Official Lions 2018 Off Season Info Thread

[broncosmitty]

Dont be surprised if the Packers finish last. They have done even less and lost their best WR. Not to mention Rodgers is coming off a twice fractured collarbone and may not ever be the same.

I think a lot of you guys need to stop acting like Millen/Mayhew/Caldwell is still running the show. We have proven winners running the team now. They have always won ugly but they have always won.

I dont see this attitude anywhere else on the web except this board.

Rodgers starts 7 games they don't finish last.

 

[Old Lion]

Hankins is still not signed. I wonder if we can make another play for him.

 

[RobBase]

The Detroit News' Justin Rogers reports DE Ziggy Ansah won't be with the Lions due to family obligations when the team reports for workouts Monday.

Ansah is still in Ghana celebrating his 40th birthday but has kept the front office, including head coach Matt Patricia, in the loop. Expectation is that Ansah joins the team shortly. He still may decide to skip part of the offseason program when he returns due to contract talks, but he is not expected to hold out into training camp. Ansah will make $17.143 million in 2018 if he plays under the tag.

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Source: Justin Rogers on Twitter

 

[Rollingthndr]

They may be yawners but they fit the system (on defense anyway). Need guys like that too. Hoping Williams and Shead get back to 2015-16 form. That would make a big difference.

This is am overly optimistic post Mr. Lion.

All the dudes signed outside of Blount are straight up bums.

 

[Rollingthndr]

Lions signed QB Matt Cassel.

I didnt know he was still in the league.

Chowderhead was like... Matt, remember that million I owe you on the bet we would beat the Giants in the super bowl? Here you go.

 

[Rollingthndr]

Ansah is still in Ghana celebrating his 40th birthday

Funny, I thought he was from Wakanda

 

[RobBase]

Lions sign Raysean Pringle

Never say the Lions aren't evolving. They used to draft players I had never heard of. BQ has now eliminated that step and instead just signs them as free agents.

 

[Old Lion]

So now signing camp bodies is a failure? You guys are ridiculous.

 

[Stomp]

So if we don't end up getting a running back in the draft i think we should make Alf an offer(slightly above his vet minimum offer) he's 29, but he's a low mileage 29 thats pretty good in a zone blocking scheme.

 

[Old Lion]

So if we don't end up getting a running back in the draft i think we should make Alf an offer(slightly above his vet minimum offer) he's 29, but he's a low mileage 29 thats pretty good in a zone blocking scheme.

 

[Howie115]

So, this....

 

[Old Lion]

So, this....

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Agree with the first 4. The rest could be in any order. Pretty much a crapshoot. Packers way too high. Even with Rodgers back their decline will continue. Steelers should be 5 and then just group the rest into "All Other".

 

[broncosmitty]

So, this....

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Proof of how awesome Rodgers is.


That team is worse than ours by a significant amount.

 

[broncosmitty]

Agree with the first 4. The rest could be in any order. Pretty much a crapshoot. Packers way too high. Even with Rodgers back their decline will continue. Steelers should be 5 and then just group the rest into "All Other".

Not if he's back it won't.

They'll win double digits if he starts 12 games.

 

[Old Lion]

Not if he's back it won't.

They'll win double digits if he starts 12 games.

We will see. I dont think he will ever be the same. His receivers are nowhere near as good as a couple years ago too. I see him getting beat up a lot this year too. That O-line was not good in Pass-Pro and their center was terrible. Reminds me of the old Lions lines a few years ago that almost got Stafford killed.

 

[Howie115]

How about the Browns having better odds than 3 other teams? Someone likes their draft, apparently.

 

[broncosmitty]

How about the Browns having better odds than 3 other teams? Someone likes their draft, apparently.

Tyrod is very underrated.

And they have a shit ton of weapons on offense. Gordon back, added Landry, added Hyde, the pieces are there to put up points.

I thought the Chubb pick was horrible personally.

 

[broncosmitty]

We will see. I dont think he will ever be the same. His receivers are nowhere near as good as a couple years ago too. I see him getting beat up a lot this year too. That O-line was not good in Pass-Pro and their center was terrible. Reminds me of the old Lions lines a few years ago that almost got Stafford killed.

Maybe.

I think they're the only team with a chance to even push Minny for the division. And that only because they have the best QB in football.

Cutting Jordy surprised me. He did poorly because Hundley sucks.

 

[Howie115]

Tyrod is very underrated.

And they have a shit ton of weapons on offense. Gordon back, added Landry, added Hyde, the pieces are there to put up points.

I thought the Chubb pick was horrible personally.

I'm guessing projected strength of schedule plays into the odds, too. They've got to have one of the easiest.

 

[broncosmitty]

I'm guessing projected strength of schedule plays into the odds, too. They've got to have one of the easiest.

That's true.

And Pittsburgh seems to be ripping itself apart from within.