Quandre Diggs is a pretty good hype man."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Detroit Lions NewsDetroit Lions NotesDetroit Lions AnalysisDetroit Lions TransactionsDetroit Lions Game RecapsDetroit Lions NewsDetroit Lions QuotesQuandre Diggs: Tracy Walker has ‘the total package’ to succeed New Austin Bryant Jersey Womens ,14commentsQuandre Diggs is a pretty good hype man. EDTShareTweetShareShareQuandre Diggs: Tracy Walker has ‘the total package’ to succeed Kyle Terada-USA TODAY SportsQuandre Diggs may be taking on a bigger leadership role in 2019 after the Detroit Lions decided to move on from Glover Quin, but someone is going to have to replace his impact on the field, as well.The leading candidate after free agency and the draft is second-year safety Tracy Walker. That’s certainly how things were trending toward the end of last year:And it wasn’t just playing time that is working in Walker’s favor, it was his performance. Though he didn’t have enough snaps to qualify for Pro Football Focus’ official rankings among safeties, his overall grade of 89.8 would’ve been good enough for second in the entire NFL, and it was the highest grade for a rookie safety since 2006:Perhaps most importantly of all, however, is the support of his teammates. Diggs Austin Bryant Detroit Lions Jersey , who will likely be playing aside him in 2019, thinks Walker’s versatility and hunger for improvement makes him the “total package.”“You can just see the progress each and every week,” Diggs said on Tuesday. “Guy that wants to learn every day, loves to be around myself, loves to be around guys like Tavon (Wilson). Just tries to learn the ins and outs of being an NFL player. You can see the range, you can see how physical he is, you can see the coverability. You can see all of that, and I think he’s got the total package to be a good player.” Walker doesn’t have a defined role with the team Austin Bryant Jersey 2019 , necessarily, but that may not be a problem. Head coach Matt Patricia has been known to move players around all different parts of the secondary, and Walker was up to that task last year, taking snaps at the free safety position, box safety, and nickel corner, amongst others. That may be a lot to ask of a young safety, but with the right support system and a hunger to learn Austin Bryant Jersey Mens , 2019 could be a breakout year for Walker. The Lions’ new cap manager is already flexing his muscle."This offseason the Detroit Lions got themselves a new salary cap guy. It’s a move that most football fans won’t care about, but one that could have a big impact on the team itself behind the scenes. Gone is Matt Harriss, in is Mike Disner. The Lions have already signed a few contracts with Disner as their Vice President of Football Administration, but the Lions’ two-year deal with Romeo Okwara highlights what Disner’s experience as an NFL Management Council Labor Operations Manager and Coordinator brings to the team.On the surface, Okwara’s deal looks pretty ordinary. The Detroit Free Press’ Dave Birkett was the first one in on the details:Alone, this would be a pretty friendly deal for the Lions. It would break down something like this:2019 cap hit: $2.2475 million2020 cap hit: $4.2525 million ($1,352,000 dead cap)That’s a lower cap hit than the Lions would have incurred had they given Okwara a second-round restricted free agent tender ($3.095 million). Additionally Womens Teez Tabor Jersey , it would make it pretty easy for the Lions to back out of the second year, freeing up $2.9 million in cap space if Detroit were to cut him.However, there’s more to this contract. According to Over The Cap (and confirmed by the NFLPA report), there is actually a third year on the contract that automatically voids itself in 2021 shortly after the Super Bowl. You can read more about what an automatically-voided year is here, but the short-term version of it is that it allows the Lions to spread out Okwara’s $2.705 million signing bonus over three years instead of two. That lowers both his 2019 and 2020 cap hits by about $450,000 each year, so Okwara will cost just under $1.8 million against the cap this season. Over The Cap has a nice breakdown of the entire contract below:The cost of doing something like this is that Detroit will be on the hook for about $900,000 in dead cap in that third automatically voided season. In other words http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-nick-bellore-jersey , the Lions are saving money now, and more willing to pay that exact amount later, when the cap has presumably grown. It makes sense because the same $900,000 figure will be a lower percentage of the (presumably) increased 2021 cap. This move also suggests that the Lions are trying to get every single penny in savings they can for the 2019 season, perhaps because they plan on making some big moves. Either way, it’s an interesting new loophole the Lions are deploying and likely part of the reason the Lions made a change in salary cap gurus this year.
