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

The ?Snacks effect? is real based on these grades.
Damon Harrison?s arrival resulted in some huge grade improvements, per PFF.

If you needed any more proof that there was a big change in the Lions defense after the Damon ?Snacks? Harrison trade, here?s your latest dose.

Pro Football Focus tweeted over the weekend the Lions? team grade and the run defense before and after Snacks arrived in Detroit for Week 8.

Here are the differences between before/after the Damon ?Snacks? Harrison trade...

overall team grade Weeks 1-7: 62.5 (30th)
Run D Weeks 1-7: 69.0 (26th)

overall team grade Weeks 8-17: 80.2 (12th)
Run D Weeks 8-17: 91.7 (2nd)

The ?Snacks? effect is a real thing. #OnePride

According to PFF, the Lions? overall team grade was 30th before Harrison (Weeks 1-7) and 12th after Snacks joined the team (Weeks 8-17.) There are a number of factors involved in that, so the run defense numbers, where Snacks? impact is more evident, is the key here. The Lions ranked 26th in run defense before he arrived and jumped all the way up to second after he began playing in Detroit.

Harrison recorded 31 stops after his arrival, including six in his very first game, which tied him for the most run stops in a single game this season. That was against the Seahawks, who led the league in rushing yards. PFF goes into more detail here.

Despite the good grades, Snacks hasn?t been feeling the love in his mentions.

Damon Harrison Sr. ✔@snacks
Y?all wake up every day and talk about this contract shit. Giants fans tweet me every day about how much of a bum I am and how they glad I?m gone lol...I?m not bothering either one of y?all..bout to start blocking folks so I can enjoy tweeting supporters again.

By contract, he of course means the deal he wants to work out with the Lions. Harrison?s been skipping voluntary OTAs and there?s been some speculation it?s related to contract negotiations, but general manager Bob Quinn has said that?s not the case. Either way, he?s not pleased.

POD
 
Thanks to the mid season addition of the PFF 4-time Run Defender of the Year, Damon Harrison Sr (@snacks), the #Lions improved drastically in run defense. Giving the division 3 of the top 10 in the NFL

Lions run defense:
2016- 60.4, 27th
2017- 73.3, 22nd
2018- 90.4, 6th
 
kalinecountry said:
https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2019...sidering-retirement-my-body-is-just-not-there
Detroit Lions DT Damon Harrison considering retirement: ?My body is just not there?.
Snacks was emotional in the Lions locker room following their 2019 finale.
POD
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more power to him. I am always happy for guys that retire to save their body...no matter how early.

Of course, this would get rid of that cap savings that Stafford created with his restructure since Snacks has a dead cap hit of $5M next year.
 
That's kind of fucked up actually. Hold out for a contact... get it... then retire 6 mo later and hose the team that gave you the contract lol.
 
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mhughes0021 said:
That's kind of fucked up actually. Hold out for a contact... get it... then retire 6 mo later and hose the team that gave you the contract lol.
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Probably figured out this team isn't winning anything with Quinntricia so he rather retire than give up his body for a lost cause. Sounds like every Lion that retired early.
 
mhughes0021 said:
That's kind of fucked up actually. Hold out for a contact... get it... then retire 6 mo later and hose the team that gave you the contract lol.
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Although it's the Lions, so they will likely go after the signing bonus.

So if he does retire and Lions get back part of the signing bonus, Shacks would have cost himself a little over 2 million by holding out instead of just playing on his previous contract.
If the lions don't go after the signing bonus then Snacks got nearly an extra 3 million out of the lions.
 
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