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Getty Images Former Houston Oilers punter Greg Montgomery died last month in Grand Rapids, Michigan, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports. Montgomery was 55. The Oilers selected Montgomery in the third round of the 1988 draft out of Michigan State. He played nine NFL seasons...

Getty Images The Lions are waiving receiver Chris Lacy, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Lacy is a practice squad candidate if he clears waivers. Lacy, 24, already received the knock once this offseason, hearing from the Turk on Aug. 9. The Lions re-signed Lacy two weeks later and now...

Getty Images The Bears have made their decision. And the incumbent has fended off the Super Bowl LII MVP. Per a source with direct knowledge of the decision, Mitch Trubisky will serve as the Bears’ starting quarterback entering the 2020 season. Trubisky, in the estimation of the coaching...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Dallas Released safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. Waived...

Getty Images In his final three years in Pittsburgh, Jesse James averaged 37 catches for 378 yards and three touchdowns. In his first season in Detroit, James made 16 receptions for 142 yards and no touchdowns. The Steelers went to the postseason in three of James’ four seasons in Pittsburgh...

Getty Images Things got moving quickly once the Lions and left tackle Taylor Decker started working on a contract extension. And then, things got moving, and quickly. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Decker said he called his parents in the moments before the news broke of the...

Getty Images The Lions made a big move to take care of one of their own. Per a tweet from his agent Jonathan Feinsod, Lions left tackle Taylor Decker has agreed to terms on a six-year deal worth $85 million, with $37.5 million fully guaranteed. The 2016 first-rounder was entering the option...

Getty Images The Lions will take a look at a new defensive tackle in the days leading up to Week One. Agent Casey Muir announced that his client Albert Huggins has been claimed off of waivers. Huggins was one of three players cut by the Texans on Monday. Huggins was undrafted out of Clemson...

Getty Images On Tuesday, Lions tackle Taylor Decker got his new contract. Soon, Lions receiver Kenny Golladay likely will be joining him. Per a league source, the Lions are closing in on an extension with the fourth-year receiver. Golladay has made it clear that he wants a new contract before...

Getty Images The number of teams offering fans a chance to buy a cardboard cutout likeness of themselves to fill the stands at NFL games this fall continues to grow on Wednesday. The Lions announced that they will be selling cutouts to take up the areas around the end zones in the lower bowl...

Getty Images Maybe Bears coach Matt Nagy reconsidered. Or maybe it wasn’t quite the cliffhanger he thought it was. Either way, Nagy has circled back and said that he would in fact name a starting quarterback next week, after initially saying Saturday it wouldn’t be before their opener against...

Getty Images The Lions pared down their receiving corps on Tuesday. The team announced the release of Geremy Davis. Davis signed with the Lions as a free agent in March, but wasn’t able to find a spot on the depth chart at camp this summer. Davis opened his career as a 2015 sixth-round pick...

Getty Images The Lions made cornerback Jeff Okudah the third overall pick of this year’s draft, but they aren’t saying whether they’ll be making him a starter in his first regular season game. Defensive coordinator Cory Undlin said on Sunday that he is “not making any assumptions on what we’re...

Getty Images For the third year in a row, Nick Bawden‘s going on injured reserve. The Lions announced that the third-year fullback was being placed on IR. Bawden, their 2018 seventh-rounder, went on IR his rookie year after a torn ACL in OTAs. Last year, he made it to November and played in...

USA TODAY Sports When the Lions initially hired Cory Undlin as their defensive coordinator, there was no word on whether he’d be calling the defensive plays for the team this season. Head coach Matt Patricia took over those duties from former coordinator Paul Pasqualoni last season and did the...

Getty Images While it may be hard to imagine the Detroit Lions as trend-setters, they were, in fact, the first team to walk out of work to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Their actions last Tuesday were followed by the Milwaukee Bucks following suit the next day, which caused a...

Getty Images As the Lions continue to search for a high end running game, a high-round draft pick at the position currently isn’t participating in preparations for Week One. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Swift has missed seven practices with a lingering leg injury. Given the...

Getty Images Eagles cornerback Darius Slay has apologized for tweeting a joke in reference to a video of a police officer getting hit and knocked to the ground by a thrown object. In a since-deleted tweet, Slay wrote, “Captain America!” with a cry-laughing emoji above a video that showed an...

Getty Images The Lions are taking a look at a former second-round quarterback, who has plowed through three teams in as many years. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Lions are working out quarterback DeShone Kizer. Initially drafted into a terrible situation in Cleveland, he...

Getty Images The Seahawks had quarterback Kyle Sloter and receivers Justin Hardy and Lance Lenoir among the players who tried out for them Thursday, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Sloter, 26, has remained a free agent since the Lions released him in March. He signed with the Lions last November...