Updated Jan. 14, 2026, 5:15 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
As the Detroit Lions<\/a>‘ offseason begins, linebacker Alex Anzalone welcomed a new member to his growing family on Jan. 13, with the birth of his third child.<\/p>\n The nine-year veteran linebacker has been an anchor for Lions<\/a> head coach Dan Campbell’s defense over the past five seasons in Detroit after signing with the team as a free agent from New Orleans<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n Since joining the Lions, Anzalone has started all 73 games in which he has appeared, missing 12 total contests over that stretch.<\/p>\n Anzalone has tallied 490 tackles, 33 passes defended, 32 quarterback hits, 26 tackles for loss, nine sacks, three interceptions, and two fumble recoveries across his half-decade in the Motor City.<\/p>\n During the 2025 campaign, Anzalone recorded 95 tackles, nine passes defended, six quarterback hits, four tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and one interception in 16 games (all starts).<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n As Anzalone enters this offseason as an unrestriced free agent<\/a>, general manager Brad Holmes will have to make the important decision on whether to re-sign the impactful defensive star or if the Lions will let him test the open market.<\/p>\n For more\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like. Follow Scout on X:\u00a0@SpringgateNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Jan. 14, 2026, 5:15 p.m. ET As the Detroit Lions‘ offseason begins, linebacker Alex Anzalone welcomed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[95878,146,113,2506,7,147,6,52959,96502,98045,95882,98769,98768,96242,95893,95896,95888,95895,95906,96071,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-677642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroitlions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-lions","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfllions","16":"tag-sstsnlions","17":"tag-tagalex-anzalone","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagbrad-holmes","20":"tag-tagdan-campbell","21":"tag-tagdetroit-lions","22":"tag-tagfacebook","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-positive","27":"tag-tagsmg-timely","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tagtwitter","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115895784297976820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677642","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=677642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}