As training camp nears its end, the Detroit Lions will have one more day of quality work. On Thursday, they welcome the Houston Texans to their facility for a single day of joint practices. While reserves are looking for one of their final opportunities to prove they belong on the 53-man roster, Thursday will likely be more about the starters getting in good work. Joint practices are great for giving starters new looks, new opponents, and a chance to knock off rust in game-like situations.

And the Texans are a great team to measure up against. Not only was last...

Tuesday was the Detroit Lions’ final day of training camp against each other. On Thursday, they will have a single joint practice with the Houston Texans, before Saturday’s preseason finale puts a cap on the offseason. That means players are running out of chances to make their case for the roster. But two undrafted rookies stood out on Day 16 of training camp, which was, essentially a full scrimmage for the team.

Ian Kennelly gets first-team work, makes plays

Kennelly has slowly worked his way up the depth chart to the point where he’s comfortably with the second team....

The Detroit Lions have wrapped up their final team-only full practice of the preseason, as they only have joint practices with the Houston Texans and walkthroughs on their schedule before their preseason finale on Saturday. Tuesday was Day 16 of Lions training camp, and we have all the latest updates on the players’ injuries and their current statuses.

Activated from PUP:

• DL Mekhi Wingo

Originally slated for a September return, Wingo was back at practice on Tuesday, giving him a chance to be ready for the regular season. While a return-to-practice is encouraging, he is only expected to...

For the second consecutive day, the Detroit Lions have activated a player from the physically unable to perform (PUP) list, as second-year defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo was able to return to practice on Tuesday.

Wingo injured his knee last Thanksgiving, prematurely ending his rookie season, and began 2025 training camp on PUP. In July, Lions’ coach Dan Campbell told the media that a “September” return was the most likely scenario for Wingo, and a return-to-play at this time gives him a shot to be ready for the regular season.

If Wingo follows the path Campbell suggested on Monday—[when Khalil Dorsey...

One of the most overlooked free agent signings for the Detroit Lions was defensive tackle Roy Lopez. The 28-year-old defender was drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, and despite starting 29 games for the Texans in his first two seasons, he was waived in 2023. He again became a starter anew with the Arizona Cardinals, tallying another 21 starts with his new team over the following two years. Yet Arizona failed to re-sign him this offseason.

The Lions clearly saw something in Lopez, because they handed him a one-year, $4.65 million contract this offseason—a fairly high...

Questions are arising at the defensive end position again for the Detroit Lions after rookie Ahmed Hassanein suffered a pectoral injury that will sideline him “for a while,” per Dan Campbell. While Hassanein wasn’t lined up for a massive role early in his first year, he was certainly projected to make the team, play on special teams, and ideally earn a rotational role at some point in 2025.

But with him expected to miss significant time—and Josh Paschal’s status on the Non-Football Injury list unknown for the start of the season—the Lions have a bit of a hole when it...

It feels strange thinking that some of the national media could forget about a team that won 15 games in 2024, while securing the NFC’s top seed. However, that is what can happen when your season ends like the Detroit Lions’ ended last year, losing in convincing fashion at home to an up-and-coming Washington Commanders team. Injuries and other context aside, that is what the majority of fans and media outside of Detroit and the Lions’ fan base will remember.

Fortunately for the Lions, 2025 is a new season, and many around the organization have echoed the same sentiment about...