Zylstra seemed totally destined for the 53-man roster this year. He had a solid camp and a really good preseason. That’s why it’s shocking that the Lions have chosen to waive him. The reason could be that the team wants to carry fewer tight ends this season. This would set them up with likely three
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The Lions traded for Peoples-Jones at the trade deadline last November. They sent a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Browns to get him. Peoples-Jones was not a big part of the Lions receiving corps last year, but was expected to be a big part of it in 2024 since the belief was that he could play
The process of trimming down the Detroit Lions roster from the preseason limit of 90 to the regular season allotment of just 53 is underway. The cuts are beginning with a couple of veteran wide receivers, according to a report from Jordan Schultzreport from Jordan Schultz. Donovan Peoples-Jones is the most prominent name. The Detroit
The Lions are placing cornerback Emmanuel Moseley on injured reserve, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He will be eligible to return to the team later this season. Lions are placing CB Emmanuel Moseley on IR and he is eligible to come back this season. They are also keeping guard Christian Mahogany on the NFI list, and
Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs and cornerback Terrion Arnold are back at practice, leading a long list of key contributors getting healthy at just the right time for Detroit. Head coach Dan Campbell said Gibbs and Sam LaPorta were back on the practice field Sunday and are recovering from hamstring injuries. Arnold also practiced Sunday
The Lions are keeping rookie offensive guard Christian Mahogany (undisclosed illness) on the non-football injury list, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Lions are placing CB Emmanuel Moseley on IR and he is eligible to come back this season. They are also keeping guard Christian Mahogany on the NFI list, and he is eligible to return after
The Detroit Lions beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in their third and final game of the preseason on Saturday by a score of 24-17. It was an impressive come-from-behind victory for the Lions, who relied solely on the team’s bench while resting their starters for the grueling demands of the upcoming regular season. What We Learned
Last year during the NFL Trade Deadline, the Detroit Lions made somewhat of a surprising move by trading for Donovan Peoples-Jones. The Lions gave up a 6th round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft to acquire him from the Cleveland Browns. Certainly, it was a roll of the dice for a receiver who had recorded
In a move expected to energize Detroit Lions fans, defensive tackle D.J. Reader has been cleared off the physically unable-to-perform list. This is awesome news for the Lions, as they’re preparing for their season opener against the Los Angeles Rams in two weeks. The timing could not be more perfect, as the return of Reader
It’s Sunday afternoon as I’m writing this. The Detroit Lions finished their preseason with a nice comeback win over the Pittsburgh Steelers about 24 hours ago. That final exhibition game was the last chance for many players to either validate a spot on the Lions’ 53-man roster or play their way more onto the bubble.
The Detroit Lions have one of the best fanbases in the entire NFL. They even flock to a preseason game in which the quarterbacks were Hendon Hooker and Jake Fromm. 51,976 members of the Lions’ following made the trip to Ford Field for Detroit’s preseason finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers, a game won by the
DJ Reader, who has yet to practice this preseason, was removed from the PUP (physically unable to perform) list today which allows him to start the individual drills that Dan Campbell forecasted last week. The Lions did have the option of keeping him on the PUP list into the regular season which would have made
The Lions have received a boost on the health front in advance of roster cutdowns. Defensive tackle D.J. Reader was activated from the PUP list on Sunday, the team announced. Reader had been rehabbing the torn quad which ended his 2023 campaign prematurely. That injury brought his Bengals tenure to a close, and it had
One of the mysteries of the Detroit Lions’ 53-man roster construction was solved on Sunday. The Lions announced that veteran defensive tackle DJ Reader has been activated from the physically-unable-to-perform (PUP) list. Reader joins the active roster now that he’s cleared his physical. The 30-year-old nose tackle has been sidelined all offseason as he recovers
Reader will get his first practice in this week since he was placed on the PUP list in July. Reader, 29, is a former fifth-round pick of the Texans back in 2016. He played out the final year of his four-year, $2.55 million contract with the Texans. The Bengals signed Reader to a four-year, $53
The NFL gets very busy this week, with all 32 teams trimming their rosters from a maximum of 90 for the preseason down to 53 players by Tuesday, August 27th at 4 p.m. ET. Some teams have already started their cuts, notably the Cincinnati Bengals, after their final preseason games. All the players flooding the
Lions Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Lions QB Hendon Hooker is fighting for the backup job with QB Nate Sudfeld and needed another strong preseason showing to win the job. After Saturday’s preseason performance where Hooker went 12 for 20 with 114 yards, a touchdown and an interception, Lions HC Dan Campbell said he thought Hooker
Brodric Martin, the Lions 3rd round pick in 2023, hurt his right knee late in the 3rd quarter of the final preseason game vs the Steelers. This is an important preseason for Martin who the Lions hope can take a 2nd year leap in productivity. The injury video is obscured, but you can see Martin
The final exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Steelers was the only home preseason date on the Detroit Lions calendar. A packed Ford Field full of fans watched as the team tried to sort out the bottom of the depth chart and potential roster decisions with the 53-man deadline looming on Tuesday afternoon. Some players rose
Jake Fromm wasn’t supposed to play in the Detroit Lions preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Head coach Dan Campbell said as much in his final press conference of the week. Heck, Fromm didn’t take a single snap in either practice leading into the game. Brought in as a camp arm to provide reps while
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