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Bloom, I agree with what you're saying here, but will the highlights turn into wins? I'm not convinced on this, most important, point.
I'm almost positive Millen is going for a WR in the 1st! Who knows he may bury his whole draft with wideouts! Remember all those winning organizations starting wideouts on the offense and defensive lines!! Those were the days!One more first round WR pick by Millen and it's officially his "shtick". I say, "Go for it!"
mike furrey had 90 rec for 1000yds and along with BMW they have enough to lineup along side roy. i'm sure johnson will be a very good WR, but there are other more pressing needs like OL, LB, CB, S, QB. a WR at 2 makes no sense. that said, i look forward to calvin johnson being a lion.
Oh, don't get me wrong. I wholeheartedly agree that Thomas would be a very nice pick. Trading down would be nice too. I'd like for Detroit to do any of those three things -- draft Thomas, draft Johnson, or trade down.
I'm giving it a "no way in hell do they select a WR at the 1.02 slot"
This could be said for BMW or Chuck Rogers when they were drafted. No way Millen drafts another WR in the 1st. They made that mistake before and have got to get some other things shored up. Their top 2 RBs, for instance have major injuries to recover from. Their O line needs help. Kitna is not the long term answer. Defensively they need some work. Meanwhile, Roy & Furrey look pretty stable to me.
Unless somehow they think Furrey or Williams is some kind of player. Didn't see much Lions action this year but BMW barely played and as far as I know Furrey is a retread who put up big numbers playing in a Martz offense. Not saying Furrey isn't a useful player but there's probably no way in hell I'd pass over a potential HOF caliber player just to start plugging in holes on an already talent bare roster. This is assuming my scouting staff has selected this young stud WR as the best player available.
To boot, if BMW doesn't do something soon I'm guessing he'll be a cut.
The Lions HAVE to be in some kind of DECENT cap situation because all their players suck.
You should see what they're paying Jeff Backus, Ross Verba, Fernando Bryant, Josh McCown and of course Mike Williams.Matt Millen's biggest mistake hasn't been drafting WRs high. It's been overpaying mediocre free agents.
Barry Sanders, Herman Moore, Brett Perriman, Kevin Glover, Lomas Brown, Robert Porcher, Luther Elliss, Chris Spielman, Bennie Blades and it all adds up to 9-7? So frustrating.If the Lions could have hired a real coach instead of Fontes, and gone after Warren Moon instead of Scott Mitchell, I think they'd have won a Super Bowl.
The Lions are projected to be about 24 million under the cap next season. This amongst the top 10-15 teams in the league....The Lions HAVE to be in some kind of DECENT cap situation because all their players suck.
You should see what they're paying Jeff Backus, Ross Verba, Fernando Bryant, Josh McCown and of course Mike Williams.Matt Millen's biggest mistake hasn't been drafting WRs high. It's been overpaying mediocre free agents.
I agree with you on Thomas, but if the Lions don't trade down, they may not have a choice and either move Thomas to the right side for a year or two, or move Backus inside to OG. Likely the first chioce would happen...I don't see the Lions taking a CB in the 1st. In the tampa 2, you don't need top flight CBs with elite speed. You need more physical CBs who are sure tacklers. The safeties ofte play the deep routes, so they have to be very good against the run and in coverage. I do see the need as you are saying, but I think we could get away with taking a CB in round 2 and on...good point though...
You are correct. Furrey becomes a free agent on March 2nd. The Lions tried to re-sign him before the season ended. Furrey wants to be paid like a #2 receiver and not like the slot guy.
Mike Martz is a great OC and an extremely horrible HC! I can't see anyone giving him the reigns again.
The last time I checked (five minutes ago), the Colts were still alive in this year's playoffs and have a chance to win the Super Bowl in a few weeks.I'm not saying the Lions should do the same thing, but having two great WRs is not necessarily a guarantee for failure (if you pick the right ones).
You forget how many teams are out there that are complete jokes who would give him a job:OaklandArizonaSaints (before this year)Tampa (Gruden on hot seat)Dallas (If Parcells leaves)Washington (hell they hired Spurrier)BrownsI don't see it as an impossibility he gets hired again. BTW, not all the teams above are jokes. Just verycasually throwing possible HC vacancies out there.SproutDaddy said:
True, the Colts aren't exactly NFL doormats, but I do think that keeping Harrison and Wayne was a huge blunder for them.I'm not saying that CJ isn't the best pick, but I think that if he's the best pick, it's for BPA reasons, not because 2 stud WR is generally a wise strategy. Put another way, if we knew that all of the players available at 1.02 (CJ, Thomas, Adams, Branch) would make the hall of fame, I'd clearly take somebody other than the WR, but if CJ is the only super-elite prospect, you have to take him.
