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Great read. Had to get to the weekend to find time to read it all. Appreciate all the content.

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Is this the year Tom Kennedy finally breaks out and becomes an all-pro?

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Damn, along with many others I imagine, I've been hoping they still re-sign Z at a smaller number. I know it's unlikely, but the longer he remains on the market I hold out a little bit of hope

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Nice Kennedy mention lol

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That Tom Kennedy part made me laugh out loud!

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Will Jack Bates get extended this off-season?

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No. There's zero reason to do that. He's under team control for two more seasons.

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UDFA rules?

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Players with fewer than three accrued seasons under an expiring contract at the end of a season are exclusive rights free agents. Has nothing to do with being drafted or undrafted. It does tend to UDFA and low-round picks more frequently because they're most likely to get cut by their original team.

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Thanks for so much astute content as always.

It's hard for me to imagine BroMart not being cut or traded after the Lions draft a NT at or near #102. I hope the light comes on for him in preseason and Brad has some really tough decisions to make in late August.

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Justin, do you think they could move Lopez back to a 3 Tech while Alim is out? Is that why they haven't seemed to backfill there?

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Possible, but probably not a great use of what he does well.

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Great status report and opinion sharing.

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Mailbags always my favorite

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What a great ending!

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Great stuff Justin, love the insights.

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Five comments, all on the last two words of a 2,800-word mailbag. I'm taking it as the highest of compliments that you folks are reading every word.

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Of course we read every word. It sure is nice to have a place like this where we can get real Lions info in the offseason.

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I read every word and enjoyed them all - but my first instinct was also to post something about the Kennedy reference, until I saw the work had already been done.

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Nice mailbag! Congrats to the community on providing good questions for Justin's always great andwers :-)

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"and Tom Kennedy." LOL, that is trolling us for sure. There are only 3 sure things in life.... Death, Taxes, and Tom Kennedy

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TK… nice prediction. He just sticks around.

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