The Detroit Lions are facing a bit of a dilemma. The San Francisco 49ers approached tight end Brock Wright with an offer of a possibly much bigger deal after placing a restricted free agent tender (for one year, $2.985 million) on him. The tight end quickly signed a three-year, $12 million offer sheet with the 49ers.
at offer and sign Wright back to Detroit under those conditions because they placed the RFA tender on him. They must decide by Wednesday at the latest.
For the previous three seasons, Wright has been an important member of the Lions team. Although some might downplay the significance of a TE2, Detroit uses a second tight end more frequently than the typical club. Over the last two seasons, Wright has played in over 1,000 offensive snaps. He has also been in the top 10 in Lions special teams snaps the last two seasons.
First we need to acknowledge what we don’t know in the situation. We don’t know exactly how this contract is framed. Three years, $12 million sounds like a lot—and we also know, per Adam Schefter, that there is $6 million guaranteed in this deal. But what if the deal looked like this?
