Lions roster construction: How Detroit is spending cap space on defense

On Monday, we looked at the Detroit Lions’ positional spending on offense. It came as little surprise that the Lions were spending a lot on offense—particularly at the running back and offensive line positions.

Now it’s time to look at the defense. Detroit has been criticized both locally and nationally for not addressing this side of the ball enough—particularly in the trenches. Let’s see how true that is by looking at Over The Cap’s current listings for positional spending broken down by team.