10 Potential Off-season targets

They are similar in their willingness to get into the muck a bit to win. If you are going to understand and excuse Suh, then you have to be the same way for Finnegan.

How about got one of the nicest guys in the league to physically whoop his ass.

A torn Bicep is gonna be rough for him I think. I could see him walking away entirely but I also think he isn’t going to want to after a playoff berth. Something tells me Jeff Backus wants to be part of that moment when it happes.

wouldn’t upset me

He’s been good but IMO they are almost a team. Young is the perfect relief guy for Avril but Avril is a better all around player IMO. LaRon won’t come cheap I’m not sure they can fit him under the cap when they have 2 safteys they like in Spivey and Delmas.

I like the kid but he was made a fool of a couple times last night. He has a ways to go.

I see Cliff, Lawrence, and Willie at DE with some snaps for KVB, and Nick, Suh, Sammie Lee, and Corey at DT.

I think both Lawrence and Willie deserve more playing time, but not to completely replace Cliff. They would just need to pick up another DE IMO [if they let Cliff go].

We are going to plug someone else into that spot. Willie Young or LoJack or a lower level free agent.

Avril is going to want a ton of money and we need to spend money elsewhere first.

They also can’t keep him at the current price tag. Diffrent situation Asante either leaves or stays in philly. Either way he will be forced to take a pay cut.

He’s due for a good payday too

Webb is their best corner right now. Until Jimmy Smith gets good enough to take over the #1 CB job, Webb is not going anywhere……if Ozzie can help it.

He only has three credited seasons, so the Ravens will be able to tender him an offer and match any offer given to him. Given the cap issues that the Lions have, I don’t feel the Lions can offer Webb a contract big enough to scare off the Ravens from matching.

Guy can’t cut it. If he was any good he would have been signed..especially by Detroit. He couldn’t even start in Pats piss poor secondary. Jarrad Page isn’t an upgrade over anyone we have. That’s my honest opinion. At this point I’d rather get bashed for being brutally honest about page. Then my personal feelings for Courtland. I have to think if Page offered anything he’d be a Lion or on another roster anyways.

Houston is the better corner. Wright gives up more big plays it seems. And is more apt to make big mistakes. The talent is there but he needs to seriously clean up his game. I gotta stick with the guy who’s just better…no matter how he does it.

No doubt Samuel is the ball hawk type. The thing is this year is really the first anyone could remotely call Houston a ball hawk, and I don’t think it’s entirely accurate at that. Houston made great strides since last season to work on his ball awareness. He was always pretty good in cover before, just had no ball awareness. This year he was emphasized differently and it worked. I think the natural progression for him is next year he combines his old skills with his new skills and becomes even more effective. As long as he can keep pace with the receivers and keep aware of the play I think he’s going to be very solid.

Wright on the otherhand, not so much. I’m honestly not sure what my opinion is of him. I’m still pissed about several games, but yet pleased with most of the effort as a whole. I hope they don’t give up on him and at the least he can stay another year at least as reasonably priced depth.

I’m with the others who say Berry has long term potential. I love his physicality and appreciate his ability to stay step to step. If he keeps putting it together I think he could be our version of a shut down guy. Sure I’d like him to have sticky hands but when it’s said and done I want a reliable guy hard to target past than I want a gambler hit big miss big guy. Also keep in mind Berry has side versatility which is something we lack.

No thanks Brett. I will respectfully decline bringing in those two. Page might be OK to bring into camp and see if he can win a spot. Finnegan is not really better than Wight or Houston. What a lot of folks need to understand is that the problem with our secondary, at least at cornerback, is not with the starters so much. I feel that Wright, Houston, and Berry are capable enough. The problem was having them get hurt and having to rely on very suspect depth. We need to get better players at the fourth and fifth corner positions that can potentially develop to challenge one of the top three for a job in a season or two. That is all we can afford to so this season with the cap problems we have.

Based on the improvement of Best from 2010 to 2011, I think the RB coach is good to stay.

We all need to start getting into our heads now that the Lions are not going to have the money to sign any big free agents this off-season. In fact, we will be hard pressed to keep the guys we have that are good.

I know the fans are chomping at the bit to get some bog names, but I really don’t think that will be possible. The money is just not available to the Lions to sign big names in free agency. We will have to churn the lower part of the roster to find some “gems in the rough” to develop.

that none of the coordinators will be fired this season. So we are going to see Linehan, Cunningham, and Crossman again next season. Lions fans can disagree all they want, but it sounds like that decision has already been made.

To the season ending press conference from Jim Schwartz.

http://www.detroitlions.com/media-center/videos/Press-Conference-Video-Jim-Schwartz-1-9-12/9680e199-e0b5-4c51-b326-2eea2a7a4f7d

At about the 2:30 mark, Schwartz starts talking about how continuity with the coaches has been important to progress. Mayhew and Schwartz have both been very clear about making sure they do not get dragged around by circumstances and to stay on a consistent plan. The coaching staff is clearly part of the consistency that Schwartz is looking for and it is clear that he has ZERO plans to fire any of the coordinators.