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- On Thursday, the Detroit Lions decided to forgo their final day of minicamp practice in favor of a walk-through:
Lions have switched their final minicamp practice to an indoor walk-through. No media.
— Kyle Meinke (@kmeinke) June 16, 2016
- The Lions chose not to re-sign Travis Lewis this offseason, so the Vikings picked him up. But on Thursday, the team parted ways with the veteran linebacker:
Former #Lions LB Travis Lewis has been waived by Minnesota. He signed with the #Vikings in free agency.
— Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) June 16, 2016 - Zach Zenner is still working his way back from the rib injury that shortened his 2015 season.
- The Lions hired Randy Edsall to be their director of football research back in January. On Thursday, Jim Caldwell explained specifically what his role will be in 2016.
- Former team president Tom Lewand is now the CEO of Shinola, a manufacturing company specializing in watches:
BREAKING: Ex-Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand hired as CEO of watchmaker Shinola/Detroit https://t.co/99FQXGvVgb @crainsdetroit
— Bill Shea (@Bill_Shea19) June 16, 2016 - The NFL is making a slight adjustment to their practice squad rules starting this year. Jeff Risdon of SideLion Report explains how that may affect the Lions.
- Marvin Jones was teammates with the Lions' newest addition Orson Charles back with the Bengals. Naturally, he was pretty excited when news broke they would be reunited:
Welcome aboard bro bro!! @O_Charles80
— Marvin Jones Jr (@MarvinJonesJr) June 16, 2016