{"id":666748,"date":"2026-01-10T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/666748\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T18:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:20:10","slug":"rams-vs-panthers-playoff-preview-8-free-agents-to-watch-for-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/666748\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams vs. Panthers playoff preview: 8 free agents to watch for Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 2025-26 NFL playoffs kick off on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. ET with the Los Angeles Rams traveling east to face the Carolina Panthers. For some Detroit Lions, it may be too hard to watch, as the Lions failed to meet expectations and won\u2019t be in the postseason. But if you\u2019re already in offseason mode, I\u2019ve picked eight pending free agents from the two teams combined that could interest the Lions when free agency opens up in mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>Rams at Panthers \u2014 4:30 p.m. ET \u2014FOX<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Note: Rams RT Rob Havenstein is another player to watch, but he is currently working his way back from IR and won\u2019t play Saturday. The 33-year-old has had an injury-filled career, but could be a stopgap for the Lions should Taylor Decker retire. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025-26 NFL playoffs kick off on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. ET with the Los Angeles Rams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[449,11309,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-666748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-detroit-lions-analysis","9":"tag-detroit-lions-free-agency","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115872191447216177","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}