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Lions Adjust Alex Anzalone’s 2025 Deal With Raise and Expanded Incentives

Detroit granted him a guaranteed $6.25 million base salary plus up to $750,000 in playtime bonuses reflecting stalled long-term negotiations.

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Overview

  • The team added $250,000 to Anzalone’s $6 million base salary for 2025 and guaranteed the full amount.
  • His playtime incentives jumped from a maximum of $100,000 to $750,000 for the upcoming season.
  • Anzalone enters the final year of a three-year, $18.3 million contract signed ahead of 2023 without a new extension in place.
  • After missing early camp reps with a hamstring issue, the four-time team captain has resumed full practice participation.
  • Detroit’s move follows Derrick Barnes’s three-year, $24 million extension and underlines the club’s cap balancing between veteran retention and emerging talent.