Last year, the Lions traded for veteran pass rusher Za’Darius Smith during the season, and this year, both Smith and Lions officials have said they’d be interested in a reunion. But Smith remains a free agent, and there have been no recent talks between the two sides. The Lions have one open roster spot at the moment, but when Lions …
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7. Head coach Dan Campbell wasn’t shy recently in stating that this was the best roster he’s had since taking over in 2021. It was a sentiment shared by both Holmes and Agnew on Thursday. Agnew knows what a Super Bowl winning roster looks like and said the similarities between the 1999 Rams team he won with and this 2025 …
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One of the mantras in Detroit Lions 2025 training camp has been: “The standard is the standard.” We’ve heard that phrase repeated multiple times throughout camp, from both coaches and players. On Thursday, Lions General Manager Brad Holmes spoke with the media about the Lions’ recent cutdowns and why the team made the decision to keep only 50 players on …
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Orlando City lineup: Pedro Gallese, Alex Freeman, Rodrigo Schlegel, Robin Jansson (c), David Brekalo, Marco Pašalić, César Araújo, Eduard Atuesta, Iván Angulo, Martín Ojeda, Luis Muriel Substitutions: Carlos Mercado, Javier Otero, Ramiro Enrique, Joran Gerbet, Colin Guske, Adrían Marín, Duncan McGuire, Nico Rodríguez, Kyle Smith, Tyrese Spicer, Dagur Dan Thórhallsson, Zakaria Taifi Source link
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“He’s no different than any young player,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said of TeSlaa following Detroit’s final preseason contest. “He’s just going to have some growing pains. He’s going to continue to get better and better. But I’m very pleased, we’re very pleased with where he’s at after six weeks of camp. “I’d say, if you took most receivers, …
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The Detroit Lions are reportedly trading veteran wide receiver Tim Patrick to the Jacksonville Jaguars, as first reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Patrick joined the Lions after roster cuts last season and immediately became the outside receiver they were looking for. The wideout played in 16 games for Detroit, started nine of them, and amassed 33 catches for 394 …
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Michael DiRoccoAug 27, 2025, 07:04 AM ET Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars finally found the big …
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DETROIT — So, uh, who needs 53 players anyway? The Detroit Lions roster, as things stand after the 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline, sits at just 50 active players. That will, of course, change. But how the Lions work to fill in the gaps will be fascinating. The initial roster features 24 players on offense and 23 players on defense. The …
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NFL teams had to get their rosters down to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET today, but the Lions went three beyond that and cut down to 50. Presumably that means the Lions have already verbally agreed to three transactions that will add three more players to the roster, but those moves have not officially taken place just yet. Among …
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On the roster: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Kalif Raymond, Tim Patrick, Isaac TeSlaa, Dominic Lovett Missing cut: Jackson Meeks, Ronnie Bell, Tom Kennedy, Jakobie Keeney-James, Malik Taylor Twentyman: TeSlaa has a chance to play a role on offense and special teams early on. He’s more advanced than most rookie mid-round picks entering the league. Lovett was a seventh-round selection …
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