TRANSACTIONS
| December | |
|---|---|
| 12/28 |
The Lions sign the following players: DB DOWAYNE DAVIS, RB Allen Ervin, WR Eric Fowler, DE Rudolph Hardie and TE Jake Nordin. |
| 12/23 |
The Lions place LB Jordon Dizon and G EDWIN MULITALO on reserve/injured, release WR PAUL RAYMOND from their practice squad and sign LB CHRIS GRAHAM to their practice squad. The Lions also sign G JUNIUS COSTON and claim WR CHRIS HANNON off waivers from the Miami Dolphins. |
| 12/15 |
The Lions sign S LaMarcus Hicks, CB Chris Roberson and WR TRAVIS TAYLOR and place the following players on reserve/injured: WR SHAUN MCDONALD, S DWIGHT SMITH and CB Keith Smith. The Lions also sign S DOWAYNE DAVIS and CB JEFF SHOATE to their practice squad. |
| 12/07 |
The Lions place LB Alex Lewis on reserve/injured and sign LB Darnell Bing from their practice squad. |
| 12/31 |
The Lions sign WR REGGIE BALL, WR RONALD BELLAMY, DE VICTOR DeGRATE, T JON DUNN, DE CLAUDE HARRIOTT, TE CLARK HARRIS, DB PACINO HORNE, T DEREK MORRIS, G BEN NOLL, DB ISRAEL ROUTE and WR John Standeford for the 2008 season. |
| November | |
|---|---|
| 11/30 |
The Lions place WR MIKE FURREY on reserve/injured and sign WR Keary Colbert. |
| 11/25 |
The Lions re-sign TE Jake Nordin to their practice squad. |
| 11/23 |
The Lions place DE Jared DeVries on reserved/injured and sign QB DREW HENSON from their practice squad. The Lions also release WR JOEL FILANI from their practice squad and re-sign WR Eric Fowler to their practice squad. |
| 11/18 |
The Lions sign S Stuart Schweigert. The Lions also release the following players from their practice squad: WR Eric Fowler, TE Jake Nordin, and DB ANTONIO SMITH, and sign WR JOEL FILANI, S LaMarcus Hicks,and RB Allen Ervin to their practice squad. |
| 11/16 |
The Lions release S LaMarcus Hicks. |
| 11/13 |
The Lions release RB Allen Ervin from their practice squad and re-sign QB DREW HENSON to their practice squad. |
| 11/11 |
The Lions claim WR Adam Jennings and release QB DREW HENSON. The Lions also sign DB ANTONIO SMITH to their practice squad. |
| 11/10 |
The Lions release FB DARIAN BARNES and WR BRANDON MIDDLETON and re-sign WR John Standeford and RB Aveion Cason. |
| 11/07 |
The Lions release WR John Standeford and re-sign DB LaMarcus Hicks from their practice squad. |
| 11/04 |
The Lions release DB TRAVIS KEY from their practice squad and re-sign DB LaMarcus Hicks to their practice squad. |
| 11/03 |
The Lions sign QB Daunte Culpepper. |
| 11/02 |
The Lions release DB LaMarcus Hicks. |
| October | |
|---|---|
| 10/27 |
The Lions release DT LANGSTON MOORE and sign FB DARIAN BARNES. |
| 10/24 |
The Lions release LB GILBERT GARDNER and re-sign LB ANTHONY CANNON. |
| 10/14 |
The Lions sign S LaMarcus Hicks from the practice squad, WR John Standeford and also sign DB TRAVIS KEY to the practice squad. |
| 10/13 |
The Lions trade WR ROY WILLIAMS to the Dallas Cowboys, place QB JON KITNA on the reserve/injured list and sign WR PAUL RAYMOND to the practice squad. |
| 10/12 |
The Lions place S GERALD ALEXANDER on the reserve/injured list and re-sign FB MORAN NORRIS. |
| 10/10 |
