Day one of free agency the legal tampering period the part of the NFL calendar where agents talk with teams and most free agency deals are formulated is in the books. And while the Detroit Lions may not have had the most active of days—they literally did not come to an agreement with another team’s player—there was plenty of news items to be talked about.
So on Monday night, we gathered the PODcast crew together for a Day 1 breakdown. Heading the news was the Lions’ decision to re-sign defensive end Romeo Okwara. His deal looks somewhat reasonable, but Detroit is taking a considerable risk given Okwara’s thin resume.