For much of the past six months, Eric Ebron has been mentioned in trade talks with the Detroit Lions. It happened around the trade deadline and again over the past week, as the new league year was set to begin.
And now, less than an hour before the new league year started, the Eric Ebron era with Detroit is over. The Lions released the former first round pick – perhaps one of the most derided picks in recent franchise history – after being unable to find someone to take him with an $8.25 million salary in 2018.