In the first edition of the Detroit Lions mock offseason, we played it pretty straight. There were no huge surprises in players being cut or re-signed, no wild free agent pipe dreams, no out-of-left-field projections in the draft.
Things change here in the second edition. Let’s have some fun!
As with the first edition, this is not a prediction of what will happen. It’s an idea of a pathway the Lions front office could choose to travel, a basic blueprint for a way to move the team (hopefully) forward. To be frank, there are moves included that I think are absurdly stupid, but NFL teams prove capable of that sort of decision-making all the time.
In this edition, there are three trades. One involves exporting a player, another brings in a splashy new face that directly impacts the draft and free agency plans, and the third happens during the mock draft.
