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Getty Images The Detroit Lions have made a significant change to their personnel department in parting ways with director of pro scouting Brendan Prophett, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. The move was first reported by Chris Stratton of Inside The League. Prophett was hired by the...

Getty Images The Lions clearly need someone to put pressure on quarterbacks, and are taking a look at a couple of the top prospects in that regard this week. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions are bringing Kentucky’s Josh Allen in for a visit this week, and will...

Getty Images Kelly Stafford, the wife of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, has announced on social media that she has a brain tumor. She explained that she will undergo surgery soon to have the tumor removed. The tumor is benign, but the surgery carries significant risks. And Kelly Stafford...

Getty Images The Lions’ first attempt to sign a running back away from the Rams was thwarted, but their second attempt found more success. According to multiple reports, the Lions have signed C.J. Anderson to a one-year contract. The Lions signed Malcolm Brown to an offer sheet as a...

Getty Images Tight end Luke Willson met with the Raiders on Friday and both sides apparently want to keep spending time with each other. Oakland announced Friday night that Willson has signed with the team. Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports it is a one-year deal. The move comes a...

Getty Images The Lions made a bid to sign running back Malcolm Brown as a restricted free agent this month, but the Rams matched their offer and kept Brown in their backfield rather than letting him go to Detroit. Based on what head coach Matt Patricia said about starter Kerryon Johnson during...

Getty Images Offensive lineman T.J. Lang made it official Friday, calling it quits after 10 seasons. “For the past 3,624 days, I have woken up with one goal in mind: How can I be a better football player than I was yesterday?” Lang wrote on social media. “Well, those days are now over. The...

Getty Images Free agent tight end Luke Willson is visiting the Raiders today, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports. The Raiders lost tight end Jared Cook in free agency. Willson signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Lions last offseason. He had the worst year of his career with...

Getty Images Defensive tackle Earl Mitchell and fullback/linebacker Nick Bellore visited the Seahawks on Friday, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Bellore, 29, spent the past two seasons with the Lions. He also has played for the Jets and the 49ers, appearing in 121 career games with 16 starts. He...

Getty Images The Dolphins don’t really have a quarterback of the future at the moment, or a clear path to finding one. But they tried to make a bold move to fix that last year. According to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, the Dolphins were interested in trading for Lions quarterback...

Getty Images Former Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah is one of the NFL’s top available free agents, and he’s going to remain available for a while. Ansah’s agent told Ian Rapoport of NFL Network that teams have been asking for more information about Ansah’s surgically repaired shoulder, so they...

Getty Images The Lions acquired defensive tackle Damon Harrison last year, when the Giants were looking to unload a previous administration’s contract. Now, Harrison himself is looking to do something with that deal. According to Kyle Meinke of MLive.com, Harrison has asked the Lions for an...

Getty Images Lions General Manager Bob Quinn worked for the Patriots before heading to Detroit and he wasn’t part of too many free agent spending sprees during his time in New England. Quinn showed that he’s not averse to blazing his own trail this offseason, however. The Lions gave defensive...

Getty Images Matt Patricia is not asking for patience from Lions fans. After the Lions went from 9-7 in Jim Caldwell’s last year as Detroit’s head coach to 6-10 in Patricia’s first year, he is expecting improvement this year, rather than a long rebuilding process. “We’ve got to do it right...

Getty Images Defensive tackle Damon Harrison would like a new deal with the Lions, but the team is focused on other things right now. Harrison, who was acquired in a trade with the Giants last season, is set to make $6.75 million this year and $9 million in 2020. He has $250,000 workout...

Getty Images After the Lions announced the deal for Rashaan Melvin, the cornerback used social media to thank the Raiders organization and apologize for his play last season. It didn’t work out for Melvin in Oakland after he signed as a free agent last offsason. He made only seven starts...

Getty Images Tight end Clay Harbor has appeared on The Bachelorette more recently than an NFL game, but he is hopeful that he still has a future as a player. Harbor spent the 2017 season on the Saints’ injured reserve list with a wrist injury that he aggravated during his appearance on the...

Getty Images Malcolm Brown will remain in Los Angeles. The Rams are matching the offer sheet the Lions gave Brown, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. It’s a two-year, $3.25 million deal for Brown, who gets a $100,000 signing bonus and $1 million guaranteed. He’ll serve as Todd Gurley‘s...

Getty Images The Lions are bringing back one of the reserve offensive linemen from last year’s roster. The team announced on Friday that tackle Andrew Donnal has re-signed with the team. They did not announce any terms of the deal. Donnal joined the Lions as a waiver claim last September. He...

Getty Images Quarterback Josh Allen was selected by the Bills with the seventh-overall pick in last year’s draft and the pass rusher with the same name may be off the board even earlier this year. This Josh Allen recorded 17 sacks and 21.5 tackles for loss coming off the edge for Kentucky last...