Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Running List of Lions Links for Tuesday 3-5-24

Articles:

Detroit Lions free agency preview: Wide receiver depth remains a sneaky need:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2024/03/detroit-lions-free-agency-preview-wide-receiver-depth-remains-a-sneaky-need.html


Detroit Lions positional stock report: Risers, fallers from wide receivers room in 2023:  https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2024/3/5/24082981/detroit-lions-positional-stock-report-wide-receivers-2023

Best quarterbacks available in the 2024 NFL Draft and free agency:  https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-best-quarterbacks-2024-nfl-draft-free-agency-trades

The First Read: Five teams that must make a splash in NFL free agency in 2024 (2.  Detroit Lions - Lions head coach Dan Campbell acknowledged that his team's loss to San Francisco in the NFC Championship Game still haunts him. You know what would make that pain a little easier to stomach? Thinking about all the ways the Lions could move forward from that defeat and maintain the momentum Campbell and GM Brad Holmes created within this franchise.  The Lions are projected have just over $51 million in cap space, so the ammunition will be there to make moves. The key, as has been the case with Holmes over the past three years, is to spend judiciously at this time of year. This team went from bottom-dweller to NFC North champion largely because of successful drafting. "We always talk about how selective and strategic we do have to be in free agency because you don't really know these players," Holmes told reporters during the combine last week. "You see what you see on film, but like I've told all of you, that's the easy, coherent part. But you don't really know them know them. And so that's why you got to be real careful. When you draft and you know your own guys, you feel a lot more comfortable." The Lions had one of the most potent offenses in the league in 2023. Where they can improve dramatically in free agency is on the other side of the football. The only consistent pass rusher up front is end Aidan Hutchinson, so Detroit must find more disruptors in that space. Once again, Chris Jones or Danielle Hunter would be ideal fits for a team that appears to be one or two defensive players away from reaching the Super Bowl. The Lions also need help at cornerback, where they've annually struggled to find consistent answers. A no-brainer would be a player they've already seen seven times over the past four seasons: Chicago's Jaylon Johnson. He turns 25 in April, and there's plenty to like about his skill set and long-term upside. If the Lions want to talk about a trade for L'Jarius Sneed -- who is already 27 -- that could be intriguing, as well. It should be said here that Detroit does need to figure out what it's going to do about an extension for quarterback Jared Goff, who is entering the final year of his current contract, in the near future, and the team does have to address some upcoming free agents on the interior offensive line. But defensive improvement is going to be critical for this franchise. Detroit will be one of the top two contenders in the NFC, along with San Francisco, when next season begins. They must do everything possible to ensure they end up in a better place than they did last season.):  https://www.nfl.com/news/the-first-read-five-teams-that-must-make-a-splash-in-nfl-free-agency-in-2024

2024 Combine:



NFL Combine results: 12 standouts from the interior offensive line group:  https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2024/3/5/24089763/nfl-combine-results-12-standouts-interior-offensive-linemen-draft

10 players whose 2024 NFL Draft stock is rising (Rome Odunze!) and 5 who are falling after the combine:  https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/2024-nfl-draft-stock-watch-combine-rome-odunze-tvondre-sweat-amarius-mims


2024 NFL Draft Stock – Combine (Worthy, McCarthy, Wilson, Fiske, Verse, Melton, Benson, Coleman) (3-5-24):  https://walterfootball.com/draft2024stock_26.php

2024 NFL Combine notes: 8 offensive linemen who stood out ft. Roger Rosengarten:  https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-2024-nfl-combine-notes-8-offensive-linemen-stood-ft-roger-rosengarten

2024 NFL Combine Risers: Xavier Worthy, Isaac Guerendo, Max Melton Make the Most of Stay in Indianapolis:  https://www.profootballnetwork.com/2024-nfl-combine-risers-xavier-worthy-isaac-guerendo-max-melton-draft/

2024 NFL Draft:



4 Prospects Lions Could Trade Up For in 2024 Draft:  https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/2024-draft-prospects-lions-could-trade-up-for

