{"id":37267,"date":"2025-11-07T01:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37267"},"modified":"2025-11-07T01:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:21:36","slug":"breaking-news-detroit-lions-missed-a-key-opportunity-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37267","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Detroit Lions Missed a Key Opportunity This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2242697107-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2242697107-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2242697107-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2242697107-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Detroit Lions Missed a Key Opportunity This Week\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The NFL trade deadline came and went at 4 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, November 4, and the Detroit Lions didn\u2019t make any moves. The team was quiet on Tuesday, other than a few small roster moves, and even though the Lions\u2019 roster is solid, they could have certainly benefited from getting in on a trade and getting ready for the road to the championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions are coming off an upset loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field in Detroit, where the Vikings shut them down with a 27-24 final score. If anything, this game should have been a wake-up call that the Lions have some holes to fill in their roster. But, general manager Brad Holmes was very quiet on Tuesday, and the NFL deadline came without a whisper from the Lions\u2019 camp.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Holmes obviously knows what he\u2019s doing. The Lions are 5-3 for the season, which used to be a pipe dream when it came to the record of the Lions franchise. So, Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell have the expertise to make this team fly. But, they still missed out on two talents that would have been a great addition to the Detroit Lions\u2019 squad.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Detroit Lions Miss 2 Top Trade Candidates<\/h2>\n<p>The Detroit Lions could surely use another solid defensive player to join Aidan Hutchinson on the defensive squad. But, they haven\u2019t been interested in securing any pass rush help, and it was more of the same on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Two trade targets won\u2019t be with the Lions anytime soon. One was\u00a0Jaelan Phillips, a Miami Dolphins linebacker who would have been a solid fit for Detroit, who went to NFC rival the Eagles for a third-round pick. The other is Logan Wilson, another linebacker that who would have worked well with Hutchinson, who is now with the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Lions didn\u2019t add anyone through a trade today. Let\u2019s hope Hutchinson can handle the pressure, because it\u2019s only going to get more difficult as teams scrap to make it to the playoffs. But, again, we trust Holmes, because he\u2019s earned our trust.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>A Big Trade Did Go Down, But Not With the Detroit Lions<\/h2>\n<p>One earth-shattering trade that did happen on Tuesday was the New York Jets trading\u00a0Sauce Gardner, the teams\u2019 former first round pick from the NFL draft in 2022, to the Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<p>Former Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is coaching the Jets, and the team has a record of 1-7, so Glenn has to make big moves to get this franchise back on track. Gardner will become part of the Colts, and in turn, New York will get a 2026 and 2027 first round pick, as well as former first rounder AD Mitchell, according to Ian Rapoport.<\/p>\n<p>Now, NFL players are reacting to the news, and one is Detroit Lions cornerback D.J. Reed. Of course, Reed used to play for the Jets, so he knows Gardner from their time as teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Following the news of the trade, Reed took to X to react, posting, \u201cBro\u201d with a collection of surprised emojis.\u00a0Gardner also took to X to say farewell to New York, with a post stating, \u201cNew York it\u2019s been real.\u201d So, big moves for a former Lions coordinator in Glenn but not for the current Lions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL trade deadline came and went, and the Detroit Lions missed an opportunity for a move that would have solidified their lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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