The Lions release FB MORAN NORRIS and sign QB DREW HENSON from the practice squad. |
| 10/08 |
The Lions waive RB MARCUS THOMAS and sign FB MORAN NORRIS. The Lions sign DB Chris Roberson to their practice squad. Lions WR KENNETH MOORE signed with the Carolina Panthers. |
| September | |
|---|---|
| 09/08 |
The Lions place TE DAN CAMPBELL on reserve/injured and sign WR BRANDON MIDDLETON. |
| 09/07 |
The Lions release G MATT BUTLER from the practice squad and sign C BEN CLAXTON to the practice squad. The Lions sign T Damion Cook. |
| 09/03 |
The Lions waive S GREG BLUE and WR RON BELLAMY from reserve/injured and terminate RB Aveion Cason from reserve/injured. |
| 09/01 |
The Lions release RB TATUM BELL and sign RB RUDI JOHNSON. |
| August | |
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| 08/30 |
The Lions release LB ANTHONY CANNON and FB SEAN MCHUGH. The Lions sign LB RYAN NECE and claim RB MARCUS THOMAS off of waivers from the The Lions also sign the following players to their practice squad: LB Darnell Bing, G MATT BUTLER, RB Allen Ervin, WR Eric Fowler, QB DREW HENSON, DB LaMarcus Hicks, WR KENNTH MOORE, TE Jake Nordin. |
| 08/29 |
The Lions release the following players: WR RON BELLAMY, LB Darnell Bing, S GREG BLUE, LB BUSTER DAVIS, G FRANK DAVIS, DE VICTOR DEGRATE, DB DOVONTE EDWARDS, WR DEVALE ELLIS, DE Rudolph Hardie, TE CLARK HARRIS, QB DREW HENSON, DB LaMarcus Hicks, WR BRANDON MIDDLETON, WR KENNETH MOORE, T JONATHAN SCOTT and WR John Standeford. The Lions also place RB BRIAN CALHOUN and RB Aveion Cason on reserve/injured. |
| 08/25 |
The Lions release DE CLAUDE HARRIOTT, DB STEPHEN HOWELL, C CARROLL MADISON, LB TYRONE PRUITT and K DAVE RAYNER. |
| 08/21 |
The Lions release WR Eric Fowler and sign QB DREW HENSON. |
| 08/18 |
The Lions place FB JON BRADLEY on reserve/injured and re-sign TE CLARK HARRIS. |
| 08/17 |
The Lions release WR TAYE BIDDLE and re-sign WR Eric Fowler. |
| 08/08 |
The Lions release G NICK JONES and K EDDIE JOHNSON and sign K DAVE RAYNER, DB KIWAUKEE THOMAS and T Damion Cook. |
| 08/03 |
The Lions place LB TEDDY LEHMAN on reserve/injured and sign LB Darnell Bing. |
| July | |
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| 07/30 |
The Lions release G MATT BUTLER and T CHRIS PATRICK and sign C ANDY McCOLLUM and C NICK JONES. |
| 07/29 |
The Lions release WR Eric Fowler and sign P EDDIE JOHNSON. |
| 07/28 |
The Lions release P PAUL ERNSTER and sign WR TAYE BIDDLE. |
| 07/26 |
The Lions place WR REGGIE BALL on reserve/injured and sign WR Eric Fowler. |
| 07/25 |
The Lions release LB ALFRED FINCHER and re-sign LB TEDDY LEHMAN. |
| 07/24 |
The Lions extend CB LEIGH BODDEN to contract extension. The Lions also sign LB Jordon Dizon. |
| 07/23 |
The Lions place the following players on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list: S Daniel Bullocks, TE DAN CAMPBELL, WR SHAUN MCDONALD and T EDWIN MULITALO. The Lions also sign LB LEON JOE and Selected Draft Choice T Gosder Cherilus. |
| 07/22 |
The Lions sign the following Selected Draft Choices: DT Landon Cohen, FB Jerome Felton, DT Andre Fluellen, WR KENNETH MOORE and RB Kevin Smith. The Lions also release T JON DUNN. |
