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Getty Images Lions safety Tracy Walker will be carrying his cousin with him on the field this year. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Walker will wear a sticker with the name of Ahmaud Arbery on his helmet, and is making shirts to wear under his uniform featuring the face of...

Getty Images Lions rookie defensive lineman Jashon Cornell appears to have been lost for the season in practice today. Cornell went down with what looked like an Achilles injury today, and Lions head coach Matt Patricia told reporters after practice that Cornell suffered a “pretty serious...

Getty Images Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson had his rookie season end in early December because of an ankle injury and he suggested he isn’t totally past it when he spoke to reporters after Monday’s first padded practice of training camp. Hockenson said that the ankle was “kind of challenge...

Getty Images The Lions have high hopes for wide receiver Kenny Golladay this season and Golladay has a hope of his own for the period before the season gets underway. Golladay is heading into the final year of his rookie contract and the topic of an extension came up during a video conference...

Getty Images The Lions have added another running back to the roster as padded practices get underway this week. The team announced that Jonathan Williams has signed with the team on Monday morning. Running back Wes Hills was waived to make room for him on the roster. Williams was a 2016...

Getty Images The Lions activated a pair of players Friday, and cleared their reserve/COVID-19 list. The team announced that safety Jalen Elliot was activated from the COVID list, and he was the last player they had remaining there. They also activated defensive end Romeo Okwara from the...

Getty Images Herb Orvis, a former first-round draft choice of the Lions, died Friday in his adopted hometown of Goodyear, Arizona, Brendan Savage of mlive.com reports. Orvis was 73. Orvis was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008. Orvis’ longtime fiancée, Marilu Trainor, said Orvis...

Getty Images Marvin Jones wasn’t prepared for what happened last December, such that anyone can ever prepare for the kind of tragedy he endured. But the Lions receiver said he was helped through the process of losing his infant son by the support of others, after his 6-month-old son Marlo died...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is giving back to his alma mater. Stafford and his wife announced they’re making a $350,000 donation to a program that will promote social justice causes within Georgia Bulldogs athletics. Georgia football coach Kirby Smart and his wife are...

Getty Images The Lions worked out free agent running back C.J. Prosise, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Prosise ended last season on injured reserve after breaking his arm in the Seahawks’ Week 16 loss to the Cardinals. The Seahawks made Prosise a third-round choice in 2016, but injuries...

USA TODAY Sports Veteran defensive lineman Mike Daniels has ended his search for a new team. The Bengals have announced that Daniels has signed a one-year deal in Cincinnati. A fourth-round pick of the Packers in 2012, Green Bay cut Daniels last year. He signed with the Lions, appearing in...

Julian H. Gonzalez, Detroit Free Press A Lions employee looking for something in a storage closet discovered that hundreds of fan letters written years ago to Barry Sanders had been sitting unopened, and now Sanders is getting back to those fans. When Sanders was told of the letters he pledged...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on August 1, but he had a short stay on the list due to what the Lions called a “false positive” a few days later. While Stafford had tested negative multiple times before the positive test, the league’s...

Getty Images The Green Bay Packers have claimed wide receiver Travis Fulgham off waivers from the Detroit Lions. Fulgham appeared in three games last season for the Lions and appeared on just 63 total offensive snaps, per Pro-Football-Reference. He was a sixth-round pick by the Lions last...

Getty Images The Colts are adding a pair of defensive backs to the active roster on Tuesday. One of them comes from outside the organization while the other is returning to active duty after a stay on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The newcomer is safety Tavon Wilson, who signed as a free agent...

Getty Images After the Lions traded cornerback Darius Slay to the Eagles this offseason, Slay made no secret of the fact that he would not miss being around Lions head coach Matt Patricia. Slay took issue with Patricia singling him out for criticism after a 2018 practice and with the coach...

Getty Images Former Lions coach Jim Caldwell says that General Manager Bob Quinn wanted to fire him from the moment Quinn arrived in Detroit in January of 2016. Caldwell said on former Lions safety Glover Quin’s podcast that he believes Quinn wanted him gone from the beginning. “I think...

Getty Images The Lions activated wide receiver Kenny Golladay from the reserve/COVID-19 list last week and that leaves him clear to focus on the football matters associated with preparing himself for the 2020 season. Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell has set a big goal for that football...

Getty Images Veteran defensive tackle Mike Daniels is in Cincinnati, taking a physical, a COVID-19 test and meeting with the team, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Daniels, 31, spent last season in Detroit. He played nine games with two starts last season, making 10 tackles and a sack. The...

Getty Images The Lions are down to one player on their reserve/COVID-19 list. The team announced on Saturday that tight end T.J. Hockenson, cornerback Amani Oruwariye and punter Arryn Siposs have been activated from the list. Safety Jalen Elliott is the only player left on the list. Hockenson...