Abney comfortable playing outside and nickel cornerback: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/abney-comfortable-playing-outside-and-nickel-cornerback
Detroit Lions May 2026 Offseason Workout Medical Update: Jay Tufele: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/05/26/detroit-lions-may-2026-offseason-workout-medical-update-jay-tufele/90166928007/
Detroit Lions May 2026 Offseason Workout Medical Update: Giovanni Manu: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/05/26/detroit-lions-may-2026-offseason-workout-medical-update-giovanni-manu/90040840007/
Arizona DE Could Be Shopped: Are Lions Realistic Landing Spot?: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/onsi/arizona-josh-sweat-shopped-are-lions-realistic-landing-spot
Speedy Wideout Listed as Detroit Lions 'Most Underappreciated' Player: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/onsi/wideout-listed-detroit-lions-most-underappreciated-player-2026
Detroit Lions Rookie With Most to Prove at 2026 OTAs: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/onsi/detroit-lions-rookie-most-to-prove-2026-otas
Detroit Lions Hiring New OC Listed as Most Impactful For 2026 Season: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/onsi/detroit-lions-hiring-new-oc-listed-most-impactful-for-2026-season
Detroit Lions 53-Man Roster Projection Heading Into 2026 OTAs: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/onsi/detroit-lions-53-man-roster-projection-heading-into-2026-otas
Lions rookie Derrick Moore looking to ‘dominate’ with Aidan Hutchinson: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/detroit-lions-news/164968/lions-rookie-derrick-moore-looking-to-dominate-with-aidan-hutchinson
1 intriguing matchup for every game on the Lions’ schedule: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/detroit-lions-analysis/164936/2026-detroit-lions-schedule-biggest-matchup-each-game
NFL writer suggests the Lions trade one of their recent first-round picks ahead of the 2026 season, what they could realistically get: https://atozsports.com/nfl/detroit-lions-news/nfl-writer-suggests-the-lions-trade-one-of-their-recent-first-round-picks-ahead-of-the-2026-season-what-they-could-realistically-get/
Detroit Lions Mailbag: A surprise upset pick, a potential rookie starter, and the truth about Isiah Pacheco
Every move the Lions made points to the potential plan for Ahmed Hassanein, Mekhi Wingo, and the rest of Detroit’s young defensive linemen: https://atozsports.com/nfl/detroit-lions-news/every-move-the-lions-made-points-to-the-potential-plan-for-ahmed-hassanein-mekhi-wingo-and-the-rest-of-detroits-young-defensive-linemen/
Projection Shows How Much Better the Lions’ O-Line Could Be in 2026 — With One Big Concern Left: https://atozsports.com/nfl/detroit-lions-news/projection-shows-how-much-better-the-lions-o-line-could-be-in-2026-with-one-big-concern-left/
4 big disadvantages the 2026 Lions have — and somehow nobody’s talking about them: https://atozsports.com/nfl/4-big-disadvantages-the-2026-lions-have-and-somehow-nobodys-talking-about-them/
4 big advantages the 2026 Lions have — and somehow nobody’s talking about them: https://atozsports.com/nfl/detroit-lions-news/4-big-advantages-the-2026-lions-have-and-somehow-nobodys-talking-about-them/
Most underappreciated NFL players: Top candidate for each NFC team in 2026 season (Detroit Lions - Jameson Williams: Lions fans probably won't remember 2025 as anything other than a disappointment, especially if Dan Campbell can get the fireworks machine going again this season. There is one memory they should hold dear, though: Williams' final transformation into an honest-to-god load-bearing member of the offense. We're not just talking about earning a pay day; he did that with his effort in the 2024 season, when he cracked 1,000 yards for the first time. Plenty of players have hit that total at least once. But Williams was one of just 11 to reach the 1,000-yard mark in each of the past two seasons. And he's almost certainly the only player in NFL history to record back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons as the follow-up to a one-catch rookie year and multiple suspensions. Yes, he produced the way he was paid to in 2025. He also proved the Lions can rely on him moving forward, which did not seem like such a sure thing at this point two years ago.): https://www.nfl.com/news/most-underappreciated-nfl-players-top-candidate-for-each-nfc-team-in-2026-season
2023 NFL redraft: Which teams would change their first-round pick? (12. Detroit Lions: De'Von Achane, RB, Texas A&M - Drafted: No. 84 overall by Dolphins | My final big board: No. 58. Original pick: Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, Alabama. Achane isn't Gibbs, but he's not far off. And he gives the Lions some much-needed explosiveness out of the backfield in a world where Gibbs is playing for the Seahawks. 18. Detroit Lions: Byron Young, EDGE, Tennessee - Drafted: No. 77 overall by Rams | My final big board: No. 65. Original pick: Jack Campbell, LB, Iowa. Young has 29 sacks in three seasons, including 12 in 2025 -- which is tied for second among pass rushers from the 2023 class behind Tuli Tuipulotu. Young is an older player for the 2023 class (he's 28, while Anderson is just 24), but that's not necessarily a bad thing; sure, maybe his ceiling is lower -- but it was already pretty high when he arrived in the league.): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2023-nfl-redraft-panthers-cj-stroud-texans-bryce-young/
$.05 After Memorial Day Weekend ($.02--Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell signed a four-year contract extension that will keep the first-team All-Pro in Detroit through at least the 2030 season. It’s a deal worth $81 million, or $20.25 million per season. That figure is reflective of an interesting off-ball linebacker market and also one of the most egregious snafus in the NFL today. One of the reasons Detroit extended Campbell now is due to the fact the team did not pick up the fifth-year option on his rookie contract. A first-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, Campbell had to have that fifth-year option exercised by the Lions before May 1st. Detroit wisely declined to pick it up, but not because of any dissatisfaction with Campbell or lack of desire ot keep him long-term. It was all about the antiquated, incomplete language of the fifth-year options. Campbell plays linebacker and plays it quite well. But he’s not a pass-rushing linebacker like Micah Parsons or T.J. Watt or Will Anderson, who signed a three-year, $150 million extension in April. Despite the obvious disparity and divergence in their positions and usage, the NFL still considers all “linebackers” as the same, at least contractually. The success Campbell had in his first three seasons escalated his fifth-year option, regardless of what position he plays. Being named a first-team All-Pro, as he earned in 2025, elevated Campbell’s option into the franchise tag value for all linebackers. Again, because all LBs are lumped together, that value for Campbell would have exceeded $21.9 million--an astronomical number for an off-ball backer. No off-ball LB has ever made that kind of money. Campbell came relatively close with his $20.25 million, but it’s still over $1.5 million per year less. That’s not an insignificant amount of money for a team like the Lions, who must still extend star RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Pro Bowl TE Sam LaPorta and Pro Bowl S Brian Branch in the coming months (if they choose). The fact that the NFL considers Campbell, or Fred Warner or Devin Lloyd or Roquan Smith, to be the same position as Anderson or Maxx Crosby or Campbell’s Detroit teammate, Aidan Hutchinson, remains one of the most ludicrous oversights by the league and the NFLPA. Be it options or franchise tags or postseason awards, the NFL is decades behind the times in making all linebackers the same on paper. It’s a very simple fix: separate off-ball LB and EDGE the way most every outlet has done for at least 15 years. At this point, there’s no valid reason not to make the necessary change.): https://football.realgm.com/analysis/3693/$05-After-Memorial-Day-Weekend
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