Lions notes: Charlie Sanders to be honored this season

Lions notes looks at the team's plans to honor Charlie Sanders, Quandre Diggs' new number and much more.

By Sean Yuille Jul 29, 2015, 10:00am EDT

The Detroit Lions are going to honor Charlie Sanders, who passed away earlier this month, with a helmet decal during the 2015 season.
In number news:

Quandre Diggs now wearing No. 28 and Taylor Mays will be No. 47, per team reporter @ttwentyman
— Justin Rogers (@Justin_Rogers) July 28, 2015
The Lions will have four extra assistants for training camp this year:

#Lions added 4 assistants for camp as part of Bill Walsh Minority Fellowship: Henry Baker, Fred Farrier, Rashad Jackson, Marquice Williams
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) July 28, 2015
It's almost here:

Lions training camp is less than a week away. pic.twitter.com/ySO54jjhIF
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) July 28, 2015
This is pretty awesome:

Just a few more sunsets before #LionsCamp https://t.co/9Mi1tshjn7
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) July 27, 2015
The Detroit Free Press has updated its Lions salary cap database.
The Minnesota Vikings signed kicker Blair Walsh to a four-year contract extension on Sunday.

Blair Walsh signs 4 yr extension worth up to $14 million with $5.25 guaranteed. Makes him one of the top 5 highest paid kickers in the NFL
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) July 26, 2015
The NFL upheld New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension for his role in "Deflategate" on Tuesday. This pretty much sums up my reaction to the whole situation:

One of the stupidest things that's ever happened in sports in my lifetime. https://t.co/JXGD6PTbPy
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) July 28, 2015

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