{"id":809697,"date":"2026-03-13T09:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/809697\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:10:54","slug":"detroit-lions-lose-free-agent-lb-grant-stuard-to-the-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/809697\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions lose free agent LB Grant Stuard to the Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Detroit Lions\u2019 losses on defense continue. The latest to leave in free agency is linebacker Grant Stuard, who is reportedly signing a two-year deal worth up to $5.05 million with the Los Angeles Rams, according to NFL insider Aaron Wilson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Last year, the Lions signed Stuard to a one-year, $1.7 million deal. A favorite of Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp from afar, Detroit immediately had plans to use Stuard as a kick returner in the league\u2019s new dynamic kickoff. After a few weeks, the Lions opted to move him off that role and into other special teams roles. A high-energy, high-effort player, Stuard played in all 17 games, tallied a team-high 375 special teams snaps, and finished the year with 19 tackles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Losing Stuard will leave a pretty big special teams hole on the Lions\u2019 roster. And he\u2019s just the latest of defensive players to have signed elsewhere this free agency. Detroit has also lost:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Detroit is also considerably shorthanded at linebacker at the moment. Currently, just Jack Campbell, Derrick Barnes, Malcolm Rodriguez, and Trevor Nowaske are under contract. The Lions have typically carried six linebackers on their 53-man roster, so they may still be looking for two rosterable players at the position. Zach Cunningham and Ezekiel Turner, two depth pieces from last year, remain free agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Follow along with the latest Lions free agency news and rumors here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions\u2019 losses on defense continue. The latest to leave in free agency is linebacker Grant Stuard,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11309,153,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-809697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-detroit-lions-free-agency","9":"tag-detroit-lions-news","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116221092589458020","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809697","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=809697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}