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did successfully make one on Friday by landing recently released Detroit Lions running back Kerryon Johnson. This is an intriguing addition for the Birds. Johnson, 24, was the Lions’ second-round pick (No. 43 overall) in the 2018 NFL Draft. He showed promise as a rookie with 118 attempts for 641 rushing yards (very good 5.4 average), three touchdowns, and just one fumble. Johnson also caught 32 of his 39 targets for 213 yards and one score. Johnson’s first-year campaign was cut short due to a knee injury. He had another knee injury that required surgery in 2019. Then the Lions (somewhat...

ESPN reported last week that vaccinated players will not be required to quarantine if they are deemed a high-risk close contact of an infected person, and will be able to bypass some of the protocols that were put in place last season to combat the coronavirus. Additionally, NFL teams are hosting vaccination education programs for players and team employees, and socially distancing rules have been relaxed for vaccinated personnel during this week's NFL draft. Teams can have up to 10 fully vaccinated people in their draft room without masks, or 20 people if masks are worn. The Lions plan to ha...

Offensive line The strength of the Lions’ offense right now is their line, but that does not mean they are set at the position group entering the draft. Frank Ragnow is coming off a Pro Bowl season at center and is due a contract extension in the near future, and Taylor Decker had his best season at left tackle in 2020 and starts his four-year extension this fall. With Halapoulivaati Vaitai in Year 2 of a big free agent deal and Tyrell Crosby in the final season of his rookie contract, the Lions could use another cost-controlled young starter to go with promising second-year guard Jonah Jac...

Most of college football’s best players leave school after their junior season. Last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic wrecking havoc on the sport, some didn’t make it to their third year at all. But as fashionable as it has become to leave school early, several of this year’s top running backs bucked that trend. Alabama’s Najee Harris bypassed the NFL draft after a strong junior season and led the Crimson Tide to the national championship in January. Ohio State’s Trey Sermon went a step further, playing last season as a graduate transfer with the Buckeyes after starting his career a...

Apr 15, 2021 The Detroit Lions are among the teams that could select a quarterback in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.  If the Falcons decide to select a position other than quarterback at No. 4 overall, the Lions could be facing one of the tougher decisions with their first selection.  Do they select a quarterback, wide receiver or address one of the many needs on defense?  "If Mac Jones is sitting there, Mac Jones is -- he’s a surgeon," ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit said Wednesday. "He probably, of all these guys as we sit here right now, probably cause of the offense he’s comi...