Kenny Golladay is gone. Marvin Jones is gone. Danny Amendola is gone.
For the Lions, that's 331 catches, 4,565 yards and 32 touchdowns over the past two seasons out the door.
Coming in the door: 108 catches, 1,801 yards and 15 touchdowns over the past two seasons in the form of Tyrell Williams and Breshad Perriman.
Detroit's two free agent acquisitions at wide receiver will join returners Quintez Cephus, who caught 20 passes last season, and Geronimo Allison, who caught zero passes last season after opting out due to COVID-19.
No wonder Jared Goff endorsed the idea of the Lions drafting "a fun toy on the outside" with the seventh overall pick. And maybe they will.
In a ranking of each team's top three needs entering the draft, Bleacher Report listed wide receiver as No. 1 and No. 2 for the Lions:
No, a typo doesn't appear in the Detroit Lions' team needs. The double-listing is simply a reflection of the current sad state of the Lions wide receiver corps.
It's a stark 180 for a team that boasted one of the better receiving groups in football the past couple seasons. Now it looks like one of the worst. In fact, Bleacher Report contends the Lions' receivers might the worst position group, period, in the entire league:
Yeah, it's bad. Really bad. As in, the Lions' wide receivers may be the worst position group in football entering the draft.
Fortunately, another deep class with ample talent near the top of the draft affords the Lions the opportunity to instantly upgrade the position.
So if we go with five position groups on offense -- QB, WR, RB, TE, OL -- and five on defense -- S, CB, LB, DL, Edge -- Detroit's wide receivers would rank 320 out of 320 across the NFL. Yikes.
Whether or not that's fair, it's definitely not final. The Lions will add more pass-catching talent in the draft, where the likes of Ja'Marr Chase, DeVonta Smith, Jaylen Waddle and TE Kyle Pitts project as top-10 picks.
This is all part of the plan for new GM Brad Holmes. He acknowledged in March that Detroit's wide receivers room "looks thin," but he and Dan Campbell are confident it can be turned over effectively in one offseason. Holmes knows it can be done from his days as director of college scouting for the Rams.
The Rams' top three receivers in 2016 were Kenny Britt, Brian Quick and Tavon Austin. Their top three receivers a year later were third-round pick Cooper Kupp, free agent Robert Woods and trade acquisition Sammy Watkins. They went from 31st in the league in passing offense to 10th.
"In 2017 our receiver room flipped within a year," Holmes said. "The Rams were able to add some quality pieces pretty quickly. To be able to follow a similar kind of blueprint, having the experience of seeing how that works and being involved in that process, Dan I feel confident about us being able to take a similar process."