Allen Park — Roughly 98% of Colby Sorsdal’s career snaps at William & Mary came at right tackle. But unless Penei Sewell’s full-time transition to tight end is coming sooner than we realize, Sorsdal, taken in the fifth round in April’s NFL Draft, is more likely to carve a career at guard. He was listed
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It wasn’t long after Mohamed Ibrahim finished his pre-draft meeting with Detroit Lions running backs coach Scottie Montgomery that he picked up his phone and called his old position coach at Minnesota, Kenni Burns, now the head coach at Kent State. Ibrahim and Montgomery were discussing pass game concepts at the NFL combine in March
Detroit — The sights were something to see, no doubt. But it’s the sounds of spring that we’re really missing these days in Detroit. And the calendar is full of reminders. Take May 16, for example. This is the anniversary of that anxious evening back in 1996 when Steve Yzerman nearly blew the roof off
The Detroit Lions have found their competition for Michael Badgley. The Lions signed former XFL kicker John Parker Romo after a weekend tryout at rookie minicamp. Romo, who announced his signing on Twitter, made 17 of 19 field goals for the San Antonio Brahmas this spring to earn All-XFL honors and kicked well in practice
Can you smell what the Lions are cooking? It’s a kicking competition, according to news Monday night that Detroit has signed XFL kicker John Parker Romo of the San Antonio Brahmas. Romo, 25, signed with the Lions following a tryout with the team, his agent confirmed on Twitter. He went undrafted out of Virginia Tech
The Detroit Lions have half their draft class under contract. The Lions signed third-round pick Brodric Martin to a standard four-year deal Monday. Rookie draft picks receive slotted contracts under the current collective bargaining agreement. As the 96th pick of the draft, Martin’s deal is worth a maximum of $5.3 million and includes a signing
The local kid fights on. After an impressive showing at last weekend’s rookie minicamp, former Eastern Michigan wide receiver Dylan Drummond on Monday signed with the Detroit Lions as a free agent, landing himself on the 90-man roster with OTAs and minicamp looming. Drummond (6 feet, 186 pounds) was one of 10 free agents to
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The Detroit Lions will be hosting two sets of joint practices this summer. Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson told Florida reporters over the weekend that his team will practice against the Lions ahead of the teams’ Week 2 preseason game in August. Lions coach Dan Campbell had previously said the Lions would host the New
Jan 15, 2011; Pittsburgh , PA, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward (86) and Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed (20) argue during the third quarter of the 2011 AFC divisional playoff game at Heinz Field. Mandatory Credit: Jason Bridge-USA TODAY Sports With the 2022 season wrapped up, here’s a look at ten of the
Allen Park — Plenty has been made about how early the Detroit Lions selected running back Jahmyr Gibbs, even surprising the player himself, but he still had anticipated being drafted at some point in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Brodric Martin was also taken earlier than everyone expected, but things were a
No, there isn’t a quarterback controversy for the Detroit Lions — thankfully. No matter how much some folks may want one — the kind of folks who also enjoy rubbernecking at an accident site, for example, or sneaking through someone else’s medicine cabinet. Dan Campbell isn’t that kind of folk. He made that clear last
It appears the Detroit Lions will host a second set of joint practices at the team’s facility in Allen Park during training camp later this summer. In addition to the previously reportedly sessions with the New York Giants, Detroit’s first opponent of the preseason, the Lions will also get some extra work with the Jacksonville
Allen Park — New Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch hated every second of Saturday’s rookie minicamp. But that’s only because he wasn’t involved. Branch, pick No. 45 out of Alabama in April’s NFL Draft, was forced to sit out with an undisclosed injury. “Hate that I’m not practicing,” Branch said. “It hurt, because yesterday, I
The Detroit Lions selected running back Jahmyr Gibbs higher than any pundits expected, but the Alabama product doesn’t remotely care. Jahmyr Gibbs is expected to compete for carries with the newly-acquired David Montgomery. Montgomery, a former Chicago Bear, signed a three-year contract this spring. Gibbs, however, was a surprising selection at No. 12. Detroit traded
The Detroit Lions are on the clock. The countdown began Friday in Allen Park, on the practice fields outside the team’s headquarters, where the team’s rookies, and free-agent rookie signings, slipped on their jerseys, helmets and worked through some drills. On Saturday, the rookies were back, in front of reporters, talking a little trash —
Jerry Jacobs had just gotten home from school one day in the spring of 2009 when his mother, Alice, sat him and two of his siblings down on the sectional couch of their Atlanta apartment. Alice was 46 at the time, a single mother of five who would give her last dime to help anyone
Allen Park — The Lions are reaching for more, and people are noticing. The NFL noticed enough to grant them a supporting-actor role on opening night against the Super Bowl champion Chiefs. The higher you reach, the more you get noticed. According to many analysts, the Lions reached for a few of their draft picks,
Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Saturday’s rookie minicamp practice, the only day of the three open to the media. ▶ The star of the day, far and away, was tight end Sam LaPorta. Detroit’s second-round draft pick was essentially uncoverable running routes across the middle of the field in seven-on-seven work,
Allen Park — Lions rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker can’t do much of anything on a football field right now, but he’s doing all the little things off the field that are positioning him to hit the ground running once he’s medically cleared. A third-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, Hooker is working his way