The cap is set. The salary cap jumped from about $143 million to over 155 million this year. I am not sure if this includes the 1.5 million per team the NFL was caught trying to steal from the NFL players but the numbers seem to line up.
This leaves the Lions with about $35 to $36 million in cap space and that is with CJ on the books for a smidgen over 24 million.
35 plus million is way more than any team should need going into free agency. Let me put it like this, if a team needs to spend over 35 million on free agents, that team needs far too many pieces to be a legitimate championship contender and should spend reasonably in free agency and pray their coming draft picks are far better than they have been in the recent past.
Those 2010, 2011 and 2012 disaster drafts are coming back to haunt us. That should be the heart of our team right now. Instead, it is a deep hole populated by one LT who people aren't even sure should be a LT and one free agent LB. It could be worse, we could have absolutely no one on the roster from those three drafts.......
Friday, February 26, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Why haven't we heard news about Johnson's retirement yet?
The season ticket renewal deadline is Feb 24th (tomorrow). Which Lions team is more likely to get people to renew? The Detroit Lions with Megatron or the Detroit Lions without Megatron?
Would it surprise you? The Lions pulling that kind of shit?
It wouldn't surprise me, not with Rod "blood from a turnip" Wood running the show. That is what I don't like about him. The guy has the stink of snake oil sales man. The kind of guy you couldn't turn your back on for fear he might steal your wallet. Not for the id and credit cards, those can be tracked, but for the hard cash and then hand you your wallet as if he found it on the ground.
In case you were wondering, I am not liking this hire at all. He will make more money for the Fords and that is his job. I have zero belief he will keep his nose out of the football side of things. Even if he truly wanted too, he just won't be able to. Too much money goes into that side of things and every dime that goes that way will be coming out of the hands of the Fords.
Would it surprise you? The Lions pulling that kind of shit?
It wouldn't surprise me, not with Rod "blood from a turnip" Wood running the show. That is what I don't like about him. The guy has the stink of snake oil sales man. The kind of guy you couldn't turn your back on for fear he might steal your wallet. Not for the id and credit cards, those can be tracked, but for the hard cash and then hand you your wallet as if he found it on the ground.
In case you were wondering, I am not liking this hire at all. He will make more money for the Fords and that is his job. I have zero belief he will keep his nose out of the football side of things. Even if he truly wanted too, he just won't be able to. Too much money goes into that side of things and every dime that goes that way will be coming out of the hands of the Fords.
Give CJ his freedom, he has earned it.
This truly sucks. I don't want to be here typing this. In one breath, I loath the day one of ours goes somewhere else and finds success, in another breath, I find myself hopeful for him. I am hopeful not for us, as lion's fans, but for every player that has pissed away his career in this black hole of a franchise.
Twenty five years and some months ago, Saint Barry decided that playing for the Lions wasn't worth the effort anymore. A few months ago, Calvin Johnson made that same decision. Both men were beaten into submission by a franchise plagued by fuck tard impossibly inept Mayillen ineptitude (aka same old lions) of GMs and coaches of the past.
But it is not the past anymore. Today is new and every Lions fan hopes that Quinn will bring a new identity to our team. The problem, the Lions aren't a short term fix team and short term is all that Calvin has left. Why should we continue to hold onto to his rights and hold him back?
So, what does Calvin have left? He has one or two more years of flat the fuck out dominate football. He just needs a perennial playoff team and to believe. Something he hasn't had in Detroit, ever. Who the fuck are we to hold him back? Who are we to tell him he doesn't deserve a real chance to win it all?
We need to do what is right and cut Calvin. Not because he will never win here (he wont) but because he can be the difference maker to a real team. A real team that we hope to build in a few years that is beyond his freakish assistance.
There is a reason he has waited so long to make his retirement official. He wants to be cut. Not because he is an asshole, not because he is a selfish NFL player. He wants to be cut because he knows time is running out on his NFL career and he knows the Lions cant offer him a chance at a championship.
After everything he has given to Detroit, who are we to tell him no?
Twenty five years and some months ago, Saint Barry decided that playing for the Lions wasn't worth the effort anymore. A few months ago, Calvin Johnson made that same decision. Both men were beaten into submission by a franchise plagued by fuck tard impossibly inept Mayillen ineptitude (aka same old lions) of GMs and coaches of the past.
But it is not the past anymore. Today is new and every Lions fan hopes that Quinn will bring a new identity to our team. The problem, the Lions aren't a short term fix team and short term is all that Calvin has left. Why should we continue to hold onto to his rights and hold him back?
So, what does Calvin have left? He has one or two more years of flat the fuck out dominate football. He just needs a perennial playoff team and to believe. Something he hasn't had in Detroit, ever. Who the fuck are we to hold him back? Who are we to tell him he doesn't deserve a real chance to win it all?
We need to do what is right and cut Calvin. Not because he will never win here (he wont) but because he can be the difference maker to a real team. A real team that we hope to build in a few years that is beyond his freakish assistance.
