The Detroit Lions are looking for ways high and low to fortify their terrible defense, and one of those avenues has led them to the restricted free agent market.
The Lions, who signed defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch coming out of the gates in free agency a little more than a week ago, will host New Orleans Saints’ defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove on a visit, according to Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times Picayune.
Hargrove made 42 tackles and five sacks for the Super Bowl champions and was a key addition to Gregg Willams’ unit. Hargrove has his career back on track after being forced to sit out the 2008 seasson for a repeated violation of the league’s drug policy. Had he not been forced to sit out the season, he would be an unrestricted free agent right now.
If the Lions sign Hargrove to an offer sheet and the Saints decline to match it, Detroit would have to send New Orleans a third-round draft pick.
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If I'm the Lions and I land Hargrove, I end up drafting Suh, starting Hargrove and using Corey Williams to rotate in and out as needed as their No. 3 tackle. He's always done best when he's not an every-down player.
Can you imagine, though? Going from the Super Bowl champions to the Detroit Lions? They'd have to give Hargrove one heck of a contract to make that pain go away.
why not trade for another dlineman for a third round pick. In the league a third rounder is pretty good trade bait just ask Boldin. Why not try to get back Big Baby from the Browns he has said he wants to come back to Detroit and the Browns supposedly are shopping him
Good and bad. Nice to have him but this doesn't mean the line is "fixed" - we need quality depth and both of these guys have question marks. It does buy some time though.
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Mar 15, 2010
05:04 PM
if the lions sign hargrove, what does that mean for their draft pick? with the recent corey williams (projected to start) trade, hargrove would presumably go to the lions to start as well. does this change the lions drafting needs? how do you pass on suh or mccoy?
needless to say, what a change from last years lions' DLine.