2026 Detroit Lions Offseason Thread

[Motown Bombers]

Madness

 

[MichiganCardinal]

 

I think I have a different definition of "top" than Ian.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

 

Canine to the Chiefs. Assuming Mahomes comes back healthy next season, this seems like a good signing for them.

[Motown Bombers]

The Chiefs are up against the cap, Kelce is aging, and Mahomes may not be right at the beginning of the season. They also lost their top defensive backs. The Chiefs should be rebuilding. 

[MichiganCardinal]

Neither Rapoport nor Schefter have posted in over five minutes.... what's brewing??

[MichiganCardinal]

Aaron Glenn is busy, but no one they've signed has been a name I recognize.

[MichiganCardinal]

 

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Motown Bombers]

Has Decker officially been released yet?

[MichiganCardinal]

 

 

Edited Monday at 05:19 PM by MichiganCardinal

[Motown Bombers]

That's less than I thought he would get. 

[MichiganCardinal]

 

That's a hole.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Shinzaki]

They were never gonna pay 25 million for a C...so this works

Edited Monday at 05:36 PM by Shinzaki

[Motown Bombers]

Now Scruggs and Frazier are your interior depth. The IOL not looking too bad. 

[MichiganCardinal]

Wanted Linderbaum, but Mays is a good second place prize.

He and Mahagony will be an interesting duo, assuming Mahagony is the LG. Mays is good at pass blocking and mediocre at run blocking. Mahagony is good at run blocking but was atrocious in the pass block.

[sagnam]

5 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Lions to sign Cade Mays 3 yrs 25 million 14m guarenteed

Not bad for a guy on the Giants practice squad in 2024.

Edited Monday at 05:41 PM by sagnam

[sagnam]

Just now, MichiganCardinal said:

Wanted Linderbaum, but Mays is a good second place prize.

He and Mahagony will be an interesting duo, assuming Mahagony is the LG. Mays is good at pass blocking and mediocre at run blocking. Mahagony is good at run blocking but was atrocious in the pass block.

Was never going to be a big name.

[MichiganCardinal]

Just now, sagnam said:

Was never going to be a big name.

Maybe not, but I dispute they couldn't afford it. They had Decker, Ragnow, and Sewell all under contract for 2026. Was the plan all along to make one of them take a major paycut?

I'm hoping these at least means they aren't done fixing the OL and we will see one of Braden Smith or Jermaine Eluemunor next.

[Motown Bombers]

Yeah, I’ll pass. 

 

[Motown Bombers]

Just now, MichiganCardinal said:

Maybe not, but I dispute they couldn't afford it. They had Decker, Ragnow, and Sewell all under contract for 2026. Was the plan all along to make one of them take a major paycut?

I'm hoping these at least means they aren't done fixing the OL and we will see one of Braden Smith or Jermaine Eluemunor next.

The plan was probably to move on from Decker and Ragnow after this season. 

[MichiganCardinal]

1 minute ago, Motown Bombers said:

Yeah, I’ll pass. 

 

That's just bidding war pricing. I know the schtick this time of year is "if your team signs him it's a great deal, but if someone else signs him it's too much money."

But I get it at $27MM APY.

[Motown Bombers]

I guess I don’t understand signing for a dumpster fire like the Raiders. Were the Ravens really that far apart? 

[Motown Bombers]

An option I liked for the Lions. 

 

[MichiganCardinal]

1 minute ago, Motown Bombers said:

I guess I don’t understand signing for a dumpster fire like the Raiders. Were the Ravens really that far apart? 

Rapoport's agent-speak and team-talk is getting too confusing for me. The Ravens were only offering a two-year deal? That's not a "strong offer." This is like how a 4+7+Scruggs = 5th round value.