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Get StartedIt says a lot when Ridick makes the top 5. Pathetic!
Mayhew has a great retention rate.
Ansah, Slay,Warford,Reiff,Levy,Stafford.
Retention rate with those guys?? Aren't they all still on their rookie contracts?
Retention rate with those guys?? Aren't they all still on their rookie contracts?
Interesting study.
Digging further, Calvin Johnson (Millen pick) accounts for a third of the Lions' total AV of retained draft picks. Eliminate him and the total AV drops to 142, which averages out to 5.68...good for 31st, only ahead of Oakland.
Millen pick but Mayhew re-signed Calvin. Thanks really to having a playoff team in 2011 to convince him.
Well that and paying him more than any other WR in history helped too.
Fun fact CJ cap hit is more than 60% higher than the next WRs
Well that and paying him more than any other WR in history helped too.
Fun fact CJ cap hit is more than 60% higher than the next WRs
Fun fact. Lions have a ton of cap space next year even with Calvin very high.
I was talking this year, you know the year we lost our best player.
Pretty much everyone has tons of money next year.
Really, to be fair, all teams struggle to maintain all their draft picks. The system is designed that way. However, the Lions really choke on it when it counts the most. Just think if they passed on Ebron last year and went with Aaron Donald. I predicted the Lions would take him way before the draft. Javad Best was mentioned and everyone knew except the Lions he was a serious reach and injury risk.
They will reach again this year. Watch them take Melvin Gordon which would be a serious mistake like last year taking Ebron. They will pass up the likes of a Jalen Collins, Jordan Phillips, or a Eddie Goldman. Wait and see. All the high end OT's will be gone by the time they pick.
couldn't win their division, couldn't beat a winning team on the road, couldn't win a playoff game and lost their best player.
They weren't Super Bowl caliber last year...right now they are not Super Bowl caliber either.
They should have known that they were going to need an OT and DT when they drafted @10 last year. There were a lot of great options but they went with a luxury pick instead. Smooth!
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