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Marcus Bell must be re-signed

One of the few clear strengths that the Lion’s posess is their depth of personnel on the defensive line. It remains imperative to me that they re-sign Marcus Bell, who performed quite well in the line rotation last season, to a contract. Bell is still young and may be the heir apparent to the aging “Big Daddy” Wilkinson’s starting position. The Lions will already be potentially effected by Kelvin Pritchett’s retirement. Now that they have plugged in some replacements for some of their obvious personnel deficiencies, Bell must be a priority!

Speaking of which, it is time to abandon hope in the eventual development of Kalimba “Don’t Call Me A Ghost” Edwards? The Lions benefited from what may amount to a career season from James Hall. They desperately need another disruptive influence to bookend with Hall. Corey Redding was very valuable last season, but will probably never be a great pass rusher. A pass rusher must remain a major priority in the upcoming draft.