The NFL trade deadline is Tuesday afternoon, and as of publication time on Monday evening, the Lions have been quiet. There have been rumors and reports of talks with other teams, but nothing concrete involving Detroit.
Despite the seemingly urgent need for reinforcements on the injury-ravaged defensive line, the Lions haven’t been involved in any deals. Don’t mistake the inactivity for a lack of effort or diligence on the team’s part, however. Head coach Dan Campbell made that clear in his Monday press conference following the team’s impressive 24-14 win in Green Bay.
“Yeah, I think it’s hard to say. I don’t think it’s entirely up to us,” Campbell stated matter-of-factly. “I can tell you we’re trying, (Lions GM) Brad (Holmes)’s trying, and we’ve looked at everything, we really have, made a ton of calls, and he’s been rolling on it. So, we’ll see, we still have a little bit of time here. We have until tomorrow evening so, we’ll see what happens.”
Campbell seemed unconcerned if a deal doesn’t get done. He’s a firm believer in the guys already in the building, and he reiterated that faith in the current roster. When asked if feels like the team is lacking anywhere if they don’t make any moves, Campbell responded,
“No. I mean, look, if it’s not, we’re rolling. We got our guys and we’re going and that’s the bottom line. And if something doesn’t get done, we’ll start poaching some of these other practice squads, see if we can find some guys that we really liked when they were coming out that have some ability, see if they can grow, and then we’ll continue to give our guys here on this roster a shot.”