As you may or may not have noticed, over the past few weeks we have been profiling the Detroit Lions’ 17 soon-to-be unrestricted free agents. We’ve offered the background of how they performed in 2017 and what their outlook is for this upcoming year.
But we also posed a question to you, the reader. Would you re-sign said free agent or would you let them walk? Here’s a recap of all of those poll results, sorted by the fans’ priority.
Yes: 97%
No: 3%
Yes: 90%
No: 10%
Yes: 82%
No: 18%
Yes: 81%
No: 19%
Yes: 78%
No: 22%
Yes: 71%
No: 29%
Yes: 62%
No: 38%
Offer small contract, let him go if he passes: 56%
Franchise tag him: 23%
Sign long-term: 11%
Let him go: 9%
Other: 2%
Re-sign him for depth: 41%
Re-sign him to compete for starting job: 20%
Let him walk: 39%
Re-sign him: 48%
Let him go: 52%
Yes: 23%
No: 77%
Yes: 11%
No: 89%
Yes: 8%
No: 92%
Yes: 6%
No: 94%
Yes: 6%
No: 94%
(Note: Polls were not included for RB Mike James or DJ Hayden)
Unsurprisingly, the forever popular Don Muhlbach is Lions fans’ easiest choice this offseason.