2026 Detroit Lions Offseason Thread

[MichiganCardinal]

The beginning of the end. Sheila will begin building her cricket empire and the Lions will be as forgotten as the 1990s Tigers. /s

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

1 hour ago, MichiganCardinal said:

The beginning of the end. Sheila will begin building her cricket empire and the Lions will be as forgotten as the 1990s Tigers. /s

Same Old Royals.

[Tenacious D]

1 hour ago, MichiganCardinal said:

The beginning of the end. Sheila will begin building her cricket empire and the Lions will be as forgotten as the 1990s Tigers. /s

 

$15,000?  I should have bought them.

[MichiganCardinal]

8 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

$15,000?  I should have bought them.

Unfortunately, $15,000 Indian Crores is about $1.6 billion USD. Might have to recheck the couch cushions.

[Tenacious D]

20 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Unfortunately, $15,000 Indian Crores is about $1.6 billion USD. Might have to recheck the couch cushions.

Thanks.  I still should have bought them

[sagnam]

Losing a crores, or whatever is singular form is, would be depressing.

[MichiganCardinal]

25 minutes ago, sagnam said:

Losing a crores, or whatever is singular form is, would be depressing.

But imagine finding one in your coat pocket on the first day of winter!

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Does Sheila Ford have a drinking buddy that she can appoint as GM of the cricket team?

[4hzglory]

So with JSN's contract, St Brown isn't even in the top 6 WR contracts anymore.    He is 7th in total value, is 8th in annual average, 9th in total guarantees.  It's why they should continue to lock up guys they know they want to keep early.

[MichiganCardinal]

16 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Does Sheila Ford have a drinking buddy that she can appoint as GM of the cricket team?

Maybe this is why Rod Wood is stepping down. Focusing on his next career.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I gotta be real, Holmes' comments about "serious financial constraints" concern me as to how aggressive he wants to be to try and do everything he can to win a Super Bowl now. The Les Snead approach of "screw future years" is real appealing given that the Rams both won a Super Bowl and have since bounced back to being competitive in a short time frame. The goal of this franchise and any organization should be to build a Super Bowl winning team. The goal is not be a good/very good competitive team for X-number of years and maintain cap flexibility.

I'm not saying we need to be Mickey Loomis and the Saints and be reckless with our salary cap. But a more aggressive approach, with more salary restructuring and a more concerted free agency plan, is what I think many of us wanted to see. It doesn't mean you blow your wad on every high dollar player out there. But it does mean you are in on players like Braden Smith, Cam Jordan, AJ Epenesa, etc. that they weren't after this offseason.

What Lions fan that has suffered through years of misery wouldn't trade a few down years, where we are in tighter cap constraints, for one Super Bowl win/appearance?

Edited 7 hours ago by Mr.TaterSalad

[Motown Bombers]

I guess trading a 1st round pick for a star is much better than using it to draft someone like Hutchinson or Sewell. Investing four first round picks in Stafford means you’re going for it. 

[Motown Bombers]

Sewell, Hutchinson, Williams, Gibbs, and Campbell were all drafted in the first round. Apparently, going all in means not drafting those players and trading for older players. 

[Shinzaki]

Allen coached the Redskins for 7 years...did not have a 1st rd pick in 6 of them.  Made one Super Bowl..losing to the perfect Dolphins

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Ate we do certain they're drafting a tackle in the first round still? I thought Borom would be a potential starter from the day they signed him. 

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

We're broke as an organization. Out on the street corner thumbing for cap space. So broke in fact that we were out of the running for a measly $4 million contract for a guy like AQM.

 

[Motown Bombers]

The Lions aren’t broke. They gave over half a billion in contracts and have hundreds of millions more to give. Why do you not understand this? 

[Motown Bombers]

20 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Ate we do certain they're drafting a tackle in the first round still? I thought Borom would be a potential starter from the day they signed him. 

 

Why would Holmes say before the draft they need a tackle? Come on now. 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

8 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Why would Holmes say before the draft they need a tackle? Come on now. 

First off, I haven't heard the full quote in context, so I do needto go back and watch it. I want to get a proper context and understanding of what he meant about Borom here. I read this quote, as it is by itself with no other context, as the organization is actively considering Borom as a starter. 

If that is the case, does anyone her feel good about that?

[gehringer_2]

34 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Why would Holmes say before the draft they need a tackle? Come on now. 

I listened to it. He did say they used their FA resources for the OLine first (i.e. they needed   tackle(s))  it was the number one priority for the team - he was clear about that.  But he also said they liked the degree to which they filled that need. He also again pushed back about not drafting pass rushers with the idea that in the Lion's scheme guys a guy has to be able to set the edge first. Pass rush specialists have limited appeal to him.

And then he stressed over and over again, repeatedly ad nauseum,  that whatever the need he won't draft for need because it's too big a waste of talent not to take the best player  on your board. Over the course of that player's career, need is too variable to give up taking the very best players.  He cited Jack Campbell as the way it works out that maybe you don't need the guy when you take him, then when you find that when you do you have top talent.

So I would say anyone listening to that total exchange as a means of trying to counter strategize the Lion's draft wasn't going to take much more from it than their own projection of what they think he is going to do anyway.

Edited 49 minutes ago by gehringer_2