The Detroit Lions are reportedly still looking for edge help, and Matthew Judon is someone they’ve already considered.

The Detroit Lions may not be done adding defensive end talent before the start of the 2025 regular season. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions are “still in the market” for a defensive end, and they’ve even discussed a notable, local free agent.

Per Birkett, the Lions have “had dialogue about” former Ravens fifth-round pick Matthew Judon.

Judon, who turns 33 in August, grew up in West Bloomfield and went to college at Grand Valley State. And...

Observations from Day 5 of the Detroit Lions’ 2025 training camp include notes on Aidan Hutchinson, Tate Ratledge, and Sam LaPorta.

The Detroit Lions welcomed in their “friends and family” to Allen Park on Friday, as the team suited up in pads for Day 5 of training camp.

Participation Report

After leaving practice early on Thursday, both Terrion Arnold (calf) and Derrick Barnes (finger) were back on the practice field on Friday and looked no worse for wear. While no players left practice early with apparent injuries, they were without rookies Tyliek Williams and Ian Kennelly.

**Aidan Hutchinson looks...

The Detroit Lions first-round pick was absent from practice Friday, but it was almost exclusively good injury news on Day 5 of training camp.

For the first time since training camp opened, no Detroit Lions appeared to suffer an injury during the team’s first padded practice. It’s a nice sigh of relief after some frustrating days in the first week of camp. In fact, it was almost exclusively good news, particularly with Terrion Arnold and Derrick Barnes both practicing despite leaving Thursday’s practice early.

Here’s a look at who was in and who was out in Friday’s practice.

**Still...

The voice of the Lions believes the Lions are already past one of the hurdles of coaching change ups.

Change can be hard for anyone, but comes with the territory when it comes to the NFL. The ability to adapt to these changes is what separates a good team from a great team, and that’s what the Detroit Lions are facing in 2025.

Coming off two playoff appearances unfortunately cut short, the Lions have a chance to prove themselves a great team as they face one of the hardest types of change—new coaches. With the departure of defensive coordinator Aaron...

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell offered his thoughts on the ongoing negotiations with Alex Anzalone.

On Wednesday, Detroit Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone spoke to the media and expressed clear frustration with his contract situation. The veteran defender is entering the final year of a three-year deal signed in 2023, and said outright he believe he’s currently underpaid at his $6 million salary for 2025.

“It’s just kind of obvious, I think,” Anzalone said about being underpaid. “Production, play, the market.”

As he remains sidelined at Detroit Lions camp with a hamstring injury, it’s clear he’s also frustrated with where negotiations...

Two Lions starters avoid serious injury and will return to practice on Friday.

How about some good Detroit Lions injury news?

After both Terrion Arnold (calf) and Derrick Barnes (finger) left Thursday’s practice early with respective injuries, coach Dan Campbell announced that both will be participating in Friday’s practice, the first padded practice of training camp.

That’s obviously great news for a Lions defense that has started camp strongly and aggressively. Arnold is a player who appears in the midst of making a Year 2 jump after an up-and-down rookie season. Campbell has been impressed by how he’s started camp....

Tate Ratledge has already made some strides at the center position, as the Detroit Lions continue to try him out at a new position.

For the first time since training camp opened, Detroit Lions second-round pick Tate Ratledge talked with the media on Thursday. He’s been one of the most intriguing players on the team, as the rookie may have the tough task of filling the shoes of four-time Pro Bowler Frank Ragnow at center this year.

The biggest hurdle? It’s a relatively new position. The extent of his experience at center is taking reps during spring practices at Georgia...

Observations from Day 4 of the Detroit Lions' 2025 training camp include notes on Tate Ratledge, Erick Hallett, and turnovers.

After a day off following three straight practices, the Detroit Lions returned to the practice field on Thursday for Day 4 of their 2025 training camp. Despite having an intense practice before the break, the Lions returned with the same level of intensity to begin the next set of three practices. Thankfully, the Lions will don pads on Friday, then welcome select season ticket holders on Saturday—so don’t expect the intensity to settle down much over the next few days....

Lions DC Kelvin Sheppard had an informative and entertaining press conference. Here are the most important takeaways from Thursday.

Kelvin Sheppard took the podium Thursday morning prior to the Detroit Lions’ fourth training camp practice. As always, Sheppard was fantastic—both informative and entertaining. Now the team’s defensive coordinator, Sheppard will have weekly media sessions, and we’re lucky for it.

Thursday’s session was chock-full of information, so I opted to a write an entire recap on the press conference. Here are my seven biggest takeaways.

Terrion Arnold has taken “a huge leap”

Arnold has been a standout in training camp...

Two Detroit Lions players left practice on Thursday, but their conditions are unknown.

After Thursday’s practice, the Detroit Lions offered an official injury update from training camp.

Per the team, Terrion Arnold is getting evaluated for a leg injury, while Derrick Barnes left practice early with a hand injury. The level of injury at this point is unknown, and I didn’t personally witness either player suffer their respective injury, nor did I see the manner in which either player left the field. However, both were noticeably absent during the final segment of 11-on-11 drills.

Arnold has been having a strong...

In our latest Midweek Mailbag podcast, Erik and Jeremy take training camp questions from Detroit Lions fans.

The Detroit Lions have the first contractual situation on their hands in the Dan Campbell/Brad Holmes era.

On Tuesday, veteran linebacker Alex Anzalone made it abundantly clear that he wants a new contract and is not particularly happy with how negotiations have gone so far.

“Yeah, for sure, for sure,” Anzalone answered when asked if he was surprised a deal hasn’t gotten done. “Yeah, this is a weird situation. And I didn’t—it wasn’t on my end. Or my agent’s end.”

But the Lions...

Predicting who can be Aidan Hutchinson’s wingman in the sack department this season.

Aidan Hutchinson has led the Detroit Lions in sacks in all three seasons of his NFL career. With a fully healthy season, he should eclipse his single-season career high of 11.5 sacks from 2023.

The question of who will finish second on the team in sacks has been marinating in my mind for a while. I recently spent the duration of more than one Comerica Park beverage making the case to friends for Levi Onwuzurike. I felt quite confident—up until Onwuzurike was placed on Reserve/PUP and the...