Comments on: If a Lions Team Plays In Ford Field During Week 17, And No One is There, Does a Game Still Happen?

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:48:36 +0000

I am not sure that the Lions will have to pay a top overall pick more than Stafford received, but if they pick first the player will cost a lot, for sure.

Stafford got paid for being a Qb, I expect that maybe Suh would get a similar or higher level of base pay, but fewer incentives, escalators and a smaller signing bonus, which is a guess,

By: mike

mike — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:08:20 +0000

so….if we got the first pick, and we chose Suh, does he make 5% more than stafford got last year?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:11:15 +0000

With the salary cap going away, yes. That doesn’t mean that with continued lower ticket sales and the Ford’s flagging auto business considered, that another top five pick won’t exact a heavy toll upon their checkbooks. It clearly will.

The pool of free agents the Lions will have available to them will already be limited by their poor performance, a pool which now becomes even more limited now that 212 prospective unrestricted free agents will be restricted, since there is no longer a salary cap.

Mayhew’s free agent acquisitions have not turned out well, but his draft was a masterpiece, following the Millen years.

Thanks for the support, Mike. I am having fun with adding pics and captions. Hope you have had a nice holiday season.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:01:26 +0000

Can we even afford to pay another #1 draft pick? Even though that at this early stage Suh looks like a winner, I think I’d rather take my chances with the third pick and save however much money we can and spend it wisely on our newest (probably crappy)free agents.

P.S. I dig the new heavier use of pictures in your blog.