Lions free agency news, rumor tracker: Targets, signings, more (2024)

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The Lions enter this year's draft with seven picks available to them. Pick No. 29 will occur on Day 1, which takes place on Thursday, April 27 (here's how to watch). Detroit has an additional two picks on Day 2: No.

The Detroit Lions didn't have to wait until the fifth round to make a selection Saturday. Lions general manager Brad Holmes traded a 2025 third-round pick to move into the fourth round to select University of British Columbia offensive lineman Giovanni Manu.

The Detroit Lions have $29.9 million in available cap space according to Over the Cap as of 3/17/2024.

Signed WRs Jalon Calhoun and Isaiah Williams, LBs Steele Chambers and DaRon Gilbert, Cs Duke Clemens, Bryan Hudson and Kingsley Eguakun, Ss Chelen Garnes and Loren Strickland, LS Hogan Hatten, OLBs Nate Lynn and Isaac Ukwu, CB Morice Norris, TE Isaac Rex and K James Turner.

In exchange for Davis, a 2024 sixth-round pick (#201) and a 2025 sixth-round pick the Buccaneers received a 2024 third-round pick, number 92 overall. Originally a second-round pick by the Buccaneers in 2018, Davis played in 76 games over six seasons in Tampa, starting all but one of them.

The Lions traded the 29th pick and the 73rd pick (in the third round) to the Cowboys to move up. A big cheer came from the Lions Draft room when the pick was made - as the heavy emphasis on offensive players early in the first round, and pushed some highly-ranked defensive players down the board.

Goff is getting his wish. Since being traded from the Los Angeles Rams for longtime Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford in January 2021, Goff has revitalized his NFL career with Detroit. Now, the Lions have rewarded him with a contract extension worth $212 million over four years that includes $170 million guaranteed.

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The Detroit Lions sign S C.J. Moore and DL Kyle Peko. The Detroit Lions re-sign G Kayode Awosika, LB James Houston and RB Craig Reynolds to Exclusive Rights contracts.

Goff becomes highest-paid player in Lions history with $212m deal, say reports. The Detroit Lions have rewarded quarterback Jared Goff with a four-year, $212m contract extension, according to multiple reports.

The Lions petitioned the NFL to void Sutton's base salary for violation of player conduct, which will likely reduce the Lions' cap penalty to $2.18 M at some point in 2024. The Lions will incur a $6.54 cap penalty in 2025, regardless of the NFL's ruling.

Brown signed a three-year, $96 million extension last week, keeping him in Philadelphia until the 2029 season -- when he turns 32 years old. Brown will make an average annual salary of $32 million during the contract, the highest ever given to a wide receiver in NFL history.

The Lions traded up from No. 29 to No. 24 with the Dallas Cowboys to select Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold, 21, who some draft analysts considered the top cornerback in the draft. He was the top cornerback on the Lions' draft board, according to GM Brad Holmes.

In 2021, the Lions and Rams agreed to a trade that sent Jared Goff to Detroit and Matthew Stafford to Los Angeles. Goff was handed the reins to a team that hadn't achieved a winning record in three years, and expectations were low. However, Goff can look back on that trade now and be pleased with how it went.