Now that it is officially the offseason for the Detroit Lions, it’s time to start thinking about some personnel decisions the team will have to make in the upcoming months. Sure, the Lions will have to hire a head coach and general manager first, but they once they are hired, they won’t have much time to assess the roster and get into full offseason mode.
The first decisions facing the new staff will be the status of Lions players on expiring contracts, and there are quite a few of them. 18 of the Lions’ 53 players—33.