The Detroit Lions have 18 players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents (UFAs) this offseason, and if patterns hold—last season, the Lions re-signed seven of their 13 UFAs— they will do their best to try and retain the players they want back before the free agency period opens in March.
General manager Brad Holmes further cemented this ideology at his end-of-season press conference:
“We’re always going to be very strategic and selective with our approach (to free agency). “Regardless of how many resources you have, how much money you can spend, we always are very selective and strategic with how we go about free agency.