Motown Bombers

It's not like they brought back Trey Flowers. They drafted 4 defensive players last year, will most likely draft a starting pass rusher this year, and are returning their top pass rusher and corner from injury.

I would rather they just continue to draft and develop than go the Jacksonville route and just throw big dollars at OK players. I would have given Marcus Williams the same contract as Baltimore did but it's probably hard to say no to a team like Baltimore and sign with the Lions.

To put it in perspective, the defense before Campbell and Glenn arrived gave up the 2nd most points in NFL history. The defense Glenn inherited was worse than the 0-16 Lions defense. On top of that, they lost their top corner and best pass rusher to an Achilles injury and not to mention the other myriad of injuries. They also drafted two defensive lineman, a LB, and a CB last year. I'm sure they're expecting development out of those players as well.

Chase Daniel has made $23 million in his career (now $25 million) and has started 5 games in his career. He has 261 pass attempts. He's been paid roughly $88k per pass attempt in his career.

Okwara is coming off an Achilles injury. Those aren't easy to come back from. He is in no way a sure thing next year.

Not every player on the defense was bad and the only two they signed of note were Walker and Harris who were decent last year.

I would like to see the guarantees but that is probably a little more than I would have liked to have paid.

What is Jacksonville doing?

I'm glad the Lions are showing restraint so far on Harris. He was a bust coming into this season who then had a nice season. I would still be apprehensive about committing a lot to him right now. I would go all in on Marcus Williams. Tracy Walker signed effectively a two year deal. Williams is young and should be the future beyond two years. I wouldn't let Tracy Walker's contract deter me from signing Williams. You can backload Williams contract if you have to.

A healthy Chark is probably better than all those receivers.

Hard not to like the deal. He's still only 25 and has size and speed. If the injuries continue to be a problem, you aren't committed long term.

Why would it take them out of the Williams sweepstakes?

Christian Kirk signed a huge deal. Hopefully Robinson doesn't want that kind of money.

Kind of interesting that of all the defensive players the have re-signed, the one they haven't re-signed is Charles Harris. Hopefully that's because they aren't going to break the bank on a guy that had a decent season. The rest of the guys they signed were just filler except for Walker.

Yeah that Benson deal is looking like a clunker. Hopefully Holmes doesn't do that again.

You have to see what the details are on Walker's contract. It's 17 million guaranteed so I'm guessing it's basically a 2 year deal. With regards to the other signings, you need filler and special teamers. I'm encouraged that basically everyone wanted to return to the Lions.