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Lions lose safety Avonte Maddox for season, sign Jalen Mills as replacement

Dan Campbell confirms Maddox needs season-ending foot surgery as Detroit scrambles to rebuild a battered secondary.

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What to know

  • Avonte Maddox joins Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph as safeties sidelined for Detroit, gutting the position group.
  • The Lions' defense ranks 31st in the NFL in scoring and total defense after allowing 71 points through two games.
  • Detroit is actively working out veteran free agents and targeting other teams' practice-squad players, having already re-signed Jalen Mills.
  • Coach Dan Campbell is publicly backing defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard while signaling personnel changes are coming.

“Brad's been working on getting some guys in here. We had a workout this morning just looking for a veteran guy, and then we're looking for some of these safeties that are on other teams right now that are promising young players that we could potentially poach and bring in and let them compete.”

Dan Campbell, Lions head coach · Yahoo Sports ↗ · Sep 20

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Lions lose safety Avonte Maddox for season, sign Jalen Mills as replacement
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  1. 4

    Campbell defends DC Kelvin Sheppard amid defensive struggles

    With the Lions' defense ranked 31st in scoring and total defense after allowing 71 points in two games, Campbell backed second-year defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard while signaling personnel changes ahead.

    “We're going to do a couple things defensively, we're going to move some guys around, we're going to give some guys some opportunities to play here and shake it up a little bit because they've earned that.”
    — Dan Campbell
    1. 1 outlet Lions lose key DB for season; Campbell backs DC after defense's woes

      first by ESPN NFL, 3d ago

  2. 3

    Lions sign Jalen Mills back to practice squad

    Detroit added veteran defensive back Jalen Mills, who played briefly for the team last season, to the practice squad following Maddox's injury.

    1. 1 outlet first by Sports Illustrated, 3d ago · read ↗

  3. 2

    Lions work out veteran safeties to fill void

    Detroit held a Monday workout attended by veterans including Jordan Fuller and Jalen Mills as the team, already missing starters Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph, searches for replacements including possible practice-squad poaches from other teams.

    “We had a workout this morning just looking for a veteran guy, and then we're looking for some of these safeties that are on other teams right now... that we could potentially poach and bring in and let them compete.”
    — Dan Campbell
    1. 1 outlet Familiar Faces Headline 3 Safeties Lions Could Poach From Practice Squads

      first by Sports Illustrated, 3d ago

  4. 1

    Campbell confirms Maddox needs season-ending surgery

    Lions head coach Dan Campbell told reporters Monday that Maddox will require surgery on the foot injury and is expected to miss the remainder of the 2026 season.

    “He's going to require surgery. Looks like he'll be out for the season. That hurts a little bit. Maddox is a good player for us.”
    — Dan Campbell
    1. 2 outlets Avonte Maddox out for the season

      first by Yahoo Sports, 3d ago · also Detroit Free Press

      1 more headline
    2. 1 outlet Lions Make Final Decision on Veteran DB After Season-Ending Injury

      first by Yahoo Sports, 2d ago

    1 more claim →

    • Lions HC Dan Campbell said CB Avonte Maddox will require season-ending surgery to the foot injury he sustained Thursday night at Buffalo.

      @AdamSchefterX3d ago415▲view on X ↗
  5. background

    Avonte Maddox injures foot in loss to Bills — Maddox was carted off during the Lions' Thursday Night Football loss to the Buffalo Bills and was seen on crutches afterward, unable to return to the game.

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  1. 2 outlets Detroit Lions Suffer Season-Ending Blow on Defense

    first by Newsweek, 3d ago · also Yahoo Sports

    2 more headlines

and 1 smaller piece