Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn spoke to the media on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Orlando. Video by Dave Birkett/DFP
ORLANDO — As Bob Quinn canvassed the NFL looking for trade partners for Eric Ebron earlier this month, the Detroit Lions general manager received the same basic response from every team he talked to: "The number's too big."
With no team willing to take on Ebron's $8.25 million salary, the Lions released their polarizing tight end before the start of free agency.
Quinn, in his first public comments since the move, said Monday at the league meetings his decision to cut Ebron was purely a financial one, and he never considered signing Ebron to a longer deal that would have paid him less money in 2018.