The 2026 Detroit Lions offseason figures to be a busy one. The team is going through a serious transition on the offensive line; they’ve already agreed to trade away a key skill position player, and with a bunch of pending free agents on the defensive side of the ball, the 2026 roster could look significantly different than last year’s.
So to keep track of all the Lions’ offseason moves—including free agent signings, trades, releases, and everything else—we’ve put together a tracker that will follow every transaction. That not only includes players that the Lions add or re-sign, but also where Lions free agents end up. If Detroit loses a free agent to a new team, you’ll see it represented below. We’ll also add links to any analysis pieces related to each move, including grades and contract breakdowns.
And the great things about these trackers is that they offer a historical look at each Lions offseason. You can look back at the entire Brad Holmes era and see how he’s done by checking out the 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021 versions here.
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Additions
Signed by the Lions
Players acquired via trade
- OL Juice Scruggs (via the David Montgomery trade, grade, player breakdown/analysis)
Lions released
- OL Graham Glasgow (saves over $5.5 million)
Lions traded
- RB David Montgomery (trade terms, grading the trade)
Lions’ free agents
Re-signed
- RB Jacob Saylors (ERFA, signed tender)
- G/C Michael Niese (ERFA, signed tender)
- CB Nick Whiteside (ERFA, signed tender)
Tender applied
- K Jake Bates (ERFA tendered)
Signed elsewhere
Remain unsigned
- QB Kyle Allen
- QB C.J. Beathard
- WR Kalif Raymond
- WR Tom Kennedy (RFA)
- TE Shane Zylstra
- TE Anthony Firkser
- TE Giovanni Ricci
- OT Jamarco Jones
- OT Chris Hubbard
- OT Dan Skipper (retired, hired on coaching staff)
- G/C Trystan Colon
- G Kayode Awosika
- DT DJ Reader
- DT Roy Lopez
- DT Myles Adams
- EDGE Marcus Davenport
- EDGE Al-Quadin Muhammad
- EDGE Tyrus Wheat (RFA, not tendered)
- EDGE Pat O’Connor
- LB Alex Anzalone
- LB Malcolm Rodriguez
- LB Trevor Nowaske (RFA)
- LB Grant Stuard
- LB Zach Cunningham
- LB Ezekiel Turner
- CB Amik Robertson
- CB Rock Ya-Sin
- CB Arthur Maulet
- CB Keenan Garber
- DB Avonte Maddox
- S Daniel Thomas
- S Jalen Milles
- S Damontae Kazee
Future deal signings
- RB Jabari Small
- WR Jackson Meeks
- WR Malik Cunningham
- TE Zach Horton
- TE Thomas Gordon (from Bears)
- OT Devin Cochran
- IOL Seth McLaughlin (from Bengals)
- IOL Mason Miller
- EDGE Ahmed Hassanein
- DL Chris Smith
- SAF Loren Strickland
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