Julius Jones visited the Lions Tuesday and left without a contract. On Wednesday, he tripped to Tennessee, and according to several reports was scheduled to be in Seattle Thursday. He's the top running back left on the market and as such might be a little pricey for the Lions.

That's fine. With the draft so deep at running back, giving anything more than $2 million per season into a vet like Jones doesn't make sense unless you intend for that player to be around long term, and the ex-Cowboy sounds more like a complimentary piece.

There's plenty of similar runners still on the market, including Chris Brown, who played the last five seasons in Tennessee. The Lions talked with Brown's agent, Ryan Morgan, earlier this week and agreed to stay in touch in the near future. Brown visited Detroit last year and enjoyed his trip. He's not likely to come back again, but the Chicago native knows the potential opportunity that awaits in Detroit.

To be clear, Jones is still an option but the Lions don't appear to be in any hurry to sign a back, at least not until the prices come down. In all likelihood they'll add someone at the position, but they might not fill the need until draft day.