Motown Bombers

The Lions are the 5th youngest team in the league, have all their draft picks, and no bad contracts on the books. They are in great shape.

I don't understand how these Hamasholes think Joe Biden controls Israel? At the end of the day, Israel is going to do what it wants to do so why aren't they protesting any Israeli embassy?

I have Directv Stream and it is delayed. Usually I'll come here and read TP complaining about Ben Johnson and know a run for no gain must be coming up.

There is no difference in my eyes between Rashida Tliab and MAGA. These Hamasholes have taken over the extreme left. I think it's more like the Tea Party circa 2008 and I hope it doesn't take over the mainstream of the party like the Tea Party.

Holmes drafted so well in 2021 that I think 5 of his 7 draft picks are in line to get guaranteed contracts and two of them market setting contracts.

Lions have a lot of contracts to get done this offseason. Goff, St Brown, Sewell and I would add McNeill. Sewell is the only one with a 5th year option so the others would be free agents. You also have Melifonwu who could be inline for an extension if he plays like he has next year. Barnes has been solid but he's probably the odd man out with Campbell coming up. You may look to keep Barnes and move on from Anzalone. Anzalone is going to be 30 next year.

Goff's entire career with the Rams was outdoors. I think he just ran into superior teams when he lost. He's won in Green Bay twice and once was in January with everything on the line for the Packers.

Win or lose, the Lions will enter next season as legit Super Bowl contenders.

I still need to see Goff prove it without McVay.

I remember the same phenomena happening with the Tigers. In 2006 a Tigers playoff ticket was the hottest thing around. By 2014, it was a fairly easy ticket to get.

The Dak extension is going to be interesting to watch because that is probably the best comp for Goff. Goff already counts for over $30 million on the cap. They will probably do something that is about 4 years and $200-$250 million and ramp up his cap hit.

I know the two picks are spread over two years. In looking at the Rams draft, they got comp picks in 2021 and 2022 for the Lions hiring Holmes so it looks like the Lions would get comp picks in 2024 and 2025.

I believe the comp picks would come in 2025 and 2026.

Ben Johnson is the sole reason Jared Goff isn't a backup QB or so I'm told.

Ben Johnson reminds me of Brandon Staley even down to their physical appearance.

Looking at the contract Hurts signed is pretty wild. The Eagles really felt confident in Hurts. They put 4 void years on his contract so if he doesn't sign an extension he will count for $97 million against the cap. The Eagles can't cut him really either. The upside is he only counts $13 million against the cap in 2024. They gave him this contract thinking they would extend him at the end and he has already regressed.

The Lions can utilize void years. Holmes has done this in the past but on a much smaller scale. For instance, Bridgewater is going to cost $500k on the cap next year because he has a void year. The Eagles added void years to Hurts contract and the Vikings did it with Cousins. If Cousins signs with another team, he's still going to cost $28 million on the Vikings cap. It's a calculation if the cap is more valuable today than in the future. If you extend the player, those void years wouldn't count. The Eagles are banking on signing Hurts to another extension. Those void years are going to come to roost if they don't.

A thing to keep in mind is that Goff is not on a rookie contract. His cap number will go up but it's not like he's not taking a sizeable chunk of the cap already. One of the things in the Lions favor of trying to sign Goff is that he is older than all the other QBs who signed big deals this past offseason.

Only three openings left. Vrabel is still out there. Belichick is still out there. I think Washington hires Johnson. Glenn may not get hired.