Cutting Eric Ebron earlier this month was the most surprising move the Detroit Lions made during free agency. And now, in his first public comments since making the move that landed Ebron with the Indianapolis Colts a week later, Lions general manager Bob Quinn said it all came down to money.
As in, they didn't want to pay Ebron the money he would have gotten.
"Yeah, it was just a financial decision," Quinn told reporters at the league meetings in Orlando. "The salary that came along with the fifth-year option was something that, you know, we weighed really up until the last minute to be honest.