There is a reason he has waited so long to make his retirement official. He wants to be cut. Not because he is an asshole, not because he is a selfish NFL player. He wants to be cut because he knows time is running out on his NFL career and he knows the Lions cant offer him a chance at a championship.
After everything he has given to Detroit, who are we to tell him no?
Friday, February 19, 2016
The art of BS and how to insult your fans
Rod Wood might not know a thing about running a football team but he has the art of shoveling tons of bullshit down.
There is a reason NFL team values are skyrocketing and it is not because of inflation. Teams have never seen the kind of profitability that they are experiencing now as a result of the latest extremely owner friendly CBA. If anyone doubts this, just look at Goodell's salary which is directly related to how much his bosses are making. 180 million in 9 years, almost 80 million of that in the last two years alone!!!
NFL teams aren't strapped for cash. Absolutely none of them are losing money. Sure, they can use funny math to make it appear as if the are losing money but that isn't reality. Today's NFL teams are literally flush with money and that makes comments like this from Wood insulting. This isn't about needing more money to improve the team/stadium/facilities/staff, it is about needing more money to pad the Ford's pockets. A job Wood has been doing for the Ford for a very long time and the only reason why he was hired as the Lions president.
Clearly, he either thinks Detroit fans are complete morons or he just doesn't care about the fans beyond lip service. Both options are insulting.
Some things will never change.
"It directly affects what we can spend on other things -- enhancing our practice facility, enhancing our stadium for the fans, enhancing our weight room, enhancing the additions to our coaching staff, to our personnel department," Wood said. "I'm sensitive to the impact on the fans, but in essence I'm trying to deliver enough resources to them to invest back in the team so that they can have a winning team on the field."That is some seriously insulting bull shit shoveling of mass proportions.
There is a reason NFL team values are skyrocketing and it is not because of inflation. Teams have never seen the kind of profitability that they are experiencing now as a result of the latest extremely owner friendly CBA. If anyone doubts this, just look at Goodell's salary which is directly related to how much his bosses are making. 180 million in 9 years, almost 80 million of that in the last two years alone!!!
NFL teams aren't strapped for cash. Absolutely none of them are losing money. Sure, they can use funny math to make it appear as if the are losing money but that isn't reality. Today's NFL teams are literally flush with money and that makes comments like this from Wood insulting. This isn't about needing more money to improve the team/stadium/facilities/staff, it is about needing more money to pad the Ford's pockets. A job Wood has been doing for the Ford for a very long time and the only reason why he was hired as the Lions president.
Clearly, he either thinks Detroit fans are complete morons or he just doesn't care about the fans beyond lip service. Both options are insulting.
Some things will never change.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Tully to be cut, post june 1st.
In a cap saving move, the Detroit Lions appear to be parting ways with Stephen Tulloch. That was expected but a post june 1st cut, that wasn't.
Apparently, the Lions do not have the cap space to just outright cut him now. That doesn't make any sort of sense considering the Lions only have about 131 million on the books as of now and the cap is at 143 million plus but something has to be going on to force this later cut.
If you have favorite lions players. Get over it now. Root for the team, not the players because no one is going to be a sacred cow anymore and that is a good thing.
Apparently, the Lions do not have the cap space to just outright cut him now. That doesn't make any sort of sense considering the Lions only have about 131 million on the books as of now and the cap is at 143 million plus but something has to be going on to force this later cut.
If you have favorite lions players. Get over it now. Root for the team, not the players because no one is going to be a sacred cow anymore and that is a good thing.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Joique Bell cut by Lions.
A fan favorite axed because his production doesn't fit his contract. I wish he could have made it happen here but hopefully someone will give him a chance to prove it. Good luck Mr. Bell.
For the Lions, this leaves the team without a bigger RB. We can expect a draft pick used or a cheaper vet signing of a bigger, between the tackles RB.Unless they think Zenner can fill that role.
For the Lions, this leaves the team without a bigger RB. We can expect a draft pick used or a cheaper vet signing of a bigger, between the tackles RB.Unless they think Zenner can fill that role.
Thanks for all the good work Mathis!!!
Today, Rasheen Mathis announced he is retiring from the NFL.
“It’s been a long 13 years, a great 13 years,” Mathis told the Lions’ website. “I think it’s time for me to hang up the cleats.”
A class act on and off the field worthy to wear the Honolulu blue. I hope his life is just as successful post football.
“It’s been a long 13 years, a great 13 years,” Mathis told the Lions’ website. “I think it’s time for me to hang up the cleats.”
A class act on and off the field worthy to wear the Honolulu blue. I hope his life is just as successful post football.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Dungy over Coryell.....
BS. Absolute BULLSHIT!
Dungy rode the coat tails of Manning after years of doing jack shit in tampa.
Coryell revolutionized the NFL passing game.
Dungy isn't a HOF coach. Coryell is.
Dungy rode the coat tails of Manning after years of doing jack shit in tampa.
Coryell revolutionized the NFL passing game.
Dungy isn't a HOF coach. Coryell is.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
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