Before I get into this week\u2019s Midweek Mailbag podcast, just wanted to share a word with the Pride of Detroit community. I\u2019ve been having a lot of fun with our Office Hours chats in the comment section, and I want to continue those moving forward. Unfortunately, I\u2019ve been sidetracked the past few weeks. Last week, it was the Drew Petzing interview. This week, I\u2019ve been battling a cold\/flu\/COVID or something. Next week, I\u2019ll be at the NFL Combine. So look for our Office Hours chat to resume the week of March 2.<\/p>\n
But what we don\u2019t know is how much cap space the Lions should or will create.<\/p>\n
The Lions may have a lot of starting holes to fill this offseason. That number could be upwards of seven players depending on the health and retirement of players. Though Detroit could very well fill those holes internally or via a few re-signings, the fact remains that the Lions could be seeking at least four or five starting-capable players in free agency. With only two top-100 picks in April\u2019s NFL Draft, the best way for the Lions to fill those roster holes will be to spend some money.<\/p>\n
So how much contract restructuring will the Lions need to do to create ample space to get everything they want this offseason? And what will be the consequences if they do? Additionally, how much will they need to set aside for the draft class, contract extensions, and carry-over into the regular season?<\/p>\n
Erik Schlitt and I break it all down on this week\u2019s Midweek Mailbag.<\/p>\n
Other topics on this week\u2019s show:<\/p>\n
Listen to the show in the Spotify embed below, or on your favorite podcasting platform. And don\u2019t forget to rate and review!<\/p>\n
You can also catch the podcast on our YouTube<\/a> and Twitch pages<\/a>, which features a ton of bonus Lions talk in between segments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before I get into this week\u2019s Midweek Mailbag podcast, just wanted to share a word with the Pride…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[52187,11309,13195,4970,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-765186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-detroit-lions-contracts-and-salary-cap","9":"tag-detroit-lions-free-agency","10":"tag-detroit-lions-mailbag","11":"tag-detroit-lions-podcasts","12":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116104672271775178","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}