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Ranking the Detroit Lions’ 2025 free agents by importance of re-signing

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The Detroit Lions ended the 2024 season with 86 players under contract with the organization, spread out amongst the active roster, practice squad, and injured reserve. Heading into the offseason, 52 players are under contract, 21 are unrestricted free agents, four are street free agents, five are restricted free agents, and four are exclusive rights free agents.

Let’s take a look at which Lions players fall into each of the four potential free agent categories and rank them in the order we believe Detroit will prioritize them.

Unrestricted free agents (21)

A pattern has emerged when it comes to the Lions re-signing their own unrestricted free agents.