The Detroit Lions have lost defensive tackle Joel Heath to a torn ACL. NFL Network reported that Heath suffered the injury in a bag drill during the individual portion of practice. Heath, who played at Michigan State, signed a futures deal with the Lions in February. He opted out of the 2020 season due to
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Rob Maaddi | Associated Press NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the league expects full stadiums this season and players and staff are being encouraged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. “One of the things we’ve obviously learned over the last year is not to make projections too far out,” Goodell said Wednesday following virtual meetings with team
The Detroit Lions finally announced the uniform numbers for the team’s 90-man roster, with a group of veterans taking advantage of relaxed league rules allowing several position groups to now wear numbers between 1-49. Cornerback Quinton Dunbar, who previous wore 22 and 23 in Seattle and Washington, grabbed the No. 1 he wore at the University
With only one receiver under contract beyond the upcoming season, the Detroit Lions had a glaring need for long-term solutions at the position heading into the 2021 NFL draft. But for the first two days of the event, the team ignored the need, opting to follow their board and select an offensive tackle, two defensive tackles
Capacity crowds will be a thing again at Ford Field this fall. The latest rollback of COVID-19 restrictions in Michigan, announced last week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, means the Detroit Lions will not have limits on crowd size for home games in 2021. Whitmer’s latest plan called for indoor capacity limits to increase to 50%
T.J. Hockenson earned a Pro Bowl nod with his breakout season in 2020. Now, his position coach with the Detroit Lions said Hockenson is poised for even bigger things in 2021. “I think it’s been a fairly consistent message all offseason from Coach (Dan) Campbell to A-Lynn (offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn) that there’s plenty meat still
You can obsess about the quarterback, tout the offensive line, be intrigued by the running backs, lament the thin receiving corps. There’s plenty to debate about the Lions’ offense, and you can bet we’ll be counting Jared Goff’s completions, incompletions, interceptions, smiles, grimaces and backslaps. The new regime starts sorting it out this week during
Greg Beacham | Associated Press Los Angeles — Matthew Stafford says his offseason thumb surgery isn’t an impediment to anything he wants to do during his first offseason workouts with the Los Angeles Rams. Learning a new offense and getting to know every player in the Rams’ locker room present more than enough challenges for the veteran passer, but
They are not opting out. They are showing up in droves. Six weeks after releasing a joint statement saying they planned to sit out voluntary spring workouts, players for the Detroit Lions — and most other NFL teams — reported Monday for the start of Organized Team Activities. The Lions posted pictures on social media of some
It is one of the most difficult things to find in the NFL — offensive line depth — and now that the Detroit Lions have it, they seem reluctant to let it go. When the Lions open organized team activities on Tuesday, they will do so with essentially six starters on their offensive line. Frank Ragnow
The Detroit Lions added some depth along the offensive line on Monday, signing free agent offensive tackle Darrin Paulo. A three-year starter for the University of Utah, Paulo appeared in 53 games for the Utes, starting 26 at right tackle before earning first-team all-conference honors as a left tackle during his senior season in 2019. Paulo
The best cornerback new Detroit Lions secondary coach Aubrey Pleasant has been around isn’t a cornerback at all. “I joke and tell people that the greatest corner I’ve ever played with is Aaron Donald,” Pleasant said of the Los Angeles Rams future Hall of Fame defensive tackle. “In order to be a successful football team, things have
By Sam Farmer | Los Angeles Times Quarterback Matthew Stafford has been pretty quiet since the Rams acquired him in a January trade with the Detroit Lions, where the former No. 1 overall draft pick spent the first 12 years of his career. But he opened up on a range of topics this week in a
The Detroit Lions did not swing and miss on Matt Campbell in their winter coaching search because they did not swing at all. CBS Sports reported Wednesday that Campbell, the well-respected Iowa State coach, turned down an eight-year, $68.5 million offer to coach the Lions and perhaps take full control of the organization. But a Lions
After the last few seasons of dismal results, Detroit Lions fans are happy to embrace the mantra out with the old and in with the new. But when it comes to the team’s linebacker group, new position coach Mark DeLeone isn’t ready to cast aside one of the poster children of the past regime’s shortcomings.
Jahlani Tavai’s future with the Detroit Lions seems murky as a scheme-specific linebacker who has struggled in his first two NFL seasons. But new Lions linebackers coach Mark DeLeone insisted Thursday that he’s excited about Tavai and what he can do for the Lions’ defense this fall. “I’ve been really impressed with Jahlani,” DeLeone said. “He’s
Here we go again. Another embarrassment for the Detroit Lions. Another black eye for the franchise that’s had so many, it should change its color scheme to Honolulu Black and Blue. The latest punch to land on the Lions’ kisser came courtesy of Iowa State coach Matt Campbell, who reportedly spurned the team’s $68.5 million,
Aaron Rodgers may want out of Green Bay, but one current Detroit Lions assistant — someone who knows Rodgers well — has a hard time seeing it happen. Lions senior defensive assistant Dom Capers, who spent nine seasons as the Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator from 2009-17, said Thursday he thinks Rodgers and the Packers
Detroit Lions defensive passing game coordinator Aubrey Pleasant has worked with some elite cornerbacks during his relatively short NFL coaching career. In four seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, he had the pleasure of coaching Jalen Ramsey, Aqib Talib and Marcus Peters. Between them, that trio has been named to seven All-Pro first teams and selected to
In the NFL, you grow accustomed to secrecy and vague answers, all the name of competitive advantage. So when a coach offers any kind of schematic specifics, it’s refreshing. In his first interview session with local media, new Detroit Lions defensive line coach Todd Wash easily could have fallen back on cliché responses about needing to see the