Lions re-sign DL Darryl Tapp

It's not whom everyone's waiting for, but the Detroit Lions have re-signed a defensive lineman.

Defensive end Darryl Tapp signed a one-year, $950,000 deal to stay with the Lions last month, NFL Players Association records show.

Tapp's contract includes an $80,000 signing bonus and, as a minimum salary benefit deal, it carries just a $665,000 salary cap charge.

The Lions have re-signed two of their 19 pending unrestricted free agents so far -- Tapp and long snapper Don Muhlbach -- but much of their off-season plans are still in limbo while they try to work out a deal with defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.

The Lions said today they won't use the franchise tag on Suh, at a cost of $26.9 million, but they still hope to sign him to a long-term contract.

Tapp, who turns 31 this fall, had 17 tackles in 16 games as a reserve for the Lions last year and helped out at defensive tackle after Nick Fairley suffered a season-ending knee injury in late October.

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