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Dan Campbell: Even with Taylor Decker, we need to find another LT who can help us

Lions left tackle Taylor Decker posted his intention to play his 11th season with the club on Tuesday via social media.

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NFL: DEC 14 Lions at Rams

Taylor Decker suggests he will be playing in 2026

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Dan Campbell: Drew Petzing was the right fit, I felt that within 20 minutes

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Brad Holmes on David Montgomery: We want to put 2025 in the rear view, move forward

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Lions will play in Munich next season

Florio: Playoff re-seeding plan still not on table

NFL: DEC 14 Lions at Rams

Lions will play in Munich during the 2026 season

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Taylor Decker

DET Tackle #68

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Lions LT Taylor Decker posted on Instagram that he will return for the 2026 season.

He had contemplated retirement after seemingly spending the entire year on the injury report with a shoulder injury. It’s a big keep for the Lions, who appeared to have no real pathway to another stalwart left tackle from the outside. Decker’s return should solidify some of the offseason questions and direction for the Lions.
David Montgomery

DET Running Back #5

Lions GM Brad Holmes said the team has had conversations with David Montgomery and his agent and the situation is “fluid.”

It sure sounds like the Lions could move on from Montgomery in a trade. Entering his age-29 season, Montgomery could emerge as a solid fantasy RB2 in the right situation this offseason. This Lions enter the offseason roughly $10 million over the cap, releasing Montgomery would free up $3.5 million. It is also possible that Montgomery simply wants a bigger role than he had down the stretch during Jahmyr Gibbs’ takeover. Montgomery had 10 or more carries just once after Week 10. Holmes said: “We’d love to have him ... But obviously a player has to want to be at a certain place as well.”
Amon-Ra St. Brown

DET Wide Receiver #14

The Lions will play a regular season game in Munich, Germany in 2026.

This will be the sixth regular season NFL game played in Germany as part of the league’s international series. It will feature Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, a German-American and the centerpiece of the Detroit offense. Last year St. Brown was fifth in receiving yards and fourth in wideout receptions. The Lions will be looking to bounce back from a relatively disappointing 2025 campaign after losing OC Ben Johnson to the Bears.
Taylor Decker

DET Tackle #68

NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah told reporters the Lions have “been sniffing around” free agent tackles.

With Taylor Decker considering retirement after 10 seasons with the Lions, it’s no surprise the team is preparing in case the 31-year-old indeed decides to call it quits. While the Lions could address their long-term need at tackle with their first round pick, which is 17th overall, the organization will certainly sign a free agent tackle before then if Decker retires. The Lions are approaching this situation proactively after center Frank Ragnow retired late last offseason, which left the team unprepared. Braden Smith, Rasheed Walker, Trent Brown and Jermaine Eluemunor are some of the free agent tackles that could make sense for the Lions.
Dan Skipper

DET Coaching Staff #70

CBS Detroit’s Rachel Hopmeyer reports former Lions OT Dan Skipper will join the team’s coaching staff.

Unsurprisingly, Hopmeyer notes that Skipper will coach the offensive linemen in some capacity, though his official title hasn’t been announced. Detroit’s long-time sixth offensive lineman hung up the cleats after the 2025 season at the age of 31. It didn’t take him long to return to football, as Skipper volunteered to coach at the East-West Shrine Bowl right after the season. Now he will stay in Detroit as a staff member.
David Montgomery

DET Running Back #5

Lions RB David Montgomery told NBC Sports new Lions OC Drew Petzing “knows exactly what needs to happen” next season.

Montgomery joined the Fantasy Football Happy Hour at Super Bowl week and expressed optimism when discussing new Lions OC Drew Petzing. The 28-year-old running back said Petzing knows exactly what needs to happen next season, possibly alluding to more touches for himself. Montgomery had 185 carries and 38 targets in 2024, but those numbers dipped to 158 carries and 29 targets in 2025. Lions general manager Brad Holmes said the team would discuss Montgomery’s future this offseason at his season-ending press conference and it seems like the former Bears third-round pick is on board with the Lions’ plan for 2026.
Steve Oliver

DET Coaching Staff

Lions hired Steve Oliver as their new tight ends coach.

Oliver initially joined the Lions’ coaching staff as an offensive quality control coach in 2021. He was promoted in 2023, becoming the team’s assistant offensive line coach under offensive line coach and run game coordinator Hank Fraley. Oliver notably played for Fraley as an offensive lineman at the University of San Diego in 2012. Oliver will now coach a position group led by star TE Sam LaPorta.
Drew Petzing

DET Offensive Coordinator

Lions GM Brad Holmes said that OC Drew Petzing will call plays in 2026.

Well, what he really said was “look, it’s his offense. It’s not something where he’s got to do something else or be like – this is his show, man.” Holmes praised Petzing’s “impressive” job calling plays despite Arizona’s personnel issues and noted that Petzing isn’t married to a system so much as a philosophy to “maximize personnel of what’s available.” We’re not totally sold on Petzing’s work in Arizona, but it’s clear that NFL decision makers saw it differently. How the Lions change schematically in Petzing’s view will be a very real question over the next six months.
Mike Kafka

DET Coaching Staff

Former Giants interim coach Mike Kafka will join the Lions in a “high-ranking offensive staff role.”

He’s not the offensive coordinator — that’s Drew Petzing — but Kafka will apparently be another offensive mind in the room for Dan Campbell. It’s a coup for the Lions considering Kafka had interviewed to be an offensive coordinator in Detroit, Philadelphia, Tampa, and with the Giants this offseason. He’ll hope to rehab his coaching image after a fairly benign interim coach showing after Brian Daboll was swept out of power in New Jersey.
Scottie Montgomery

DET Coaching Staff

Ravens requested an interview with Lions assistant head coach/WR coach Scottie Montgomery for their offensive coordinator vacancy.

It’s Montgomery’s first interview of the cycle. The 47-year-old was interviewed for the Cowboys job last year and the Buccaneers job in 2023. He’s been with the Lions since 2023 as Dan Campbell’s assistant head coach.