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I hope so, as a fan.As a realist, a Browns corner is not the answer to our horrid secondary. Wright had talent coming out of college, but he is a bust, he just is. He gets burned wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. Its not about picks or tackles, its about not getting burned, and the Lions already has enough players who get burned, why add another?
Burfict is a beast, but why talk about next year? If we got a good LB in this FA, we could be talking about this year. Thats my point. I'm sick of horrible seasons, and waiting for the draft.
Barnett tweeted the same thing 3 days ago. Jahvid Best responded with, "lets get it in bra!' Not sure what it means or how significant is or isn't.
Sounds like they are into cross dressing. NTTATWWT.
stand alone I'd agree with you. But a few days after asking for MM's phone # and after talks have been supposedly occurring? who knows.
I've been on here all off season trying to tell people that the best CB on the Lions was out all last year. They LOVED this kid last year before he got hurt. Don't sleep on Jack Williams either. Hell, I thought down the stretch last year, Vasher looked pretty darn good too. Spievey showed a lot of growth and potential for a guy who had never played safety in his life either. This secondary is better than it has been given credit for. Also, don't forget that the pass rush is the best friend to the secondary:In 2009, Wright's career year, the Cleveland Browns were 8th in the NFL in sacks (w/40.0).
No offense man, but you really don't sound like you know what you are talking about. You seem to think we are still in the Millen era. Nearly every move this regime has pulled off has ended up as a good one. What makes you think you know more than they do? They picked up Chris Houston, Lawrence Jackson, Alphonso Smith, etc. off the scrap heap and they were valuable contributors to the team last season. Who's to say these signings won't also be good ones?And passing up Prince A for Fairley proves their incompetence? Fairley was one of the 2 or 3 best football players in this entire draft. What makes you certain that was the wrong move?
As far as I'm concerned, Fairley was the steal of the entire draft.
Just read IND released CB Kelvin Hayden, who should be the top CB out there now. Anyway we have enough cap room to sign Barnett AND Hayden?
Seriously - Hayden would be just what the Lions need in a CB in terms of talent, cap space, but especially leadership.
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/3936/stephen-tulloch
Tulloch for $3.25m this season is a steal if he is anywhere near his 2010 form.
'Anthony Borbely said:
Even when we disregard Prince's lack of hip flexibility and explosion that made it easy for 17 other teams besides the Lions pass on him.Tulloch has got to leap to the front of the IDP rankings, going to rack up a ton of tackles behind that DT wall playing in the middle of that 4-3.Barnett seems inclined to hang around the NFC North, maybe so he can stick it to the Pack twice a year? I wonder if that's good enough for a discount?
I can't imagine Barnett still coming here.'Anthony Borbely said:
I agree Fairley will end up being a steal, but the Leos have to get a good corner in order to not justify taking Prince with that pick.'Anthony Borbely said:
This almost has to be a *wink wink, we'll work out a long term deal/restructure a few things kind of move otherwise you have to think he could have still gotten more elsewehere. All those idiots a few years back who were ragging on schwartz this team during the 0-16 year can eat a ####. Though they'll likely be riding the Lion bandwagon this year. how about that? The Lions are gonna have bandwagon fans!
Guess we'll have to see if Prince turns into a quality NFL corner before making that call. Put me on the minority side of the fence that's glad we didn't draft him.
This almost has to be a *wink wink, we'll work out a long term deal/restructure a few things kind of move otherwise you have to think he could have still gotten more elsewehere. All those idiots a few years back who were ragging on schwartz this team during the 0-16 year can eat a ####. Though they'll likely be riding the Lion bandwagon this year. how about that? The Lions are gonna have bandwagon fans!
Lions have been a hoorible franchise, but things change, lets hope the heavy roster turns it into wins.
No I agree, Prince may not be a stud, but he has potential to be better then any scrub corner we have....Fairley, i like him, i really do. But he can not play corner. lol
The Lions are not going to make any major changes to the offensive line this year. I think it will be a priority next year due to the age of Backus and Raiola. People forget that the Lions were 6th best in the league in fewest sacks allowed. The run blocking was not good for most of the year, but it really picked up at the end of the year. While the line is not great, it is certainly not as bad as some people think. Safety is also not going to be addressed in a major way. The Lions signed Erik Coleman and he is serviceable enough for now. Spievey could start depending on how fast he adjusts. He never played safety until last year and the loss of OTAs hurts his development. My gut says Coleman starts. He is not great, but he is adequate enough for now. I think you are really underestimating Wright. While it's true he struggled last year, let's not forget that he had 3 very good years prior to that. Also, as someone else posted, the Browns had no pass rush at all last year and that certainly doesn't help a corner. I am glad the Lions passed on Prince Amakamura. I thought he was the most overrated player that was drafted in the first round. That doesn't even factor in that we drafted Fairley, who was a top 5 talent and who I consider the steal of the entire draft. A sick front 4 is the best thing for pass defense. I still would like to see another corner signed, but I don't want to see the Lions overpay a corner just to sign one. If they re-signed Chris Houston and paired him up with Wright, I would be totally on board with that. Right now, I think Mayhew & company should get an A+ for what they have done so far this offseason, from the draft to the free agents...especially since they did not have a lot of cap room. They have been extremely smart in not crippling their long-term cap.
Bringing back a ton of memories - Singing that as a kid. I haven't seen a game in Det in ages! Love the Tulloch signing, the contract is even encouraging. A one year deal will put the onus on T to perform. This front seven will tighten up the run D and help the corners out a lot. This is better than Barnett. It's hard not to get excited seeing how this team is coming together. Mayhew and Schwartz deserve all the credit for this one.
I agree on almost all counts. I do think the Lions will bring in at least one more free agent O-lineman that can start. Backus still has the partial pec tear to deal with.Erik Coleman will be just fine in that defense. I don't expect to see Spievey this year unless Coleman gets injured. At this point I do see a Houston, Wright CB tandem. Detroit will probably bring Houston back on a one year deal. Considering the front 7, those two could both have career years. Whoever is with Wright, someone else is coming to town. To me Tulloch on a one year deal was a stroke of luck, but I'll gladly take it. Although since it was only for one year, I could see them still going after Barnett if they can get him on the cheap as well. Great front office moves so far.
