Frank Gore may be closing to signing with a new team. Mike Jones of USA Today reports (via Twitter) that the veteran running back is close to reaching an agreement with the Lions. However, both Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press and Josina Anderson of ESPN tweet that Gore just arrived in Detroit, and his visit hasn’t yet started. We learned yesterday that Gore was set to meet with Detroit.
We heard in late February that the Colts were planning to move on from the 34-year-old, and previous reports indicated that the veteran running back intended to keep playing in 2018. Despite getting up there in age, Gore was listed as the sixth-best free agent running back in our positional rankings.
Playing in his 13th NFL season, Gore collected 250-plus carries for the seventh consecutive campaign. The former 49ers star ultimately started all 16 games for Indy last season, compiling 961 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 261 carries. Gore also added another 29 receptions for 245 yards and one touchdown. Pro Football Focus actually wasn’t all that critical of his 2017 performance, as the site ranked him 17th among 58 eligible running backs.
Gore would provide the Lions with another option at running back. The team is already rostering Ameer Abdullah, Theo Riddick, Tion Green, and Dwayne Washington. The Bills have also been connected to Gore.
Hopefully they’re drafting a RB or they won’t be having a 100yd rusher this year either.
They need to just draft a top RB finally.
We have. Ameer, Jahvid Best, Kevin Smith, Mikeal Leshoure were all 1st or 2nd round picks in the last 8-9 years
Ameer is pathetic. Best had huge injury red flags but had a high ceiling took a risk didn’t work out, saved his left. Leshoure was a beast that one hurts me most. In college he was great and I thought that would carry over. Got his first paycheck and smoked his career away. Sucks. The curse of Barry will fade away with Guice.
If the price is right, i would take Gore over most of the free agent running backs. Still, i agree they need to get a workhorse. Would love to see Guice in a lions uniform