flyguy1609 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Source says RB Frank Gore and Detroit Lions close to reaching an agreement. Five-time Pro Bowler rushed for 961 yards (3.7 ypc) w three TDs for Colts last year. Will be 35 in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitroar Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Well that fixes the run game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¥€Ti Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 He will be part of a stable of RBs. We will draft a RB within the first 3 rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, flyguy1609 said: Source says RB Frank Gore and Detroit Lions close to reaching an agreement. Five-time Pro Bowler rushed for 961 yards (3.7 ypc) w three TDs for Colts last year. Will be 35 in May. Disagree with the second tweet. Frank Gore won't go into the HOF as a Lion. Most likely, Gore will sign a 1 day contract with the Eagles when it's time to wrap up his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superduperman Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 This isn't a great move but at the very least it shows the Lions are willing to do *anything* to not have to rely on Abdullah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenhater Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Blount is scheduled to visit on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I'm shocked to hear this news. Does he have any tread left on the tires? You should give Adrian Peterson a call maybe. He probably has more left at this point than Gore does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superduperman Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 If the Lions signed Adrian Peterson I'd picket the stadium. That guy can go jump off a bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Frank Gore's worst year is still better than anything we've had for years. He's a great veteran RB. I want nothing to do with Peterson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnage84 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Louis Friend said: Frank Gore's worst year is still better than anything we've had for years. He's a great veteran RB. I want nothing to do with Peterson. Assuming both FA guys get signed, we could be looking at Gore/Blount/Riddick.. have to imagine a rookie gets tossed into the mix as well. Probably need a guy with a little more juice but our power back problems would be solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lions017 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Not really a fan of this - I just don't think that Gore has anything left in the tank. Hopefully this is just something to take the pressure off of a rookie and play a bit of a mentor role. Gore isn't really great at anything anymore, but he can do a bit of everything I suppose and should be a good veteran presence. I just don't want to see him getting 15 carries per game for 54 yards or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockcity2 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 This is flat out stupid. Let's spend our time checking out old *** rbs There gonna take one in the draft so why.. no ones rushing to sign gore..they are showing there draft hand..so we will be lucky to get the dlmen we want either.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFL_Fan Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Karnage84 said: Assuming both FA guys get signed, we could be looking at Gore/Blount/Riddick.. have to imagine a rookie gets tossed into the mix as well. Probably need a guy with a little more juice but our power back problems would be solved. sorry, but would not be optimistic with that backfield....blount should probably be retiring soon...and gore....should be in a retirement home with lots of ice by now...and Riddick is trash for RB...yeah he can catch..but thats one dimensional...it's 2018 not 1954. we need guys that can do multiple things...we don't have a back that can rush for 5 yards up the middle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnage84 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 hour ago, NFL_Fan said: sorry, but would not be optimistic with that backfield....blount should probably be retiring soon...and gore....should be in a retirement home with lots of ice by now...and Riddick is trash for RB...yeah he can catch..but thats one dimensional...it's 2018 not 1954. we need guys that can do multiple things...we don't have a back that can rush for 5 yards up the middle... Riddick is a solid all-purpose RB. His pass catching is at an elite level and he can do enough damage in the run game to at least be taken slightly seriously when he's lined up in the back. He's been our best RB for the last 3 years. We've had absolute trash, so that doesn't mean I'm comparing him to Kamara. He's just been the best that we've had. We need to add other guys into the mix. For everyone complaining, there are articles that talk about why the Lions would bring in someone like Gore. He is a veteran presence that can help to set the culture for a young RB corp. He has also been productive enough to get us something reliable in the run game. This is going to be a RBBC. You need more than one guy. Quinn and Patricia come from the Patriots school of thinking. This is a team philosophy. Hate it or love it, there is a purpose behind this. Apart from sheer luck, we aren't going to have a bellcow like Shady McCoy or Bell unless they fall in the draft and become a value pick. Blount = back that will rush for 5 yards up the middle and carry half of the other teams defense with him. He likely has another one or two years to go but he is still productive and he likes Patricia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnage84 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Lions017 said: Not really a fan of this - I just don't think that Gore has anything left in the tank. Hopefully this is just something to take the pressure off of a rookie and play a bit of a mentor role. Gore isn't really great at anything anymore, but he can do a bit of everything I suppose and should be a good veteran presence. I just don't want to see him getting 15 carries per game for 54 yards or whatever. Assuming we go with the Patriots style RBBC, likely wouldn't see Gore at 15 carries. The Pats ride the hot hand and try to exploit matchups with their opponents. It's why people hate on them for fantasy. Burkhead could get 20 yards and 3 TD's one week, Lewis goes for 150 all purpose the next week and White does his thing the week after that. Blount was the last semi-consistent pure RB and that was 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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