Earlier this month I posted a rundown of all the moves the Lions had made in order for everybody to keep updated on the latest transactions. Since then the Lions have continued to make moves, creating a need to update the transactions tracker. Since the last day of March is here, I figured now is as good of a time as ever to give the original incarnation of this post an update, which can be seen below.
Signings
- LB Landon Johnson; 1 year (March 20) **NEW**
- CB Jonathan Wade; 1 year (March 8)
- WR Brian Clark; 1 year (March 8)
- DE Kyle Vanden Bosch; 4 years, $26 million with $10 million in 2010 (March 5)
- WR Nate Burleson; 5 years, $25 million with $11 million guaranteed (March 5)
Re-signings
- DE Copeland Bryan; 1 year (March 16) **NEW**
- S Marquand Manuel; 1 year, $805,000 (March 16) **NEW**
- TE Will Heller; 3 years (March 8)
- LB Vinny Ciurciu; 1 year (March 5)
- OT Jon Jansen; 1 year, $860,000 (March 5)
Restricted Free Agent Re-signings (Signed Tenders)
- CB Kevin Hobbs; 1 year, $1,101,000 (March 31) **NEW**
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OG Manny Ramirez; 1 year, $1,101,000 (March 29) **NEW**
- OG Daniel Loper; 1 year, $1,226,000 (March 29) **NEW**
- DE Jason Hunter; 1 year, $1,759,000 (March 23) **NEW**
Exclusive Rights Free Agent Re-signings
- RB Cedric Peerman (March 17) **NEW**
- OG Corey Hilliard (March 17) **NEW**
- TE Jake Nordin (March 17) **NEW**
- LB Zack Follett (March 17) **NEW**
- CB DeAngelo Smith (March 17) **NEW**
Trades
- Received from San Francisco: QB Shaun Hill; Sent to San Francisco: 2011 7th-round pick (March 14) **NEW**
- Received from Atlanta: CB Chris Houston; Sent to Atlanta: 2010 6th-round pick, 2011 conditional 7th-round pick (March 8; Updated on March 15) **UPDATED**
- Received from Cleveland: DT Corey Williams, 2010 7th-round pick; Sent to Cleveland: 2010 5th-round pick originally belonging to Denver (March 5)
Releases
Unsigned Restricted Free Agents
- C Dylan Gandy (ROFR & Original Draft Compensation [4th-round pick]) - $1,176,000
- LB Cody Spencer - Not tendered
- S Daniel Bullocks (ROFR & Original Draft Compensation [recognized as a 3rd-round pick]) - $1,176,000
- S Ko Simpson (ROFR & Original Draft Compensation [4th-round pick]) - $1,176,000
Other
- Offered LB Caleb Campbell (former 7th-round pick for the Lions) a contract (March 11)