It’s no mystery that the Detroit Lions need some help at the wide receiver position, especially when it comes to adding a player who can stretch the field.
The question is, will the Lions be willing to spend on a top free agent wide receiver or will they add a bargain player in free agency and snag a higher-ranked wide receiver in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Well, according to a source of Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions are a ‘legitimate contender’ to sign a top free agent wide receiver during the offseason.
I’m not sure how many pass-catchers the Lions will end up adding to their nucleus before next season, but my big takeaway from four days at the NFL combine this week is that I expect the Lions to be major players in the receiver market when free agency opens later this month.
The agent for one of the top pending free agent receivers said the Lions indicated in a meeting last week they value his receiver in the same financial ballpark he expects his player to fetch in free agency, and multiple other sources view the Lions as legitimate contenders to sign one of the position’s premier free agents.
During Senior Bowl week, Lions wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El said he wants the Lions to add three receivers to the mix, including a stud on the outside.
“You always want to have a guy, so to speak,” Randle El said Thursday at the Senior Bowl. “Like that guy, we’re throwing to him and we don’t care who’s covering what. We know he can go up and get it. And my guys know we haven’t had that guy yet, so it’s nothing new from them. It’s not a slap to them or a jab to them in anyway, but that’s what we need to be able to complement (the guys we have).”
Nation, do you think it is a good idea for the Lions to go after one of the top free-agent wide receivers in this cycle?
