This should be a game plan on how to be the Minnesota Timberwolves. Quality veterans can have a larger effect on a team than their on field stats would suggest.
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We might save 3mil this year but we would create 2mil in dead cap next year as well. Keep him around for what he brings off the field and cut him in 2023. You save 8mil against the cap then.
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I probably distracted from Brockers by using UDFA Demetrius Taylor to replace MB. A more realistic replacement already on the team is Bruce Hector. From purely a production standpoint: Would you rather have Brockers or Hector taking 30% of IDL snaps?
Brockers
Is there a MONSTER DT available next year? Iām talking a Donald/Suh level dudeā¦
My dream scenario is that Goff improves in the way I want him toā¦and we can spend our picks on DT (priority) then RB.
Get some upgrades in talent and depth at LB and S after that.
ā¦then go kick some ass.
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I may have a perception problem.
The culture may not be fully established yet and may need another year of Brockers influence. Also it would be tough for Brad to eat another $6M after signing and cutting Perriman for $2M last year, especially if another DT was only marginally better than MB. In that case, a trade of some sort could save face for Brad.
Time will tell.
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Iām Cuckoo for Coco Puffs, but perhaps not so cuckoo. I simply scooped BR by 19 days. 
If Brockers flatlines in training camp again, perhaps the Chargers would trade their 2023 7th round pick to us and save us maybe $1M in dead cap.
From that article:
"As a team in the second year of a rebuild, the Detroit Lions may want to hold on to Michael Brockers because of his leadership qualities. Though he didnāt serve as a team captain in his first year with the club, the veteran defensive lineman held that honor during his tenure with the Los Angeles Rams.
"With that said, Brockers will head into his age-32 term. Additionally, he didnāt make a big splash in Detroit after the Lions acquired him from the Rams last offseason. As a starter in 16 contests, Brockers recorded 52 tackles, four for loss, a sack and five pressures. The Lions have younger, versatile defensive linemen who can fill Brockersā role and potentially replicate or exceed those stats in their new even-man front.
āIn the second round of the 2022 draft, the Lions selected Josh Paschal, who, at 6ā3ā, 268 pounds, can line up on the inside or rush from the edge. Heāll likely have a chance to play a decent number of snaps in the upcoming season. After two injury-plagued campaigns, Austin Bryant made notable contributions in 2021, recording 31 tackles, five for loss, 4.5 sacks and 10 pressures.
"The Lions can cut Brockers and allow their young defensive linemen to soak up meaningful snaps. If Brockers hits the market, he would make a good fit with the Los Angeles Chargers, who have made an attempt to patch up their porous, 30th-ranked run defense from the 2021 campaign by signing Sebastian Joseph-Day and Austin Johnson.
āAs Brockers has done with the Rams and Lions, he would play in an odd-man front in a rotational role.ā
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There is no additional āsavingsā gained by keeping Brockers this year.
He is due to make $7 millionā¦ and $4 million of it is guaranteed. Cut him nowā¦ and $3 million is saved.
Trade him??? ā¦. $7 million is saved.
Keep him for a seasonā¦ and zero is āsavedā.
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I think Brockers stays but good chance Penisini is the one cut. I saw one poster say we would be taking a chance with one NT
We will not be in a 3 -4 often the D we will play doesnāt require a NT .
McNeill is used like last season as NT but he can play DT just as easy. He will fit in no problem an we can shift to 3-4 an he will fit also when we do.
Penisini last season 4 solo tackles thatās not good even for back up. 10 assists to be fair his 2020 season was ok. Maybe he was hurt late season but if not his play slipped bad an maybe was result of past of new DC .
Just think he could be a cut.
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I was that poster. I made that comment forgetting about the 4-3 shift. You make a good point.
However: Who do you see lining up on goal line? Does seem a bit thin doesnāt it?
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I donāt think so we may be short on weight but may get better penetration due to quickness on goal line.
Thatās why I think Penisini stays.
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Yup - more beef on the interior. Been calling for that since Suh left town.
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What @LionsBlood and @LineBusy said respectfully.
Lots of young DLāsā¦.need to have a vet presenceā¦.could he be cut? Sure, but my money if Iām betting is on him staying on at least one more year. The more likely persons cut could be a Cephus or a Julian Okwaraā¦ā¦if JO gets hurt again in TC itās a wrapā¦.CYA!
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@BigNatty ā¦. you feeling ok??
LOL. really nice one
Brockers is SLOW, a 5.31 forty and a 26.5" vertical and that was 10 years ago. Dump him if thereās savings to be had.
Heās not made for a penetrating style defense.
I donāt think Cephus gets cut because of his cheap contract and his talent, but with the log jam at the position itās certainly possible. ThIs staff would be Crazy to cut Julian. Last year amounted to what was basically a rookie year for him. He had 5 sacks in a rotational role and PFF credited him with the 24th best pass rush grade in the entire NFL. Not to mention he has some very very good measurables. He was a 1st round talent who slipped because of injuries. There is also two years left on his rookie contract and his brother is on the team as well. I personally think he fits as an excellent 3rd pass rusher who has 6-8 sack potential.
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Good scoop. I think he stays one more year, but good scoop anyway.
This is weird that the Lions went from having possibly the worst WR group in the NFL just 7 months agoā¦
to having a ālog jamā at WR that is apparentlyā¦.
deep enough to keep den members from bitching about missing out on a ridiculous trade for a WR that the Falcons just landed.
Raiders casted promising WR Bryan Edwards aside after a decent 2nd yearā¦. because they signed Mack Hollins, Demarcus Robinson, and Keelan Cole to 1-year dealsā¦ā¦ even though Edwards has 2 years left on his rookie deal.
The crazy thingā¦ is that Atlanta only paid the same as the Lions paid for Trinity Benson.
Iām not even crying a tear in a beer over the Benson tradeā¦ because Perriman checked out and left the roster in rough shapeā¦ but just pointing out that it would have really cool to get a guy like Edwards for the same price instead.
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