Lions contract tracker: Depth chart of signed players, free agents & cap hits

This article will update with every 2025 signing, so be sure to bookmark and reference it throughout the offseason!

It can be challenging to follow the Detroit Lions' roster movement during the offseason. So, to make things easier on Lions fans, we’re tracking every signing, re-signing, tagging, and roster loss in one convenient place.

For this continuously updating piece, we will focus on the Lions' 2025 roster heading toward free agency and the NFL Draft. This article is organized by position group and will provide fans with an overview of the players on the roster, injured reserve, or practice squad at the end of the season.

Within each section, we will provide readers with an end-of-season depth chart at the position, identify the roles players held, the 2025 contract details of the players currently signed by the Lions, as well as several key terms to better clarify each player's situation. There will also be links to other articles for those fans looking for even more depth of coverage.

So, bookmark this page and revisit it as roster updates are made.

Terms to Know:

• UFA: Unrestricted Free Agents can sign with any team during the free agency period beginning on March 12 (tampering negotiations begin on the 10th). Lions can re-sign these players at any time.
• RFA: Restricted Free Agents rights are held by the Lions. If an RFA receives a contract from another team, the Lions can match the offer or potentially receive draft compensation for allowing the player to leave.
• ERFA: Exclusive Rights Free Agents are only allowed to negotiate contracts with the Lions unless Detroit chooses to let them explore free agency.
• SFA: Street Free Agents are players who were under contract with an NFL team in 2024, but not on an active roster at the season’s end. They are free to sign with any team immediately. The most common SFAs are players who were on NFL practice squads.
• Futures contracts are deals given to street free agents before the start of free agency. They’re called “futures” deals because while currently signed, these contracts don’t count against the cap until a “future” date—which is the start of free agency.

(Note: the Lions have already begun signing players to futures contracts)

• 2025 Cap Hit: How much a player counts against the team’s 2025 salary cap.
• Guarantees remaining: this is the remaining guaranteed money owed to the player over the remainder of his contract, not just 2025. If the Lions move on from a player with guaranteed money, that amount will count against the Lions' cap, even though the player is no longer on the roster (“dead cap”). Expiring contracts that had VOIDED years also fall into this category.

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