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Getty Images Chris Spielman, the former Lions player who now has a prominent place in the team’s front office, indicated this week that he hopes to keep wide receiver Kenny Golladay, who is poised to become a free agent next month. Spielman said on WXYT-FM that he’s a big fan of the way...

Getty Images Tuesday marks an important day on the NFL’s offseason calendar. It is the first day that teams are allowed to use the franchise or transition tag on impending unrestricted free agents. The window will remain open until March 9. Most teams will likely wait until closer to that...

Getty Images The Lions are building their first team since hiring General Manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell last month and another new addition to the club shed some light on how that process may play out this offseason. Chris Spielman joined the Lions as a special assistant to...

Getty Images While trades are routinely agreed to in this time of year, individuals associated with the teams cannot talk about them until they’re official when the new league year begins. But everyone knows quarterback Jared Goff is heading to Detroit as part of the deal to send Matthew...

Getty Images Soon-to-be-free-agent quarterback Cam Newton recently declared that there aren’t 32 quarterbacks better than him. He’s right. On Tuesday’s PFT Live, Simms and I went through all 32 teams and identified several starting (for now) quarterbacks who aren’t as good, in our view, as...

Getty Images Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp is taking a hands-on approach to rebuilding the team’s roster. Chris Spielman, who joined the Lions’ front office in December, said this morning on 97.1 The Ticket that Hamp is involved in the Lions’ meetings as they discuss improving their personnel...

Getty Images After Dan Campbell talked about his team biting off a kneecap in his introductory press conference last month, he began to see accusations of him being a meathead. But Campbell says he wasn’t delivering that message for everyone. It was mainly to those fans in Detroit who care a...

Getty Images The in-plain-sight clue came from a comment Panthers owner David Tepper made in the All or Nothing season that focused on his football team. Tepper was determined to make what he believed to be upgrades at the three key positions that determine success or failure of a football...

Getty Images The Patriots brought back Matt Patricia to work as a coaching assistant after the Lions let him go. A former member of Patricia’s staff in Detroit has apparently followed him to New England. ESPN’s Mike Reiss reports Billy Yates has been working with the Patriots’ staff in recent...

Getty Images Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones is about to become a free agent, and he’s hoping for two things: To sign with a contender and to get paid what he’s worth. Jones said on SiriusXM NFL Radio that a ring is a high priority. “At this point in my career, that’s what I want,” Jones...

USA TODAY Sports Matthew Stafford will be a Ram when the trade sending him to Los Angeles becomes official on March 17. Lions center Frank Ragnow is excited to play with Jared Goff, who will go to Detroit as part of the deal. But during an appearance on the “Unrestricted with Ben Leber”...

Getty Images There were 22 quarterbacks drafted in the first round between the 2009 and 2016 seasons and all of them came with hopes that they’d lead their teams for years to come. Some of those players had extended runs with their original teams, but, as Field Yates of ESPN notes, none of...

Getty Images Defensive end David Irving took a couple of visits with other teams this month, but he isn’t going to be signing with them. The Raiders announced on Thursday that they have re-signed Irving. He had visited with the Lions and Colts. Irving signed to their practice squad in October...

Getty Images The Lions have added a player to their defensive line group. The team announced the signing of defensive tackle Joel Heath on Thursday. Heath opted out of playing in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Broncos released him earlier this month. Heath made the Texans as an...

USA TODAY Sports Antwaan Randle El is officially returning to the place where he once threw a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl. Yes, Jerome Bettis may be from Detroit (if you hadn’t heard), but Randle El owned the town (at least for a moment) on February 5, 2006, when he helped cement a Super...

USA TODAY Sports Lions head coach Dan Campbell is a former NFL player who has filled his staff with former NFL players. The hiring of wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El brings the tally to eight former players with 90 seasons of experience among Detroit’s coaches for 2021. Campbell — who...

Getty Images The Lions officially announced the hiring of wide receivers coach Antwan Randle-El on Wednesday and that cleared the way for the announcement of their full coaching staff for the coming season. New head coach Dan Campbell has put together a staff that’s long on former NFL players...

Getty Images Lions kicker Matt Prater set a new record for career field goals of 50 or more yards in the final game of the 2020 regular season, but it remains to be seen if that will be his final milestone in the team’s uniform. Prater is set for unrestricted free agency this offseason and...

Getty Images After the Lions agreed to trade Matthew Stafford to the Rams for Jared Goff and three draft picks, Stafford reached out to Goff to wish him well in Detroit. Stafford told Mitch Albom that he thinks highly of Goff and hopes he’ll have success in Detroit. “I shot him a text. We...

Getty Images He turns 36 next month. And he’s not yet ready to surrender his quest to catch Emmitt Smith for the NFL’s career rushing record. Adrian Peterson reiterated his longstanding desire to (1) win a Super Bowl and (2) catch Smith’s record in recent remarks to TMZ.com. “I’m going to...