That one hurts. I get that we could not pay him that much. But I hate to lose a solid player who actually was available to play. It seems like the Lions are going to be depending on a lot of guys who are recovering from one or more injuries.
This may be a bad take - I’m not too mad about losing Roy Lopez for that price. Already have two nose tackles, and we are banking on an Alim rebound and Tyleik developing some pass rush moves. Lopez definitely made an impact with collapsing the pocket, but still finished 89th/134 for IDL pressures with 13. All I’m saying is this is an opportunity to diversify the skill set within that DT room, bring in more of a proven pass rusher there.
Curious if this changes things with Reader.
That one hurts. I get that we could not pay him that much. But I hate to lose a solid player who actually was available to play. It seems like the Lions are going to be depending on a lot of guys who are recovering from one or more injuries.
This may be a bad take - I’m not too mad about losing Roy Lopez for that price. Already have two nose tackles, and we are banking on an Alim rebound and Tyleik developing some pass rush moves. Lopez definitely made an impact with collapsing the pocket, but still finished 89th/134 for IDL pressures with 13. All I’m saying is this is an opportunity to diversify the skill set within that DT room, bring in more of a proven pass rusher there.