{"id":43361,"date":"2026-02-14T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=43361"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:39:08","slug":"lions-predicted-to-sign-star-cb-in-2026-nfl-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=43361","title":{"rendered":"Lions Predicted to Sign Star CB in 2026 NFL Free Agency"},"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\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250060629.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250060629.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250060629.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250060629.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Lions Predicted to Sign Star CB in 2026 NFL Free Agency\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Detroit Lions have yet to discover a long-term solution at cornerback. But this offseason, the organization could find one at least for the time being in veteran Jamel Dean.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what NFL insider Greg Auman projected to happen in his 2026 NFL free agency primer released on February 11.<\/p>\n<p>Auman predicted the Lions to sign Dean this March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDean, 29, had one of the league\u2019s more remarkable seasons, agreeing to an $8 million pay cut to stay in Tampa, then having a huge season with three interceptions and two forced fumbles,\u201d Auman wrote. \u201cPro Football Focus loves him, rating him as the NFL\u2019s No. 5 cornerback for 2025 and ranking him as the No. 5 overall free agent at any position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could draw his old Bucs salary of $12 million a year as a free agent, but he\u2019s only played for Todd Bowles in Tampa and likes it there, so there\u2019s no telling what he\u2019ll do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dean is coming off a very strong seventh season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He posted nine pass defenses with three interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown. Dean also had 46 combined tackles with two quarterback hits and two forced fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>Among cornerbacks who played at least 50% of his team\u2019s defensive snaps, Dean finished with the fourth-best PFF player grade.<\/p>\n<p>PFF has Dean ranked as the best available free agent cornerback for the upcoming offseason.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL insider Greg Auman predicted Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions to sign cornerback Jamel Dean in 2026 NFL free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43361","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lions Predicted to Sign Star CB in 2026 NFL Free Agency - 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