April 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
With Sam LaPorta in recovery from herniated disc surgery<\/a>, the Lions<\/a> might be wise to pick up some TE insurance in the upcoming NFL draft. Max Bredeson is a combo TE\/HB option who should be available in the later rounds.<\/p>\n Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Max Bredeson:<\/a><\/p>\n (Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of\u00a0sports-reference.com<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Max Bredeson, TE\/HB (23) – Michigan<\/p>\n Projected round 5-7.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n Concern level 4\/10<\/p>\n Bredeson showed excellent reliability in college until the end of his final season. A right ankle or foot injury is suspected, and the specific diagnosis will need to be obtained by medical. Hopefully, it\u2019s just a painful ankle sprain which would have minimal to no residuals. If it\u2019s a foot injury, that has the potential to be much more concerning.<\/p>\n For more\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Jimmy on X,\u00a0@JimmyLiaoMD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m. ET With Sam LaPorta in recovery from herniated disc surgery, the Lions might…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[95878,146,113,2506,7,147,6,52959,96502,95882,96242,95893,95896,95888,95899,96688,96071,95902,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-852932","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-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagdetroit-lions","19":"tag-tagfacebook","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","23":"tag-tagsam-laporta","24":"tag-tagsmg-timely","25":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagtwitter","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116345569099158611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852932","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=852932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}