It is officially NFL trade deadline day. If any team wants to complete a trade for the 2025 season, it must be completed by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

For the Detroit Lions, they’re in an interesting place. Competitively, they still have reasonable Super Bowl aspiration, but if Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings was any indication, they’re not where they need to be right now.

Financially, they’re also in a quandary. Per the NFLPA public salary cap report, the Lions currently have about $20.9 million in cap space, good for fifth-most in the NFL. However, they’re expected to be over the cap in 2026, so they likely want to roll over as much of that as possible.

Then there’s the difficulty in evaluating their own needs. Defensively, they’re playing good football and expected to get a few guy

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