Lions release S Louis Delmas

My thought would be to get a doctor who is not our doctor to check him out.
The guy has been a walking emergency ward.

also from roto-
The fact that Delmas obviously wouldn't agree to a pay cut, thereby earning his release, is a sign he's going to exhaust all options before coming back to Detroit. Since he was released, Delmas is free to immediately begin taking visits, and can sign at any time. Although he's unlikely to get the $6 million he was slated to earn before he was cut loose, Delmas shouldn't lack for suitors. He was targeted by the Rams last season, while a reunion with former coach Jim Schwartz in Buffalo could make sense.

also here's roto ranking of free agent safeties-
1. Jairus Byrd
2. T.J. Ward
3. Donte Whitner
4. Antoine Bethea
5. Chris Clemons
6. Malcolm Jenkins
7. Stevie Brown
8. Major Wright
9. Nate Allen
10. Michael Mitchell
11. Charles Woodson
12. Nick Collins
13. Ryan Clark
14. James Ihedigbo
15. Bernard Pollard

I'd put him between Bethea and Wright. Roto ranks him higher- "Delmas is a top-five option in a safety market led by Jairus Byrd and T.J. Ward."

2014 was the first time he ever played in all 16 games. Gotta be skeptical about that.

Don't think the Saints would compete in multi year deals. With his history he might take a 1 year 'prove it' deal (prove he can stay healthy) to get a bigger payday in 2015. That would be my best guess for hope to NOLA.

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The guy has been a walking emergency ward.

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He played 15 games in each of his first two seasons. Seasons 3 and 4 are when he missed most of them (played 11 in 2011 and just 8 in 2012). Looking at it, it hasn't been as bad as it seems. I would be really worried if he missed games this year, but he didn't and he still managed to have a nice season.

I agree there's some risk involved, but he's a good player and his injury history will bring his price tag down.

It's also worth mentioning that he's 26 right now and will be 27 to start the season. Considerable upside in a value signing as he should just be entering his prime.

To me reward > risk.

I think "Thoughts?" has been my form of "Should we?"

I like it a lot better because people are less inclined to yes or no answers and add real input instead. I'm always trying to get the most out of my friends on ST

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I can honestly say that I think Rafael Bush has the best shot at winning our SS position

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Thats fine. What do they do for depth? Right now, its him, Vaccaro and some guys that didn't play a down at Safety last season.

I remember liking him coming out of college. Would be a great depth signing at least for the right price

I'm trying to tell you we going to sign somone like Danny McCray out of Dallas or bradon meriweather type guy for depth. We will hit free agency hard for offensive line and kicker. I think we will sign a big name o line men to protect Bree's . We are going to spend money on a kicker. I see is bargain shopping for a safety for depth. I can see us getting a safety, kicker, and a o line men and a center in agency then drafting wrs linebackers and corners and another te in the draft and maybe a young o line men and a backup qb .

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we will sign a big name o line men to protect Bree's

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I doubt that. The only lineman they'll spend relatively big on is Strief. They've got too much tied up in the line as it is, especially with Grubbs being overpaid.

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Danny McCray out of Dallas

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If they sign any safety that played for Dallas this year and expect them to play any sort of role, I have serious questions about this team's ability to scout.

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We are going to spend money on a kicker

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I doubt this, too. There's not likely to be enough cash to go around to bring in a kicker on anything more than the veteran minimum.

Weeks when Delmas was on the Lions injury report
2013- EVERY week, probable in all but one
2012- Probable 1 week, Questionable EVERY other week, missed 8 games
2011- Injury report 12 weeks, missed 5 games
2010- 8 Questionable weeks, 1 Probable, 1 missed
2009- Injury Report 8 weeks, i missed

If your leery of a guy from an injury history standpoint, this is one of them to be concerned with. The Detroit buzz was that he was always dinged up even when he was playing much of the time. Some guys are that way perpetually. Others sometimes just turn it around.

Ex: Reggie- he's missed 3 games since he left here. 666 rushes in 3 yrs versus 524 total in 5yrs here.

Mike Mitchell busted up to another level with the Panthers last year. There's always the "at the right price" caveat but it nice to create a starter hole on your divisional competitor.

Lofton has been solid tho not all world. Atlanta however has had an ongoing hole in the middle since he left. Dent lost the job to undrafted Worrilow who also struggled.