NFC North

Detroit Lions

0-7 · 4th in the NFC North · GM: Some_wild_gamer

2026 cap

$342.1M

incl. $40.9M rollover

Active spending

$332.5M

53 active players

Dead money

$6.1M

Cap space

$3.5M

2027 committed

$198.3M

of $327.0M projected cap

2028 committed

$121.6M

of $352.0M projected cap

Below the roster minimum: EDGE 5 of 6.

Roster & contracts

Cap number by year

Pos	Player	2026	2027	2028	2029	Guaranteed	Cut savings
Offense
QB	Brock Purdy	$52.5M	$46.0M	$46.0M	—	$42.5M	−$45.0M
QB	Sam Hartman	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	$1.0M
RB	Derrick Henry	$24.0M	—	—	—	—	$14.0M
RB	Tank Bigsby	$1.7M	—	—	—	—	$1.5M
RB	Isaac Guerendo	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	—	—	$867K
WR	Rome Odunze	$8.0M	$9.3M	—	—	$3.5M	−$9.3M
WR	Keon Coleman	$2.5M	$2.9M	—	—	$1.6M	−$1.0M
WR	Charlie Jones	$1.3M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
WR	KeAndre Lambert-Smith	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$845K
WR	Malik Benson	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	$494K
TE	Will Mallory	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
TE	A.J. Barner	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	$1.0M
TE	Brevyn Spann-Ford	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	$1.0M
TE	Marlin Klein	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	$293K
OL	Taylor Decker	$24.0M	—	—	—	—	$19.0M
OL	John Simpson	$15.0M	$14.0M	$10.0M	—	$10.0M	−$10.0M
OL	Olu Fashanu	$4.9M	$5.8M	—	—	$2.4M	−$5.8M
OL	Luke Wattenberg	$3.5M	—	—	—	—	$3.0M
OL	Chase Bisontis	$1.7M	$2.2M	$2.6M	$3.1M	$885K	−$6.6M
OL	Christian Haynes	$1.6M	$1.9M	—	—	—	$1.0M
OL	Caleb Tiernan	$1.3M	$1.6M	$1.9M	$2.2M	—	−$248K
OL	Jackson Slater	$1.3M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	—	$514K
OL	Alex Forsyth	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
OL	Josh Jones	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
Defense
IDL	Tyleik Williams	$1.9M	$2.3M	$2.7M	—	$1.2M	−$3.0M
IDL	Byron Young	$1.3M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
IDL	Albert Regis	$953K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$681K
IDL	Skyler Gill-Howard	$885K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	$885K
EDGE	Trey Hendrickson	$40.0M	$25.0M	—	—	$25.0M	−$15.0M
EDGE	D.J. Wonnum	$3.0M	—	—	—	$3.0M	$0
EDGE	Arden Key	$2.3M	—	—	—	—	$2.0M
EDGE	Baron Browning	$1.5M	$1.5M	—	—	$1.5M	$0
EDGE	Mike Morris	$1.3M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
LB	Foyesade Oluokun	$22.0M	—	—	—	—	$17.0M
LB	Azeez Al-Shaair	$15.0M	$10.5M	$10.5M	—	$12.0M	−$13.5M
LB	Nakobe Dean	$13.4M	—	—	—	$13.4M	$0
LB	Mohamoud Diabate	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
LB	Jahlani Tavai	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
LB	Shemar James	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$918K
LB	Jay Higgins IV	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$941K
CB	Christian Benford	$27.0M	$24.0M	$21.0M	$18.0M	$17.0M	−$44.0M
CB	Cooper DeJean	$5.6M	$6.5M	—	—	$2.7M	−$6.5M
CB	Jermod McCoy	$3.8M	$4.8M	$5.7M	$6.7M	$885K	−$17.1M
CB	Mekhi Blackmon	$3.8M	—	—	—	—	$3.7M
CB	Dee Alford	$2.5M	—	—	—	$2.5M	$0
S	DeShon Elliott	$11.0M	—	—	—	—	$6.0M
S	Josh Metellus	$4.5M	$14.5M	$9.5M	—	$2.5M	−$16.5M
S	Beau Brade	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	$943K
S	Avonte Maddox	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
S	Louis Moore	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	$516K
Special teams
K	Cameron Dicker	$5.5M	$5.5M	—	—	$3.5M	−$2.0M
P	Sam Martin	$1.5M	$1.5M	—	—	$1.5M	$0
LS	Scott Daly	$1.5M	$1.5M	—	—	$1.5M	$0

Cut savings: cap space freed this year by releasing the player (negative means releasing him costs space).

Dead money

SDarrick Forrest$3.0M
OLFrank Ragnow$2.0M
CBEli Ricks$290K
EDGEGabriel Murphy$223K
OLJavon Foster$178K
OLTrevor Keegan$151K
SSebastian Castro$102K
IDLJay Toia$58K
IDLDJ Dale$44K
OLJaxson Kirkland$44K

Draft picks

2027 1st round
2027 2nd round
2027 3rd round
2027 4th round
2027 5th round
2027 5th round from LV
2027 6th round
2027 7th round
2028 1st round
2028 2nd round
2028 3rd round
2028 4th round
2028 5th round
2028 6th round
2028 7th round
2029 1st round
2029 2nd round
2029 3rd round
2029 4th round
2029 5th round
2029 6th round
2029 7th round

Schedule