The Detroit Lions were seen as the top contenders for Super Bowl LIX throughout most of the 2024 season, but a series of defensive injuries eventually derailed one of the NFL\u2019s most well-assembled teams.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The squad that truly clinched the Super Bowl \u2014 the Philadelphia Eagles \u2014 achieved this through one of the most powerful defensive displays in league history. Alex Kay from Bleacher Report thinks the Lions might learn from Philadelphia\u2019s strategy as they prepare for another attempt in 2025.<\/p>\n
Kay anticipates that the Lions will acquire Eagles standout Milton Williams, who is among the leading defensive tackles set to enter free agency. This was his perspective on Detroit taking one of the league’s emerging interior pass rushers from the reigning Super Bowl champions.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s difficult to envision the Eagles managing to match Williams’ market worth, which may reach up to $15 million annually. Although he has been crucial to their achievements, he is somewhat of a luxury for a team with more urgent gaps to address and contracts to distribute following their victory of the Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Detroit Lions would be a perfect fit for Williams. He would not only strengthen a defensive line that fell apart last season due to multiple injuries, but he\u2019d also be perfectly positioned to excel and compete for additional Super Bowls alongside a top-tier edge defender in Aiden Hutchinson.<\/p>\n
Expected Agreement: Four years, $50 million<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Lions have already put substantial resources into their defensive line, featuring Alim McNeill, who was selected just one pick before Williams in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. In October, Detroit signed McNeill to a four-year, $97 million extension, which should provide insight into Williams\u2019 market value. Kay estimates $12.5 million annually for Williams, but the 25-year-old might easily command around $20 million in AAV on the open market.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It’s reasonable to wonder if the Lions would choose to allocate that level of resources on another defensive tackle, particularly with star EDGE Aidan Hutchinson set for a landmark extension soon. Detroit might have a more affordable internal alternative in one of their free agents: Levi Onwuzurike, whom Spotrac estimates will earn approximately $4.5 million annually on his next contract.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Eagles are in a challenging situation, as two other key players on their defense \u2014 EDGE Josh Sweat and linebacker Zack Baun \u2014 also need new contracts. The Eagles are already positioned close to the highest in the NFL for actual cash expenditures for 2025, therefore, regardless of the salary cap, it\u2019s very improbable that owner Jeffrey Lurie will consent to the level of guaranteed funds necessary to retain all players.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Philly is anticipated to offer compromises at some point, probably aiming to secure a 2026 compensatory pick, and with the skilled Moro Ojomo and Thomas Booker IV available, it is assumed that Williams departs and earns more than expected as a free agent.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If a return to Philly isn\u2019t in the cards, the Lions could be a suitable destination, as Detroit’s Super Bowl opportunity remains wide open for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Detroit Lions were seen as the top contenders for Super Bowl LIX throughout most of the 2024 season, but a series of defensive injuries eventually derailed one of the NFL\u2019s most well-assembled teams. The squad that truly clinched the Super Bowl \u2014 the Philadelphia Eagles \u2014 achieved this through one of the most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n
Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions. - Soccerinfo.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions. - Soccerinfo.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Detroit Lions were seen as the top contenders for Super Bowl LIX throughout most of the 2024 season, but a series of defensive injuries eventually derailed one of the NFL\u2019s most well-assembled teams. The squad that truly clinched the Super Bowl \u2014 the Philadelphia Eagles \u2014 achieved this through one of the most […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Soccerinfo.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-19T01:44:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_22172814.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"divinesoccerinfo.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"divinesoccerinfo.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"divinesoccerinfo.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f76d33a1d75741800760d3b780e9dd5\"},\"headline\":\"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions.\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-19T01:44:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":526,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/USATSI_22172814.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions. - Soccerinfo.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/USATSI_22172814.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-19T01:44:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f76d33a1d75741800760d3b780e9dd5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/USATSI_22172814.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/USATSI_22172814.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/19\\\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Soccerinfo.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f76d33a1d75741800760d3b780e9dd5\",\"name\":\"divinesoccerinfo.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/587c9e038d335f9d57920fcf31dc8f50237a7cf0ec12645a5b69ccf844eb198f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/587c9e038d335f9d57920fcf31dc8f50237a7cf0ec12645a5b69ccf844eb198f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/587c9e038d335f9d57920fcf31dc8f50237a7cf0ec12645a5b69ccf844eb198f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"divinesoccerinfo.com\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/divinesoccerinfo.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/divinesoccerinfo-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions. - Soccerinfo.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions. - Soccerinfo.com","og_description":"The Detroit Lions were seen as the top contenders for Super Bowl LIX throughout most of the 2024 season, but a series of defensive injuries eventually derailed one of the NFL\u2019s most well-assembled teams. The squad that truly clinched the Super Bowl \u2014 the Philadelphia Eagles \u2014 achieved this through one of the most […]","og_url":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/","og_site_name":"Soccerinfo.com","article_published_time":"2025-02-19T01:44:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_22172814.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"divinesoccerinfo.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"divinesoccerinfo.com","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/"},"author":{"name":"divinesoccerinfo.com","@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1f76d33a1d75741800760d3b780e9dd5"},"headline":"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions.","datePublished":"2025-02-19T01:44:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/"},"wordCount":526,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_22172814.jpg","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/","url":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/","name":"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions. - Soccerinfo.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_22172814.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-19T01:44:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1f76d33a1d75741800760d3b780e9dd5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_22172814.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_22172814.jpg","width":480,"height":270},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/eagles-emerging-talent-expected-to-leave-philadelphia-for-50-million-contract-with-lions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Eagles emerging talent expected to leave Philadelphia for $50 million contract with Lions."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/","name":"Soccerinfo.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1f76d33a1d75741800760d3b780e9dd5","name":"divinesoccerinfo.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/587c9e038d335f9d57920fcf31dc8f50237a7cf0ec12645a5b69ccf844eb198f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/587c9e038d335f9d57920fcf31dc8f50237a7cf0ec12645a5b69ccf844eb198f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/587c9e038d335f9d57920fcf31dc8f50237a7cf0ec12645a5b69ccf844eb198f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"divinesoccerinfo.com"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com"],"url":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/author\/divinesoccerinfo-com\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_22172814.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divinesoccerinfo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}