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Lions name their captains for the 2022 season

The Detroit Lions chose 6 team captains for the 2022 season

The Detroit Lions players and coaches have voted for their team captains for the 2022 season. Six players will don the captain’s “C” on the jersey for Detroit.

On offense, quarterback Jared Goff and center Frank Ragnow earned the captaincy. Both have shown real veteran leadership not just at their position groups but across the entire offense all offseason.

Defensively, three Lions will share the captain duties. Veteran DT Michael Brockers, the only player on the roster over 30 years of age, was an obvious choice. Linebacker Alex Anzalone and safety Tracy Walker will also serve as captains.

On special teams, linebacker Josh Woods gets the nod. It makes sense for a player who earned his roster spot almost exclusively because of what he brings to the punt and kick units.

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Lions name their team captains for 2020

Jarrad Davis, Don Muhlbach and Matt Stafford are among the 6 Detroit Lions captains for the 2020 NFL season

One of the final orders of business for the last practice before Week 1 was to select the captains for the Lions team. The Lions revealed the choices for the six captains on Friday.

Elected by the players, here are the 2020 Detroit Lions team captains:

  • Jarrad Davis
  • Taylor Decker
  • Trey Flowers
  • Duron Harmon
  • Don Muhlbach
  • Matthew Stafford

Davis, Muhlbach and Stafford have all been captains for each of the last three seasons. In recent years the Lions have designated seven team captains but this year dropped the leadership contingency.

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The Lions do have honorary captains that will serve for an individual game during the season, but those are different than the permanent player team captains.