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Lions still need defensive playmakers as attention turns to draft

One position is handled. Some others added some help. But the Detroit Lions still have a bunch of holes and a lot of needs to fill.

This is how it often goes after free agency finishes up with some new vacancies created by players being released and heading off to new teams. As Detroit finishes up the core of free agency -- contracts to Rick Wagner and T.J. Lang along with some of the Lions’ other signings ate up a lot of the team’s salary-cap room -- here’s a look at where the Lions should be focusing as they start to think more about next month’s NFL draft.