The Facts: The Lions have a little more than a month before the deadline to exercise their option on tight end T.J. Hockenson‘s contract for a fifth season, but General Manager Brad Holmes doesn’t need to go down to the wire on a call about what to do. Holmes told reporters at this week’s league meetings in Florida that he intends to pick up the option. Hockenson would be guaranteed a salary of $9.4 for the 2023 season under the terms of the option year. “He’s a big part of what we did last year,” Holmes said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “It was unfortunate when he became unavailable for us. He’s another one that we’ll be continuing to lean on this year.”

Diehards Line: As PFT notes, the Lions and Hockenson could still work out a contract extension ahead of the deadline, so the option might not wind up coming into play. Hopefully, fantasy managers, who will still have to make a fairly substantial investment to land Hockenson will get a full season out of him in 2022.