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I will never complain about an Oline pick.
They didn't overpay him though, that's the key. I felt the same way, until I looked at the details of the contract. It is heavily backloaded, with minimal impact in cutting him after 2015. His salary and cap hit for this season rank 17th and 23rd in the league. I would say Pettigrew, with his outstanding blocking, ranks at least 23rd, and probably better than 17th, in overall TE rankings in the NFL... not fantasy.
They don't really "need" a FS. Quin is slated to play the FS role in the defense this year, the "Ed Reed" role if you will. Ihedigbo is slated to play the SS. I'm actually excited to see Quin in this role, and while Ihedigbo might not be exciting, he is familiar with the defense, and working with Quin already to build their familiarity. I actually think they are okay at FS & SS for the time being. Long term they need a SS, assuming Quin succeeds in the FS role.
There's still hope as UDFAmatuski said:
You take him with the 10th pick in a draft deep of positions you need he better be a pro bowler in his first year. I am giving him or Meyhew ZERO slack, he does not perform from the very first snap he is a bust and Meyhew needs to be fired.
Maybe he finally got around to reading Waldman's upside down draft strategy? Come on, give him credit for zigging when others are zagging.The ineptness of the last three days is laughable. Virtually every pick was a head scratcher. In first three rounds you need to draft starters and contributors, not projects or talent with upside. Taking Ebron vastly overpaying, and for a position that should be no better than fourth on your priority list. The backup center and pigmy corner were horrible picks.
Mayhew drafted a punter in the 5th last year..a punter! There were no punters taken in the draft.
Yeah, not good. You have to be 100% sure a kicker/punter is going to make the team to draft them, doing a free agent kickoff seems to be what everyone else does.
In the 5-6-7 rds you take chances on athletes. The kicker the Lions drafted was not going to be selected by any team. Bring him in as a FA. There are many hungry unemployed kickers.
Yeah, I think Quin will be okay, even with the changes around him. Ihedigbo seems a stop-gap and/or the best they could do after losing Delmas. Past that isn't pretty. For CB, I think Slay is raw but talented enough to earn one spot. On the other hand, I'm far from confident that Bentley (or any other youngster) is ready for more than nickel/dime coverage. I'm guessing Mathis is there for leadership first and ability later, so if Houston's toe bothers him, there's going to be a lot of growing pains here.
Jimmy Graham was a 3rd rd pick and nobody expected the production he has provided. Davis took some time to get going. Ebron to be taken at 10 has to be a top TE from day 1.
The Lions again drafted a kicker that nobody was going to draft. Why not go defense and take a chance on "Gay Mike" at that spot?
The Lions again drafted a kicker that nobody was going to draft. Why not go defense and take a chance on "Gay Mike" at that spot?
As a long-time Lions fan (used to park cars at the Silverdome in HS), IMO getting Ebron exemplifies a problem the Lions have had forever: there is no over-arching, proven philosophy, strategy, then execution of that strategy in building a winner.
Right, he should have called him a bum, that would have been the "smart" thing for a HC to do.
Suh will walk over Caldwell. Suh has already set the tone by being the only player on the roster not to attend the workouts last month.
Once again, what should Caldwell have said? Until they get rid of him it would be stupid to say anything to drop his value.
At the last workouts when Suh was the only player to miss Caldwell should have said something like "Suh is an important player to our team,the whole team is here, we need him to be here" Short and sweet letting Suh know how important he is to the team and also letting him know you are not pleased that he was the only player not to attend. I would have left out the leadership part.
My opinion on the whole subject has always been is that if they want every player to show up at voluntary workouts they should make them involuntary workouts.
The CBA makes it hard to get these guys to practice and take part in anything more than they need to as it is.
I just don't see any upside in a rookie HC starting off on that note.
