{"id":5383,"date":"2024-12-04T12:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T12:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5383"},"modified":"2024-12-04T12:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T12:38:35","slug":"breaking-biggest-2024-offseason-regret-for-the-lions-has-been-easily-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5383","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Biggest 2024 offseason regret for the Lions has been easily revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-mm-id=\"_4u5en56vi\">The Detroit Lions needed help in a couple areas defensively last offseason, but they fell a little short in one of them.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_4u5en56vi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6677,h_3755,x_0,y_252\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/53\/01je4qt4cxds0n687p82.jpg\" alt=\"By\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_4u5en56vi\">Michael Owens\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_4u5en56vi\">The Detroit Lions went into the 2024 offseason with two big needs on the defensive side of the ball. They addressed both (cornerback and edge rusher) fairly quickly. But given his injury history, it was an immediate question if Marcus Davenport was enough to add to the edge rusher mix around Aidan Hutchinson.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_m4v8g8jji\">That question lingered as training camp loomed. It was kind of a fluky thing, as Cardinals offensive tackle Paris Johnson chopped down on his arm in Week 3, but Davenport is likely out for the season with an elbow\/triceps injury.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_m4v8g8jji\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,h_480,w_1200,x_0,y_91\/c_fill,f_auto,h_320,q_auto,w_800\/v1\/m\/2\/4\/2438905cb99b6613b8ee14b1248749cbdf0dd8eb\/usatsi_24869306.jpg\" alt=\"Detroit Lions: Breaking News, Rumors &amp; Highlights | Yardbarker\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_k1acrjs7z\">So the injury risk prophecy with Davenport was fulfilled. Then of course Hutchinson went down with a broken leg in Week 6, and now third-year man Josh Paschal is banged up again.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_0gba9azi5\">Hutchinson was on his way to an indescribably good season. Despite not having played since Week 6, he did not fall out of the top-10 in quarterback pressures among edge rushers (per Pro Football Focus) until Week 13 concluded.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_wipkqrm31\">This stat from The 33rd Team is not accurate. but the overall point stands. Hutchinson has accounted for 25 percent of the Lions&#8217; sacks this season (7.5 of 30). No other Lion has four sacks this season through Week 13.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trey Hendrickson has 61% of all of the Bengals sacks \ud83d\udc05<\/p>\n<p>That is the largest % this year by a WIDE margin<\/p>\n<p>Players with the next highest % of their team&#8217;s sacks:<\/p>\n<p>Travon Walker: 36%<br \/>\nMaxx Crosby: 33%<br \/>\nMyles Garrett: 31%<br \/>\nT.J. Watt: 30%<br \/>\nAidan Hutchinson: 30% <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/14TwreTLDd\">pic.twitter.com\/14TwreTLDd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The33rdTeamFB\/status\/1862937390785900575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"_2gwatqg7o\" class=\"tagStyle_1rck2gq-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_2gwatqg7o\">Biggest regret from 2024 offseason for the Lions is easy<\/h2>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_owwphht90\">In a\u00a0look at one move each NFC team wishes\u00a0it would have made before the 2024 season, Bradley Locker of Pro Football Focus had to have easily landed on &#8220;add another edge rusher&#8221; for the Lions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_yo6eyqfvn\"><em>&#8220;The Lions could never have foreseen a season-ending injury to\u00a0Aidan Hutchinson. At the same time, the team\u2019s depth at edge rusher was already thin: Detroit was banking on\u00a0Marcus Davenport,\u00a0who had played 500-plus snaps just once in his career, to have a resurgent year. However, he played only 89 snaps before suffering another season-ending injury.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_rsrwyon2v\"><em>&#8220;Detroit is in a decent spot after adding\u00a0Za\u2019Darius Smith, but the Lions may never have had to make the move if they had drafted someone like\u00a0Jonah Elliss\u00a0(14 pressures on 176 pass-rushing snaps) or signed someone like\u00a0Calais Campbell\u00a0or\u00a0Chase Young\u00a0(39 pressures).&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_svf5cl6o5\">The Lions clearly prioritized signing Davenport, with reports of his deal coming late on the first day of free agency in March. 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