Team news: Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are signing quarterback Jared Goff to a four-year, $212 million contract extension that includes $170 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday.

The deal makes the 2016 No. 1 pick the highest-paid player in franchise history.

The Lions lock up veteran QB Goff, and this is good news for the continued growth of Amon-Ra St. Brown, Sam LaPorta, and the rest of the offense. The quarterback should be considered a strong QB2 option and will have streaming opportunities throughout 2024.

The Lions have a deal for one of the top young talents. They agreed on an extension for WR Amon-Ra St. Brown. He gets four years and more than $120M, with $77M guaranteed.

Related Players: Jameson Williams, Kalif Raymond, Donovan Peoples-Jones

Good move for the Lions, who lock in their No. 1 pass-catching option. They will still likely address the position in the NFL Draft, but that shouldn't impact St. Brown.

Rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker is now on the Lions’ 53-man roster.

Jared Goff, Teddy Bridgewater

Hooker tore his ACL in his final game at Tennessee and the third-round pick has been on the non-football injury list for the entire regular season, the story said. Hooker will still only be the team's QB3, but Hooker can continue practicing through the rest of the season. Bridgewater is planning to retire after this season, so Hooker would presumably be line for the No. 2 job next year, the story said.

Jameson Williams has not had more than two touches in any of the nine games he’s played this season and he had just one carry and one ball thrown his way on 38 offensive snaps in Sunday’s 28-13 loss to the Bears.

“We’ll keep working with him,” HC Dan Campbell said, via the team’s website. “He’s improving. We’ll keep working to find some different ways to get him more involved because he is putting the work in and improving . . . he’s earned that.”

Williams scored on a 19-yard run last week vs. the Saints, a few weeks after he sparked a comeback against the Bears with a 32-yard touchdown catch in Week 11, so questions for Campbell about why Williams isn’t a bigger part of the offense were all but inevitable on Monday, the story went on to say. It's potentially good news for his owners but now that it's playoff time he probably shouldn't be trusted in lineups just yet, so the wait-and-see approach should be taken.

Lions RB David Montgomery (ribs) does not have an injury designation for Sunday, and he will play.

Related Players: Jahmyr Gibbs

Gibbs has been fantastic with his given opportunities, but Dan Cambell has made it abundantly clear that the team would prefer to move the ball through Montgomery in the early downs and near the goal line. Both will be RB2 options when sharing the field.

Lions RB David Montgomery (ribs) was a full participant for Wednesday's practice estimation.

Related Players: Jahmyr Gibbs

Gibbs has been fantastic with his given opportunities, but Dan Cambell has made it abundantly clear that the team would prefer to move the ball through Montgomery in the early downs and near the goal line. Both will be RB2 options when sharing the field.

For much of this season, the Lions haven’t needed to decide how to split snaps between running backs David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs because the two haven’t been healthy at the same time. But that’s about to change, and Lions head coach Dan Campbell says both players will get plenty of opportunities.

Montgomery appears likely to return from his rib injury Sunday against the Chargers, and Gibbs is coming off his best game last week against the Raiders, the story said. When healthy, Montgomery has been the starter, and it appears that will remain the case for the rest of the season, the story added. The story also speculated Gibbs’ breakout game against the Raiders likely means he’ll get close to an equal workload going forward.

Browns trade Donovan Peoples-Jones to Detroit for 6th round pick.

Related players: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Josh Reynolds, Kalif Raymond, Cedric Tillman, Marquise Goodwin

Peoples-Jones is just 24 but one can argue moves to a team with a more crowded receiver room than the one he came from. DPJ was the Browns WR3 but hasn't had nearly the impact he had in 2022. It would be tough to see DPJ having that impact on the Lions, however, one can argue there isn't much consistency behind St. Brown. DPJ will at least bring some size to the Lions and could possibly carve out a role in the red zone. As far as Cleveland goes, it could mean the rookie Tillman or Goodwin eventually see more snaps as the team's WR3.

Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown was added to the injury report Sunday with an illness.

St. Brown was listed as questionable, but is expected to play tonight against the Raiders, per source, Pelissero's post said. Several players have been battling illness over the last week.

The Lions officially ruled out RB David Montgomery for Week 8 against the Raiders.

This was expected after Montgomery has yet to return to practice. The Lions were always likely to rest Montgomery this week with their bye week coming in Week 9. Jahmyr Gibbs became more involved in the offense with Montgomery out last week and should expect the same in what should be a much better matchup this week against the Raiders compared to last week against the Ravens. Gibbs is a strong play this week while Craig Reynolds is a deep flex option.