Defensive end Romeo Okwara #95 of the Detroit Lions (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
With the NFL league year kicking off Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. ET (March 17), it’s also the official start of free agency. But on Monday, the legal tampering period portion of free agency kicked off and teams could begin agreeing to deals with potential free agents. That, of course, includes the Detroit Lions.
And while the Lions’ new regime figures to be busy in free agency at some point, it’s no big surprise they’ve opted to stay relatively quiet through the first two days of frenzy.