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Lions GM Brad Holmes wishes people would treat the draft more like going to see a movie. His advice: Get your popcorn ready and enjoy: www.detroitfootball.net/p/forget-the...

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Getting toward the finish line of my position-by-position long-term outlook of Detroit's roster leading into the draft. Yesterday, I looked at safeties, today, edge defenders: www.detroitfootball.net/p/with-trio-...

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Detroit's front has been called the engine of the team's offense, a unit that's finished top five in scoring the past three seasons. The draft provides an opportunity to give that engine a needed tune-up:

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Got a lot of good mailbag questions and noticed my answers were running long, so I broke things into two parts. Here's the first batch: www.detroitfootball.net/p/detroit-li...

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Rolling on with our short- and long-term position-by-position outlook of Detroit's roster ahead of the draft with the cornerback room GM Brad Holmes has successfully overhauled. But can you really ever have enough?

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One of the things I look forward to exploring annually is a three-year review of a Lions draft class. Here's my pick-by-pick evaluation of Brad Holmes' encore to his rebuild-launching 2021 class.

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Continuing a positional long-term outlook of Detroit's roster ahead of the draft, we shift to the receivers, where coach Dan Campbell acknowledged a desire to bring in some youth to compete.

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Started a positional draft preview series today through the lens of selections being a four-year investment and weighing the Lions' long-term situation. We're talking defensive tackle and the story is unlocked for everyone:

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Some details on a number of Lions players changing uniforms, as well as the new additions getting their assigned numbers.

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The Detroit Lions offseason program starts April 22. The team will conduct OTAs May 28-30 and June 3-5, then hold its mandatory minicamp June 10-12.

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Aidan Hutchinson could reset the bar for non-QBs with his next contract, topping Chase and Garrett. Still, the Lions hold leverage to help manage that whale of a hypothetical deal. Using Sewell's extension as the blueprint, here's how it could work:

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Lions president and CEO Rod Wood wrapped up the league meetings, talking about the team's surging popularity, ticket prices, the possibility of playing on Christmas, practice facility upgrades and some of the NFL's rule changes:

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Dan Campbell talked with reporters for close to 40 minutes at the league meeting on Tuesday morning. Here are the highlights from that conversation, with tidbits on Manu, plans to add DL depth and youth at WR, and motivation provided by brutal road slate:

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Brad Holmes touched on a number of free agency and roster topics at the league meetings in Florida this morning. Here's a full and comprehensive recap of that session with the Lions GM:

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Lions added international marketing rights in Brazil. Looking forward to that trip in 2031.

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It can be difficult enough keeping track of your own team's movements, so I checked in on what the rest of the NFC North and conference contenders have been up to this offseason.

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The Lions currently rank in the top five in cap space. But based on a projected increase of 10%, the team is ~$40 million over the cap in '26 if we fill out the remaining roster spots with vet min deals. Here's how they can navigate it:

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I created a Detroit Lions lineup card for Opening Day in the DFN chat:

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As the dust of free agency settles, I looked at a recent batch of mock drafts to get a sense for national/local opinion of Detroit at No. 28. I found a dozen different opinions and evaluated the fits based on my own study of those prospects:

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The Lions added four "second wave“ free agents last week to flesh out the team's depth chart ahead of the draft. I studied each of those players to better learn what they're bringing to the mix.

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Last week, a reader asked for an updated look at how Detroit's depth chart was shaping up ahead of the draft. Request fulfilled:

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The Lions lost Carlton Davis III and Kindle Vildor in free agency, haven't re-signed Emmanuel Moseley, and added D.J. Reed, Rock Ya-Sin and now Avonte Maddox, evening out the numbers in the room this offseason:

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Highlighted Avonte Maddox in my available free agents that make sense for the Lions over the weekend. The Detroit native just posted on social media that he's signed with the team.

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Another, maybe the last, in my free-agent film review series. I went through every Grant Stuard defensive snap from 2024 to understand what kind of player the Lions added to their corps.

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The Lions added depth at cornerback on Friday and D.J. Reed's contract structure dropped. If you love void years, this is the deal is for you:

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A meaty morning mailbag to fill some of that free agency to draft lull:

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A lot of Lions news items today: Muhammad is back, Goff's 2024 is getting the docuseries treatment, and Detroit is hoping to alter the NFL's playoff format in their latest batch of rule change suggestions:

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Working my way through Detroit's free agency additions, here's a film review on Roy Lopez, a powerful leverage machine with run-stuffing upside that should be highlighted with better LB play behind him:

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With the extensions being handed out to DBs this offseason, it's becoming increasingly clear Kerby Joseph could reset the safety market. I explored what a hypothetical extension would look like with a year-by-year breakdown:

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I went through all of D.J. Reed's 2024 targets, the penalties, his limited pass rush snaps the past two seasons, nearly half of his run snaps and most of his tackles. Here's my film-based review (with clipped examples) of what the Lions are getting:

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Sharing a Lions' first-wave free agency reset one more time, looking at lingering needs and potential fits. Tomorrow morning, I'll have a comprehensive DJ Reed tape study after reviewing all his '24 targets, penalties and about half his run snaps:

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After the first wave of free agency, I took a resetting look at Detroit's roster, weighed the team's lingering needs and highlighted some of the available fits at those six positions.

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Another roster hole plugged with a familiar face as the Lions re-sign Tim Patrick.

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Long and busy day in Allen Park getting to know some of the Lions' newest players. I wrote up a report from those press sessions and recapped the free agency action around the league on Thursday, including a new QB for Detroit:

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DJ Reed said he wanted to go with Washington or Detroit before free agency started.

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Roy Lopez said he has a 113-1 record as a high school wrestler, won the state championship twice.

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Before calling it a night on the first day of the NFL's new league year, I recapped the day's moves around the league and offer some thoughts on Detroit's offensive line situation after not re-upping with Kevin Zeitler:

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Lions were able to bring back Levi Onwuzurike, who will play at a modest rate relative to what some of his peers have generated on the open market, with an opportunity to cash in next offseason with continued health and production:

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The second day of the NFL's legal tampering window started slowly but finished with around four dozen agreements. I recap all the action, including a new nose tackle for the Lions.

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I went through and listed out every transaction and pieced together some thoughts after the first day of NFL free agency negotiations:

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Carlton Davis III to New England, via ESPN. 3/60, more than half guaranteed.

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Marcus Davenport said the play he was injured wasn't dirty and a normal football play, for anyone who has asked about that.

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When you hear or read "up to" during free agency, it should give pause. Marcus Davenport's contract was reported to be up to $4.75 million. That's one figure. Another, more important one, is his cap hit will be less than $2 million:

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