Free agency is slated to start on March 16th, with the Detroit Lions‘ front office is heading into a make or break season. Before diving in head first, here are some of the important topics to know.
Let’s start with salary cap space. According to Sportrac, the Lions will have an estimated $46.8 million in cap space to use on current free agents. Of course, draft capital has to be factored into that number. The draft pool cap for Detroit is set at $10.9 million.
Doing some quick math, that allows general manager Bob Quinn to use roughly $35.