When the New York Giants host the Detroit Lions in Week 15 of the 2016 NFL season it will mark the final non-NFC East game of the season for Big Blue. The meeting with the Lions is sandwiched in between a Week 14 game at MetLife Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys, and season-ending games on the road vs. the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins.
What should we know about the Lions heading into the season? Well. let’s check in with our friends at SB Nation’s Pride of Detroit to find out.
Detroit Lions
Notable free agent additions:
WR Marvin Jones, OT Geoff Schwartz, DB Tavon Wilson, DE Wallace Gilberry, RB Stevan Ridley, SS Rafael Bush
Notable free agent departures:
WR Calvin Johnson (retirement), SS Isa Abdul-Quddus, RB Joique Bell, DE Jason Jones
Trades: Received LB Jon Bostic for a conditional 2017 seventh-round pick
Draft picks expected to contribute as rookies:
1st round - OT - Taylor Decker (expected to start at left tackle) 2nd round - DT - A’Shawn Robinson (rotational player) 3rd round - C - Graham Glasgow - not currently slated as the starting center, but could take over sometime during the 2016 season.