Re-signing musts for the Detroit Lions - top free agents to return

NFL free agency always starts in-house.

We are just about three weeks away from a new league calendar, free agency blossoming before our eyes. Any good evaluation of free agency must begin internally—with the pieces you know and trust—before anything else can come on down. The Detroit Lions have a good number of pieces set for the market, and the question sets up: who is worth bringing back?

On this episode of the Pride of Detroit PODcast, we break down the biggest decisions the Lions have to make, presumably before the new calendar hits. Some of the topic questions include:

• How much money would Carlton Davis command, and would it be better than the alternatives and budget projects out on the open market?
• Do the Lions have any other options for a SAM linebacker beyond Derrick Barnes? Does the answer lie in the draft, or is he a target to return?
• Do you re-sign Tim Patrick or let him walk?
• The tougher decisions in Levi Onwuzurike and Ifeatu Melifonwu, both at positions of importance but with questions of role and injury history.
• Dealing with the EDGE again, Marcus Davenport and Za’Darius Smith, in the absence of a big blockbuster trade.

We also discuss some offensive coaching staff changes too, because that’s still not quite set in stone at the time.

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