“It was just the terms of the deal, which … I’m just going to keep undisclosed,” Davis said. “It was like the language inside of it that I wasn’t really fond of. So that was really it for sure.”
Birkett further explained in a tweet that money wasn’t the issue, but the structure of the deal.
So…who is the clown doing the contracts here?
We ended up with DJ Reed instead, and we all saw how that turned out as the year rolled on.
Time will tell, after 3 years we will know which player was the better value.
Yeah this was a major blunder. Not only did we get the worst corner out of the deal but we also gave up a 3rd round pick for him. You would think giving up a 3rd round pick that you would plan on resigning him. Another wasted mid round pick that could have helped build this team.
Brad cook let
Once again… DJ Reed was good, before suffering a grade 2 strain on his hammy
yes, a leg injury that is notorious for not going away affected a player who plays arguably the hardest position on the field.
who knew
(on a more serious note, im wondering if there was more incentives baked into the deal than what CD3 wanted, cant judge unless we all saw the contract for our own eyes)
Davis’s play here is remembered more fondly than it should be because it was during a good overall Lions season. He was fine - and certainly better than post-injury Reed - but not some stud locking guys down on the outside. The Pats had the most cap space and gave out the biggest contracts, otherwise I think we would have easily gotten him back.
I’d really like to know what the difference in terms was, because the numbers we know about for those contracts look almost the same.
I have to assume it’s injury related… 2025 was literally the first year he was healthy every game in his 8 year career
I wonder if every team in the NFL has two near-misses from last year’s FA period in the Superbowl this year.
DJ Reed was very good the first four games. Let’s not act like that’s not the player we should expect to see the next two seasons.
I don’t know why anyone’s getting bent out of shape over this without knowing what the specific contract language was that Carlton didn’t like.
Also I’d be willing to bet that the “terms” he didn’t like was the salary he was going to be paid.
We signed DJ Reed cheaper than the Patriots signed Carlton Davis.
The biggest difference between Davis’ and Reed’s contracts is the extra $6M that Davis got was all in year one, plus $6M in incentives.
I know DJ got injured but he was terrible in coverage when he came back. I’m hoping he will be better next year but looked ridiculously slow
Yea that’s my hope too. We have just the worst luck ever when it comes to db’s getting injured.
I can’t remember the last time a Lions starting corner survived a full season
Terrion only missed 1 game in 2024
Cam Sutton played every game in 2023
So the guy who played every game went crazy that offseason. Haha sounds about right
Also just saw Sutton is out of the nfl completely now.
Strangling your gf will do that…
Allegedly
Disner is so well regarded in the way that he handles the cap, contracts and other duties that he is getting GM nibbles which isn’t that common from the finances of building/maintaining a roster side.
And a similar structure may save our bacon a bit with Kerby.
