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Getty Images The Lions and Steelers can expect to get third-round compensatory picks in the 2022 NFL draft. Although the NFL won’t officially announce compensatory picks until March of 2022, Nick Korte of OverTheCap.com has early projections that have proven to be accurate in the past, and...

Getty Images When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the...

Getty Images Linebacker Chazz Surratt was drafted in the third round by the Vikings, but his brother never heard his name called in Cleveland. Sage Surratt will get a shot at playing in the same division as his older brother, however. The Lions announced his signing on Monday. Surratt caught...

Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced...

Getty Images When the Lions chose to trade quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Rams, one key piece of the deal was acquiring quarterback Jared Goff. Detroit General Manager Brad Holmes was Los Angeles’ director of college scouting when Goff was taken at No. 1 overall, so he’s as familiar as...

Getty Images Though the Lions acquired Jared Goff and the Rams’ 2022 and 2023 first-round picks in exchange for Matthew Stafford, they still considered selecting a QB at No. 7 overall in last week’s draft. General Manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell did attend many of the Pro Days...

Getty Images Lions General Manager Brad Holmes thinks he inherited one of the best centers in the NFL in Frank Ragnow, and he doesn’t want Ragnow to go anywhere. The Lions have picked up the fifth-year option on Ragnow, a 2018 first-round draft pick, which means they have him under contract...

Getty Images The Lions got a new target for Jared Goff early in the fourth round and then made a trade to get a defensive player with the next pick. General Manager Brad Holmes took former USC wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown with the 112th pick and then dealt a fifth-round pick and a 2022...

Getty Images The Lions held their position at No. 7 overall on Thursday night and selected Oregon tackle Penei Sewell, setting themselves up for a strong offensive line to protect quarterback Jared Goff. Sewell is slated to play right tackle, creating a third anchor point with left tackle...

Getty Images The Lions waived tight end Hunter Bryant with a non-football injury designation Wednesday. He cleared waivers Thursday. That means Bryant has reverted to the team’s reserve/non-football injury list. He will not count against the 90-player offseason roster limit. Bryant signed...

Getty Images The first offensive lineman is off the board in the 2021 NFL draft, and he’s heading to Detroit. With the seventh overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft, the Lions have selected Oregon offensive tackle Penei Sewell. Although he’s only 20 years old, Sewell has been regarded as clearly...

Getty Images As to the first two picks in the draft, there’s no mystery. After that, it’s all a mystery. At the center of the mystery resides Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Once regarded as the No. 2 quarterback in the draft (especially after shredding presumptive No. 1 pick Trevor...

Getty Images The Lions ended tight end Hunter Bryant‘s run with the team on Wednesday. The NFL’s daily transaction report brings word that the Lions waived Bryant. The move came with a failed physical designation. Bryant signed with the team after going undrafted out of Washington and made...

Getty Images Some players hope to be drafted by a certain team. Others simply want to hear their names called as early as possible. Former Oregon tackle Penei Sewell is among the latter. Sewell, who visited Tuesday’s PFT PM, explained that he wants to be drafted sooner than later, if only to...

Getty Images Frank Ragnow has been a fixture in the Lions’ starting lineup since they picked him with the 20th overall pick in the 2018 draft and he’s set to stay there for at least two more years. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Lions have exercised their option on Ragnow’s...

Getty Images Left tackle Taylor Decker is on his third Lions head coach, having previously played under Jim Caldwell and Matt Patricia. While Decker has yet to play a game under Dan Campbell — or even met him in person — he’s had a particularly positive impression of the new top coach in...

Getty Images The Lions’ offense will look a lot different in 2021 with Jared Goff as the team’s starting quarterback. Goff recently got together with some of his new teammates in Southern California to throw some routes and get to know one another. Recently signed Breshad Perriman was among...

Getty Images The Lions have the seventh pick in this week’s draft and should have several top options to choose from — particularly if they elect not to select a quarterback. One of their best offensive linemen would like to see Detroit bring in another player to help the five up front. “I’m...

Getty Images The Lions were part of one of the marquee moves of the offseason, trading QB Matthew Stafford to the Rams in exchange for Jared Goff. Stafford had spent all 12 seasons of his career in Detroit and was the first overall pick of the 2009 draft, but the Lions had never won a playoff...

Getty Images NFL teams will be adding first-round picks to their roster this week and some of them will then turn their attention to first-round picks from 2018. Fifth-year contract options for players selected in the first round that year need to be exercised by May 3 and some teams have...