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Getty Images The Lions got another draft pick under contract Wednesday. The team announced that third-rounder Jonah Jackson had signed his four-year rookie deal. The third-rounder from Ohio State could end up in the starting lineup quickly, as the interior of their line’s unsettled on either...

Getty Images When the Lions announced last December that head coach Matt Patricia and General Manager Bob Quinn would return for the 2020 season, the team’s principal owner Martha Firestone Ford said that the expectation was that the team would be a playoff contender after going 9-22-1 the last...

Getty Images Last season, the Lions fell apart after a strong start when quarterback Matthew Stafford got hurt. This season, would they consider signing Colin Kaepernick in an effort to improve the backup quarterback situation? If they do, the Lions’ ownership will be supportive. New Lions...

Getty Images The Lions have made a change in ownership, but it remains in the family, which the league office fully supports. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell released a statement saying he supports the decision of Martha Firestone Ford to step down as the principal owner of the Lions and hand...

Getty Images Martha Firestone Ford became the principal owner of the Lions when her husband William Clay Ford died in 2014, but her run in the role has come to an end. The Lions announced on Tuesday that Ford is stepping down as the team’s principal owner and chairman. Her daughter Sheila Ford...

Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams wants out of New York. Obviously, he believes he’d benefit from a change of scenery. Which inspired Friday’s PFT Live draft: Which players currently in the NFL would benefit from being traded to a new team? Big Cat and yours truly drafted four players...

Getty Images In May, Lions head coach Matt Patricia said that he hopes similarities between his defense and the one cornerback Jeff Okudah played in at Ohio State would help smooth the first-round pick’s transition to the NFL. Based on defensive coordinator Cory Undlin’s read on Okudah, that...

Getty Images He missed half of last season due to a back injury, but he remains in the top half of all NFL quarterbacks. Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford comes in at No. 9 on the Chris Simms top 40 countdown for 2020. Still only 32, Stafford has thrown for more than 41,000 yards in his...

Getty Images Tight end T.J. Hockenson opened his rookie season with a performance that made the Lions’ decision to draft him in the first round look like a wise one. Hockenson had six catches for 131 yards and a touchdown in a 27-27 tie with the Cardinals, but it didn’t prove to be the...

Getty Images The Lions are joining the group of teams following the lead of the NFL in observing Juneteenth as a holiday. The team announced the move Tuesday, joining the Broncos, Chiefs, Cowboys, Cardinals, and Panthers. “The Detroit Lions and Ford Field are establishing the observance of...

Getty Images The Lions signed veteran defensive end Robert Ayers during training camp in 2018. A day later, he was gone. And while Ayers didn’t delve too deeply into the topic, he did point to problems with coach Matt Patricia being at the root of his swift departure. “Let’s just say me and...

Getty Images Defensive tackle Damon Harrison welcomed his release from the Lions in February, but he hasn’t found the right place to continue his career yet. Harrison made an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Thursday and said that he’s looking to join “a winning program” for his ninth NFL...

Getty Images Lions running back Kerryon Johnson wasn’t paying close attention to the second round of the draft in April, but he eventually became aware of developments that would impact the look of the backfield in Detroit. Johnson told reporters on a Wednesday conference call that he was...

Getty Images Lions cornerback Justin Coleman grew up in Brunswick, Georgia, with Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was shot and killed by two white men this year in one of several recent incidents that have caused widespread protests across America. Today Coleman told reporters that Arbery was a...

Getty Images The Buccaneers and Lions partially reopened their facilities Wednesday to select employees. Both teams’ coaching staffs, though, are continuing to work from home. The NFL allowed teams to reopen with limited staff May 19 as long as all state and local regulations were met, with...

Getty Images Like all NFL players, Lions center Frank Ragnow hasn’t been able to work out at the team’s facility this offseason but he isn’t letting that keep him from trying to be in position to help the team’s attempt to boost their rushing attack. The Lions ranked 21st in rushing last...

Getty Images The Lions got another draft pick under contract Tuesday. The team announced the signing of third-round pick Julian Okwara. The defensive end from Notre Dame is the third of their nine draft picks to sign this spring, joining fourth-rounder Logan Stenberg and sixth-rounder John...

Getty Images Lions running back Bo Scarbrough is only 23 years old and hopes to play many more seasons in the NFL, but he’s also thinking about his post-football life. Scarbrough is taking classes this summer with an eye toward graduating from Alabama before the season starts. His current...

Getty Images Word on Thursday was that some current Lions players would take part in a Friday march protesting police brutality organized by former Lions running back Joique Bell in Belle Isle, Michigan and they got company from their head coach. Pictures from the event shared by Dave Birkett...

Getty Images The Lions have vowed to be patient in getting back to work, and that’s shown in their approach to reopening their facility. The team just announced they’d begin the first phase of bringing employees back to Ford Field and the Allen Park facility next Wedesday, June 10. “Our staff...