The Senior Bowl shined the spotlight on the potential quarterback talents available to the Detroit Lions in the 2022 NFL draft. But before we even get to the draft, free agency hits the NFL. It’s another potential avenue for the Lions to find their long-term solution at the most important position in professional sports.
Are there any veterans who will be available this offseason, either in free agency or potential trades, who the Lions could acquire? More to the point, are any of them viable upgrades over Jared Goff? The incumbent starter finished the year impressively despite a lack of weaponry, and Goff is also quite expensive for the Lions to move on from in 2022.
The list of available quarterbacks is interesting, but is anyone out there really better for Detroit than Goff is in 2022? Let’s investigate the leading candidates.
