NFL Draft 2021: Lions fill long-term and immediate need with Penei Sewell at No. 7
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Lions are in full rebuild mode and all options are on the table in this upcoming draft. New general manager Brad Holmes sent former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford to the L.A. Rams for Jared Goff and first-round draft picks in 2022 and 2023. He has purged the roster of bloated contracts and absorbed a massive amount of dead cap that will disappear in 2022. He elected to let almost all of Detroit’s top free agents depart for other teams—save Romeo Okwara—and replaced them with players on one-year contracts looking to prove themselves.
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