one of my favorite things to do each year. With free agency coming up there’s plenty of Detroit Lions fans that take to Twitter and put out tweets that say something to the effect of “Lions should sign blank.” This is my time to break some hearts and explain why you really
The first weekend without football is a great time for a mailbag. We got some great questions from the Detroit Lions Podcast Patreon group covering a wide variety of topics. From potential draft and free agent plans for the team to some recent coaching and personnel moves, the mailbag was full of thoughtful questions. The
It is finally draft season for Lions fans. Brad Holmes and his front office have proven they are very capable of putting together great draft classes. They have had major hits on every day of the draft, but especially on Day Two. This roster isn’t in desperate need of much because of his work, but