flyguy1609 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 The #Lions are signing former #Seahawks TE Luke Willson to a 1-year deal worth $2.5M, source said, with some upside potential in his deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionized Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Nice signing hope to hear we have another signing later today for Sylvester Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sllim Pickens Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 This is a decent signing. Nothing to get excited about but better than/equal to Fells at a much lower price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I like the signing. Cheap, one year deal. Has potential but not hoping for potential to pan out at over $8 million. Still think TE is a position of need moving forward, but we can address other, more pressing issues right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManeLine Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I think Willson still has some untapped potential, but I'm not expecting anything groundbreaking. Still, he's a solid player to have at a more than fair deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDOG_det Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Solid player, his snaps and stats will likely see a decent bump with the Lions. They need to replace over 1200 snaps between losing Ebron and Fells, Willson had just under 400 snaps on offense last year. If you take him off of special teams and put those snaps on offense he could be on the field for roughly 500-600 plays on offense. Great athlete for a tight end, he should complement Michael Roberts pretty well. It will be interesting to see how they add a 3rd tight end. My guess is they probably go after someone like Ian Thomas or Tyler Conklin in the 4th or 5th round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockcity2 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I was hoping for more a blocking te. I mean if you wanna help out this run game at all.. We just gonna draft a rb and bam it's fixed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 34 minutes ago, ManeLine said: I think Willson still has some untapped potential, but I'm not expecting anything groundbreaking. Still, he's a solid player to have at a more than fair deal. He's a solid receiving TE. His numbers are low because he played with Russell Wilson. Just look at the bump in Golden Tate's numbers since signing here. Tate welcomed him to the team before news broken that he signed. I'm sure Golden Tate was a factor in the signing. I'm not expecting top TE numbers, but I really like the player, especially for the money. I'm not high on Michael Roberts. I'd rather sign another vet TE and draft a TE to groom moving forward. But we don't have to do it all now. We have enough receivers for Stafford that he'll share the ball. QB- Stafford/Rudock RB- Abdullah/Blount/Riddick/Zenner/Green TE- Willson/????????/Roberts WR- Jones/Tate/Golladay/Jones?/????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Rockcity2 said: I was hoping for more a blocking te. I mean if you wanna help out this run game at all.. We just gonna draft a rb and bam it's fixed.. We need both a blocking and receiving TE. Willson is a receiving TE. We still have money to sign a blocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockcity2 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, Louis Friend said: We need both a blocking and receiving TE. Willson is a receiving TE. We still have money to sign a blocker. So what is roberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rockcity2 said: So what is roberts A rookie who hasn't done much of anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockcity2 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Louis Friend said: A rookie who hasn't done much of anything. ...ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lions017 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Wilson is a nice veteran signing. I would still like to see the team add a veteran, though. I could see Roberts being solid long-term, but we still don't have an experienced blocking TE. Wilson graded out similarly or worse than guys like Ebron and Graham last year, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardlionfan Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Wilson can block! That was his main usage in Seattle. He was also used at FB occasionally. I think he will surprise everyone. He was buried on the depth chart in Seattle. https://www.fieldgulls.com/2017/1/11/14222244/luke-willson-lions-seahawks-film-breakdown-wild-card-weekend-falcons He's a great addition to improve the run game plus he can catch a ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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