The Detroit Lions were pretty quiet on day one of the legal tampering period of free agency. Still, they made a big splash of a deal when they brought back safety Tracy Walker on a three-year $25 million dollar deal. This signing had me thinking about the past and it also had me thinking about a bright future.
A year ago, the the Lions were as deep into the abyss as they could get. They had fired their head coach and general manager, lost their starting quarterback of 12 years, their entire receiving corps and more.