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We can only pray.
Depends if they see Campbell and/or Glenn using Pleasant as a scapegoat. If the plan was to chuck the hell out of the WRs and mug them and that didn't happen, why not?
I heard that part of the reason was a bunch of miscommunications in the secondary.
So a 4th rounder, it is!
There's also a clause that says the Lions get Dalvin Cook and Justin Jefferson if Cousins wins a game in prime time
Add in the mucho dollars that would have been needed to resign him. Is that where you want to spend your big bucks on a secondary position for your offense.
Memory lane, forgot about that. Now I remember briefly not being too upset that we drafted another first round TEnafter that game. The feeling quickly came back however.
Yep, thought we had the next Gronk there. Turned out that year that the Cardinals just didn't cover TEs and basically every TE that played them had a bonkers game.
The above is all you need to know about Hockenson. This is over a 4 year period. The guy doesn't get consistent separation and is not a good blocker. The Lions were never signing him long-term so I don't blame them for moving him.
Cap relief next year and some this year. As you say below average blocker at odds with team philosophy of having receivers who block well. Opportunity to see what they have with Wright and Mitchell.
Well played by my opponent ... lost by .5
I'd wait and see how it goes. Wright was a rookie last year but filled in for Hockenson after his injury for the last five games. 10 receptions103 yds in those five games. but 2 TDs, He's not going to make you rich but again that was his first year. Mitchell should have only a light workload as he comes back from injury.
The Holmes era will be defined by what he does with this cap space + draft picks. I will try to be more patient than I am going forward.
I'm not going to be patient next year.
Fair enough. This coming off-season is key. There has to be big improvement in terms of wins in 2023.
win at home vs gb and Chicago
I don't get why the potential $ paid to Hockenson would be a worry. Are they one $9.2 million free agent away from making a playoff run next year? I don't think it was worth scrapping a young, talented TE.
The offense accounts for roughly 70% of the Lions cap space and they need more money allocated for the defense. Plus, Hockenson only had 2 games with 100+ yards and in all of his other games he averaged about 4-40 with 9 TDs. That's not worth $9 million, let alone the big multi-year contract he will get.
So this means they should use their #1 pick on a QB?
Hooker/Mayer with the 2 first rounders, RB with the first 2nd rounder.
It helps when the female owner looks up at you with adoring puppy eyes.
