LIONS CAP BREAKDOWN VS AVG

[Karnage84]

This thread was born out of the discussion we were having about Quinn and his investments/lack of investments in particular areas. Just out of personal interest, I did some comparisons using Spotrac.

- Averaged Lions 2017, 2018 and 2019 years

- Compared Lions average vs average of KC, DAL, NE and SEA in 2019. This was a good mix of successful teams with some veteran QB's, younger QB's, etc. 

LIONS    PLAYERS    SALARY CAP    CAP %
Quarterback    3    $25,373,372.33    13.84%
Running Back    5    $5,467,561.67    3.06%
Wide Receiver    7    $15,128,203.00    8.40%
Tight End    4    $5,729,430.33    3.15%
Offensive Line    11    $25,616,750.67    14.12%
Defensive Line    11    $26,601,133.33    14.77%
Linebacker    9    $13,780,105.67    7.58%
Secondary    13    $28,551,939.33    15.79%
Special Teams    3    $7,626,624.33    4.26%
 

AVG            
Quarterback    3    $15,364,640    7.80%
Running Back    4.75    $7,588,653.50    3.84%
Wide Receiver    7.75    $20,528,515    10.45%
Tight End    4    $4,254,449.50    2.15%
Offensive Line    12.5    $34,832,007.50    17.65%
Defensive Line    10.75    $24,736,198.50    12.54%
Linebacker    8.75    $20,561,145.75    10.41%
Secondary    13    $25,590,618    12.96%
Special Teams    3.25    $4,223,437.75    2.15%
 

LIONS VS AVG    PLAYERS    SALARY CAP    CAP %
Quarterback    0    $10,008,732.33    6.05%
Running Back    0    -$2,121,091.83    -0.78%
Wide Receiver    -1    -$5,400,312.00    -2.05%
Tight End    0    $1,474,980.83    1.00%
Offensive Line    -2    -$9,215,256.83    -3.53%
Defensive Line    1    $1,864,934.83    2.23%
Linebacker    0    -$6,781,040.08    -2.82%
Secondary    0    $2,961,321.33    2.83%
Special Teams    0    $3,403,186.58    2.11%

What is interesting here is:

- Lions have financially not made significant investments in the OL compared to those other groups in this time span. 

- Lions have taken the same approach to Linebacker as the OL

For both position groups they're either relying on rookie players and/or cheap veterans. It's ok if this works and I don't know if the rotation was a terrible thing last year. Linebacker was a cluster**** and it will be interesting to see if the addition of Collins helps to correct this

- Lions have spent a considerable less amount of money at wide receiver and have been fairly successful with a healthy Matthew Stafford. KG will eventually get paid but Lions have been successful while spending fewer dollars at the position compared to these four counterparts