Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 1:12 PM EDT Sep 5, 2020 Stay here for all your updates as the Lions get down to their 53-man roster limit by 4 p.m. Saturday: 1:03 p.m. – NFL Network is reporting that that the Lions are releasing running back Jonathan Williams. Williams signed late in the summer
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 10:36 AM EDT Sep 5, 2020 7:26 a.m. — Good morning everyone, we’ll keep track of all the Detroit Lions’ roster moves today as they get down to the 53-man limit by 4 p.m. Already this week, the Lions have let go of a couple wide receivers, Geremy Davis on Tuesday
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 5, 2020 It rained. It shined. Everyone wore masks and kept their distance. I got a swab stuck up my nose a couple of times. And a movement that rocked the sports world was started in Allen Park. It has been a short, strange trip,
Ryan Ford Detroit Free Press Published 10:22 PM EDT Sep 4, 2020 With just over a week left before their season opener, the Detroit Lions now know which Chicago quarterback to plan for: Mitchell Trubisky, who was named the Bears’ Week 1 starter by coach Matt Nagy on Friday, according to multiple reports. The fourth-year starter
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Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 7:49 PM EDT Sep 4, 2020 The Detroit Lions began the process of whittling their roster to the 53-man limit Friday when they informed wide receiver Chris Lacy he was being waived. Lacy was cut early in training camp, but re-signed Aug. 19 when the Lions were dealing with
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 5:49 PM EDT Sep 4, 2020 Some final thoughts before the Detroit Lions start the process of trimming their roster to 53 players before Saturday’s 4 p.m. deadline: • I know some people were surprised to see me put six receivers on my Lions’ initial 53-man roster prediction, but
Chris Thomas Detroit Free Press Published 2:19 PM EDT Sep 4, 2020 Marvin Jones Jr. could end up playing for Michigan football. Wait, what? No, not that Marvin Jones Jr., the talented wide receiver for the Detroit Lions. We’re talking about Marvin Jones Jr., the four-star junior outside linebacker from American Heritage in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 1:43 PM EDT Sep 4, 2020 Around this time every year, just ahead of the start of the NFL season, our inboxes are flooded with emails from gambling websites highlighting the latest prop bets from around the league. With Michigan legalizing sports betting this year, it seemed like a
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 11:57 AM EDT Sep 4, 2020 Allen Park — The day after the NFL’s regular season concludes has been dubbed Black Monday due to fact multiple coaches are typically fired, but far less attention is given to the league’s roster cutdown day. By Saturday afternoon, more than 800 players will lose
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 10:50 AM EDT Sep 4, 2020 This weekend is one of the toughest for players and coaches around the league. NFL teams have until 4 p.m. Saturday to cut their 80-man rosters to 53 players, and while practice squads have been expanded from 10 to 16 this year, meaning
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Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:03 AM EDT Sep 4, 2020 This weekend is one of the toughest for players and coaches around the league. NFL teams have until 4 p.m. Saturday to cut their 80-man rosters to 53 players, and while practice squads have been expanded from 10 to 16 this year, meaning
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Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 7:42 PM EDT Sep 3, 2020 These were not the tight ends that the Lions were looking for. Not an injured T.J. Hockenson and a seldom-targeted Jesse James. The Lions had higher hopes for their prolific offense, featuring Hockenson, the No. 8 overall pick in last season’s draft and
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 5:26 PM EDT Sep 3, 2020 Former Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson joined Michigan State Rep. Joe Tate on Thursday in a video roundtable event to highlight the consequences of President Donald Trump’s pandemic response, and how it is expected to lead to an economic fallout from the postponement of
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 5:53 PM EDT Sep 3, 2020 Jesse James’ first season with the Detroit Lions was a “brutal” one. He suffered through too much losing and delivered too little production. “Toughest year I had as a pro, for sure,” James said Thursday. “A lot of learning. It was just, worked
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 2:00 PM EDT Sep 3, 2020 The Detroit Lions got a taste of what it will be like playing in front of an empty, cavernous stadium this week, conducting a scrimmage at Ford Field on Thursday. And even with music blaring and a sampling of league-approved artificial crowd noise,