HAPPY NEW YEAR!
At 4 p.m. est, the official NFL new year began and 13 (former) Detroit Lions are now unrestricted free agents and are free to sign with any team, including the Lions.
Those players are:
Ezekiel Ansah, Nick Bellore, LeGarrette Blount, Matt Cassel, Marcus Cooper, Andrew Donnal, Eli Harold, Ricky Jean Francois, T.J. Jones, DeShawn Shead, Kelvin Sheppard, Levine Toilolo, and Luke Willson.
These 13 Lions became unrestricted free agents as of 4 p.m. today. Kerry Hyder, also officially non-tendered as an RFA. pic.twitter.com/FYT1hnvdW3
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) March 13, 2019