A player who catches the ball from a long distance. A person named Donovan Peoples-Jones will play again for the Detroit Lions in 2024.
Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz said on March 16 that Peoples-Jones agreed to return to Detroit on a 1-year contract worth as much as $2 million. On March 16, Schultz reported that Peoples-Jones will come back to Detroit on a 1-year deal worth as much as $2 million.
Bleacher Report’s source said, “Free agent WR Donovan Peoples-Jones is re-signing with the Lions for 1-year, up to $2 million,” added Schultz on X (formerly Twitter).
The Lions think DPJ is getting better and made it a priority to keep him, even though he's only 25 years old.
The Lions got Peoples-Jones in a trade on October 31, 2023. Detroit traded a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for the receiver.
Peoples-Jones caught the ball 5 times for 58 yards in 8 games with the Lions. The Lions signed Donovan Peoples-Jones again. Last year, he didn't make much of an impact after joining the Lions. But Schultz pointed out that the team has a lot of faith in him.
Lions Re-Sign WR Donovan Peoples-Jones
Peoples-Jones didn't have much effect after joining the Lions last year. But as Schultz said, the team really believes in the 25-year-old.
It’s not very difficult to see why. In 2021 and 2022, Peoples-Jones passed the 500-yard receiving mark and averaged 15.1 yards per catch with 6 touchdowns.
In his first two seasons with the Browns, he had an average of 18.8 yards per catch. Then in 2022, Peoples-Jones caught 61 passes and had 839 receiving yards.
Recent years have seen more trades of this kind in the NFL. But it’s still hard for many players to join a team in the middle of the season and help out.
Peoples-Jones will have a chance to do better during 2024 after playing half a season in Detroit.
“Now back with the Lions for another season, Peoples-Jones has the chance to build a better connection with Jared Goff and maybe become a more important weapon in Detroit’s offense,” wrote SB Nation’s Pride of Detroit’s Jeremy Reisman.
In eight games with the Lions last season, Peoples-Jones played 72 offensive snaps and also played for 30 snaps on special teams.
Although Detroit didn’t use him as a returner in 2023, he has the ability to serve in that role as well. Peoples-Jones averaged 7.9 yards per punt return on 61 returns with the Browns.
During his rookie season, he also returned kickoffs for Cleveland.
Lions WR Depth At the End of the First Week of NFL Free Agency
With Peoples-Jones back in the fold, the Lions have four of their top five wide receivers in terms of yardage from last season under contract for 2024. The remaining question is whether veteran Josh Reynolds will return too.
Reynolds was third on the team with 608 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. He was also fourth for the Lions with 40 receptions.
Ideally, the Lions will find space for Reynolds under the salary cap. But Jameson Williams is expected to take a big step in his development during his third season in 2024.
With Peoples-Jones back as well, the Lions could be more confident they could overcome the loss of Reynolds. Detroit could also make a wide receiver addition in the NFL draft.
Amon-Ra St. Brown will enter 2024 as the top wide receiver for Detroit with 119 catches, 1,515 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns during 2023. He made Kalif Raymond
also had a good season as a second option and as a returner. 35 receptions for 489 yards and gained 75 yards on the ground. He had The fact Detroit focuses a lot on tight end
and running back Sam LaPorta Jahmyr Gibbs in the passing game also means that the team's secondary receivers are less important. LaPorta and Gibbs together caught 138 passes, gained 1,205 receiving yards and scored 11 receiving touchdowns in their first year as professionals. The other receivers currently in Detroit's 2024 squad include
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