Detroit Lions sign 11 players to reserve/futures deals

As is typical business for NFL teams in the days after their season ends, the Detroit Lions signed a bunch of players to reserve/futures contracts on Monday. Here are the 11 players the Lions have signed to futures deals, all of whom finished the season on their practice squad. LB Abraham Beaplan EDGE Isaac Ukwu C Kinsley Eguakun QB Jake Fromm LB DaRon Gilbert S Erick Hallet OT Jamarco Jones WR Tom Kennedy DL Chris Smith  S Loren Strickland CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver All players who finish the season on a team's practice squad become free agents when the season ends ("street free agents" is the term), free to sign with any team as a normal unrestricted free agent would be when the new league year starts in March. Erik Schlitt of Pride of Detroit had a very nice explanation of the process behind signing players to futures contracts. "A futures contract is only eligible to street free agents (SFA)—players not signed to a team’s active roster—and it is a way to delay a player's cap hit until the 2025 NFL new yea