The Detroit Lions have signed every single one of their drafted rookies to deals as of the Tuesday ahead of the NFL's schedule release, except for one - first round pick, Blake Miller.
Per Aaron Wilson, here are the signing details for each of the Lions' rookies:
EDGE Derrick Moore: 4-year, $11.426 million deal, includes 100 percent fully guaranteed money, $4.038 million signing bonus
LB Jimmy Rolder: 4-year, $5.532 million deal, $1.152 million signing bonus
CB Keith Abney: 4-year, $4.878 million deal, $498,900 signing bonus
WR Kendrick Law: 4-year, $4.83 million deal, $450,132 signing bonus
DT Skyler Gill-Howard: 4-year, $4.643 million deal, $263,292 bonus
DE Tyre West: 4-year, $4.547 million deal, $167,292 signing bonus
Lions complete flurry of rookie signings, no Miller signing yet
Last season, the Lions didn't sign Tate Ratledge to a deal until much later in the offseason, but it got done. That was due to the fact that there were a ton of guaranteed deals signed by teams like the Houston Texans and Cleveland Browns last year, whereas the Lions weren't looking to do the same for their rookies.
Ratledge, then, held out a bit until Detroit came to terms with the then-rookie guard on a deal that included some guaranteed money - just over $5 million.
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It's unclear if that's what's happening with Miller, but there's also not necessarily a rush here from the the Lions. They have a good amount of cap space to work with, even following these rookie signings, and they're also not holding a rookie camp this offseason. So, there's no need to get him on the books ahead of throwing pads on him.
Based on the projected deals for mid-first round rookies this year, Miller's anticipated to earn at least $20 million total over a four-year deal. That's about $5 million per year. Detroit is more than capable of paying that out this season and beyond, so it might just be a matter of hammering home guaranteed money.
Miller is anticipated to be one of very few Lions rookies to start this year. Moore is expected to compete for EDGE2 snaps next to veteran D.J. Wonnum, while Keith Abney II continues to earn praise from analysts who think the Lions got a huge steal by snagging him in the fifth round.
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