Lions trade for Damon Harrison and is voted Lions Defensive Player of 2018

[tomdalton22]

It's irrelevant to the team that traded the pick away but very relevant to the team acquiring the pick.

 

[LKP]

It's irrelevant to the team that traded the pick away but very relevant to the team acquiring the pick.

For a late round pick. Opportunity cost matters a bit more for Round 1-3

And Harrison needs to continue to be durable and a very good run stuffer


There is a cap space cost too

 

[sggatecl]

But by that logic if the pick we trade turns in to one of the greatest of all time for the Giants, does that suddenly make this a bad trade?

I agree brewer. You trade for a pick. What that pick becomes is irrelevant because your assuming that's the player the other team would have taken in the same spot.

My point was, as I said, I value proven talent over rolling the dice on draft picks. I could have not listed who the players acquired in that trade were and my point would have remained the same. Your example just happened to support my opinion on this instance.

 

[tomdalton22]

For a late round pick. Opportunity cost matters a bit more for Round 1-3

And Harrison needs to continue to be durable and a very good run stuffer


There is a cap space cost too

the opportunity cost is the same as the cap space used. It's what you could have got for the amount of cap space that he will be using.

Of course, he needs to continue to be durable.

As far as the draft pick...it's pretty much worthless when being used by the Lions (or many other teams for that matter)

Recent 5th round picks by the Lions

Crosby
Agnew
Dahl
Antwione Williams
Michael Burton
Caraun Reid

 

[sggatecl]

And Harrison needs to continue to be durable and a very good run stuffer.

No reason at all to expect otherwise.

There is a cap space cost too

As you've mentioned numerous times, Lions have a ton of room. I think this is the least consequential thing of all. But since you mention it, his contract is very friendly for the Lions. No dead money involved, team isn't obligated beyond 2020. Slam dunk.

 

[grandy]

They had the room to fit his contract in this year so it's no problem...and they won't have a worthless DE eating up a bunch of cap space next year.

 

[grandy]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m1jOBZOWfQ

 

[boogerlovejoy]

They had the room to fit his contract in this year so it's no problem...and they won't have a worthless DE eating up a bunch of cap space next year.

Lions also not expected to bring back TJ Lang.....saving $9M in cap space. But that does mean we need a replacement.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

the opportunity cost is the same as the cap space used. It's what you could have got for the amount of cap space that he will be using.

Of course, he needs to continue to be durable.

As far as the draft pick...it's pretty much worthless when being used by the Lions (or many other teams for that matter)

Recent 5th round picks by the Lions

Crosby
Agnew
Dahl
Antwione Williams
Michael Burton
Caraun Reid

I?d say Agnew is the only good pick of the bunch.

 

[mhughes0021]

I?d say Agnew is the only good pick of the bunch.

Crosby will start at rt for us when Wagner is gone... good pick

 

[tonyballs]

I didn't know people around here were so sensitive.

I'll try to remember that in the future.

Doesn't phase me in the slightest but leave that political shit over on the other board.
Why bring it here? That's all....

 

[tonyballs]

I think saying he's the best player at his position is a stretch. Isn't A-A-ron Donald considered to be the best DT in the league?

This guy's list has Harrison at #8. I'm guessing that the guy that he will be replacing is not in the top 40.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...dlines-nfls-top-10-defensive-tackles-for-2018

He's the best at stuffing the run at his said position. Nobody has been better the last 3 yrs. Pushing OLinemen back, plugging holes, taking on double teams - Harrison is the best. Not the best DT in the game tho. Maybe the best NG tho....

 

[kalinecountry]

I didn't know people around here were so sensitive.

I'll try to remember that in the future.

Wise decision.
Lions, Tigers, Red Wings, and Pistons are political shit talk free.

 

[tomdalton22]

Doesn't phase me in the slightest but leave that political shit over on the other board.
Why bring it here? That's all....

I certainly wasn't talking about you. You don't seem to be the "sensitive" type.

 

[turok]

No prior comment posted regarding the thread topic's subject matter. Pays a backhanded complement in order to include a quote indicating what the true intent was, as if calling another member out for a post made on the off-topic political forum would be anything other than half-assed trolling. None of the Lions players have ever knelt during the National Anthem @ Ford Field, so its utter irrelevance in this Detroit Lions team forum is just too obvious. That post was soo transparent, that it should have become invisible to the eye, but mod, self-deletion, or member post blocking works too.

 

[turok]

So has this deal been finalized yet? Get Snacks medically cleared ASAP, so he can play vs the run-happy Seasquawks this Sunday...b/c out of all defensive positions, his PTNT assignment should be the simplest. Plug the gaps, attract double-teams, push the run blockers backward, stuff the run. Plus he has two former Giants teammates on Lions' D to get some new schemes lowdown from.

 

[kalinecountry]

So has this deal been finalized yet? Get Snacks medically cleared ASAP, so he can play vs the run-happy Seasquawks this Sunday...b/c out of all defensive positions, his PTNT assignment should be the simplest. Plug the gaps, attract double-teams, push the run blockers backward, stuff the run. Plus he has two former Giants teammates on Lions' D to get some new schemes lowdown from.

it better be, the Lions just waived/cut Sly Williams.

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2018...r-damone-harrison-release-sylvester-williams/
Lions announce trade for Damon Harrison, release Sylvester Williams.
LionWire

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2018...son-trade-official-release-sylvester-williams
Detroit Lions make Damon Harrison trade official, release Sylvester Williams.
It’s official! The Lions have Snacks!
POD

https://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2018/10/lions_make_damon_snacks_harris.html#incart_river_index
Lions make Damon 'Snacks' Harrison deal official, cut Sylvester Williams.
Mlive

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...rrison-release-sylvester-williams/1759973002/
Detroit Lions finalize trade for Harrison, release Williams.
Detnews

 

[grandy]

Hoping he can suit up for Sunday. Seattle is a run first team and Snacks could be play an important role in derailing that.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2018...ison-trade-rank-all-time-detroit-lions-trades
Where does the Damon Harrison trade rank in all-time Detroit Lions trades?
Is this a top-five trade of all-time?
POD

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2018...roundtable-damon-harrison-trade-playoffs-2018
Lions Roundtable: Does the addition of Damon Harrison make Detroit a playoff team?
The Detroit Lions sent a fifth-round pick to the New York Giants in exchange for a 355-pound defensive force along the interior. Does that make them a playoff team?
POD

 

[kmd47]

If he does play Sunday, he will not have a bye week to recover at all this season... Does that concern anyone? I figure he only plays 40 - 60ish percent of the snaps anyways, which is still a lot, he should be ok without that week. I don't know how players feel about the bye but I'm sure they CHERISH it and it would suck to see him have to play all 17 weeks, but I for sure want him to!