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Roy Lopez wants to coach one day, picked Detroit Lions to learn how from Dan Campbell

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Detroit Free Press

  • Defensive tackle Roy Lopez officially signed a one-year, $4.65 million contract with the Detroit Lions on Thursday.
  • The former Cardinals and Texans defender wants to be a coach, eventually, and looks up to Lions coach Dan Campbell.
  • The Lions return starting defensive tackles D.J. Reader and Alim McNeill, but McNeill is returning from a torn ACL and might not be ready for the start of the season.

When Roy Lopez is done playing in the NFL, he wants to be a football coach — like his father and uncles and pretty much "everybody I know.