What if hock won the game because he was still
A lion a made the play ? Then the trade would look bad ?
The lions had $10m plus on IR and it hasn’t stopped them from going 4 of 5. Or inactive Romeo and brockers was more than $10 m that hasn’t played during win streak So I can easily see $10 m saved on hock not really being the reason why lions win or lose.
Lions are a good team … now …
One could argue they were good before but they were losing to good teams
So without hock
They might lose to the good teams worse
Hock could block well….
Hock could run well after the catch….
Hock didn’t want a $15+ million AAV contract…. and
getting better picks from a division rival not only helps the Lions… but hurts the Vikings.
Who knows what’s gonna happen but the trade suggests minny is in it to win now
While some keep talking about the future picks and future money
I’m fine with the trade
I’m not fine with the rest of the Bs that paints hock like he’s a bad player when he’s not.
Also act like the lions need all these things to win
Ignores they’ve played the best teams tough and likely win these games with hock so when we go to ifs
I could make it sound like hock was valuable to these last wins
That happened with Romeo’s and brockers millions on the sideline
So the $10m brought up
Might not really be that key to winning
Although Charks$10m might be .500 when he actually plays ( what’s lions record in games Chark plays ?) maybe Chark is the $10m misting that would’ve meant wins.
Tbh it was an amazing trade. From everything I’ve heard:
hock wasn’t resigning.
he is a good dude but his work ethic around the guys was poor. He had checked out.
lions could have offered him 18 and he would have turned it down. He was not resigning. He had told teammates he wasn’t coming back. He wants to win. There is irony there.
he didn’t get along w Goff. Didn’t like him. Goff didn’t like him. They weren’t fighting but they didn’t care for each other enough that it was obvious to everyone around. Hock was a stafford guy.
so you flip a guy who was never staying and wasn’t buying in for a 2nd and a 3rd……sounds like a A+ move to me.
Where did you hear this? I don’t doubt that Hock wasn’t a MCDC kinda guy, you could sort of tell by watching their body languages. He wasn’t gritty I guess.