Motown Bombers

I brought up the Eagles earlier when comparing them to the Lions and how they are similar. The Eagles traded the 18th pick last year to Tennessee for AJ Brown.

Simmons cap number is $10.7 million. They can easily fit that in or when giving him an extension reduce that number and give them the ability to re-sign Chark.

Tennessee may prefer the 18th pick so they can package it with the 11th pick to Arizona for the 3rd pick. Either way there are options beneficial to both teams.

You're not really trading two firsts for Simmons. You're also getting the 11th pick back from Tennessee. Carter is a complete unknown and may not even be available. For a team that wants to take the next step, give me the proven stud.

I would be down for that. Tennessee is in a curios spot. They sit at 11 and may be thinking QB. Could something be worked out where they move to 6 and include Simmons?

They still have other options if they really want to add even more. Restructuring Goff would give them a good chunk of cap. Restructuring Ragnow would open up a lot of cap. I don't think they want to go the restructure route unless necessary but they could easily fit say Chark and Wagner or possibily go after Hopkins.

All these players taking pay cuts and Calvin Johnson still wants the $1 million he didn't earn.

I get real Eagles vibes from this team. The Eagles started 2-5 last year. They finished 7-2 to go 9-8. They add some veterans in the offseason like AJ Brown, Bradberry, and our very own CGJ. They were the trendy pick and it hinged on whether Hurts could get them there or not. The Lions started 1-6 this year. They finished 8-2 to go 9-8. They had strong free agency adding veterans like Sutton, Montgomery and CGJ. The Lions are the trendy pick. Do they come out of the gate strong like the Eagles?

They saved more cap space than if they cut them.

I have to imagine the Lions must feel Vaitai is healthy now because he is essentially guaranteed a roster spot now.

I really don't want them to get into a habit of signing players and then a year or two later asking them to take a pay cut. Okwara, Harris, and Vaitai really had no leverage because they stood to lose more by being cut but I don't want to make it a habit of putting your players over a barrel.

That tweet was over 12 hours ago and does not appear to be factoring in the Vaitai renegotiation. The Lions cap space is over $26 million now and they are still way under for next year. They definitely have room to sign Chark or even make a play for Hopkins.

Honestly, this number didn't seem bad to me considering his first draft was 7 years ago. I thought it would be worse.

I think it's Goff signed a 5 year $240 million fully guaranteed contract.

Not sure I approve of Buggs being coy with us. I want to know what he knows. Chark perhaps?

Goff's current contract is not guaranteed so you commit to Goff for at least three years at about $10 million more per season. That seems reasonable for Goff to do.

What if Hurts is Wentz? Should the Eagles really commit 20% of their cap to Hurts?