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Getty Images The Patriots are turning the Jimmy Garoppolo trade into quite a haul of talent. New England traded Garoppolo to San Francisco during the 2017 season for the 49ers’ 2018 second-round draft pick. That pick turned out to be the 43rd overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft. But the...

Getty Images Lions defensive tackle Damon Harrison wants a new contract. Lions defensive tackle Damon Harrison isn’t present for offseason workouts. According to the Lions, the two are not connected. “No, he’s got other things going on,” G.M. Bob Quinn said Saturday, via Justin Rogers of the...

Getty Images Five years after using a first round pick on a tight end, the Detroit Lions have elected to do so once again. The Lions selected Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson with the eighth overall pick. Detroit took Eric Ebron with the 10th overall pick of the 2014 draft, which was the last...

Getty Images The Lions made no secret of their plans to upgrade at tight end this offseason and they stuck to that plan with the eighth overall pick on Thursday night. The team drafted former Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson, who became the fourth player at the position to go in the top eight of...

Getty Images How did the Broncos decide they needed to move up to the 42nd overall pick to draft quarterback Drew Lock? It may have been related to the teams that owned the 43rd and 44th picks. The Lions had Pick 43 and the Packers had Pick 44, and both teams visited with Lock before the...

Getty Images The Lions signed Danny Amendola not only for his ability in the slot but also for his leadership and his familiarity with Matt Patricia’s way of doing things. Amendola already is rubbing off on his new teammates. “We’re still just figuring each other out, but I know one thing...

Getty Images Although he took a little time off to be with his wife, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is back with the team this week. Stafford has returned to voluntary offseason workouts in Detroit, according to multiple reports. Kelly Stafford revealed on Sunday that she needed 12 hours...

Getty Images Word in March was that teams would hold off on signing free agent defensive end Ziggy Ansah until he had a check-up on his surgically repaired shoulder in April and that has proven to be correct. We’re closing in on the end of April and it appears at least one team is ready to...

Michigan linebacker Devin Bush said the Lions told him during a pre-draft visit earlier this month that they envision him at middle linebacker if he ends up in Detroit. That’s the spot currently held by Jarrad Davis, a first-round choice two years ago. “It was actually the MIKE position...

Getty Images NFL prospects know John Lynch as the General Manager of the 49ers. But Lynch was a good enough safety for long enough that the Hall of Fame selection committee keeps voting him a finalist. Lynch made nine Pro Bowls and twice was voted All-Pro in 15 seasons and appears on his way...

Getty Images The wife of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is home, recovering from a 12-hour brain surgery. Kelly Stafford posted an update on Instagram on Sunday. “This Easter is the beginning of a new life for me,” Kelly Stafford wrote. “. . .I am home and learning my new norm. It’ll take...

Getty Images Don’t expect the Lions to move up in the first round of the draft next week. But they might move down. Lions General Manager Bob Quinn said today that he could see himself moving down, but he doesn’t think he has the ammunition to move up any higher than where the Lions currently...

Getty Images There are an NFL-record 111 underclassmen in this year’s draft pool and Lions General Manager Bob Quinn thinks a fair number of them are going to be disappointed once the seventh round comes to an end. Last year’s draft ended with 36-of-106 underclassmen undrafted and Quinn said...

Getty Images Matthew Stafford remains with his wife, Kelly, who is recovering from brain surgery. The Lions aren’t saying when the quarterback might arrive at the offseason program, but his absence won’t affect their draft day plans. “Nope,” Lions General Manager Bob Quinn said Thursday at his...

Getty Images Free agent defensive lineman Geneo Grissom visited the Lions on Thursday, Howard Balzer reports. Grissom, 26, spent most of the past four seasons with the Patriots. The Colts signed him before the postseason, and he played in both of the team’s playoff games. Grissom has appeared...

Getty Images If you get a lot of prime-time games, it’s usually because you’re good, interesting, or at least from a city with a lot of people. So it’s worth noting the teams on the other end of the spectrum, who are hidden away from public view. While the Bills are the only team shut out of...

Getty Images Nothing we learned when the schedule was released this evening told us anything we didn’t already know about how easy or hard any team’s slate of opponents is, because we already knew every team’s home and road opponents. But we did learn one way in which the schedule-makers helped...

Getty Images The Lions said in March that a new contract for defensive tackle Damon Harrison wasn’t something he’d think about until after the draft and that approach appears to be having an impact on Harrison’s approach to the team’s offseason workouts. Those workouts got underway this week...

Getty Images The draft hasn’t started yet, but we know one player who will be taking part in the Lions’ rookie minicamp later this year. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that former Air Force player Ryan Watson recently worked out for the team and accepted an invitation to attend camp in May...

Getty Images Although it hasn’t been officially announced by the NFL, the Thanksgiving slate of games appears to be set: Bears at Lions in the early game, Bills at Cowboys in the mid-afternoon, and Saints at Falcons at night. Despite a previous report that the Dolphins would visit Dallas on...