Lions Sign 5-Year, $31 Million Deal With Golden Tate
A team that already has one of the best rushing tandems in the NFL, the Detroit Lions could soon have the league's best passing duo, too.
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A team that already has one of the best rushing tandems in the NFL, the Detroit Lions could soon have the league's best passing duo, too.
The Detroit Lions achieved one of their top goals this offseason, retaining Joique Bell, and took a step toward another one, setting up a meeting with Golden Tate.
The Lions brought Ogletree in shortly after the team lost Nate Burleson to a broken arm suffered in a falling-pizza-induced car crash.
The Lions are teetering on the edge this off-season.
The one-two punch of running backs Reggie Bush and Joique Bell will remain intact.
They can fill those needs as early as 4 p.m. Tuesday, though roughly $10 million in cap space will limit the Lions somewhat.
Safety Louis Delmas signed a one-year contract Monday worth up to $3.5 million with the Miami Dolphins, who shook up their secondary on the eve of free agency.
It appears Watkins has taken a liking to the possibility of being paired with the Lions Calvin 'Megatron' Johnson.
It's early, very early, but if signals are to be believed, the Lions are thinking in the right direction so far this off season.
Hanson said the Fords have done what it takes to win but that the people underneath them have been disappointing to them.
The Detroit Lions will stay in the Ford family.
More members of the sports and business communities are sharing their memories of William Clay Ford, the last surviving grandchild of automotive pioneer Henry Ford and owner of the Detroit Lions.
Sanders said Ford desired a championship just as much as fans. "It's what he wanted more than anything in the world."
William Clay Ford, Sr. purchased the team in November 1963 and served as its chairman until his death.
The last surviving grandson of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford is gone. William Clay Ford, Sr. died Sunday at the age of 88.
