July 23, 2026, 5:35 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Could Diego Pavia be a realistic option for the Detroit Lions<\/a>?<\/p>\n Pavia was released by the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> on Thursday afternoon. The 5-foot-10 quarterback had inked a three-year, $3.1 million contract with Baltimore after going undrafted in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n As Pavia searches for his next professional step, USA TODAY Sports quickly linked the Lions as a potential Pavia suitor<\/a>.<\/p>\n USA TODAY Sports’ Nick Brinkerhoff shared why he feels the Lions<\/a> might make sense:<\/p>\n Teddy Bridgewater<\/a>\u00a0and Luke Altmyer are the only insurance behind\u00a0Jared Goff<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0roster. This is a perfect spot for Pavia, given how well he fits the city and the football team’s mentality that represents it. – Nick Brinkerhoff, USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n The Lions do need some insurance in its quarterback room and they could scoop Pavia up for cheap. But, will Pavia’s height scare the Lions off?<\/p>\n USA TODAY Sports listed the Carolina Panthers<\/a> as another potential option for Pavia. The CFL, UFL and the WWE were also mentioned by USA TODAY Sports as Pavia’s potential next step.<\/p>\n Pavia finished second in the 2025 Heisman Trophy voting. Pavia passed for 10,255 and 88 touchdowns in his college career, including 3,539 and 29 touchdowns during 2025 with Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n For more\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Josh on X,\u00a0@JoshOnLions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 23, 2026, 5:35 p.m. ET Could Diego Pavia be a realistic option for the Detroit Lions? Pavia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[95878,146,113,2506,7,147,6,119937,52959,96502,95882,95898,96242,95893,98232,96789,95895,95899,95883,103885,95881],"class_list":["post-953938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-lions","tag-accessfree","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroitlions","tag-football","tag-lions","tag-nfl","tag-sourcelions-wire","tag-sstssportsnfllions","tag-sstsnlions","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","tag-tagdetroit-lions","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagheisman-trophy","tag-tagjared-goff","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagteddy-bridgewater","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116973290380705038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953938","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=953938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}