Having already agreed to terms with center Cade Mays, the Lions have lined up another offensive line addition. Larry Borom has worked out a Detroit deal, Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network report.
Signed to be Miami’s swing tackle last year, Borom ended up starting 11 games due to Austin Jackson‘s health issues. The former Bears starter logged 664 right tackles snaps last season, representing his most work since the Bears demoted him during the 2022 campaign.
Pro Football Focus ranked Borom 58th among tackles in 2025, but the former fifth-round pick out of Missouri has 38 career starts. He joins a Lions team that just released Taylor Decker after the 10-year LT mainstay requested it. That could open a door for Borom, though he has not been looked upon as a team’s full-season starter in any of his five NFL slates.
The Bears gave Borom their right tackle job during his 2021 rookie season and used him on 486 snaps at RT in 2022. The team plugged in aging option Riley Reiff that year, with Borom benched. Chicago then drafted Darnell Wright with its 2023 first-round pick, relegating Borom to backup status. Borom played 408 LT snaps in 2023, subbing for Braxton Jones, but was deemed a nonpriority by the Bears as a 2025 UFA.
Borom being asked to play right tackle and All-Pro Penei Sewell sliding to the left side is a scenario that perhaps should be considered, but moving a dominant performer away from his natural position so a midlevel free agent can step in would seem a flawed plan. It would surprise if the Lions did not at least add competition for the job opposite Sewell — wherever he lines up — before training camp.
Adam La Rose contributed to this post.
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Brad Holmes shopping at The Dollar Tree again 🤬
They signed one of the top free agents last season. What is this “again”? Also, teams have to fill entire rosters, not just add the guys who’s names you see at the top of website lists.
Lions rebuild entering year two.
I’m waiting for the diehard “In Holmes We Trust” crowd to realize that he’s not infallible and missed the window of opportunity with this team in part due to the degenerate gambler Campbell during the NFC Championship game after the 2023 season.
Some of you are so desperate for this team to fail its kind of pathetic 😂
What is wrong with this signing? Borom has-been a capable reserve OT and even starter in a pinch, yet he agreed to an incredibly affordable contract. The Lions may not have filled their biggest need yet, but they improved at OT, which was necessary.
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BSHH
There’s nothing wrong with it. Fans think if their team doesn’t sign the top-10 free agents on whatever website they glanced that its a disaster of an offseason. Many fans are very unsmart.
Liberty Bibberty Calling. Your life insurance premium on Jared Goff will now cost triple what it used to. Sorry for this news but you brought in on yourself. Yours truly, Bibberty. P.S. We are sending somebody to teach Mr. Goff how to duck.
There is nothing wrong with getting depth. The problem is when there are only depth level players and no clear starter level talent/ability.