As the Lions transition into the third set of organized team activities this week, the team is adding veteran offensive line depth, agreeing to sign Germain Ifedi, according to an NFL Network report. A first-round draft pick out of Texas A&M in 2016, Ifedi spent the first four seasons of his career in Seattle. He
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One by one, the Detroit Lions are getting all of their draft picks under contract. The Lions signed linebacker Jack Campbell, their second of two first-round picks, to a standard four-year contract Tuesday, the fifth member of their eight-player draft class to finalize his deal. As the 18th pick of the first round, Campbell’s contract
Jack Campbell and the Detroit Lions have finished their off-the-field business. The first-round linebacker on Tuesday signed his four-year rookie deal, with a fifth-year option with a draft slot of $14.7 million, including a $7.7 million signing bonus and $3.2 million counting against the salary cap. Campbell, the reigning Butkus Award winner, was selected out
A right tackle his entire college career, Colby Sorsdal has found a new home with the Detroit Lions at right guard. “I love how fast it is,” Sorsdal said at rookie minicamp this month. “Everything happens so much faster when you’re at guard; things get on you really quick, and that’s one thing that I
By Dave Campbell | Associated Press Eagan, Minn. — The NFL has pushed the kickoff return further toward irrelevance with a priority on player safety. League owners voted Tuesday for a one-year trial of an enhanced touchback rule that will give the receiving team the ball at its own 25 with a fair catch of a
The Detroit Lions open the final phase of their offseason program with their first three organized team activity workouts this week. The workouts are voluntary, but usually heavily attended. Here are five things I’ll be watching when the Lions open OTAs to the media Thursday. Walker’s return Tracy Walker ruptured his Achilles tendon in the
Dave Campbell | Associated Press Eagan, Minn. — Thursday nights in the NFL have long been the most drastic feature of its made-for-TV schedule, a prime-time slot that raised concerns about player safety and produced plenty of competitive duds before it moved to a streaming-only platform. Now the league will have the power, albeit limited,
Dave Campbell | Associated Press Eagan, Minn. — NFL owners approved a rule change Monday that allows teams to play an emergency quarterback from the inactive list if the first two are injured during a game, a decision that stems from San Francisco’s depth-chart challenge in the NFC championship game. The bylaw was initially proposed by the Detroit Lions.
The Detroit Lions signed offensive tackle Max Pircher on Monday as part of the NFL’s International Pathways Program. Picher, a native of Italy, spent the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams after being allocated to the team through the program in 2021. He takes the place of Australian-born tight end Patrick Murtagh, who
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions have been assigned a new player through the league’s International Pathway Program, adding offensive tackle Max Pircher to the roster on Monday. The 6-foot-7, 300-pound Pircher spent the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, where he shared a position room with veterans such as Andrew Whitworth and
Carrying a third quarterback on the 53-man could be in vogue for NFL teams again this fall. The NFL passed a bylaw originally proposed by the Detroit Lions at its spring meeting Monday allowing teams to dress a third quarterback who will not count against the team’s gameday roster. The emergency quarterback cannot come from
Continuing our post-draft film study on the Detroit Lions’ draft class, let’s explore the tape of defensive tackle Brodric Martin, the team’s third-round selection out of Western Kentucky. ▶ Games watched: @Indiana (Sept. 17), @UTSA (Oct. 8), vs. Rice (Nov. 12), @FAU (Nov. 26) ▶ Statistics: 2018 (North Alabama): 10 games, one start, 27 tackles, 3.0 for
Growing up, Frank Ragnow was an avid hunter. He went pheasant hunting with his father, Jon, near his grandmother’s house along the Iowa-South Dakota border. He hunted hogs one time during his playing days with the Arkansas Razorbacks. “Kind of a carnivore, killing your own kind,” Ragnow joked. And he still remembers the first time
I’m out of town for one measly week, I miss my first NFL schedule release and rookie minicamp in years and suddenly I find myself left without a seat on the Detroit Lions hype train? Yep, things change that fast in the NFL. Yet here we are. Or rather, there they go — those Super
Frank Ragnow gutted through a toe injury last season to make the Pro Bowl for the second time in his career, but the Detroit Lions center did not undergo corrective surgery this offseason because he said his latest injury is “inoperable.” Ragnow tore the plantar plate in his left foot in Week 4 of the
BUFFALO, NY – CIRCA 1980: Conrad Dobler #69 of the Buffalo Bills looks on while taking in some oxygen during an NFL football game circa 1980 at Rich Stadium in Buffalo, New York. Dobler played for the Bills from 1980-81. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) With the 2022 season wrapped up, here’s a look
Allen Park — Of all the prospects Detroit Lions linebacker coach Kelvin Sheppard talked to and met before this year’s draft, three stood out. One, Alabama’s Will Anderson Jr., came off the board before the Lions even had a shot. The Houston Texans traded up nine spots to No. 3, making him the first defensive
Allen Park — First-year Lions running backs and assistant head coach Scottie Montgomery has been selected to participate in the NFL’s coach accelerator program. Established in 2022, the program aims to increase exposure between owners, executives, and diverse coaching talent, providing an opportunity to develop and build upon those relationships. That should hypothetically improve the
Two years of being one of the best wide receivers in the NFL has not washed away the burn Amon-Ra St. Brown felt from sliding to the fourth round of the 2021 draft. St. Brown can recite all 16 receivers taken before him, and he said last fall he’s “out to give every team hell”
Associated Press | The Detroit News Green Bay, Wis. − Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry realizes he must raise his game to get the most out of a defense that didn’t live up to expectations last year. “It starts with me,” said Barry, who was the defensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions in 2007-08