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After some time to digest our signings I’m happy overall. The D got better up the middle, and younger and faster. Bush can hunt around the LOS so no more watching LB waiting for the ball to come to them. Demarco Jackson showed some of that as well once he settled in. It’s Edward’s best trait too. Gallimore is a backup but what I’ve seen of him he’s much better than Billings. We need a stud at DT to push everyone down one spot on the depth chart and this rotation will be better. Re-signing Braxton wasn’t a shock to me but it’s disappointing we’re not adding Decker. On the flip side they’ve been watching him rehab and know better than I do how he was progressing before the season ended. I’m glad we didn’t spend big on DE. I like Sweat and Booker as part of a rotation. Booker needs snaps to continue to progress. I’d be ok if we added Cam Jordan on a team friendly deal then a good rookie prospect in the first or second round. I also wouldn’t mind if they brought back Joe Tryon Shoyinka, maybe they’re waiting on Cam first? Seeing DomRob get $4mil on 1 Year deal was surprising. JoeT should be able to get more.

I’d be fine if they’re going best available in the 2nd Rd and that turns out to be a good LB. Bears = LB

His hands are always late and off target.

I’m glad we lost out.

Meanwhile in Detroit https://www.profootballrumors.com/2026/03/lions-to-sign-ol-larry-borom#ref=home

Where did that rumor come from? Everything I’ve seen said that the Bears were mostly on the sideline watching and were never serious contenders for Crosby.

Good agent getting out in front of the “nobody wants him” news. https://www.profootballrumors.com/2026/03/qb-kyler-murray-could-be-patient-in-free-agency#ref=home

That’s because it was weak. The new OC was demoted and removed from play calling which was taken over by the HC. I’m not the best at sorting out offensive play calling but there were a couple Detroit games where I couldn’t figure out what Campbell was trying to do on offense. Reminded me of Nagy where he was just calling something for the sake of calling it not because of anything he saw from the D that would give the play a chance to succeed. There is still a lot of talent there on offense and a good NFL QB is going to keep things “productive”. Since I don’t follow them closely I scanned some stats from last year and they fell back to middle of the pack in rushing while we improved to top 5. Passing they were still top 5. Regardless of where he ends up, Decker leaving them at least puts them in a similar spot we ended up in with Dalman retiring but at a more critical position. They will likely use their first pick on a LT. https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/03/06/detroit-lions-injury-analysis-taylor-decker/88896657007/ https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/03/05/detroit-lions-jedrick-wills-free-agency-visit/89005932007/

Yeah we don’t need 18mil for 5 sacks. I’d Decker wants and can get $25mil I’m out on him too. I also don’t trust the NFL rumor mill because media people are very simple minded and assume because he was making. 21 with Detroit and refused to negotiate that automatically means he wants more. We simply don’t know. He might just want a Super Bowl ring.

It’s more than just that. It’s finding a guy who knows the calls both in pass pro and the run game because Ben likes to mix it up. Decker is ready week one. The first four weeks of last year were bad offensively. I’d love to hit the ground running right where we left off at the end of the year.

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2026/03/kyler-murray-eyeing-vikings-jets-showing-interest

I was good with Biadasz at $10mil/yr but I think Bradbury at $5.7 is a better deal considering what else we can do with that cap space (i.e. FA LT). The sum of the Oline parts will be better. That’s still wishful thinking until we sign a LT.

He’s a 2nd tier FA that’s seems about right. I think he knows what his market value is. Detroit's offense was a bit of a circus last year. If you’re going to take less money maybe you just prefer to go play for the guy who you know can run an offense. That coach just happens to have a massive need at LT. No need to go through all work of learning a new offense either.

Does anyone have sources in the organization anymore? I don’t see a lot of leaks anymore. These days it seems like everyone just reads tea leaves.

Go get Decker and a DT. Fill out the safety spots, one LB and let’s go drafting.

I’m very glad Poles held off on that deal.

He’s pretty good in pass protection and not so good in run blocking. Maybe last year he was dinged up a bit but it appears throughout his career that’s been his MO. Dalman was the opposite although he had a higher floor in pass pro than it appears Bradbury has as a run blocker. Bradbury now has two good run blockers next to him to help him out and I expect we’ll be drafting our future Center. I like this move a lot…if we follow it up with drafting a talented future starter.

I think we end up with Tyler Decker as our LT, maybe a 2yr deal but with 1yr guaranteed so we can cut him loose in a year if we want to.

Maybe he sees the ship taking on water and prefers to leave now

I also prefer the long term approach versus going after the big name FA this year. If this year works out well and we continue to improve then we can look at finding that one missing piece next year.

I agree I don’t want to give up two firsts.

Someone here keeps saying he’s had a bunch of knee surgeries. I actually don’t know his history but at a mínimum needing one surgery last year qualifies as a reason IMO.

The same Oline coach who told them I know what playing LT looks like in the NFL and didn’t see that from any of them?

I think any team giving up two first the deal would already be done. Deals are getting done and the Raiders are not getting what they want so they queue up the rumor mill.

Stepping back and looking around the league: The 2nd Rd pick likely means there was good competition for DJ and I suspect NE was that main concern the Bills had. Maybe we’re going to see a bit of an arms race in the AFC. Will the Patriots trade for AJ Brown? I thought DJ might be part of a deal to bring Crosby here. That might not be totally out of the question if we use our 2nd Rd picks in that manner. Perhaps the Raiders only valued DJ as a 3rd Rd equivalent? Poles turns around and says here is a 2nd instead of DJ. I still lean toward not spending big money on a vet DE but can’t deny how much of a game changer Crosby is as a player.