TWENTYMAN: How Lions' strength at OL could help Goff, offense: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/twentyman-how-lions-strength-at-ol-could-help-goff-offense-sewell-ragnow
Unvaccinated players will face slew of restrictions to open 2021, including being barred from team flights: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/06/unvaccinated-players-will-face-slew-of-restrictions-to-open-2021-including-being-barred-from-team-flights.html
Owner Sheila Ford Hamp spoke up for a wide receiver in the draft: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/06/16/lions-owner-sheila-ford-hamp-brad-holmes-detroit-draft-room/
Jared Goff gets no respect in recent QB rankings: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/06/16/lions-jared-goff-gets-no-respect-in-recent-qb-rankings/
Good Morning Football: Detroit Lions Must Bring Back 'Bad Boys': https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/nfl/lions/news/nfl-network-says-dan-campbell-must-bring-back-pistons-bad-boys
Ndamukong Suh: 'Take Out the Spice, Things Get Bland': https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/ndamukong-suh-responds-to-lions-fan-on-twitter
Will Lions' Wide Receivers Aid Jared Goff in 2021?: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/will-detroit-lions-wide-receivers-aid-jared-goff
Lions Could 'Blitz Like Crazy' on Third Down: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/detroit-lions-could-blitz-heavily-on-third-down
NFL teams will be permitted to host fans at training camp: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/6/16/22537321/nfl-teams-permitted-host-fans-training-camp-2021
The Lions Don't Have a Prayer of Winning if Goff Gets Injured: https://thegame730am.com/lions-have-bad-backup-quarterbacks/
State of the 2021 Detroit Lions: Dan Campbell era begins with promise after transformative offseason: https://www.nfl.com/news/state-of-the-2021-detroit-lions-dan-campbell-era-begins-with-promise-after-trans
Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Aaron Rodgers lead the way in PFF's 2021 analytical quarterback rankings (Goff 24th, Stafford 18th): https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2021-quarterback-rankings-analytical
Best and worst NFL contracts for every NFC team: Jimmy Garoppolo, Tom Brady, Davante Adams and more (DETROIT LIONS - Best: T Taylor Decker — Four years, $59.65 million ($11.15 million in remaining guarantees): The Lions selected left tackle Taylor Decker with the No. 16 overall pick of the 2016 Draft, three picks after Laremy Tunsil was taken by the Miami Dolphins and 10 picks after Ronnie Stanley was taken by the Baltimore Ravens. Here is how the three stack up from their rookie seasons in 2016 through the 2019 season before signing their respective extensions. Is it pretty much a consensus opinion that Stanley and Tunsil are more talented players? Sure. Are they $5 million-plus dollars per year better than Taylor Decker? Absolutely not. Contracts are not as simple as that by any means, but the point remains. Worst: OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai — Five years, $45 million ($9 million in remaining guarantees): In the same season the Lions beat the Ravens to the table on Decker’s extension, they also jumped the gun on Vaitai. The veteran tackle was coming off his best season as a pro, having earned a 72.8 grade with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019. He had logged roughly 400 snaps as the starting right tackle to close out the season following an injury to Lane Johnson. Detroit paid him like they projected him to be a top right tackle going forward (his $9 million per year average is still top-10 at the position). Nevertheless, he belongs at right guard, where he’ll return following the draft selection of Penei Sewell. But that would make him tied for the fifth-highest-paid right guard in football on a multi-year deal, which is still above his on-field value. If Vaitai can play up to the level of his contract with the aforementioned Decker at left tackle, center Frank Ragnow now deservedly the highest-paid player at his position and two promising young players in Sewell and LG Jonah Jackson, the Lions may have one of the best offensive lines in the NFL the next few years. Jared Goff and his $30.5 million in remaining guarantees could have easily been the winner here, as well, but considering Goff was traded effectively as a salary-dump move, this reality was understood by all parties involved.): https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-best-worst-contract-32-nfc-teams-2021
2022 NFL Draft:
Early 2022 NFL Draft quarterback rankings and class overview: https://www.pff.com/news/draft-college-football-2022-quarterback-rankings-class-overview
Video:
Williams energy and attitude fitting right in with Lions: https://www.wxyz.com/sports/williams-energy-and-attitude-fitting-right-in-with-lions
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