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Getty Images The Lions have shuffled their roster after this weekend’s rookie minicamp. The team announced that they have signed free agent wide receivers Tom Kennedy and Jordan Smallwood. A pair of tight ends were dropped in corresponding moves. Nate Becker and Donald Parham will look for...

Getty Images A pair of Iowa tight ends entered the NFL through the first round of the 2019 draft. Another Iowa tight end has entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie, after participating in several tryouts. And after not playing tight end at Iowa. The Titans have signed former Iowa defensive...

Getty Images Usually by this time of the year, we know which team will be featured on NFL Films’ “Hard Knocks.” This year, we’re still in limbo. According to Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America, part of the delay stems from programming for the league’s 100th season. But there also...

Getty Images Former Chiefs head coach and longtime NFL assistant coach Gunther Cunningham has died. Cunningham died on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 72 years old and is survived by his wife, children and grandson among other family members and loved ones. Cunningham was born in...

Getty Images The Lions got the ball rolling on signing their draft picks last week and they got four more deals done on Monday. Fourth-round defensive end Austin Bryant was the highest selection in that group. Bryant comes to Detroit after spending the last four years at Clemson. He had 30...

Getty Images The Lions started signing members of their 2019 draft class on Thursday and they kicked Friday off by announcing the addition of 13 undrafted free agents. The group includes guard Beau Benzschawel, who was named an All-American for his play on the right side of the offensive line...

Getty Images The Lions start their rookie minicamp on Friday and at least one member of their draft class will report to work with a signed contract. Fifth-round pick Amani Oruwariye posted a picture of his contract signing on Twitter on Thursday afternoon. Oruwariye signed a four-year deal...

Getty Images Lions cornerback Amani Oruwariye broke word of his signing ahead of the team’s official announcement, but it came a short time later on Thursday. In addition to Oruwariye, the Lions also announced that they have signed first-round pick T.J. Hockenson and second-rounder Jahlani...

Getty Images The Seattle Seahawks are expected to sign former Detroit Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah to a one-year deal, a source confirmed to PFT. The agreement was first reported by Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Ansah is expected to sign the deal with the team on Thursday after flying to...

Getty Images Once upon a time (actually, before 2006), June 1 of every year brought a second wave of free agency. Now, for entirely different reasons, a second wave of free agency comes after May 7. But where June 1 free agency was about teams cutting players for cap-management purposes, May 7...

Getty Images Lions linebacker Steve Longa now has a new home team, one he’s been dreaming of joining for years. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Longa completed the process of becoming a United States citizen last month. Longa came to this country 12 years ago, the son of a refugee...

Getty Images The ending to the Kentucky Derby created a major controversy. Plenty of NFL games have done the same thing. So we made that the subject of Monday’s PFT Live draft. Check out our picks and then add someone of your own and/or post a comment regarding how much better my picks are...

Getty Images A year after he was drafted, Lions running back Kerryon Johnson hasn’t lost his sense of wonder that he gets to do what he’s wanted to do since he was a little boy. Johnson, who led the Lions in rushing as a rookie last year, was asked if his rookie season felt long and said that...

Getty Images Two of Bill Belichick’s former assistant coaches will get a chance to catch up while their new teams practice together this summer. Lions head coach Matt Patricia and Texans head coach Bill O’Brien overlapped on the New England staff from 2007 to 2011 and that history may have...

Getty Images The Detroit Lions will have a new head trainer for the 2019 season. The team announced on Thursday that head trainer Kevin Bastin in leaving the team to pursue opportunities outside of football. “For five seasons, Kevin Bastin has been an invaluable asset to the Detroit Lions...

Getty Images The Lions hired Darrell Bevell as their offensive coordinator this year and a look at his work in Seattle bodes well for running back Kerryon Johnson. The Seahawks were routinely near the top of the league in rushing and Marshawn Lynch posted the best years of his career while...

Getty Images The Lions made defensive end Trey Flowers an offer he couldn’t refuse in free agency and accepting that deal comes with some new expectations for Flowers. He’s coming from a team filled with recognizable players and veteran leaders in New England to one trying to establish a...

Getty Images As the NFL draft becomes an increasingly large spectacle that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors, teams and host cities are growing more eager to host the draft. Las Vegas has the 2020 draft, but no draft hosts have been determined beyond that. Lions General Manager Bob Quinn...

Getty Images The Lions have picked up the fifth-year option on starting left tackle Taylor Decker‘s contract. Decker, the 16th overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft, now has his 2020 salary guaranteed for injury. The Lions could still choose to release Decker if he doesn’t play well this year...

Getty Images We noted yesterday that former Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah is among the pass rushers the Seahawks could consider, and now the Seahawks are taking a look. Ansah is in Seattle today visiting the Seahawks, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. After trading away Frank Clark, who led...