For the Detroit Lions, the offseason is officially underway and on Wednesday, they made another roster move.
According to the team, they have signed running back Mark Thompson to a Reserve-Future contract.
#Lions sign RB Mark Thompson to Reserve-Future contract: https://t.co/T8JeLHSXvT pic.twitter.com/dzNrgcx1sL
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) January 2, 2019
From Detroit Lions:
The Detroit Lions announced today that they have signed RB Mark Thompson to a Reserve-Future contract. Additional contract terms were not disclosed.
Thompson comes to Detroit after most recently spending time as a member of the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens practice squads in 2018. He entered the NFL in 2018 as an undrafted free agent with Baltimore out of the University of Florida.
BONUS CONTENT:
The Detroit Lions next offensive coordinator will be…
On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions FINALLY cut ties with offensive coordinator, Jim Bob Cooter. It’s a move they should have made a long time ago as the guy could not play call himself out of a paper bag. But we are talking about the Lions and as we know, they always keep players, coaches, and general managers for way too long.
So, now that Cooter is gone, the speculation has begun as to who will be the Lions, next offensive coordinator.
Within an hour of the announcement that the Lions had decided not to renew Cooter’s contract, the local media and bloggers started to release their pieces on potential candidates to replace him. Some listed as few as five candidates while others seemed to list every offensive coach they have ever heard of.
To be honest, I personally have a list of seven which I planned on publishing (maybe I still will) until I actually gave it some thought and realized exactly who the Lions will hire. Note: He did not make my top seven.
Let me make something very clear. I do not trust Bob Quinn, Matt Patricia, or anyone else with power in the Lions organization when it comes to evaluating player or coaching talent. Because of that, I have to believe they will make the wrong hire once again.
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