Podcast:

Dungeon of Doom: What we heard, who we loved for Detroit at the NFL combine:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2024/03/dungeon-of-doom-what-we-heard-who-we-loved-for-detroit-at-the-nfl-combine.html


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Articles:


Stay or go: Predicting the fate of all the Detroit Lions free agents:  https://lionswire.usatoday.com/lists/detroit-lions-nfl-free-agency-predictions-stay-or-go/

Lions Fans Want to Run It Back With Quandre Diggs:  https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-fans-want-quandre-diggs-to-return

Lions free agency preview: Top, mid-tier, and bargain bin options at guard:  https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2024/3/5/24091102/2024-nfl-free-agency-preview-best-guard-options-detroit-lions

Every NFL team's highest-graded 2023 free agency signing (DETROIT LIONS: RB DAVID MONTGOMERY (79.6) - The move from Chicago to Detroit helped facilitate the highest-graded rushing season (83.4) of Montgomery’s career. His nearly 1,200 yards and 15 touchdowns were both career highs for the dynamic back, while his 54 forced missed tackles ranked ninth at the position this past season.):  https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-highest-graded-2023-free-agency-free-agent-signings

Matthew Berry’s 25 Most Interesting Things He Heard At 2024 NFL Combine (7. From the podium, Lions head coach Dan Campbell had this to say about Jameson Williams: “He progressed when he was able to come back off suspension. All we asked of him was growth. Just get better, just get a little bit better, and just become one of the guys, somebody that we can rely on in this offense. Just do your job. And that’s exactly what he did. And you can see by the end of the year, we really felt like he started to come into his own. And he’s, he is going to push to be a full-time starter now, and that’s, that’s what we’re looking for. And we said it before, everybody grows at a different rate and maybe it’s taking him a little bit longer, but he is developing and he’s growing, and he is certainly one of the team. You know, the kid, we got high hopes for him. We see him continuing to grow as long as he gets back, and puts the work in like, like we believe he will because he’s shown he’s only going to get better and better and better.”  Me now, and uh, he was a first-round pick. And the best you can say is he’s “going to push to be a full-time starter?” Push? On a team that wants to run the ball and already has Amon-Ra St. Brown and Sam LaPorta in the passing game? Yeesh.):  https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/matthew-berry/news/matthew-berrys-25-most-interesting-things-he-heard-at-2024-nfl-combine

2024 NFL free agency: Ranking best free agent crops from every team; Ravens, Chiefs have loaded class (12. Detroit Lions - Top free agents: C.J. Gardner-Johnson (S), Emmanuel Moseley (CB), Halapoulivaati Vaitai (RG), Charles Harris (EDGE), Josh Reynolds (WR), Graham Glasgow (RG), Jonah Jackson (LG).  There are plenty of bonafide starters the Lions have available in free agency. Jackson and Glasgow were guards on one of the best offensive lines in football, while Gardner-Johnson and Moseley are proven starters in the secondary when healthy.   Harris and Reynolds may not be first-wave signings, but good value after the top players are off the board. The Lions will look to revamp the secondary, but the guards may return.):  https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nfl-free-agency-ranking-best-free-agent-crops-from-every-team-ravens-chiefs-have-loaded-class/

2024 NFL Combine:

2024 NFL Combine Risers & Sliders: Michael Penix Jr. impresses, Bo Nix raises concerns, Xavier Worthy makes history, T'Vondre Sweat stock takes a hit:  https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/2024-nfl-combine-risers-sliders-michael-penix-jr-impresses-bo-nix-concerns-xavier-worthy-makes-history-t-vondre-sweat-stock-hit

Joel Klatt's winners and takeaways from the 2024 NFL Draft Combine:  https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/joel-klatts-winners-and-takeaways-from-the-2024-nfl-draft-combine

2024 NFL Draft:


Podcast:

Lions Combine Takeaways: Who Shined, Moved Up Draft Board?:  https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/podcasts/podcast-lions-combine-takeaways-2024

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