1King's 3rd Mock: Post-Senior Bowl Edition

[1King]

Using the same cap information provided by Dr. Ray.

My 1st Mock:

http://www.footballsfuture.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=15240298

My 2nd Mock:

http://www.footballsfuture.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=15514799

Restructures/Extensions:

QB Matt Stafford - Saves $8 Million
QB Shaun Hill - Saves $1 Million
WR Calvin Johnson - Saves $3.5 Million
DT Ndamakong Suh - Saves $5 Million

Retired:

RB Jahvid Best - Saves $1.98 Million

Trade:

WR Titus Young to undisclosed team for an undisclosed future conditional draft pick - Saves $1.2 Million

Cut:

WR Mike Thomas - Saves $1.5 Million
WR Nate Burleson - Saves $3 Million
OL Stephen Peterman - Saves $3.2 Million
OL Jeff Backus - Saves $3.5 Million
DE Kyle Vanden Bosch - Saves $5 Million

Resign:

RB Joique Bell to 2 year deal worth $1.7 Million
WR Kassim Osgood to 1 year deal worth $800K
OL Dylan Gandy to 1 year deal worth $850K
OL Jason Fox is tendered a 1 year deal worth $1 Million
DE Willie Young is tendered a 1 year deal worth $700K
DT Sammie Lee Hill to 3 year deal worth $9 Million
LB Deandre Levy to 3 year deal worth $9 Million
CB Chris Houston to 3 year deal worth $18 Million
S Louis Delmas to 2 year deal worth $6 Million
LS Don Muhlbach to 2 year deal worth $1.8 Million
K Jason Hanson to 1 year deal worth $1 Million

Free Agent Signees:

DL Jason Jones signs 3 year deal worth $10 Million
DE Turk McBride signs 2 year deal worth $1.8 Million
CB Mike Jenkins signs 4 year deal worth $12 Million

Draft:

The Detroit Lions are awarded a 4th round and 7th round compensatory pick.

Round 1| Eric Fisher | OT Central Michigan SR | 6'7 305
Round 2| DJ Swearinger | S South Carolina SR | 6'0 210
Round 3| Johnathan Franklin | RB UCLA SR | 5'10 201
Round 4| Alvin Bailey | OG Arkansas JR | 6'5 315
Round 5| Ace Sanders | WR/PR South Carolina JR | 5'8 176
Round 6| Stansly Mopanga | DE TCU JR | 6'2 265

* 23 career TFL, 15.5 career sacks, 8 career FF, 4 career FR

Round 7| Abry Jones | DT Georgia SR | 6'3 308

* 4 sacks, 7 TFL, 20 QBP as a member of the DL rotation-primarily as a 3-4 DE - started all 14 games as a senior.

Round 7| Philip Lutzenkircher | TE/HB Auburn SR | 6'3 255

UDFA to Sign/Tryout:

Lanear Sampson | WR/KR Baylor SR | 5'11 205

* 40+ catches in 3 different seasons

Dyrell Roberts | WR/KR Virginia Tech SR | 6'1 195
Sam Schwartzstein | C Stanford SR | 6'3 292
Archibald Barnes | OLB Vanderbilt SR | 6'4 235

* Defensive co-captain as a senior. Raw LB with high upside

Scott Kovanda | P Ball State SR | 6'3 205

* Team captain in 2012

Sign:

WR Kris Durham signs 1 year deal for minimum
S Ricardo Silva signs 1 year deal for minimum

UDFA P Scott Kovanda signs 1 year deal for minimum to active roster
UDFA OLB Archibald Barnes signs 1 year deal for minimum to active roster
UDFA WR/KR Lanaer Sampson signs 1 year deal for minimum to active roster

Roster/Depth Chart:

Blue = Offseason Addition

QB| Matt Stafford | Shaun Hill | Kellen Moore
RB| Mikel LeShoure | Johnathan Franklin | Joique Bell
WR| Calvin Johnson | Kris Durham | Kassim Osgood
WR| Ryan Broyles | Ace Sanders | Lanaer Sampson
TE| Brandon Pettigrew | Tony Scheffler | Philip Lutzenkirchen
LT| Eric Fisher | Jason Fox
LG| Rob Sims | Dylan Gandy | Bill Nagy
C| Dominic Raiola | Dylan Gandy
RG| Alvin Bailey | Dylan Gandy | Bill Nagy
RT| Riley Reiff | Jason Fox

* Formation note: 4 WR sets will have Calvin and Broyles on the outside with Sanders and Sampson in the slot. Durham will replace Broyles on the outside until Broyles is healthy. Scheffler can replace either slot WR in the slot.

DE| Turk McBride | Willie Young | Ronnell Lewis
DT| Ndamakong Suh | Sammie Lee Hill
DT| Nick Fairley | Jason Jones | Abry Jones
DE| Jason Jones | Willie Young | Stansly Mopanga
OLB| Deandre Levy | Archibald Barnes
MLB| Stephen Tulloch | Ashlee Palmer | Travis Lewis
OLB| Tahir Whitehead OR Travis Lewis
CB| Chris Houston | Jonte Green | Chris Greenwood
FS| DJ Swearinger | Ricardo Silva
SS| Louis Delmas | John Wendling
CB| Mike Jenkins | Dwight Bentley

* Formation Note: DL in short yardage will be Suh-SLH-Fairley-Jones. DL in pass rush situations will include Suh/Fairley/Jones' at DT and McBride/Young/Lewis/Mopanga at DE. Bentley is the NB.

K| Jason Hanson
P| Scott Kovanda
LS| Don Muhlbach
KR| Lanear Sampson | Ace Sanders
PR| Ace Sanders | Lanear Sampson
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CWood21 wrote:
Alright, congratulations to 1King. He is the winner of the inaugural NBA Trade Tournament.

[Rockcity]

i dont like drafting a rb in rd 3, plus dont think he warrants that pick. same as swearinger thats just to high for him imo. i like the first pick but not much else.

[1King]

[diehardlionfan]

I like Fisher as a player. I think down the road he will be the best LT from this class. It should set the Lions up for the foreseeable future with RR, Fisher and Fox. In the short term it free's up money by not resigning Cherilus and letting Backus walk.

Swearinger is a good player he is a big time hitter but I don't like him. He is terribly penalty prone.

Nothing wrong with the Franklin pic I'm just in the camp that doesn't want a RB or WR in the third round. That said Mayhew is going to draft one in the top rounds and Franklin would be a good one. It's a philosophical difference not an objection to the player.

Drafting Bailey is good, I'm just not certain how effective he would be year one as a starter.

The rest of your picks I don't know enough about to offer an informed independent comment, so I won't.

Free agency I'm somewhat scratching my head. McBride and Jones are both backup quality and while McBride had some success in Detroit he has been pretty ineffective in New Orleans. I think Jones has more promise but again I don't know how much you can expect from him. I do like the Jenkins signing.

As a side note, I love Delmas I'm just not certain at what point the Lions cut ties and try to invest that money in a player that plays more snaps.

Overall it seems very realistic and the type of mock that will closely resemble the reality of what happens. The salary cap situation is a big anchor this year.

By drafting Fisher you save a ton of money. Not resigning Cherilus and cutting Backus frees up allot of money. Cumulatively the Lions would have a very cap friendly offensive line.

I'm curious if you have a final tally that shows the Lions cap situation after this mock. It seems there should be some room left.
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[Rockcity]