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2024 Detroit Lions: Getting ready for the draft in Motown. (20 Viewers)
- Thread starter Da Guru
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bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
cant wait for them to burn that pick on a tight end!!!!Leroy Hoard said:
i think quinn n patricia are safe....one more year
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
They really need to let Detroit host the draft. Rather than hosting another Super Bowl and much more fitting considering draft day has been it's local substitute.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I think most Lions fans around here would puke if Detroit beat Green Bay week 17 and dropped from pick 3 to pick 7.
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I was really hoping they could get pick 2 and Chase Young but with Miami and NYG blowing their leads this weekend, that seems impossible.
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
As a Packer fan I would prefer to not see Chase Young hunting my Q.B. twice a year for the next 15 years. I would love to see him in Miami, the other conference and all.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Yes, that Miami game is a toss up. Outside chance of getting to #2, but it would involve a lot.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
"That would have been the popular choice, the popular decision, and we knew that," Ford Hamp Ford said".
In other words what we think means nothing to them.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
True though I don't think doing whatever the average NFL fan wants is necessarily smart.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
NFL teams love settling for mediocrity and doubling down on stupidity. It's what they do best. If the things we've heard about how MP treats the players and how much many of them despise him are accurate, it's going to be a long season again next year and he'll be out the door soon enough (unless Stafford playing lights out saves him).
On another note, it would be fun to see them give Sloter a shot at some point over the last two games. Might as well right? I hope it happens.
On another note, it would be fun to see them give Sloter a shot at some point over the last two games. Might as well right? I hope it happens.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
But... but.. the aspiration is to be a playoff contender! Not you know, MAKE the playoffs, even after Quinn said that 9-7 wasn't good enough. But contend! Be mediocre!
Martha started strong enough, but know she seemed settled in the Ford way of holding onto people too long because Stafford's injury is obviously why the defense sucked through 3/4ths of the season. So the Lions will likely settle for a change at D.C. with "new ideas" and the hopes that they don't draft a WR with their top 5 pick.
It's all the same thing. No new tale to tell.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
SOL, pure and simple, the hard-### ways of Belichick and Coughlin don't work anymore. The Patriot way is a fraud and these stooges he has all over the league cant coach.
Moonlight
Footballguy
Lions fans would rejoice. There would at least be hope. Strong Odds that Bezos couldn't do worse.
Synthesizer
Footballguy
The last 5 years sums up the Lions perfectly. They had a coach who was winning games and making the playoffs, but the GM fired him because he claimed the team was more talented than that. Then when the new coach completely tanks the next 2 years, the GM and new coach claim that they have been rebuilding. The Fords release a statement that their expectations are to be "playoff contenders" which is actually less than what the previous coach was achieving.
Moonlight
Footballguy
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Quinn was extended with Patricia was hired. They both got 5 year deals. That may have been part of the reason they are back as they would have had to pay both the remaining 3 years on their deals. Also the team will stay with the Fords forever!!
Lions president Rod Wood reaffirmed to a small group of reporters Tuesday that Martha Firestone Ford has no plans to sell the team that's been in her family for going on 60 years.
Wood's comments came after long-time Detroit sportscaster Eli Zaret predicted on his "No Filter Sports Podcast" that Bezos, the Amazon founder, will buy the Lions in 2020.
Zaret said Bezos has been to Detroit "at least twice under the dark of night to have serious conversations" about a sale.
"We’ve been approached about interest in buying the team, but there’s been no serious discussions and the Ford Family plans to own the team," Wood said, adding that there are "plans in place" for Ford to bequeath the franchise to family members.
Moonlight
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Well it was tight for awhile, but my Lions came thru as always. I can see a buckeye in their future.
The Captain
Footballguy
Boy do I hope that someone wants Tua so badly that they sell the farm to the lions at 3.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Dallas a big favorite to beat Washington, so a loss to GB probably leaves Lions with the #3 pick.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
I wouldn't trust Dallas to win any game right now. But even after fighting hard this week, you have to wonder how hard the Redskins will try when the #2 pick is in sight.
Still, #3 is most likely. #2 "best" case, #5 at the "worst". Packers should be aiming to stomp Detroit though. Even if GB wins tonight, a 1st round bye is potentially on the line. And of course, if the Vikings win, the Packers will need the win to be able to claim the division.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Is it the the thread title about selling the team to Bezos? I would rather the Fords keep and never win a playoff game than Bezos buys them and they win a Super Bowl.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Eli Zaret reported that Bezos was interested and reached out to the Lions. Given the Fords and Lions history of failure for the past 60 years he thought they might want to listen to an offer.Ilov80s said:
It looks like the Fords have no interest so they will keep the team in the family.
If the Lions could win a Super Bowl I would not care who owned the team..hell I will take one playoff win at this point.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Foosball God
Foos
Eli Zaret is still around?
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Maybe its because Bezos has exploited the #### out of his workforce and the government in order to build his empire, completely different from the way that the Fords exploited the #### out of their workforce and the government.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
wait.....what???Ilov80s said:
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I’m a fan of the city and the people of Michigan more than the football team. I would rather the team stay in Michigan. Same way I don’t want to see Bell’s Brewery sold to some Coors.
Foosball God
Foos
Where do you think Bezos would move the team? It isn't like the Redskins are going to let him into the DC market.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
The Redskins AND The Lions? Hasn't Washington suffered enough the last few years?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
It has nothing to do with moving the team. It's not going anywhere. If Coors bought Bells, they wouldn't move them either. That isn't the point. The Lions are a Michigan team owned by a Michigan family that spends and invests massively in Michigan. Local business is good business IMO. Amazon is convenient and I do use it sometimes but ultimately I don't think they are good for the average American worker. Ford isn't perfect, but I would much rather support the Ford family than the Bezos family.
Foosball God
Foos
When you said "you'd rather the team stay in Michigan", you really mean't you'd rather the owners be from Michigan then. You can see where I got confused right?
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Maybe the Fords could sell to another Michigan business. Faygo want a team? How about Kid Rock or Eminem?
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
fords aint selling so it dont matter....i doubt bezos would move them even if he did buy em
You don't have to worry about this as long as Larry is alive. And as far as I can tell, he's got his kids on board with the company remaining steadfastly independent.
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