Leonard Thompson, a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions from 1975-86 who is tied for fourth in franchise history with 35 career touchdown receptions, has died. He was 69. The Lions announced Thompson’s death on Twitter, Wednesday night. No cause of death was given. Thompson played all 12 seasons of his NFL career with the
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Allen Park — The Detroit Lions added some depth at outside linebacker Wednesday, signing free agent Rashod Berry. The 6-foot-4, 255-pounder spent last season with the New England Patriots after going undrafted out of Ohio State. Primarily a practice-squad player, he saw limited action in three games as a rookie, with one tackle. Recruited to Ohio
It’s happening a little bit later than expected, but Levi Onwuzurike is finally ready to make his preseason debut. Onwuzurike, the Detroit Lions’ second-round pick, saw his most extensive action of training camp Tuesday after missing two weeks with a back injury. He said he expects to play in Saturday’s second preseason game against the
Allen Park — With the most extensive workload he’s seen during training camp, Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike attacked the day like a starving dog who had been tossed a porterhouse. It started to feel like every other snap during Tuesday’s practice, Onwuzurike was in the backfield disrupting the play, fulfilling the promises he made
Bobby Price had never played a day of cornerback in his life before the Detroit Lions approached him last week about switching positions. In high school, Price said he played exclusively quarterback. In college, he was recruited as a receiver and switched to safety once he began at Norfolk State. And now that he’s trying
Allen Park — Changing positions is nothing new for Detroit Lions defensive back Bobby Price, but the transition he’s trying to make now, from safety to cornerback, is the most difficult yet. A high school quarterback, Price was recruited to run track and play wide receiver at Norfolk State, but by the time he arrived at
The Detroit Lions do not have a curfew in place during this summer’s training camp due to the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols, and even if they did, coach Dan Campbell said it likely would not have kept cornerback Alex Brown from injuring two people in a wrong-way car accident early Sunday morning. Brown, who was waived
Allen Park — With backup quarterbacks Tim Boyle and David Blough dealing with minor injuries, and not wanting to overwork starter Jared Goff, the Detroit Lions signed quarterback Jordan Ta’amu on Tuesday. “Pretty soon, you start putting all those throws on Goff, because that’s going to end up taking most of it,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said. “That’s
Allen Park — On his 40th birthday, after 17 seasons and 260 games — the second-most in franchise history — the Detroit Lions are parting ways with long snapper Don Muhlbach. “We are going to let Don Muhlbach go, it will be official tomorrow,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said shortly after taking the podium for his daily training
With both of their backup quarterbacks nursing injuries, the Detroit Lions added a fourth signal caller to their roster Tuesday, signing Jordan Ta’amu. Ta’amu appeared briefly on the Lions practice squad last winter, and last played in a game with the St. Louis BattleHawks of the XFL in the spring of 2020. MUHL-KICK! ‘It was time:’
After 17 memorable seasons, the Don Muhlbach era is over in Detroit. The Detroit Lions announced they have released Muhlbach, their longtime long snapper, on Wednesday. “Don Muhlbach will go down as one of the all-time Detroit Lions greats,” team owner Shelia Ford Hamp said in a released statement announcing the move. “… Only 36 players in
Allen Park — Dan Campbell is grateful something worse didn’t happen. The Detroit Lions coach is thankful everyone is alive. After former cornerback Alex Brown allegedly got behind the wheel of his car with what prosecutors say they believe was a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit, causing an accident that injured two others, including teammate Charlie Taumoepeau,
Former Detroit Lions cornerback Alex Brown was allegedly so drunk that he thought he was in Atlanta returning from a strip club after he injured two people in a Sunday morning car crash while driving the wrong way on a local freeway, Wayne County prosecutors said in court Tuesday morning. “He had a possible blood alcohol level from a
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions got down to the required 85-man roster limit on Tuesday afternoon, placing linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton on injured reserve and waiving defensive tackle Michael Barnett and wide receiver Chad Hansen. Hansen, who has been sidelined the past week, received an injury settlement from the team. It’s a tough break for
The Detroit Lions made a trio of moves Tuesday to get below the 85-player roster limit. The Lion placed linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton on injured reserve and waived defensive tackle Michael Barnett and receiver Chad Hansen. Hamilton appeared to be in line for a roster spot before last week’s preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills,
Oralandar Brand-Williams and Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Former Detroit Lions cornerback Alex Brown was arraigned Tuesday in connection with a Sunday crash in which he is accused of driving the wrong way on a Detroit freeway at a high rate of speed before striking another vehicle head-on. Brown, 24, was arraigned in 36th District Court
Penei Sewell played mostly well in his preseason debut last week, but the Detroit Lions’ first-round pick said he has a lot to improve on before Saturday’s exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I’ve got to get my hands right,” Sewell said after practice Monday. “Right now they’re way too wide, especially going against the
Jahlani Tavai got beat in coverage for the only touchdown the Detroit Lions allowed in their preseason-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills, but linebackers coach Mark DeLeone said that play does not overshadow the solid training camp Tavai has had overall. “I think he’s in a really good position right now,” DeLeone said when asked
Allen Park — Detroit Lions linebacker Jahlani Tavai is on the roster bubble, but even after a disappointing performance in the preseason opener, both the player and team’s coaching staff remains outwardly optimistic about his ability to carve out a role. That will become increasingly difficult to justify if Tavai can’t fix the fundamental errors he
So apparently this is a thing. At least for a few people. And the fact that it is makes me want to bang my head against a wall. A couple angry Detroit Lions fans emailed me over the weekend livid at the team’s clock management in Friday’s preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills. One emailer