2022 Lions Off-Season Thread

[Gulf of Brazil]

Probably pays for our entire draft this year.

Ehh. For every draft pick that gets added 800k and slightly more comes off per [;ayer. 11.4M projected in current 8 picks, so about a net cost of 5M.

Still need 8M for IR and 2.5M for Practice Squad.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Chark is always hurt.

Dude has glass ankles - both - going all the way back to LSU days.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Interesting that we may not have to see him anymore in the NFC North


All the Chargers are having to give up to get Mack is a second- and sixth-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. That’s a steal in our eyes.

 

[Old Lion]

Ehh. For every draft pick that gets added 800k and slightly more comes off per [;ayer. 11.4M projected in current 8 picks, so about a net cost of 5M.

Still need 8M for IR and 2.5M for Practice Squad.

Still good. It will pay for most of everything

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Still good. It will pay for most of everything

We need a healthy team this year for all those who have high cap hits. That would be welcomed.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

I believe Holmes let's TW lll walk and in return signs Marcus Williams. I doubt Holmes would be willing to sign both Walker and Williams. Williams is definitely better than Walker and Glenn's use of Safeties and how important they are to this defense will probably make Williams the right choice of TW lll.

Maybe, Holmes signs a vet to provide depth for the other safety position and hopefully drafts one who is not only good in the role playing closer to the box but also has the coverage skills to play anywhere and not be a liability.

Maybe Marlowe or someone similar to him gets signed.

This signing of Marcus Williams will become the one Big Ticket signing.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Josh Reynolds signed a two-year contract with the Detroit Lions worth a base value of $6 million with an additional $4 million in incentives. Reynolds has a $2.7 million guarantee including a $750,000 signing bonus. 2023 roster bonus is due on the 3rd day of the 2023 league year.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

The wide receiver free agent market is quickly drying up for the Lions

The free agent WR market is quickly drying up for the Lions with a series of recent moves involving top potential targets

lionswire.usatoday.com

On Saturday, another top-shelf target got poured down the drain when the Cowboys traded Amari Cooper to the Cleveland Browns. The Browns are absorbing the final three years of Cooper’s 5-year, $100 million contract, the same basic market value that Williams will draw from the Chargers.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

GTFO
Christian Kirk isn't worth that amount

The wide receiver free agent market is quickly drying up for the Lions

The free agent WR market is quickly drying up for the Lions with a series of recent moves involving top potential targets

lionswire.usatoday.com

A lower-level potential target, Arizona’s Christian Kirk, is being talked about as a $15 million-per-year candidate by reputable sources. Kirk had 77 receptions for 982 yards in 2021, both career-highs. That’s a very high price tag for a player who hasn’t ever been a top target.

 

[Old Lion]

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Josh Reynolds signed a two-year contract with the Detroit Lions worth a base value of $6 million with an additional $4 million in incentives. Reynolds has a $2.7 million guarantee including a $750,000 signing bonus. 2023 roster bonus is due on the 3rd day of the 2023 league year.

Only counts 2 mil against the cap too. Nicely done.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Ridiculous

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Wagner must really like SoFi
Lions were a distant 3rd choice for destinations

ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports free agent Bobby Wagner wants to sign with the Rams or Chargers.​

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Ridiculous

This would put Moore right around the anticipated amount for traditional special teams standouts. For example, Miles Killebrew just signed a two-year, $4 million contract with the Steelers, right in the same ballpark.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Interesting possibility as depth for the entire secondary.
Double dip from the Saints?
Marcus Williams and PJ Williams. The latter might be a relatively cheap option as a veteran to help mentor this young group.

	BONUS BREAKDOWN	CAP DETAILS	CASH DETAILS
YEAR		AGE	BASE SALARY	SIGNING	CAP HIT	DEAD CAP	YEARLY CASH
2021		28	$2,240,000	$60,000	$1,050,000	$2,300,000	$2,300,000($2,300,000)
2022		29	UFA

Here’s what current Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn had to say about P.J. Williams in 2020, when serving as his defensive backs coach:

That’s the thing I was talking about with the veterans we have. They just know football, and you just give them some parameters to play in and some ideas on how we have to do certain things, and they’ll go out there and perform for you. And that’s what P.J. did for us. So P.J., in baseball they call them five-tool players. I don’t know if I’m saying it the right way they use it, but P.J. can play safety for us – and that’s either one, free or strong. He can play the nickel, he can play the dime, he can play corner for us. So, he’s a very valuable player for our defense. You hear coaches talk about now position-less players, and I see him being one of those guys.

The Lions could use help at safety. They could use help at nickel. They could use help at outside cornerback. As we saw last year, the Lions are not afraid of moving players in the secondary around, and Glenn clearly values that versatility in his players.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

PJ Williams
6' 196 lbs.

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[Gulf of Brazil]

We had to assume this was going to happen even though some of us fans are not celebrating this re-signing

 

[Old Lion]

Ridiculous

Ugh!

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

5 free agent cornerbacks the Detroit Lions should consider

The Lions’ current set of cornerbacks provide more questions than answers. These five players could bring a little more steadiness to the group.

www.prideofdetroit.com

Levi Wallace​

Desmond King​

P.J. Williams​

Ahkello Witherspoon​

Kyle Fuller​

 

[Old Lion]

We had to assume this was going to happen even though some of us fans are not celebrating this re-signing

On the bright side it may mean we are not drafting a QB early.

 

[Mebert]

We had to assume this was going to happen even though some of us fans are not celebrating this re-signing

I would rather have drafted literally any qb or udfa over this dude.