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- The Detroit Lions announced on Friday they have waived wide receiver Corey Washington from their injured reserve list. Last week, the Lions waived Washington from the roster with an injury designation and he returned to the team's IR list after clearing waivers. Now that he has been waived from IR, it means the team has reached an injury settlement with the receiver. This lets the Lions off the hook for Washington's entire salary and also opens up the possibility of Washington's return once healthy.
- DeAndre Levy is hosting an event to raise money for Detroiters looking to pursue a career in the culinary arts:
If you are looking for more information on the event, check out the Detroit Food Academy website. - We know by now Ezekiel Ansah was snubbed from Pro Football Focus' top 101 players of 2016 list. But it appears he wasn't even in their top 111. PFF revealed 10 players who just missed the list, and Ansah didn't even make that list.
- SI.com has a well-researched article on how the Lions will survive without Calvin Johnson.
- ...but they had a bit of a problem promoting the story:
With Megatron gone, who will become the Lions’ go-to on offense? (by @ChrisBurke_SI): https://t.co/fZVMj5CoIT pic.twitter.com/CuwDRKoVHR
— SI NFL (@si_nfl) June 17, 2016Probably not the guy in the picture. We like @_bigplayslay23 on defense. https://t.co/iJYA62b2ab
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) June 17, 2016
- Former Lions great Lem Barney spoke at an autograph signing event this week and admitted he never wanted to wear the No. 20 jersey.
- Kyle Meinke of MLive.com gives us seven things we've learned from Lions minicamp and OTAs.