Lions notes: Another quarterback eclipses Matthew Stafford’s contract

• Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is the latest to get a shiny, new extension. Ryan becomes the first quarterback to hit the $30 million per year mark with a five-year, $150 million deal. As noted by MLive’s Nate Atkins, this deal puts Matthew Stafford’s five-year, $135 million extension into context and makes it look reasonable.

• The Lions traded Akeem Spence on Thursday, who was one of the biggest personalities in the locker room last year. As a result, several Lions from that 2017 team took to Twitter to wish Spence the best in Miami:

• The Detroit Free Press has five Lions who are on the hot seat after the 2018 draft.

• The Lions may have only had six draft picks in 2018, but they are loaded on the third day of next year’s draft (projected compensatory pick is from Darren Fells):

• Jim Bob Cooter spoke to DetroitLions.com at last week’s draft party and is very excited for the season Kenny Golladay is about to have.

• Golden Tate, YAC master, was also the slot master in 2017:

And someone is learning from the best during offseason workouts:

• Lions general manager Bob Quinn joined NFL Network show “Good Morning Football” to talk about this year’s draft. The Detroit News has the full transcript.