After mutually agreeing to part ways with the Detroit Lions, TE Darren Fells has reportedly found a new home. According to Ian Rapoport, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed Fells to their practice squad with the hopes of moving him to their 53-man roster prior to Sunday’s game. Congrats, Darren! The #Bucs are signing former … Read more
The Detroit Lions waived tight end Darren Fells earlier today, and have now announced additional moves. The team has also waived wide receiver Tom Kennedy and subsequently signed tight end Brock Wright to the active roster from the practice squad: #Lions announce roster moves: Waived TE Darren Fells and WR Tom Kennedy Signed TE Brock … Read more
According to a report from Ian Rapoport, Detroit Lions veteran TE Darren Fells asked for and has been granted his release by the team. Fell will now go on waivers and can be claimed by any team interested. If he goes unclaimed, he will become a free agent. #Lions veteran TE Darren Fells asked for … Read more
According to multiple reports, the Detroit Lions are signing TE Darren Fells. Fells, who played with the Texans in 2020, was in Detroit on Tuesday to meet with the Lions. Lions are signing Darren Fells — Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) May 5, 2021
The Detroit Lions will be hosting an old friend for a visit later today. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, the Lions will be hosting veteran tight tend Darren Fells tonight. For fans who are wondering, Fells played in Detroit during the 2017 season: Veteran TE Darren Fells is visiting the #Lions tonight, source says. … Read more
The Detroit Lions have plenty of needs and one of their biggest is to add a couple of NFL caliber tight ends to the mix before the start of the 2019 season. Embed from Getty Images Well, the Cleveland Browns have reportedly released tight end Darren Fells and he very well could be a free agent … Read more
A would-be touchdown from Darren Fells was all for naught in the third quarter during Thursday’s Thanksgiving matchup between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field, as a late decision by the officials reversed the call before the Lions could kick the extra point. The decision by Caldwell to not rush his field-goal … Read more
The Detroit Lions are 3-1, certainly a surprise to me and a lot of other folks across the NFL. They achieved that with a gutsy 14-7 win in Minnesota, which is never an easy place to win. Here are my observations as I take a look back at Sunday’s game, utilizing some of my favorite … Read more
With injuries ravaging the Detroit Lions tight ends, the team has made an additional signing to help stop the bleeding. Former Pitt standout Scott Orndoff was signed and is now the ninth tight end on the team’s 90-man roster, joining Eric Ebron, Darren Fells, Michael Roberts, Robert Tonyan, Cole Wick, Khari Lee and Tim Wright. It’s … Read more
Coming into this offseason, there were very clear expectations and ideas for what general manager Bob Quinn needed to do in order to improve the team. With each team allotted a salary cap of $167 million, there was plenty of room to make a couple of moves in free agency in order to shore up some … Read more
The Detroit Lions have announced this afternoon the signing of free agent tight end Darren Fells. They agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. The Lions have signed TE Darren Fells to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. — Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) March 11, 2017 Fells is a 6-7, 281-pound veteran and has established … Read more
