NFC North notes: Lions, Vikings, Packers

Feb 17 2018 by Yardbarker: Green Bay Packers

The Lions should use the franchise tag on Ziggy Ansah, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press argues. Ansah’s injury history is troubling, but he is the Lions’ top pass rusher and the team cannot risk losing him to free agency, in Birkett’s opinion. The projected ~$17.5MM tag for defensive ends is not cheap, but it would give the Lions several months to hammer out a long-term deal with the 28-year-old (29 in May).Over the last two seasons, Ansah has spent 25 of a possible 32 weeks...
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