Quote:Bullseye, last March,  the Lions signed Stefan Charles to 1 year contract with incentives after the Bills decided not to tender him as a RFA because of their salary cap situation at the time and their depth at DT.

 

My expectations were pretty high for Charles after watching him playing closely in 2014 when the Bills came back to upset the Lions.

 

Overall,  I was disappointed with the results from Charles in 2016,  though in fairness to him he was playing in a different scheme for the 3rd straight season and he did improve prior to a season ending knee injury in the MNF loss at Dallas.

 

The knee injury looked like a major one.  Until proven otherwise,  that's the # 1 concern with Charles.  It wouldn't shock me if he started training camp on the PUP list.  Hopefully,  the injury was less serious than it looked.

 

Charles is powerful but he needs to continue to work on his techniques.  Including staying low consistently.   Being that he played his college ball in Canada,  he's not as developed as most players that completed 4 NFL seasons.  I wish him well in Jax!