NFL groups can commence to designate gamers who will get the franchise or changeover tags commencing Tuesday, Feb. 19. Don’t expect the Detroit Lions to have any interest in tagging any of their pending free of charge brokers this 12 months.
Lions GM Bob Quinn and the workforce did use the franchise tag past 12 months on EDGE Ezekiel Ansah, locking up the defensive conclude for $17.1 million for 2018. It did not operate out for both social gathering, as Ansah hurt his shoulder two times and performed just 146 snaps. He’s now a free of charge agent but the workforce ought to have zero interest in tagging him after again.
The approximated tag values, courtesy of Over The Cap:
People figures are radically greater than any of the Lions’ pending unrestricted free of charge brokers will pull in their next deal on the open marketplace. Detroit’s most notable pending UFAs are WR T.J. Jones, TE Levine Toilolo, EDGE Eli Harold, DT Ricky Jean Francois, backup QB Matt Cassel and TE Luke Willson.
