Lions Showing Interest In Iloka

[jj22]

We tagged MJ and he wasn't near the top free agent in the class. Iloka is worth the tag, young, going into his prime, and until last season has played 99% of the snaps on defense. He will break the bank when free agency opens up. We get accused of overvaluing our talent each offseason, but this offseason, we have the top free agents in the league and it isn't even close. This isn't like years past when we thought Andre Smith was a strong candidate and he sat til the draft. Our players are coveted. By multiple teams. The tag is a resource available for teams to use, and we have that option. We have 3 top free agents in the league. You can't say none is worth the tag. They are the top of the class for their positions. All I'm saying is we have 40k in cap space and if we don't use the tag, and lose our top players then you can't feel sorry for the front office.

The truth is we are rebuilding. No one will say it because Marvin remains for yet another reboot, but the fact we are willing to let our starting secondary (and all the other free agents outside of Vinnie Rey) walk, when they are highly coveted should tell you everything you need to know. We have the money, but Hobs already hinted to where that is going to go (Vinnie Rey, Eifert, and Gio)