| 07/13 |
The Lions sign Selected Draft Choice DE Cliff Avril. |
| June | |
|---|---|
| 06/23 |
The Lions place DT SHEMIAH LEGRANDE on RESERVE/INJURED. |
| 06/22 |
The Lions release RB Allen Ervin, WR GREG LEE, DT JONATHAN LEWIS and TE BUCK REED. |
| 06/16 |
The Lions release WR DARRELL BLACKMAN, DB JUSTIN SANDERS and DB RONYELL WHITAKER. |
| May | |
|---|---|
| 05/28 |
The Lions sign DT SHEMIAH LEGRANDE. |
| 05/19 |
The Lions release DB ISRAEL ROUTE. |
| 05/18 |
The Lions sign WR GREG LEE and release TE CLARK HARRIS. |
| 05/14 |
The Lions sign DB RONYELL WHITAKER and release DB PACINO HORNE. |
| 05/13 |
The Lions sign DB STEPHEN HOWELL, DT JONATHAN LEWIS and TE BUCK REED and release DB BOBBIE WILLIAMS. |
| 05/11 |
The Lions sign undrafted free agent G MATT BUTLER. |
| 05/04 |
The Lions sign T CHRIS PATRICK. |
| 05/01 |
The Lions release T DEREK MORRIS. |
| April | |
|---|---|
| 04/30 |
The Lions sign undrafted free agents WR DARRELL BLACKMAN, RB Allen Ervin, DE Rudolph Hardie, G CARROLL MADISON, LB TYRONNE PRUITT and DB BOBBIE WILLIAMS. |
| 04/29 |
The Lions sign RB ARTOSE PINNER. |
| 04/27 |
The Lions release G BEN NOLL. |
| 04/20 |
The Lions re-sign restricted free agent QB DAN ORLOVSKY. |
| 04/17 |
The Lions re-sign restricted free agent DT LANGSTON MOORE. |
| 04/16 |
The Lions re-sign restricted free agent G Stephen Peterman. |
| 04/13 |
The Lions release P JOHN DERANEY. |
| 04/09 |
The Lions sign free agent K/P PAUL ERNSTER. |
| 04/07 |
The Lions re-sign restricted free agent CB STANLEY WILSON, re-sign exclusive rights player S LaMarcus Hicks and waive S PATRICK BODY. |
| March | |
|---|---|
| 03/25 |
The Lions sign unrestricted free agent LB ALFRED FINCHER. |
| 03/23 |
The Lions sign unrestricted free agent LB GILBERT GARDNER. |
| 03/18 |
The Lions re-sign exclusive rights player S GREG BLUE. |
| 03/17 |
The Lions re-sign exclusive rights player TE SEAN MCHUGH. |
| 03/16 |
The Lions re-sign unrestricted free agent DE COREY SMITH. |
| 03/13 |
The Lions sign unrestricted free agent CB BRIAN KELLY to a three-year deal and release S KENOY KENNEDY. |
| 03/12 |
The Lions sign restricted free agent S Kalvin Pearson, re-sign restricted free agent RB TATUM BELL and release DE KALIMBA EDWARDS and RB KEVIN JONES. |
| 03/11 |
The Lions re-sign unrestricted free agent CB TRAVIS FISHER and release G BLAINE SAIPAIA. |
| 03/10 |
The Lions sign unrestricted free agent DT Chuck Darby. |
| 03/09 |
The Lions re-sign unrestricted free agent T GEORGE FOSTER to a one-year deal. |
| 03/03 |
The Lions re-sign unrestricted free agent RB Aveion Cason and sign G COREY HULSEY. |
| 03/02 |
The Lions sign unrestricted free agent TE MICHAEL GAINES and re-sign unrestricted free agent TE JOHN OWENS. |
| February | |
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| 02/29 |
The Lions acquire CB LEIGH BODDEN and the Browns 2008 third-round draft choice in exchange for DT SHAUN ROGERS. |
| 02/28 |
The Lions re-sign unrestricted free agent CB Keith Smith. |
| 02/27 |
The Lions sign unrestricted free agent S DWIGHT SMITH to a two-year deal. |
| 02/24 |
The Lions release CB FERNANDO BRYANT. |