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[Football_Guy]

I went through as the Lions and picked a player who went at that spot or as a lower draft pick. I made it so I couldn't skip any picks.

I'd thought I'd share it. It took a while, but I actually had a blast doing it! I'm curious to see what I could have done better.

2000

1-20 Chad Lifton T

2-50 Tom Brady QB

3-81 Shane Lechler P

5-145 Adewale Ogunleye DE

6-181 Brian Waters G

7-253 Shaun O'Hara C

2001

1-18 Drew Brees QB

2-50 Adrian Wilson S

2-61 Shuan Rogers DT

5-148 Nick Goings RB

5-149 Stephen Neal G

6-173 T.J. Houshmandzadeh WR

2002

1-3 Ed Reed S

2-35 Andre Gurode C

3-68 Aaron Kampman DE

4-134 Jonathon Goodwin G

5-138 Chester Taylor RB

6-175 Brett Keisel DE

7-214 Bart Scott LB

7-252 James Harrison LB

2003

1-2 Nnamdi Asomugha CB

2-34 E.J. Henderson LB

3-66 Jason Witten TE

4-99 Asante Samuel CB

5-137 Robert Mathis DE

5-144 David Diehl T

6-175 Antonio Gates TE

7-216 Kassim Osgood WR

7-220 Fred Jackson RB

7-236 Brendon Ayanbadejo LB

7-260 Leigh Bodden CB

2004

1-7 Vince Wilfork DT

1-30 Chris Snee T

2-37 Bob Sanders S

3-73 Jared Allen DE

5-140 Wes Welker WR

6-172 Jason Peters T

2005

1-10 DeMarus Ware LB

2-37 Nick Collins S

3-72 Justin Tuck DE

5-145 Ryan Grant RB

6-184 Cameron Wake LB

6-206 Jay Ratliff DT

2006

1-9 Haloti Ngata DT

2-40 Maurice Jones-Drew RB

3-74 Brandon Marshall WR

5-141 Marques Colston WR

6-179 Brent Grimes CB

7-217 Tramon Williams CB

7-247 Miles Austin WR

2007

1-2 Joe Thomas T

2-43 Sidney Rice WR

2-58 Zak DeOssie LB

2-61 Brandon Jackson RB

4-105 Le'Ron McClain RB

4-117 Ahmad Bradshaw RB

5-158 Nick Folk K

7-255 Pierre Thomas RB

2008

1-17 Chris Johnson RB

2-45 DeSean Jackson WR

3-64 Jamaal Charles RB

3-87 Jermichael Finley TE

3-92 Mario Manningham WR

5-136 Zach Bowman CB

5-146 Carl Nicks G

7-216 King Dunlap T

7-218 Peyton Hillis RB

7-245 Danny Woodhead RB

2009

1-1 Brian Orakpo LB

1-20 Clay Matthews LB

2-33 James Laurinaitis LB

3-76 Louis Vasquez G

3-82 Austin Collie WR

4-115 Johnny Knox WR

6-192 Myron Pryor DT

7-228 Julian Edelman WR

7-235 Jacob Lacey CB

7-255 Arian Foster RB

2010

1-2 Ndamukong Suh DT

1-30 Rodger Saffold T

3-66 Mike Williams WR

4-128 LeGarrette Blount RB

7-213 Kavell Conner LB

7-255 Mike Ivory RB

Here is the final (too-big) roster with starters bolded.

C Andre Gurode, Shaun O'Hara

G Brian Waters, Chris Snee, Jonathan Goodwin, Carl Nicks, Stephen Neal, Louis Vasquez

T Joe Thomas, Jason Peters, Chad Lifton, David Diehl, Rodger Saffold, King Dunlap

QB Tom Brady, Drew Brees

RB Chris Johnson, Maurice Jones-Drew, Jamaal Charles, Arian Foster, Ryan Grant, Ahmad Bradshaw, LeGarrette Blount, Brandon Jackson, Le'Ron McClain, Peyton Hillis, Chester Taylor, Danny Woodhead, Pierre Thomas, Nick Goings, Mike Ivory, Fred Jackson

