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Getty Images Former 49ers first-round draft pick Josh Garnett was among the players released for the Lions to get down to 80 players on the roster. The 49ers traded up to select Garnett with the 28th overall pick in the 2016 first round. Although he was given a starting job as a rookie, he...

Getty Images The Rams placed defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson on the active/non-football injury list, the team announced Saturday. Robinson has an unspecified injury that occurred before the start of training camp. He can return at any time. Robinson signed a two-year, $17 million contract...

Getty Images Defensive tackle Daylon Mack‘s stay in the Motor City turned out to be a short one. The Lions claimed Mack off of waivers from the Ravens on August 3 and announced that he’s been placed back on the waiver wire Friday. Mack was a fifth-round pick out of Texas A&M last season. He...

Getty Images Former Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell is feeling healthy once again after having to take leave from his job with the Miami Dolphins last season. Caldwell stepped away from his post last July as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach with the...

Getty Images By the time yesterday’s deadline came and went, 67 players decided to opt out of the 2020 season over concerns about COVID-19. But there are still plenty of players with major concerns, and Lions linebacker Jamie Collins wishes they’d have had more time to come to grips with a...

Getty Images Lions left tackle Taylor Decker said in May that there had not been any major extension talks with the team and it doesn’t look like much has changed over the last couple of months. Decker is set to make $10.35 million this year after the Lions picked up their option on the fifth...

Getty Images The Lions are striking a more optimistic tone than at least one of their division rivals. The team sent a letter to season ticket members Friday that said they’re still “preparing to host fans at all eight regular season home games.” They mentioned the ongoing uncertainty because...

Getty Images A day after the Lions cleared quarterback Matthew Stafford, they welcomed his leading receiver back to the fold. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions activated wide receiver Kenny Golladay from the reserve/COVID-19 list Wednesday, so he can resume working out with...

Getty Images The Lions activated quarterback Matthew Stafford from the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday, declaring his inclusion on the list a false-positive. Stafford was placed on the list Saturday, but the Lions say subsequent tests indicate he had not contracted the virus. “As a result of a...

Getty Images The Lions announced on Tuesday that quarterback Matthew Stafford had a false positive test for COVID-19. That claim leads to a fairly important question, one that may come up against and again this year: How do they know it was a false positive? “As a result of a False-Positive...

Getty Images Lions kicker Matt Prater already has the record. And he thinks he’s more than capable of making the kind of kick that would make him legendary among Detroit beer-drinkers. Via Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press, Prater said he was confident he could break his record of a...

Getty Images The Lions activated tight end Isaac Nauta from the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday. He becomes the team’s first player to come off the list. Nauta’s activation means he has shown no symptoms and tested negative twice in five days. The Lions have seven players still on the special...

Getty Images The Lions put quarterback Matthew Stafford on the reserve/COVID-19 list yesterday, and even when he returns, he’ll be short one target. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Lions wide receiver Geronimo Allison has opted out of the 2020 season. The Lions signed the former Packers...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has just become the biggest name in the NFL to go on the COVID-19 list. The Lions added Stafford to the reserve/COVID-19 list today, according to the league’s transaction wire. That could either mean that Stafford himself tested positive or that...

Getty Images Lions cornerback Justin Coleman has tested positive for COVID-19. Coleman tested positive on Wednesday after previously testing negative on Tuesday, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Coleman is asymptomatic. The Lions are putting Coleman on the COVID-19 reserve list...

Getty Images The Lions placed two more players on the reserve/COVID-19 list, giving them seven players on the list. Cornerback Justin Coleman, whose positive test previously was reported Thursday, tested negative Tuesday before a positive test Wednesday, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press...

Getty Images Lions defensive tackle John Atkins has opted out of the 2020 season, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Atkins was scheduled to make $675,000 this season. His contract will toll to 2021. It is unknown whether Atkins is a voluntary opt out or “high risk.” Atkins, 27, appeared in 12...

Getty Images Two key members of the Lions Offense have been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The NFL’s daily transaction report brings word that wide receiver Kenny Golladay and tight end T.J. Hockenson have both been placed on the list by the team. Defensive back Jalen Elliott, defensive...

Getty Images These are unusual times for everyone, and NFL teams are no exception. And Lions General Manager Bob Quinn illustrated that in describing how the team has prepared its facility for hosting training camp in a pandemic. Quinn said he has a detailed binder full of all the...

Getty Images One of the agreements between the NFL and NFLPA on modifications to the Collective Bargaining Agreement related to the COVID-19 pandemic was that rosters will be capped at 80 players rather than the usual 90-man limit. Teams have options about when they want to make the cut to...