The Detroit Lions heading into free agency with plenty of needs on the horizon and a challenging amount of resources both in free agency and the NFL Draft. But before the Lions can go on a shopping spree to make a run at the Super Bowl next season, they need to properly assess their own roster. Self-scouting is an essential part of the process in order to decide which players should return in 2026 and which positions need a serious upgrade.
So on this week’s PODcast, we do the same. We evaluate the Detroit
Lions’ players on offense, placing them into seven different tiers:
- Solidified All-Pro talent
- Good player, could be elite
- Starter
- Depth, could challenge for starter
- Depth, nothing more, nothing less
- Developmental depth
- Time to move on
This wasn’t an exhaustive list of players on the Lions’ offensive roster, but we discuss the futures of players like Giovanni Manu, David Montgomery, Graham Glasgow, Kalif Raymond, and Miles Frazier and how Detroit’s decisions on those players will shape their entire offseason plan. We also have more fun, but less meaningful, debates like: Does Jared Goff belong in the same tier as Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jahmyr Gibbs, and Penei Sewell? Does Tate Ratledge have “elite” potential?
In the end, this is the tier-list we came up with:
Other topics on this week’s PODcast include:
- Levi Onwuzurike and Josh Paschal are back! Is this good news, and how does it impact the Lions’ offseason?
- Debating whether the Lions will win any NFL Honors awards
- The NFC North brain drain may be coming for the Vikings, Packers, and Bears
You can listen to the entire show in the embedded player below or by searching “Pride of Detroit” on your favorite podcasting platform.
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