The Detroit Lions are not going to sign veteran receiver Tyler Boyd. He agreed to a contract with the Tennessee Titans on May 9. But Boyd going to Tennessee could open another opportunity at wide receiver for the Lions — a trade for wideout Treylon Burks.
AtoZ Sports’ Mike Payton argued the Lions should strongly consider rolling the dice on a trade for Burks.
“I’m not sure that this is a problem with Burks so much as it’s been a problem with the Titans offense and their quarterbacks,” wrote Payton
Burks now finds himself as the odd man out with these moves. It’s a situation that feels reminiscent to the one that Josh Reynolds was in with the Titans before he found himself released and picked up by the Lions. The Titans aren’t going to release here though. A trade would have to be made.”
Although a trade would have to be made, it wouldn’t be an expensive one. Payton proposed the Lions send a 2025 conditional sixth-round pick to the Titans for Burks.
In Payton’s trade proposal, the Lions also received a Day 3 selection in return.
“If Burks makes the Lions roster out of camp and gets targeted 60 times in 2024, that sixth-round pick becomes and fifth round pick,” wrote Payton. “If he doesn’t, it stays a sixth.
“That seems fair for both teams. The Lions get a guy that could potentially play a big role in Detroit and the Titans get a good future asset if that works out.”
