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Getty Images The Lions tried to trade tight end Michael Roberts to the Patriots, but the deal was rescinded last Friday and Roberts was placed on waivers instead. Now Roberts will be headed to one of Detroit’s divisional rivals instead. The NFL’s daily transaction report brings word that the...

Getty Images The Lions have a lot of ties to the Patriots and they’ll get to revisit them ahead of a preseason game between the teams this August. The Lions announced that they will host three days of joint practices with the Patriots before the two teams play at Ford Field on August 8. Two of...

Getty Images The Lions won’t be getting a 2020 seventh-round pick from the Patriots in exchange for tight end Michael Roberts. Detroit sent Roberts to New England in exchange for a conditional draft choice on Thursday, but the trade is off. The Lions announced that Roberts was returned to...

Getty Images Lions cornerback Darius Slay made his decision to skip mandatory minicamp known ahead of time, but he’s not ready to share his plans for training camp this summer. Slay appeared on The Pride Podcast Thursday and said “we’ll see” and “time will tell” when asked if he’d be at camp...

Getty Images Calvin Johnson is in no mood to deal with the Lions, but other NFL teams he’s willing to visit. Megatron is at the Falcons’ minicamp today, and he was seen on the field talking to owner Arthur Blank and head coach Dan Quinn. Johnson was born and raised in the Atlanta area and...

Getty Images The Patriots and Lions are trading again, with Detroit offering some tight end depth. According to Justin Rogers of the Detroit News, the Lions are trading tight end Michael Roberts to New England in exchange for a future late-round draft pick. Roberts might not have made the...

Getty Images Connor Cook didn’t last long in Detroit. Cook, the backup quarterback who has bounced around the league since the Raiders took him in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft, was cut by the Lions today. The Lions signed Cook in January. To take his place on the roster, the Lions...

Wide receiver Jermaine Kearse set career highs in catches and receiving yards with the Jets in 2017, but his second season with the team wasn’t as successful. Kearse missed two games and never clicked with Sam Darnold on his way to 37 catches for 371 yards and a touchdown. The Jets didn’t make...

Getty Images The Texans aren’t wasting any time in their search for a new General Manager. According to Peter Schrager of NFL Network, former Lions General Manager Martin Mayhew is in Houston to interview for the job created by the surprise firing of Brian Gaine on Friday. Mayhew’s currently...

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has the benefit of experience, but he’s learning a new offense right alongside all his teammates. And as he sees it, that puts an extra burden on him, to know Darrell Bevell’s wishes so he can effectively communicate them. “That’s my biggest challenge at the...

Getty Images The Lions waived receiver Jordan Smallwood on Thursday, according to the NFL’s official transactions report. The move was necessary to make room for the signing of receiver Jermaine Kearse. Smallwood, 24, has never played a regular-season game. He originally signed with the...

Getty Images The Lions added some veteran depth at receiver, who should be familiar with their new offense. The team announced the signing of wideout Jermaine Kearse, who had worked out for them a few weeks ago. Kearse caught 37 passes for 371 yards and a touchdown last year for the Jets...

When inexplicable things happen, football players will shrug and say it’s “just business” So for Buccaneers guard Evan Smith, suddenly being teammates with Ndamukong Suh — who famously stomped him on Thanksgiving 2011 — didn’t merit much of a reaction. “It was 2011,” Smith said, via Martin...

With Odell Beckham plying his trade in Cleveland these days, the top two wideouts for the Giants are Sterling Shepard and Golden Tate. Both of those players have spent a lot of time playing out of the slot in recent seasons, so the Giants will need to move some pieces around with both of the...

@LeroyInsider On Monday, the literal newshound owned by my Internet son had a major potential scoop regarding a football team representing the arch enemy of his species. PFT Commenter’s dog Leroy reported that he’s hearing (among many things his owner can’t) that the Detroit Lions will be this...

Getty Images Two starters on the Lions’ defense, cornerback Darius Slay and defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison, are skipping the team’s mandatory minicamp. Their coach doesn’t sound too worried. Lions head coach Matt Patricia noted that it’s happened before. “It’s nothing uncharted...

Getty Images The “Wanna lick? . . . Psyche!” news tease from the Cardinals that resulted, eventually, in the announcement that quarterback Carson Palmer will be added to the team’s Ring of Honor had triggered during the 15 minutes or so after the “so we have some news” tweet speculation that...

The Lions used their first-round draft pick on tight end T.J. Hockenson, and they plan to use him a lot. But that doesn’t mean they won’t use their other tight ends regularly as well. In fact, based on how the Lions have lined up during minicamp, they are likely to use three-tight end...

Getty Images The Lions have all of their 2019 draft picks under contract with their three-day mandatory minicamp getting underway on Tuesday. Safety Will Harris was the only one of the team’s nine picks without a deal, but the Lions announced on Monday night that the third-round pick has...