The Lions have agreed to terms with offensive tackle Larry Borom, NFL Media reports.
The terms of the deal were undisclosed.
Borom, 27, spent last season with the Dolphins after signing a one-year, $2.5 million deal. The right tackle started 11 games for the Dolphins and saw action in five others.
The Bears made him a fifth-round pick in 2021, and he spent his first four seasons in Chicago. He made 27 starts and played 20 other games for the team.
The Lions have also added center Juice Scruggs and center Cade Mays this offseason as they rebuild their offensive line.
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As the Lions look to re-tool their offensive line this offseason, they have found a new center.
According to multiple reports, Detroit has agreed to sign Cade Mays to a three-year contract.
Initial reports indicate Mays’ deal is worth $25 million with $14 million guaranteed.
Mays, 26, started 12 games for the Panthers in 2025. He was a Carolina sixth-round pick in 2022, appearing in 11 game with two starts as a rookie and 16 games with five starts in 2023.
While Mays was waived during roster cuts in 2024 and spent some time with the Giants, he returned to the Panthers in October of that season. He ended up appearing in 11 games with eight starts for Carolina before sticking with the team as a restricted free agent last offseason.
Mays will now head to the Lions, who are looking for a more permanent replacement for former center Frank Ragnow, who retired last offseason. The club will also need to replace Taylor Decker at left tackle.
The Commanders are adding to their secondary.
According to multiple reports, Amik Robertson has agreed to a two-year deal with Washington.
The initial reports indicate Robertson’s deal is worth $16 million with $9.3 million guaranteed.
Robertson, 27, spent the last two seasons with Detroit. He appeared in 17 games with 10 starts in 2025, recording 52 total tackles with 12 passes defensed, two forced fumbles, and an interception.
A Raiders fourth-round pick in 2020, Robertson has played 86 career games with 35 starts, recording 35 passes defensed with five interceptions. He has not missed a game since 2021.
The Buccaneers have landed a new linebacker.
According to multiple reports, they have agreed to terms on a contract with Alex Anzalone. It is a two-year pact worth $17 million for Anzalone.
Anzalone spent the last five seasons with the Lions and entered the league as a 2017 third-round pick in New Orleans. He was a starter for his entire run in Detroit and capped his time with the NFC North club by recording 95 tackles, 2.5 sacks, an interception, and nine passes defensed during the 2025 season.
The Bucs have longtime defensive centerpiece Lavonte David set for free agency and the Anzalone signing could signal the start of more significant changes on defense in Tampa.
Veteran offensive tackle Taylor Decker announced last month that he plans to play in 2026, but he won’t be back with the Lions.
Decker announced on Instagram that he asked for his release from the Lions and that he will be leaving the team. Decker wrote that the request came after the two sides could not “find common ground” in discussions about his contract that he deemed a “surprise.”
That suggests the Lions wanted Decker to take a pay cut. Decker had two years left on his contract and was set to make $14.9 million this season. His release will create more than $11 million in cap space and leave over $9 million in dead money on Detroit’s cap.
It will also put the Lions into the market for help at tackle. They could move Penei Sewell to the left side and use their resources to find a new starter on the right side or opt to keep Sewell put, but that answer remains unknown in the immediate aftermath of Friday’s surprising turn of events in Detroit.
Offensive tackle Jedrick Wills is trying to resume his NFL career.
The Browns made Wills the 10th overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft and he spent five seasons in Cleveland, but he went on injured reserve in November 2023 with a knee injury and continued to have issues with it in 2024. He did not play at all during the 2025 season.
Per a report from NFL reporter Jordan Schultz, Wills visited with the Patriots and is meeting with the Lions on Thursday. Wills also reportedly has other visits lined up as he tries to get back into the league.
Wills started 57 games over his five seasons with the Browns.
Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown thinks his team is losing one of the best running backs in the NFL by trading David Montgomery to the Texans.
St. Brown said on his podcast that Montgomery deserves to be a starting running back, which he wasn’t in Detroit thanks to the emergence of Jahmyr Gibbs, and so St. Brown is glad Montgomery will be on a team that gets the most out of his talents.
“I’m sick, selfishly. I’m sick because I love D-Mo,” St. Brown said. “One of my favorite teammates. No matter what the situation was, we all knew that he wanted more carries and wanted to play more, he never made it about himself. He was always all about the team, which I know is hard sometimes, especially in his position. He’s an RB1 on 31 other teams. He’s damn near RB1 for us, but you got two guys, two really good running backs, only one running back can play, which kind of sucks. It’s kind of like a quarterback situation. Although running backs do rotate, only one running back plays. Whereas receiver, you can have two or three on the field. Selfishly, like I said, I’m upset but also I’m really happy for D-Mo because I know how much he wanted a bigger role in an offense and I think he’s going to have that in Houston.”
Lions players and coaches have spoken often about what a positive presence Montgomery is on a football team. But the reality of life in the NFL is that when a younger player comes along and out-plays you, your days are numbered. That’s what happened to Montgomery when Gibbs emerged as the starting running back, and so he’s now on the way out.
The Texans are set to add running back David Montgomery in a trade with the Lions when the new league year starts next week and their leading rusher for 2025 says he’s looking forward to having Montgomery in Houston.
Woody Marks ran 196 times for 703 yards while splitting time with Nick Chubb last season and the Montgomery trade ensures he’ll be in line for another timeshare in his second NFL season. That could limit his chances to build on his rookie performance, but Marks said that he’s hoping to capture some of what the Lions were able to do with Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs in their backfield.
“I’m very excited,” Marks said, via Aaron Wilson of KPRC. “Just looking back at the clips with him and Jahmyr Gibbs, it looked like they was having so much fun out there. When the running back room doing good and everybody blocking, it’s a party in the running back room. So, we’re looking to have that same joy him and Jahmyr Gibbs had bringing it down here in Houston.”
Marks caught 261 passes over his five seasons in college, but only had 24 for the Texans last year. If he can make more of an impact in that area, the Texans’ combo will stand a better chance of reminding people of what the Lions have rolled out on offense the last few seasons.
Kicker Jake Bates is set to return for a third season with the Lions.
Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports that the Lions have tendered Bates with a contract. Bates was an exclusive rights free agent and putting the tender in place means the Lions don’t have to worry about him negotiating with any other teams this offseason.
Bates caught attention for making a 64-yard field goal early in the 2024 UFL season and signed with the Lions that June. He has kicked in every game for the Lions over the last two seasons and is 53-of-63 on field goals. He has also led the league in extra points made and attempted in both of his seasons with Detroit.
Bates was the only exclusive rights free agent on the Lions’ roster.
The asking price is known. The outcome isn’t.
Where will defensive end Maxx Crosby play next?
DraftKings has the Bears as the +200 favorites to secure his services via trade with the Raiders. Staying put with the Raiders is a +350 proposition.
Five teams are clustered at +700: the Rams (Fuck Them Picks, Part Two), Cowboys, Bills, Ravens, and Eagles.
The Patriots land at +1000, with the Lions and Buccaneers at +1200.
The Raiders, as PFT reported last week, want two first-round picks and a player for Crosby. Crosby, as Jay Glazer said during Super Bowl week, is “done” with the Raiders.
Whether this saga is done remains to be seen. Although no trades can become official until next Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET, teams can reach tentative agreements now.
