Mr.TaterSalad

Like Josh Reynolds.

I think McNeil can really blossom and learn a lot with Reader at his side. I think he also by default makes the pass rush better by taking away the run and forcing teams to throw it more often. He's the ultimate space eating dude it seems. Love this signing and these are the moves I want Brad to go out and make.

Hell yes, love this move. Our run defense should be dominate next year assuming everyone stays healthy. We took a strength and made it stronger. We still need an edge rusher and someone to get after the QB with sustained pressure. But this move is a nice deal, making a strength of this team even stronger.

Damn, this bums me out. I don't know what kind of locker room presence Fuller is or where he fits into their culture. However, I would have absolutely signed him for that type of a deal. What a nice deal for the Dolphins.

Trump is Jimmy from Seinfeld. Jimmy played pretty good. Jimmy's got new shoes. Jimmy's the best. No one's like Jimmy.

I think Holmes has clearly showed he won't overpay for free agents. Nothing imaginary about that.

I agree with what MB is saying in one regard as it pertains to the way the Lions treat players and their cap space/flexibility. After how badly Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewand managed the cap around here and after Quinn blew a bunch of it on the likes of Trey Flowers, it is nice to see Brad Holmes and Mike Disner being responsible. But there is a fine line between being responsible with it and looking like you're a cheap organization. Nobody is accusing them of being Mike Brown or the Bengals. However, if the Lions are so hard up to be as fickle and responsible as possible that they have to ask a guy to take a $2 million pay cut and have done this before, that shows you how they treat their salary cap and having financial flexibility. My question is, if they do that to their own players, would they let a free agent on the open market walk over $1.5-$2-$3 million in a contract negotiation? Let's say DJ Reader, whose been linked to the Lions, wants 2 at $25 million and the Lions only want to go 2 at $22 million. Given how he treats some of his own players, would Holmes negotiate with a free agent like that? Would he let someone walk over a couple million he doesn't feel they are owed?

Did I use the word fired? I must have missed that. But 5 years in and we have 0 playoff appearances with back-to-back end of season collapses. On top of that, we have no goaltending depth and are burning out the one guy we have in Lyon. We have signings not working out or underperforming and a coach whose got them stuck in neutral right now. I am by no means calling for anyone, Yzerman or Lalonde. But this isn't good hockey this team is playing. One guy going down for a couple of weeks shouldn't completely torpedo a season like this, but we've seen it now on a couple of occasions that it does. They look like a team that even if they did squeak into the playoffs somehow would be run right over and swept. I saw the growth from years 1 and 2 to where we are now. Where is the next step to get to even being a solid middle of the pack playoff team and what are the moves to get us there?

I agree there. It's not that he wants players to get hurt and be hurt on his team. That would be dumb for any GM to want that. It's that he likes buying low on guys where he can get team friendly terms on both money and contract length. And about the only time really talented players get signed for more team favorable deals is when they have an injury history. So Brad targets guys with a high talent floor, but an injury history that he can buy lower on.

And the GM who put this team together.

He has the injury history Brad likes, so there is a chance he could be had at the end of his career for a reasonable price given that. Brad clearly likes to buy lower on injured guys in hopes that they rebound and don't cost the team much. Michael Thomas is another name out there, who played under Campbell with the Saints and fits the X Receiver type.

The things they have up their sleeve are deals for Goff, Sewell, and St. Brown. That's it, those are the big deals and that is where their cap space will be spent.

I read that, but when you look at the rank it has Fuller as the #37th ranked guy in man coverage success and Davis as the #87th ranked guy.

https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/kendall-fuller/ Kendall Fuller had a man coverage success rate of 68.5% and Carlton Davis was at 55.1% in man. Give me Fuller please.

Another thing regarding Carlton Davis and the guy he replaced. I know PFF grades aren't the be all, but Carlton Davis had a 58.2 PFF grade and Jacobs had a 57.1 PFF grade. I get it, Davis is a better player than Jacobs most likely and the stats from last year and PFF grades don't exactly paint that picture, but don't provide full context either. I like the player, but there are other moves I would have rather made, namely signing Kendall Fuller.

I doubt we'll be in on Bosa, Mack, or Allen if they get released. Look for the second, third, or fourth person on the Chargers depth chart, that's the guy we'll be after. The one plus for Bosa and Allen though is they have the injury history that Brad Holmes likes. Guys that get hurt a lot so he can buy lower on and use injury history as a leverage piece in negotiations. That said, I'd be surprised if we were in on any of these guys as they are marquee names.

This one stings, not going to lie. I knew deep down in my Honolulu blue heart we wouldn't land an A-tier, marquee free agent. But man, I really wanted us to be in on Hunter and I had some small but fading sense of hope that we would land a dynamic pass rusher like Hunter. Lining up a guy with 16 sacks across Aiden sure would have been nice. Just continue to trust the Brad Holmes plan!

A.J. Epenesa has resigned with the Bills and Kenny More II resigned with the Colts. Two guys I thought we could have brought in.

That's why signing a veteran guy Kevin Zeitler on a 1 year deal makes a lot of sense too. I would imagine the Guard they could potentially draft would be someone with the versatility to play Center as well to replace Ragnow when he's gone or if he gets hurt. You ride with that player as a Guard for year one and then slide him over to center when Ragnow does leave. So next year you have Decker/Rookie/Ragnow/Zeitler/Sewell up front with Glasgow and Sorsdal as your primary backups at the Guard position.

I very much think Guard is in play for the 1st round pick and that isn't a bad thing to have another offensive lineman under team control on a rookie wage scale.

Brad Holmes in free agency is like those Colonial Penn commercials with Alex Trebex talking about the 3 P's. Remember the 3 P's of Brad Holmes free agency: price, price, and price. A price that's team friendly, a price that allows them cap flexibility, and a price they don't have to commit to beyond 2-3 years.

My expectation going into free agency was that we would be out on all of the "big" names. I thought we'd be more aggressive on days 2, 3, and beyond. I expect us to be looking at someone like Stephon Gilmore today as another nice signing to shore up the CB position. I could also see us being in on a starting veteran Guard at the right price. So if we signed a veteran like Dalton Risner or Kevin Zietler I wouldn't be at all surprised. I also expect a depth signing or two at the DT spot. I expect Josh Reynolds to be back on a 2-3 year deal with a voidable third year option as well. The one name mentioned there, Chase Young, is someone I'd still be willing to take a flyer on for a 1 year prove it deal if we could get it done. But he is simply not a culture fit for them and so it won't happen.

I wonder why the organization chose to trade draft capital away for Davis as opposed to signing a guy like Fuller? Cost? Scheme fit? Culture fit? A combo of some form of those things and maybe more?

I think Sneed and Fuller are the CB1s that are available. Kendall Fuller had an 83 PFF grade and being asked to be Washington's CB1 last season, covering the top WRs from the opposing team.