You don't deserve this.
Starting cap space: $23.5m
Release:
Jason Jones - guy is 30 years old, not going to get any better and was below average against the pass all year. Don't think he's as big a part of the run defense as people think. (+3.1m)
Reggie Bush - also getting to the downside of his career, the Lions need cap space and someone with better hands at this point to strengthen the game underneath (+1.5m)
Don Carey, Bill Bentley, Ryan Broyles (+2m)
Current cap space: $30.1m
Restructure:
Calvin Johnson, Glover Quin and Matthew Stafford do a simple re-structure of their contracts. Cap in 2016 is projected to be around $160m and adding $6m to the number for that year will not handicap the team. Cap will grow even more in 2017 and at that point doing something with CJ's contract will be an option. (+19.5m)
Current cap space: $49.6m
Franchise tag for Ndamukong Suh: (-26.7m)
Current cap space: $22.9m
Free Agency:
Clint Boling, LG - 4 years, $16.5m, $4m signing bonus/$12m guaranteed
Kenrick Ellis, DT - 3 years, $9m, $3m signing bonus
Stevie Brown, S - 3 years, $9m, $3m signing bonus
Brandon Tate, WR - 2 years, $3.5m
Nick Fairley, DT - 4 years, $16.25m, $4m signing bonus, incentive-laden with $2m roster bonus in 2017
Rashean Mathis - 1 year, $1.3m
Josh Bynes - 1 year, $1.5m (RFA - amount could change)
Matt Prater - 1 year, $800k
Isa Abdul Quddus - 1 year, $745k
Jed Collins - 1 year, $745k
Dan Orlovsky - 1 year, $1m
Kellen Moore - 1 year, $745k
George Winn - 1 year, $500k
George Johnson - 4 year, $8m, $4m signing bonus
Total FA Spend 2015: (-17.9m)
Current cap space: $5m
NFL Draft:
1) La'El Collins, RT
2) Ameer Abdullah, RB
3) Quinten Rollins, CB
4) Za'Darius Smith, DE
5) Kasen Williams, WR
6) Adam Shead, OG
7) Damian Swann, CB
Priority UDFA: Jake Smith, C/LS
Rookie pool cap (-5m)
Current cap space: $0m
Depth Chart - Offense:
QB: Matthew Stafford | Dan Orlovsky | Kellen Moore
RB: Ameer Abdullah | Joique Bell | Theo Riddick | George Winn
FB: Jed Collins
WR: Calvin Johnson | Brandon Tate | Corey Fuller
TE: Eric Ebron | Brandon Pettigrew | Joe Fauria
LT: Riley Reiff | Cornelius Lucas
LG: Cling Boling | Adam Shead
C: Travis Swanson | Jake Smith
RG: Larry Warford
RT: La'El Collins | LaAdrian Waddle
WR: Golden Tate | Kasen Williams | TJ Jones
Total offense - 26
Depth Chart - Defense:
DE: Za'Darius Smith | Devin Taylor
DT: Ndamukong Suh | Kenrick Ellis
DT: Nick Fairley | Caraun Reid
DE: Ziggy Ansah | Larry Webster | George Johnson
OLB: DeAndre Levy | Travis Lewis
MLB: Stephen Tulloch | Tahir Whitehead
OLB: Kyle Van Noy | Josh Bynes
CB: Rashean Mathis | Quinten Rollins
Nickel: Stevie Brown | Nevin Lawson
S: Glover Quin | Isa Abdul Quddus
S: James Ihedigbo | Stevie Brown
CB: Darius Slay | Damian Swann | Mohammed Seisay
Total Defense: 25
Special Teams:
P: Sam Martin
K: Matt Prater
LS: Jake Smith
Total ST (unique) - 2
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