Detroit Lions

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Projected Cap Space 2014

- $4,912,206

Key Names

Unrestricted

Brandon Pettigrew
Shaun Hill
Willie Young
Jason Fox
David Akers
Dominic Raiola
Rashean Mathis
John Wendling
Dylan Gandy
Israel Idonije
Don Muhlbach
Rocky McIntosh
Michael Spurlock
Kevin Ogletree
Andre Fluellen

Restricted

Joique Bell
Dorin Dickerson

Exclusive Rights

Kris Durham
Chris Greenwood
Jeremy Ross
Julian Stanford
Matt Veldman

Lions inform Nate Burleson he’s being released today

Iskopaće njega Bili.

Dobar je to WR
Samo da smanji primanja i negde ce biti fin potpis

Lions released FS Louis Delmas.
The move frees up $6 million in cap space, and including the release of Nate Burleson, gives the Lions $11.5 million in new room. Delmas was due a $500,000 roster bonus on March 15. Delmas has been injury prone throughout his five-year career, but appeared in all 16 games for the first time in 2013. He was a near every-down player, tallying 64 tackles, two sacks and three interceptions across 1,058 snaps. Delmas' past injury issues and salary make the move justifiable, but it's a bit surprising for a team that's had so much trouble in the secondary. Delmas is a top-five option in a safety market led by Jairus Byrd and T.J. Ward.

Lions owner William Clay Ford Sr. dies at 88

RIP

Golden Tate ‏@ShowtimeTate

Wow I'm officially a Detroit #Lion. Extremely excited about the opportunity to grow with this organization.

It is a 5-year deal for $31M and $13.25M guaranteed.

Golden Tate (DET)

Contract Details

Five-year contract worth $31 million. Tate received an $8 million signing bonus with the contract and has his entire 2014 and $1 million of his 2015 base salary fully guaranteed. If Tate is on the roster on the 3rd day of the 2015 league year his 2015 salary will become fully guaranteed. Base salaries of the contract are $1,500,000(2014), $3,750,000(2015), $4,750,000(2016), $6,000,000(2017), and $7,000,000(2018).

Contract Analysis

Tate is the beneficiary of signing a deal with a team in a poor cap situation. Because the Lions are cap-strapped in the present, they were forced to prorate Tate’s $8 million signing bonus over the course of the deal. Detroit would save only $1,550,000 by cutting Tate before the start of the 2016 league year, meaning he’ll almost certainly earn at least $18 million from Detroit.

PFF Analysis

Many people thought that 2013 would be a breakout season for Golden Tate. When his stat line didn’t live up to their expectations, some people began to wonder if he would ever take that next step. 2013 was more of the same for Tate as the season before–or in other words great advanced metrics and questionable usage. The Seahawks used him rigidly as on outside receiver only. Tate has already said that the Lions plan to use him differently, utilizing him all of the formation including the slot. This is great news for Tate, because his skill-set projects best in space where he can put his after the catch ability on display. In the last four seasons Tate has forced 21 missed tackles after the catch. The Lions got a reliable receiver—with just seven drops in four seasons, who can work underneath and take attention away from Calvin Johnson.

Lions signed SS James Ihedigbo, formerly of the Ravens, to a two-year contract.

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Brandon Pettigrew (DET)

Contract Details

Four-year contract worth $16 million. Pettrigrew received a $4 million signing bonus and a fully guaranteed base salary in 2014, making the total real guarantee on his contract $5.2 million. His 2015 base salary is guaranteed for injury only and will become fully guaranteed if on the roster on the 3rd day of the 2015 League Year.

Contract Analysis

The structure of this deal means he’ll be a Lion for at least two more years. His $2.2 million 2014 cap hit jumps to $3.8 million in 2015. Although this wasn’t a huge investment, a $3.8 million cap number is not inconsequential. With such a tight cap situation in Detroit, the Lions would have been better off parting ways with the expendable former first rounder.

PFF Analysis

Re-signing Pettigrew was more of a sign of the market at tight end than anything else. Although he has the size and draft status to justify his new contract, his production the field doesn’t really come close. In the passing game, he offers very little after the catch and in the red zone, and he has struggled with drops and creating separation. Pettigrew went 41/416/2 last season, and his 10.1 average per catch was among the leagues worst at tight end. Some people still feel that he is a strong blocker, but that opinion is not based on fact–he has graded out negatively in run blocking over the last two seasons. At 29, it is difficult to see Pettigrew growing into a much better player than what we see right now.

The Lions aren’t accustomed to needing to search for a kicker. From 1980 to 1991 they had Eddie Murray, and from 1992 to 2012 they had Jason Hanson, giving them more than three decades of stability at the position.

But David Akers won’t be back after one shaky season in 2013, and that means the Lions are on the hunt for a new kicker. They have two on the roster right now, John Potter and Giorgio Tavecchio, but special teams coordinator John Bonamego says the search for a kicker is far from over.

“The No. 1 thing we need to do is find a kicker,” Bonamego said. “From a scouting standpoint, it’s our top priority in my department. We have two guys on the roster right now that both have some experience. We’ll evaluate those guys in this upcoming period and we’ll compare them to the guys that are coming up in the draft, the draft-eligible guys, and we’ll find one.”

Twice last season Detroit lost close games in which Akers missed key field goals. It’s vital for the Lions to find someone better this year. Preferably someone with staying power, so the Lions can go back to having stability at kicker.

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Složio bih se sa Penjom. Ovi će sjebati draft kao i sezonu. Imaju Pettigrewa koji je dobar bloker i Fauriu koji je odličan hvatač i koji nije pokazao puni kapacitet u prošloj dezoni, i našli birati TE u prvoj rundi. A CB, a S, a OT?

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