In a move that’s been anticipated since the NFL and its players brokered a new collective bargaining agreement last year, the league officially added a 17th game to the regular season schedule starting immediately. “This is a monumental moment in NFL history,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “The CBA with the players
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Any sports fan knows NFL stands for National Football League, but the long-standing cliché in locker rooms is Not For Long is an equally apt acronym. And with that knowledge, players understand it’s better to rent than own property in their profession. After years of living by this creed, defensive lineman Michael Brockers got lulled into a
With the primary wave of free-agency over and the draft fast approaching, the Detroit Lions’ depth chart is becoming increasingly clear. That’s not to say there isn’t plenty of spots capable of being upgraded via the draft, but you can at least get a sense for projected starters and their backups at most positions. That said,
You’ll need more than two hands to count the disappointments from the Detroit Lions’ 2020 season, but if you were to rank them, the team’s linebackers would have to be near the top of the list. Despite former general manager Bob Quinn pouring significant resources into the group during his tenure, the team consistently failed to get
As the Miami Dolphins were bouncing around the top 12 of the NFL draft order last week, first moving below then jumping back ahead of the Detroit Lions, Brad Holmes’ phone stayed relatively quiet. Holmes, the Lions general manager, said he did not receive any phone calls about the team’s first-round pick, No. 7 overall,
So much for biting kneecaps. The Detroit Lions wrapped up their first wave of NFL free agency with a decidedly more muted tone than the one that kicked off the introduction of this new regime. Because let’s face it, the Lions’ free-agent haul this year has generated all the excitement of buying a discounted muffler.
Brad Holmes set the market this winter. Then some of his peers went ahead and set it on fire last week. So now it’s a wait-and-see game for the Lions’ general manager, watching the smoke and wondering if there’ll be enough embers still smoldering in a few weeks to strike another match. Or if, in
Brad Holmes set the market this winter. Then some of his peers went ahead and set it on fire last week. So now it’s a wait-and-see game for the Lions’ general manager, watching the smoke and wondering if there’ll be enough embers still smoldering in a few weeks to strike another match. Or if, in
The Detroit Lions did not make any major moves in free agency, but the incremental gains they made — on the field and in the locker room — should set them up nicely to make a bigger splash in the future. That is Dan Campbell’s hope, at least, after the Lions signed nine players in
A year after they let his predecessor walk because they did not believe in giving offensive guards big-money contracts, the Detroit Lions are ready to move one of their biggest free agent additions of 2020 to the interior offensive line. Lions coach Dan Campbell confirmed Monday that Halapoulivaati Vaitai likely will enter the 2021 season as
There’s no disputing new Detroit Lions receiver Breshad Perriman is fast. You could even make a case he’s the NFL’s fastest receiver. Based on tracking data from the NFL, nobody averaged a higher top speed than him on go routes last season. In 2015, Lions general manager Brad Holmes remembers making his way to Central
No NFL team is exempt from the fallout stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Every franchise is having to navigate the significantly reduced salary cap, a result of empty stadiums curtailing revenue. And, although it has yet to be announced, everyone is expecting the offseason program to once again be conducted virtually. Still, while every team
When the Detroit Lions added offensive lineman Halapoulivaati Vaitai a year ago, they praised his versatility. But make no mistake about it, he was penciled in as the team’s starting right tackle the moment he signed the five-year, $45-million contract. Everything pointed that direction, from the money to where he’d had most of his early-career success
For weeks, he Detroit Lions debated what to do with Kenny Golladay. In the end, the decision was made to let the former Pro Bowl wide receiver walk in free agency. General manager Brad Holmes was asked about the decision when the team introduced quarterback Jared Goff last week, but declined to answer. But when it
Brad Holmes gave serious consideration to signing wide receiver Kenny Golladay to the franchise tag and then trying to trade him, but ultimately that scenario proved too risky for the Detroit Lions’ first-year general manager. Holmes made that revelation during a 20-minute video conference Monday to discuss the team’s many offseason moves. Golladay signed a
The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated almost every aspect of American life for the last 12 months. And the sports scene around these parts has been no different. The Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, along with Michigan and Michigan State, have all changed how they work, travel and operate on a
Jessica Larmony sat in a second-floor ballroom at the J.W. Marriott in Indianapolis two years ago, amazed and excited by what she saw. Larmony had just finished her first year as Detroit Lions scouting operations manager after serving in a variety of roles in college athletics and with the Lions. She started as a recruiting
In the NFL, first-year head coaches are often caught off guard by the surprising number of things they didn’t have to deal with as assistants. On top of the additional coaching duties, keeping track of the full roster, there are also increased media and marketing responsibilities that come with going from a background figure to the face
A major draft trade Friday potentially took the Detroit Lions out of range to select a quarterback in the first round of next month’s NFL Draft, but the team continues to perform its due diligence on the top prospects in the class. On Friday, general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell made the cross-country
The NFL Draft is more than a month away, but the San Francisco 49ers all but made their intentions known when they agreed to a massive deal with the Miami Dolphins on Friday. According to multiple reports, the Dolphins are sending the No. 3 pick to 49ers in exchange for the Nos. 12 and 102