TP_Fan

Lol Lamar really needs an agent or to understand that Watson was an outlier. Rest of the owners aren’t gonna be that stupid with their money.

Wow, love that. That is a great addition and makes the room a bit deeper. Low cost too. Beautiful.

Beyond dumb.

Oh this would be terrible.

Hopkins would really be a perfect fit on this roster right now. With the cap space generated it seems like something is coming.

Another thing McCreight said is that Levis is the best QB in the draft. Interesting hearing the different opinions of scouts and evaluators.

Listening to NFL radio right now. They have TJ McCreight on right now. Says Hooker is very unlikely to get into the 20s, thinks he will be drafted in the teens. The panel was also saying whoever gets Bijan is gonna get a generational talent. DL and Bijan would be an ideal 1st round haul. Wonder what Holmes thinks.

With rookies figured in the lions have about $20M in cap space.

I wouldn’t say you’re putting them over a barrel. They are doing them a favor. You said it yourself, they had no leverage, Lions didn’t put a gun to their head. They just said, hey we will keep ya and give you guaranteed money if you take the cut. Otherwise you’re free to look for a deal elsewhere, where these players won’t get what the lions are paying them. Holmes is giving these guys a real option.

Teams are putting legitimate thought into how much to pay a QB on his second contract when much of his game relies on running. That’s exactly what we are seeing with Lamar Jackson. How much do you guarantee? I’d Lamar or Jalen end up getting hurt and needing to be more of a pocket passer, how successful will they be? That’s the question. Eventually there will be a point where the percentage of cap space a QB takes will hit a tipping point, it can’t keep going up forever.

What it comes down to is the evaluation of Brad and Dan (duh). If they decide that Anthony Richardson is the best QB prospect then I would expect a trade up to 3 to go get him. If they don’t like any of the QBs they will sign a vet and move on. Not sure the cost of swapping 6 for 3 is, probably a 2nd rounder. This draft is the first one I remember where I don’t really care what direction they go. Any of WR, DL, QB or secondary either the two first round picks is a good with me. No on a TE. I’d be ok with Robinson at RB if they love him.

I didn’t do any trades and ended up with this:

If this is the board after 5, who do you take at 6?

Yeah, that would be terrible

Really excited to see how this team responds with the expectations they will have going into the season. Looking at the draft boards, I think going DL and WR in the first round would be my preference. One more weapon would be ideal.

That’s how I read it.

This says $500k total in per game bonuses. I didn’t read it at $500k per game. If he played all the games it wouldn’t be a pay cut at all.

Brad Holmes is just nailing it. Certainly setting up this team for success this year. The lions are going to be a serious contender. They should be front runners for the division.

Ok Brad, I see you. I think drafting a QB in round 1 is a real possibility.

Conflicting reports, as Dave Burkett was saying the lions offered him what they gave Montgomery.

Define big cap hit. Honestly. Cap hit this year of 2.5 with a 224.8M cap is 1.1% of the cap. Next year the cap projects at 256M. 7.3 is 2.8% of the cap. So more than double, sure, but we are talking less than 3 percent for a starter. This simply isn’t a big cap hit. Is it more than he is worth? Sure, but the cap hit is minor.

This kind of money? Come on, this isn’t a large contract and that’s before we even seen the guaranteed money! At a $6M avg your talking 2.6% of your teams cap on a starter or first off the bench guy who is widely respected in the locker room and who obviously improved with the rest of the defense as the season went on. And it’s likely the lions will only be committed to two years. Let’s stop pretending like he just got some ridiculous about of money.