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    Brandon Reilly back with Lions

    Getty Images Wide receiver Brandon Reilly is back for a third tour of duty with the Lions. The Lions announced Reilly’s signing on Monday afternoon. Linebacker Juwon Young was waived in a corresponding move. Reilly first signed with the Lions as a member of the practice squad last December...
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    Ndamukong Suh to wear No. 93

    Getty Images The Buccaneers barely waited for Gerald McCoy to take his belongings and leave before they replaced him. Three days after releasing McCoy, Tampa Bay signed Ndamukong Suh. On Monday, Suh announced on Twitter that he will wear No. 93, McCoy’s old number with the Bucs. It is not...
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    Darius Slay indicates he’ll skip mandatory minicamp

    Getty Images Lions cornerback Darius Slay appears set to extend his absence from Lions practices into this week’s mandatory minicamp. Slay posted a live video on Instagram on Monday that included a conversation with another man about whether he was in Detroit in order to attend camp this week...
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    Brian Flores, Trey Flowers to attend as Patriots get their rings

    The Patriots are getting their Super Bowl rings this week, and some of the members of last year’s team who have moved on this year will attend. Among those who will be there for the private ceremony on Thursday night are Lions defensive end Trey Flowers and Dolphins head coach Brian Flores...
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    Teez Tabor says he’s “more coachable” after rough 2018 season

    Getty Images When the Lions drafted Teez Tabor in the second round of the 2017 draft, they hoped they found a partner at cornerback for Darius Slay. That’s not how things have played out. Tabor didn’t play much as a rookie and flopped when put in a starting role last season, which led to a...
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    C.J. Anderson thinks he’s a perfect fit in Detroit’s offense

    C.J. Anderson rapidly went from the street to the Super Bowl last season, going from unemployed to the rams, filling in for injured running back Todd Gurley, and playing well enough that the Rams didn’t miss a beat. So he was a little disappointed that he didn’t have a lot of suitors in free...
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    Amendola says his choice of No. 12 has nothing to do with Brady

    Receiver Danny Amendola is wearing No. 12 with the Lions. His choice of jersey number led some in New England to wonder whether the one-time Patriot was honoring his former quarterback. Amendola, though, said his jersey number is not a tip of the cap to Tom Brady. “Not a story. Sorry!”...
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    Calvin Johnson to Lions: If you want me back in the fold, give me my money back

    Getty Images The Lions want to make peace with receiver Calvin Johnson. There’s only one way to do it. Make money appear in Johnson’s bank account. “They already know what they got to do,” Johnson told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press on Saturday. “The only way they’re going to get me...
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    Matt Patricia: Goal is to teach players how to react, and how to be safe

    The NFL has banned various types of contact exercises from NFL practices, including the Oklahoma drill. Teams will now have to adapt to the new reality. Coach Matt Patricia said earlier this week that the Lions are ready to comply in full. “I think the whole point is the NFL is trying to keep...
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    Lions’ undrafted Beau Benzschawel: People said I could go in the first round

    Getty Images Lions undrafted rookie guard Beau Benzschawel can serve as a cautionary tale to draft prospects not to take mock drafts too seriously. There were some mock drafts last year that had Benzschawel going in the first round, and Benzschawel admitted today that he heard about that and...
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    Illinois passes recreational marijuana law

    Getty Images Over a quarter of the NFL teams now play in states with legal recreational marijuana. And at the moment, it’s still illegal in the eyes of the NFL. Via NBCChicago.com, the Illinois House on Friday passed a plan 66-47 which will legalize the use of recreational marijuana. Governor...
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    Ndamukong Suh: People with negative opinions irrelevant in my life

    Buccaneers defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said on Friday that one of the first people he saw after arriving to the team’s facility was offensive lineman Evan Smith and that there’s no issue between the two of them related to Suh stomping on Smith’s arm during a 2011 game. That’s one of several...
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    Darrell Bevell will ask Matthew Stafford to do things he hasn’t done before

    Getty Images New Lions offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell has some changes in store to an offense that struggled in Detroit last year. Bevell said he’s going to have Matthew Stafford playing like he hasn’t so far in his NFL career. “I’m going to ask Matthew to do things that he hasn’t done...
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    Darrell Bevell: We’ll always be about running the football

    Lions offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell has seen high-powered passing games come into vogue around the NFL, but that’s not influencing his approach to putting together the offense in his first season with Detroit. Bevell said “it kind of gives you a little bit of an edge” to have a more...
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    NFL should pull the plug on Hard Knocks

    Getty Images There arguably was a time when Hard Knocks had some degree of usefulness to the NFL team that made itself the centerpiece of the training camp reality series. Arguably, that time has come and gone. Hard Knocks debuted in 2001, years before social media became a thing and the...
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    Bears see Leonard Floyd as a “rare athlete” for his position

    Getty Images Bears senior defensive assistant and outside linebackers coach Ted Monachino hasn’t been with the team very long, but he’s been there long enough to know that Khalil Mack is the team’s best pass rusher. Monachino thinks there’s a chance that changes in the near future, however. He...
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    Haloti Ngata returning to Ravens to retire

    Veteran defensive tackle Haloti Ngata spent the last four years with the Lions and Eagles, but he’s returning home one last time tomorrow. The Ravens announced that Ngata would retire as a member of the team at a ceremony Wednesday. He spent his five nine years with the Ravens, earning five...
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    Matt LaFleur: Choosing wideouts like “filling out a basketball roster”

    Getty Images With the Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals, basketball is in the air in Wisconsin right now. Packers players like David Bakhtiari and Aaron Rodgers have been taking in games (and taking in beers) and Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is making cross-sport analogies during the...
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    Which fan base most deserves a playoff win?

    Getty Images In honor (there’s no honor in it, I suppose) of the Lions going 10,000 days (now 10,001) without winning a playoff game, Friday’s PFT Live had a draft in honor (again, no honor in it) of the NFL’s fan bases that most deserve a playoff win. Simms and I picked three teams each. He...
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    Ndamukong Suh still in France but signs contract

    Getty Images Ndamukong Suh remains on vacation in France, but he signed his one-year, $9.25 million contract with the Buccaneers on Friday, Jeanna Laine of ESPN reports. Tampa Bay waived cornerback David Rivers to get Suh on the 90-player roster. Suh will fly to Tampa next week for a...
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