2014 off season releases/re-signings updates

[themuzzer]

Steelers to host him.

Somehow I think he would fit there......Then the injuries vanish? Sounds like Lion luck.

 

[gvsulaker82]

i get that we are kinda succeeding ourselves to death here but but trading/cuttin calvin and suh is not the answer. otherwise we spend the next few years getting out of cap purgatory (not hell same boat last year still made moves). then try and draft the exact same impact players we had been searching for over the same 8 years; while we willingly plunge ourselves back into becoming the biggest most embarrassing laughing stock the league had ever seen.

either way please tell me who we buy/keep after we get calvin and suh's cap hit off our book. who out there for the what 30 million a year replaces the best WR in the game, and a 4 time All star at a discount to make this team a super bowl champion since you all know the market so well.

Perfect response. Suh is the type of guy the lions have needed for years. Yes, if he really tries to make 50 percent more than the next defensive player he leaves the lions no choice and he can go find a new team to play for, we will have to just wait and see. If we dont sign him to an extension we need to play to win in 2014.

 

[gandydancer]

Have not read any other posts on this thread. Does this mean a S is drafted or is there a converted CB in house as mentioned before here? I do not want him on the cheap either if he does not sign elsewhere. Can't stand to see the missed tackles.

 

[Rollingthndr]

Have not read any other posts on this thread. Does this mean a S is drafted or is there a converted CB in house as mentioned before here? I do not want him on the cheap either if he does not sign elsewhere. Can't stand to see the missed tackles.

I like Jonte Green to convert to safety. His hips are too tight to play CB but he could fill the role as an "in the box" safety.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Michael Rothstein
Caldwell said never say never on Delmas' return. #Lions

 

[tpaulus_2]

Lions Not Re-Signing Akers (!)

Per Mayhew, via Mlive, the Lions will not be re-signing kicker David Akers this offseason.

Also not getting re-signed are: ST John Wendling, DE Israel Idonije, Center/Guard Dylan Gandy, and OLB Rocky McIntosh.

 

[Microwahevo]

Never should've let this man go......

 

[tpaulus_2]

Outside of Wendling, all of these non-re-signings are of little-to-no impact. Even Wendling should be a pretty minimal loss- he was a great special-teamer, but he offered nothing on defense, and his peak years are behind him, so going younger and cheaper makes sense there.

McIntosh was a good reserve LB/ ST stud, but hardly irreplaceable. We can find another one of those for cheap in free agency or the draft.

II didn't do shit for us last year, and Gandy has been a solid reserve interior lineman, but I'd rather go with a younger option with more upside.

Good moves all-around, imo. Shed the dead-wood and give those roster spots to kids with better up-side.
We need to get younger, and all these guys are 30 or older, if I'm not mistaken. They're all good enough to land jobs somewhere else, but it's time for us to move on and find fresh blood...

 

[tpaulus_2]

Never should've let this man go......

We tried to put him on the practice squad, but the NFL ignored their own rule and wouldn't allow it. Bitches.

I'd expect him back in camp this year for sure.

 

[Microwahevo]

We tried to put him on the practice squad, but the NFL ignored their own rule and wouldn't allow it. Bitches.

I'd expect him back in camp this year for sure.

I know but I meant during the season. He obviously has a leg and youth, all he needed was experience. Rookie kickers get chances, he should've too over a washed up Akers, IMO.

 

[gvsulaker82]

Thank god.

 

[Old Lion]

Outside of Wendling, all of these non-re-signings are of little-to-no impact. Even Wendling should be a pretty minimal loss- he was a great special-teamer, but he offered nothing on defense, and his peak years are behind him, so going younger and cheaper makes sense there.

McIntosh was a good reserve LB/ ST stud, but hardly irreplaceable. We can find another one of those for cheap in free agency or the draft.

II didn't do shit for us last year, and Gandy has been a solid reserve interior lineman, but I'd rather go with a younger option with more upside.

Good moves all-around, imo. Shed the dead-wood and give those roster spots to kids with better up-side.
We need to get younger, and all these guys are 30 or older, if I'm not mistaken. They're all good enough to land jobs somewhere else, but it's time for us to move on and find fresh blood...

Saying Wendling offered nothing on defense is the highest compliment we could give him. He offered less than nothing and should have been gone years ago. This team was nowhere near good enough to have a guy who was just a ST specialist.


Gandy was useful on offense as a backup. The rest were waste products

 

[Old Lion]

Either bring back Kickalicious or draft Chris Boswell from Rice.

 

[RoboticDreams]

Did he suck as bad for you as he did for us? I'm guessing that's a yes.

 

[Old Lion]

He looked great in preseason and early in the year and then hit the wall. He may be done.

 

[jdwills126]

He was an average kicker but you expect your kicker to be better than average.

He was not deadly accurate from 50+ and he didn't put kickoffs out of the end zone…hell he didn't even kickoff until Martin got hurt.

I expect a younger guy get the job maybe even another drafted guy.

 

[themuzzer]

I have not forgotten.....Why is it some ordinary guys like us see it, but guys paid to see talent don't see squat?

 

[gvsulaker82]

I have not forgotten.....Why is it some ordinary guys like us see it, but guys paid to see talent don't see squat?

Ego and pride. They fucked up with jason hansen and everything went south from there. They need to apologize to hansen, pay tha man and get him suited back up.

 

[RobBase]

Merged all chatter pertaining to current Lions being released or re-signed. I'll keep adding to this as old threads get buried, or we can just add to this one with any new news.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Merged all chatter pertaining to current Lions being released or re-signed. I'll keep adding to this as old threads get buried, or we can just add to this one with any new news.

Delete all that old shit, IMO... People aren't going to go back too far to re-read anyways.