After the 2023–24 NFL season is officially over, there are a lot of speculations going around the league about the next summer. One of the more intriguing rumors involving the Detroit Lions is the potential trade for edge rusher Haason Reddick of the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Lions were listed as one of five possible trade destinations for the 2022 second-team All-Pro pass rusher by Bleacher Report’s David Kenyon on February 13. Kenyon suggested that the Lions offer Reddick a second-round pick in 2024 and a fourth-round pick in 2025.
In this year’s draft, the number 61 overall would be the second-round pick.”The Lions could send the 61st overall pick as the main asset for Reddick if they embrace a Super Bowl charge,” Kenyon wrote. Detroit’s subsequent selection would only come 12 spots later at No. 73 due to a prior trade.
“Detroit led the NFL in pressure rate (28.1), yet with 41 sacks, it was only rated twenty-third. Only two regular pass-rushers recorded more than three sacks: defensive tackle Alim McNeill (5.0) and edge Aidan Hutchinson (11.5).
“The defensive line would benefit greatly from Reddick, and the Lions have room to sign him for more than $40 million.”
It’s interesting to note that Kenyon made public his list on the same day that Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report revealed Reddick had informed him he had never asked the Eagles for a trade.
“I would like to get an extension done here at home,” Reddick replied to Schultz. “I never once told the organization that I wanted to be traded.”
In addition to being a fan of the Eagles, Reddick is a native of the region. He played collegiate football at Temple after being born in Camden, New Jersey.
The veteran is still the subject of trade rumors, though, and Reddick seems to have accepted that he must keep his options open.
“Never asked for a trade,” Reddick stated on his X (Twitter account). I am aware that it is a business, though. Getting ready for whatever comes next!
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To start his Philadelphia career, he recorded a career-high 16 sacks and 26It’s interesting to note that Kenyon made public his list on the same day that Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report revealed Reddick had informed him he had never asked the Eagles for a trade.
“I would like to get an extension done here at home,” Reddick replied to Schultz. “I never once told the organization that I wanted to be traded.”
In addition to being a fan of the Eagles, Reddick is a native of the region. He played collegiate football at Temple after being born in Camden, New Jersey.
The veteran is still the subject of trade rumors, though, and Reddick seems to have accepted that he must keep his options open.
“Never asked for a trade,” Reddick stated on his X (Twitter account). I am aware that it is a business, though. Getting ready for whatever comes next!In the 2017 NFL Draft, Reddick was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the 13th overall pick. Reddick had three disappointing seasons until breaking out in 2020 with 12.5 sacks.
Since then, he has averaged double-digit sacks annually.
Reddick played for the Carolina Panthers for one season in 2021 in between stints with the Cardinals and Eagles.
Reddick has recorded 58 sacks, 410 combined tackles, and 69 tackles for loss in 114 NFL games over his career. In addition, he has 19 pass defenses, 16 caused fumbles, and 99 quarterback hits.Bleacher Report has floated the Lions as a destination for Reddick previously. The day following the Lions’ defeat in the NFC championship game, the NFL scouting department at Bleacher Report first suggested that Detroit sign Reddick.
For the Lions, a pass-rushing boost like Reddick would be extremely beneficial. The Lions put a lot of pressure on quarterbacks in 2023, as Kenyon pointed out, but it didn’t result in many sacks. With 41 sacks, Detroit tied for 23rd place overall.
Reddick might make the Lions one among the NFL’s top pass-rushing teams if he were to line up opposite Aidan Hutchinson. This should benefit the team’s pass defense, which finished the previous season ranked 27th in the league.The salary cap space is available for the Lions to extend an offer to Reddick. Moreover, the Lions have two third-round picks, but Kenyon’s proposed trade would require Detroit to give up their second-round pick.
That would somewhat make up for the loss of the 61st overall pick.
The Lions’ interest in Reddick makes a lot of sense if he is truly available.
Dave Holcomb is a sportswriter for Heavy.com who covers the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers. Holcomb, who is originally from Pittsburgh, has covered professional and collegiate sports for publications like Fansided, Rotowire, and Yardbarker. Additional information on Dave Holcomb
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