Lions' Dan Campbell: Taylor Decker's release allowed us to sign 3 players
Cade Mays, Larry Borom and DJ Wonnum will make about the same as Taylor Decker was scheduled to make before his release by the Detroit Lions.
PHOENIX – The Detroit Lions saved $11. 6 million in cap room by cutting Taylor Decker before the start of free agency, and Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday, June 30, that money allowed the team to sign three players in free agency. "There was a path [for him to come back]," Campbell said at the NFL's annual spring meeting at the Arizona Biltmore.
"It was on a reduced price, but yeah, we were willing to. But we knew we needed help, too. And that was kind of a little bit of, with Decker and David [Montgomery], we get some capital to where now we can use it on free agents.
" The Lions saved nearly $20 million this offseason by releasing Decker and veteran center Graham Glasgow and trading Montgomery to the Houston Texans for offensive lineman Juice Scruggs and two draft picks, but still were bit players in free agency because of cap and cash restraints. ON THE LINE: Lions' Dan Campbell: I'd like to move Penei Sewell to LT this fall They signed just one player – center Cade Mays – to a multi-year contract, and structured the deals of their top three free-agent additions – Mays ($2. 771 million), Larry Borom ($5 million) and D.
J. Wonnum ($2. 96 million) –so that their combined 2026 cap number ($10.