Louis Friend Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Per Twitter, around $10 million. I guess he's a fine stop gap. Lions just have too many holes to fill them all with as little capspace as they have to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superduperman Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 The Lions secondary was probably the best single unit on the team last year so I'm not going to sweat them bringing back Wilson and Lawson (instead of looking elsewhere) too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 I loved bringing back Wilson, but we are paying $10 million for 0 ints in 4 seasons from Lawson. Re-signing him should not have taken precedence over DL, G or RB and not for that much money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sllim Pickens Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I do agree it was likely an overpay but still a solid move. Maybe Tabor learns how to football again this offseason and our CBs wont be too bad. Better than throwing 12+ mil at Butler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenhater Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Yuck. Unless he can lock down the slot as our nickel I wish we would have just moved on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 32 minutes ago, Sllim Pickens said: I do agree it was likely an overpay but still a solid move. Maybe Tabor learns how to football again this offseason and our CBs wont be too bad. Better than throwing 12+ mil at Butler. I agree about not touching Butler for that money, but imo, Nevin is not worth $5M per. I feel like Bob Quinn is sitting back thinking we are the Patriots and not a team that should be addressing serious needs. And yes, I know the draft is next month, but we have a HUGE hole at DT, a HUGE hole at LG if Glasgow is moving to center as it appears. Our running game was atrocious and our depth at the position are free agents. And we just spend 20% of our capspace on Nevin Lawson. This leaves us with $7-9 million left depending on contract structures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sllim Pickens Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 The options in free agency are not great, and it has always been tough to bring talent to Detroit which generally causes an overpayment. Sit back, wait it out, guys will get cut, we can make moves. It doesn't have to be all right away. We do have a second round CB from last year he may have more faith in than us. He also may have an idea about who and how he wants to draft. There also are guys out there still that we can get. I wouldn't panic yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagahide13 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Yeah, I think it has a lot to do with how Tabor is viewed long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenhater Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, nagahide13 said: Yeah, I think it has a lot to do with how Tabor is viewed long term. I think Tabor is going to be good. I was a big fan of his in the draft. I was really hoping we'd spend the money on an elite nickel. Someone with speed. I think that could be what makes our secondary elite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagahide13 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I think that could very well be Lawson. He didn't run well at the combine, but he's got great speed. Quin likely views Tabor as the long term solution opposite Slay, which might help towards explaining why we didn't make a serious attempt at any of the higher profile corners. I have no real idea though... I continually forget that Tabor is even on our roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDOG_det Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 $5 million a year feels like a lot until you look at the other contracts being given out. Lawson was solid last year, he should be just as good if not a little bit better over the next two years. He gives them a cheap starter. You basically need 3 starting CB's in the NFL right now, and he's a solid #2. If Tabor progresses and takes over the #2 spot, then you have a really good #3 with Lawson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDOG_det Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Louis Friend said: but imo, Nevin is not worth $5M per. Backup offensive lineman are basically getting $5 million a year. Barely used WR's are getting $7+ million a year. Lawson is a fair deal at $5 million when you consider the landscape we're in. 5-6 years ago? Yeah that would be a terrible contract, bur things are changing, contracts are getting larger and larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnivolcm Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Lawson was very solid last year with zero pass rush. I think he'll be very good if we somehow make QBs uncomfortable in the pocket in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenhater Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, IDOG_det said: Backup offensive lineman are basically getting $5 million a year. Barely used WR's are getting $7+ million a year. Lawson is a fair deal at $5 million when you consider the landscape we're in. 5-6 years ago? Yeah that would be a terrible contract, bur things are changing, contracts are getting larger and larger. I think he's worth the money. I just would have preferred we upgrade over him. Even at the expense of more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryTheBest Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Louis Friend said: I agree about not touching Butler for that money, but imo, Nevin is not worth $5M per. I feel like Bob Quinn is sitting back thinking we are the Patriots and not a team that should be addressing serious needs. And yes, I know the draft is next month, but we have a HUGE hole at DT, a HUGE hole at LG if Glasgow is moving to center as it appears. Our running game was atrocious and our depth at the position are free agents. And we just spend 20% of our capspace on Nevin Lawson. This leaves us with $7-9 million left depending on contract structures. I agree to a certain extent. I dont feel we need to add anything other than a run stuffing DT who can eat space. Veterans like that are not very difficult to find. Now this doesn't mean to me that we dont have a need for some star power, but I believe we will be drafting a DT in the first 3 rounds. I feel similarly about the G position with regard to signing 3rd wave vet and drafting on in the first 3 rounds. I envision we go DT, RB, G in some order in the first three rounds, looking at our roster with the moves today. As for Lawson, not the first choice, and a bit high, but he is versatile and will be able to provide some veteran leadership given his tenure and time sepnt with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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