Thats right folks, the NFL draft is creeping up on us quick and my Lions are quicly trying to forget our record setting year and an awful era in Lions history known as the Millen years. There is a new regime in Detroit (kind of because WCF just hired Millen's right hand man) and we have to hope the losing is done. We started by hiring a competant Head Coach, who then hired competant assistant coaches. I'm not sure but thats further than Millen ever got. To show the lions are a new team they are upgrading their logo for the first time in alot of years. Its not much different but I guess some idiots thought that on the old logo the dot by the arms was an eye and the two front legs were the mouth. I'm not sure which 1st grader thought that but I still dont see it. Anyways, there are rumors of new jersey's to come. Most of these suggestions are absolutely hideous and I will absolutely flip if they trade out the Honolulu Blue for some wannabe Seahawks teel. Others are not much different other than they have the retro 50's logo on the pants which is more likely considering the logo didn't change much.
Aside from the new look in detroit we have a touh decision to make in the #1 overall pick. There is alot of love for Matt Stafford the QB out of Georgia but I am not sold. I think he runs the same work out program as Phil which I like but I am not sold on his ability. He is one hell of a risk to throw $35 million garunteed at this guy. The NFL needs to change its rookie contracts because the first pick has become a burden more than a perk which makes it impossible to trade out of the spot. So since we are stuck draftin at 1 we should just take the best pplayer available, even if he doesn't play a position normally takken at pick 1 in Aaron Curry, LB from Wake Forest. He is an animal and would step in as the imidiate impact MLB that the Lions have been missing since the early/mid 90's. We also hold the 20th pick after raping Dallas owner jerry Jones in the Roy Williams trade. I am hoping with that pick we find a solid NT or CB. My dream is that Malcolm Jenkins falls to 20 due to his slow 40 time but with his cover skills I don't see him makeing it past 12 or so. That would leave CB's like Vonte Davis, DJ Moore, Alphonso Smith, and Darius Butler. If we go DT it will most likely be one of Evander "Ziggy" Hood, Peria Jerry, or Ron Brace. Then we hold pretty much another 1st round selection in pick 33 which will hopefully land us another starter. I wouldlike the other of what we don't get at 20 between CB and DT. Preferably Ron Brace here, the big NT from Boston College. We signed Grady Jackson to play NT but he will give us less snaps than Big Baby did, so a backup/future starter is a huge need. We also traded Corey Redding (although we brough Julian Peterson back home) so the middle of the line looks awfully weak at this point. With the rest of our picks I would like to draft some O-Lineman, especially gaurds, and hopefully a #3 WR and a pass catching TE. Then we can draft our QB next year once we have something that resembles an NFL team and will give a young QB a chance to succeed. So thats my quicky Detoit Lions pre draft analysis, let me know what you think or if you want more info on any prospect in this years draft.
Millsy, signing off!
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