TE Antonio Gates, Jason Witten, Jermichael Finley

WR Brandon Marshall, Wes Welker, DeSean Jackson, Marques Colston, Sidney Rice, Miles Austin, Austin Collie, Mike Williams, Julian Edelman, Johnny Knox, Mario Manningham, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Kassim Osgood

P Shane Lechler

K Nick Folk

DT Haloti Ngata, Ndamukong Suh, Vince Wilfork, Jay Ratliff, Shuan Rogers, Myron Pryor

DE Jared Allen, Robert Mathis, Justin Tuck, Aaron Kampman, Brett Keisel, Adewale Ogunleye

LB Clay Matthews, James Harrison, E.J. Henderson, DeMarus Ware, Brian Orakpo, Cameron Wake, Zak DeOssie, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Bart Scott, James Laurinaitis, Kavell Conner

CB Nnamdi Asomugha, Asante Samuel, Brent Grimes, Tramon Williams, Zach Bowman, Leigh Bodden, Jacob Lacey

S Ed Reed, Adrian Wilson, Bob Sanders, Nick Collins

 

[Alex P Keaton]

"as I was lying in a puddle, I think I may have found a way for us to get Bonds and Griffey, and we wouldn't have to give up that much...."

Interesting work.

 

[sports_fan]

You should travel back in time, gain influence with the Lions front office, and draft for them.

 

[WVU Alum]

You should travel back in time, gain influence with the Lions front office, and draft for them.

Wouldn't help. Somehow all of their 1st and 2nd round skills players would get hurt, their OL and DL would under-perform and they would lose all their high profile players to free-agency.

 

[Grimace59]

This is a fun post, and makes me think what my bears could have done differently. Got to love these what if type of drafts.

 

[Stinkin Ref]

thats actually pretty cool......

 

[Kwai Chang Caine]

I thought about doing this with the Birds. But then my eyes filled with tears...

 

[Michael Brown]

I did this for my Chargers once to see what I could have done differently to improve their 1998 draft.

1) Colts - Peyton Manning, QB

2) Chargers - ANYBODY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD BESIDES RYAN LEAF

3) Cardinals.....

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[fridayfrenzy]

20001-20 Chad Lifton T2-50 Tom Brady QB3-81 Shane Lechler P

I don't understand this or there is a mistake. Shane Lechler was drafted before Tom Brady.Either wait to draft Tom Brady cause he wouldnt have been chosen before the 6th round, or you take him as your first pick cause he is certainly more valuable than Chad Clifton.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

20001-20 Chad Lifton T2-50 Tom Brady QB

I don't understand this.Either wait to draft Tom Brady cause he wouldnt have been chosen before the 6th round, or you take him as your first pick cause he is certainly more valuable than Chad Clifton.

He cheated because for some reason he wanted both Brady & ©lifton. In a real "do over", of course there is no way in hell Brady lasts even to pick 1-20, much less 2-50. Which is the main reason I didn't find this thread particularly interesting.

 

[Football_Guy]

20001-20 Chad Lifton T2-50 Tom Brady QB3-81 Shane Lechler P

I don't understand this or there is a mistake. Shane Lechler was drafted before Tom Brady.Either wait to draft Tom Brady cause he wouldnt have been chosen before the 6th round, or you take him as your first pick cause he is certainly more valuable than Chad Clifton.

Yeah, there were a lot of cases where it didn't matter which order I selected players because the player would have been there later. So, it really wouldn't have mattered if I selected Brady before Lechler for visa versa.

 

[Football_Guy]

20001-20 Chad Lifton T2-50 Tom Brady QB

I don't understand this.Either wait to draft Tom Brady cause he wouldnt have been chosen before the 6th round, or you take him as your first pick cause he is certainly more valuable than Chad Clifton.

He cheated because for some reason he wanted both Brady & ©lifton. In a real "do over", of course there is no way in hell Brady lasts even to pick 1-20, much less 2-50. Which is the main reason I didn't find this thread particularly interesting.

Ok, you don't have to find this interesting, but this was just me having fun, so there's no way to cheat. And this wasn't about every GM going back in time and re-drafting -- it was I go back in time, become the lion's GM, and draft a f*ing awesome team. This isn't supposed to be realistic.