32 years old, expensive, and coming off a torn bicep injury?
Unless it was the 2025 6th Rd pick from the Bucs:
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I agree, salary isn’t bad, $7.5M, plus another $3M in incentives (75% PT, Pro Bowl and All pro). Could be something to consider at trade deadline.
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depends on what it cost us via trade.
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I would worry about the Bill B. factor. His production went up with Bill B. We’ve seen that before with Tavai and Van Noy. Good coaching can do wonders.
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No need to trade for ANYONE until the injuries hit.
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Detroit Lions
This would be the type of trade that sends shockwaves throughout the NFL and signals that the Lions are not messing around. Detroit led the league in pressure rate last season, but there’s an argument to be made that they could be even better with Judon opposite of Aidan Hutchinson. The Lions are coming off their most successful season in decades and are now trying to take another leap in 2024, so an all-in trade for Judon would make sense and could greatly help their newly improved secondary bounce back after a rough season in 2023. This landing spot would also put Judon in a situation where he could seriously contend for a Super Bowl. The Lions do have $34.5 million in cap space, so an extension may not be out of the question here either.
Agreed.
It’ll be interesting to see how Brad handles the deadline this year, since this is the first year we should be true Super Bowl contenders around that time of year.
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It doesn’t seem likely, but frankly it’s a no brainer.
I would offer a 2025 6th that becomes a 5th with 600 plus snaps and 8 plus sacks, or a 4 with 10 plus sacks.
If he bounces back with 8-10 sacks, then he will likely also factor into the comp pick equation.
Let’s say the lions sign Alim, Decker, and Iffy or Barnes back.
We still have Zietler, Iffy/Barnes, Davis, Davenport, Judon, Houston, Levi all factoring for comp picks. We likely sign a few of them too.
Hutch and EITHER Judon OR Davenport feels like 24 sacks from our top DEs
What does our rush look like if Gutch finally misses 2-3 games and Davenport can’t stay healthy.
32 sacks in his last 38 games is real. Michigan born and raised. A shot at a SB- motivated in a contract year.
I literally couldn’t dream up a better small trade with the cap space to easily cover his 7.5M hit.
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Judon hometown guy
Good option at the deadline
Him, Mack, or Trey would take us next level
I just don’t see this making this move unless injury strikes. If Davenport doesn’t make it through camp, and Judon is still available, I think it could be plausible.
I think they really like a starting duo of Hutch and Davenport. I believe they still think Paschal has considerable upside. They also know they have a legit pass rushing weapon in Houston. Cominsky is likely to play a role as well. They already made their moves and are happy with the current group, IMO.
If health…
Hutch, Reader, McNeil, Davenport is ELITE ELITE
flamethrower James Houston
Rotational DE/3T Commish, Paschal, Wingo, Levi
Depth BroMart & Betts
Love this unit.
BUT, that being said. Loading up on pass rushers for a SB run
I am always in favor of this
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If we play 60 snaps a game on Defense, at the DE spot across from Hutch:
Davenport 25
Houston 15
Paschal/Commish/Wingo/Barnes 20
Still plenty of snaps for everybody and this doesn’t account for when Hutch needs a break on the other side.
Hutch played 90% of the snaps… could spell him a bit more this year
Just doesn’t feel like a Brad Holmes move, but he did try for hunter last year so you never know.They also wanted Calais Campbell and I believe he was older. Really hard to predict what the lions will do.
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Holmes & MCDC always preach the right player, the right fit, and the right price
@BigNatty ……
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