The Detroit Lions are continuing their efforts to improve the secondary. Following an abysmal performance against the Buffalo Bills, general manager Brad Holmes has been working the phones trying to land defensive upgrades.
Detroit got strong performances from Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jahmyr Gibbs, but Buffalo exposed serious concerns with the secondary, defensive approach and offensive-line depth.
The Detroit Lions suddenly have some money to play with, and naturally, that has people wondering what general manager Brad Holmes might be cooking up.
36 NFL quarterbacks have thrown for over 35,000 passing yards in their careers. How many of the 36 can you name in six minutes?
Detroit could have created just enough room to get compliant. Instead, Brad Holmes built one of the NFL’s biggest cap cushions, and there’s at least one situation worth monitoring as the season unfolds.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has constructed a roster capable of making a postseason run in 2026. However, if the Lions are finally going to get over the hump and make their first Super Bowl in franchise history, several things need to fall into place.
Lions GM Brad Holmes reiterated his comfort with the team’s cornerback group after making the decision to move on from CB Terrion Arnold. “I mean, look, the whole situation obviously was unfortunate.
The Detroit Lions’ wide receiver room may not have the biggest group of names, but general manager Brad Holmes sees plenty of value in the different skill sets available to the team.
Detroit has plenty of ways to become cap compliant. The more interesting question is which future dollars Holmes is willing to move — and how much room he wants afterward.
Heading into the 2026 season, the Detroit Lions were aiming to revamp their defensive line. General manager Brad Holmes has been in search of defenders to play and excel opposite of Aidan Hutchinson for the past couple of seasons.
Detroit Lions GM Brad Holmes held a joint press conference alongside assistant GM Ray Agnew. Media asked them about the biggest story of the Lions’ offseason – Terrion Arnold’s arrest and subsequent release.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
Detroit currently has only four receivers on its 53-man roster, and the available market includes an old Jared Goff teammate and a familiar return option.
The Lions have one of the better rosters in the NFL, at least on paper. However, recently a major roster decision was questioned by the press, leading to a somewhat angry defense from GM Brad Holmes.
The Detroit Lions cut cornerback Terrion Arnold shortly after it was learned that he had been arrested in June on kidnapping and armed robbery charges.
The Detroit Lions will start the season with several key players nursing injuries. Lions safety Kerby Joseph is on the PUP list, as is his fellow safety Brian Branch.
Receiver and left guard still look fluid, Isiah Pacheco’s outlook remains unclear, and one Lions rookie received a lot more praise than expected. We got
Detroit still has one of the NFL’s deeper rosters, but losing Greg Dortch, leaving Erick Hunter unsigned and standing pat on waivers are among several decisions worth questioning.
The Detroit Lions have revealed their initial 2026 NFL practice squad. General manager Brad Holmes was able to decide which waived players he wanted back, as no Lions player on the waiver wire was awarded to another NFL team.
We tracked all 257 players through the 2026 roster cuts. Nearly four in 10 are already off their drafting teams, while only 27 meet a strict three-year starter test.
Roster cutdown day has arrived for the Detroit Lions. By 6 p.m. Sunday, the Lions along with the rest of the NFL will have to whittle their training camp roster down to its final regular season form of 53 players.
Detroit has several young players worth developing after cuts, but Brad Holmes should also leave room to add prospects and veterans released elsewhere.
Detroit sits 17th in the waiver order after picking 28th a year ago, putting Brad Holmes in a much better position to attack quarterback and offensive-line depth after cuts.
Gibbs is under contract through 2027, but he could reset the market for players at the position at any point this spring or summer.
You know that feeling when you've been following an NFL franchise for years, maybe even decades, and that team keeps making the same mistakes, over and over? That's an affliction that the Detroit Lions broke during the NFL Draft.
Shortly after it was reported on Sunday that Bain was involved in a fatal vehicular crash when he was a sophomore in March 2024, Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated shared that NFL teams had been aware of the incident "for a long, long time." On Monday, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes confirmed the NFC North club is one of the teams referenced by Breer.
Host Mike Valenti of Detroit’s 97.1 The Ticket recently generated headlines when he said on the air that he had heard that "there are definite differences of opinions in roster construction" between Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell.
Likely to make some hard decisions this offseason, the Lions could trade away some of their best players.
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