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Jalen Carter isn't gritty enough.

They are not taking Nolan Smith. Either Forbes or JSN.

Carter or Gonzales.

To clarify Goff finished in the 20's among qbs, his rating wasn't in the 20's. Hurts ran for 750 yards last year, Goff ran for 73. Which was 3 more than Matt Ryan. And Goff had arm limitations as well. Right now Goff is in a great situation, so Lions certainly do not have to do anything. But situations change, and he will become more expensive soon.

Stroud has a better arm, is a better athelete, and would be about 33m cheaper for the next 4 years. Slightly is understating it a bit. Plus Goff would have trade value next year as well. From 2019-2021 Goff had QBR's in the mid 20's when the talent around him was mediocre to below average. Put Goff In a situation where he has to create on his own and he has proven he cannot perform. That said there is a risk involved with drafting any QB so I understand not wanting to take a risk unless they are super confident in whom they are drafting. And at 6 it's they may not be. I think they can win with Goff In the short term, it's just when they have to start paying some of their good young players where it may be hard to sustain.

It's hard to separate fact from fiction at this stage. Now Richardson is dropping into the teens as well as Stroud falling behind Levis. I think my favorite first round scenario is Carter at 6 and Robinson at 18, and i have no idea if that is even a possibility. I'd like Stroud at 6 but i don't know what to make of the bad score in that test the other day, plus the questions surrounding his leadership abilities. Oh well whatever happens the Lions are already a playoff team and will be much better this time next week.

The Alabama WR curse lives on.

If they wound up with Carter and Robinson, that would be 2 of the five best prospects from this class according most sites. That would most likely drive a trade of Swift out of town. i Was against taking Robinson but it appears that he may be the best option at 18. If he really is an elite RB it would be worth it IMO.

I had just purchased a brand new cherokee and was at the barber shop. I finished and went out and got into a red cherokee just like mine and started it up. I couldn't figure out why the radio station was on a religious station. So i started to drive a way and a lady came running up to me. I opened the window and she told me i was in her jeep. I'm like "what"? She repeated "that is my jeep". Sure enough I looked and right next to spot where i got in her jeep was mine. Not sure how my key worked in her vehicle but it did. I could see my barber laughing his ass off at the door. He reminded me of that for years until he retired.

That pick at 18 is a difficult one. Kancey doesn't seem like a 3 down guy like others have said. If they go DL at 6 it would be nice if one of the top 4 corners drop to 18, but they may not. The best available in my mocks usually are OT's. That will be interesting.

If Anderson is there at 6 the Lions should look at trading out. They have Houston and a stand up edge isn't a part of their base defense anyways. If they think he will be generational type player then you take him and adjust the scheme a bit. TE is definitely a need. With such a deep crop they can get a good one in the second if they haven't traded one of those picks away.

0 Tech is directly over the center. A 1 tech is in either A gap. Ndamukong Suh used to play this position with Lions a lot and blow up plays immediately. Jim Schwartz used to play the "wide 9" with DE's lined up outside the TE.

Who's the best Tiger named Tim? Tim Corcoran?

Agreed. Holmes has shown he can patch holes in free agency. Find the top level talent in the draft.

I am sure they are not banking all that money, so they probably have something in mind to spend it on. Chark hopefully and then maybe save some for after the draft to see what needs they may still have.

If you are lucky some day you might be too.

In 50 years of following the Tigers that is my favorite year. And they went 74-87.

Give Goff a clean pocket and he is a very good QB. The difference between Hurts and Goff is when there is not a clean pocket. And the threat a QB running the ball.

You don't think they are going to draft in the 2nd round a slow ILB because he is the correct height and weight?

At some point spending big on mediocre QB's is going to become an inefficient allocation of resources. Like Kirk Cousins, Derek Carr, etc. And maybe Goff. You probably can win a SB with them, but the rest of the team better be in great shape, which can be difficult when you are spending 20% of your salary cap on one player. That is the decision Holmes and co. will have next off season if they don't draft one this year.

When the defense improved for the last several games they were playing Buggs at nose and McNeil at the 3T. He certainly can play nose though

The dline depth chart I believe is: WDE -Hutch/Romeo, 3T -McNeil, Nose - Buggs/Jones, SDE -Cominsky, Paschel. A stand-up edge isn't a part of their base defense but that depth chart is Houston, Harris. Cominsky and Paschel can move inside on passing downs and they have a NASCAR package where they have multiple DE's and edges in.

Just need the Foo Fighters to come by on a flatbed now.

I don't think they will take Anderson, they just drafted 2 DE's in the first and second round in last years draft. Plus they just resigned Cominsky and have Houston at edge. Unless there is just too wide of a gap between Anderson and the next player on their board, and they can't trade back. Now with Carter probably off the board it looks a CB at 6 if they stay there.

It looks like they may be rebuilding the secondary room as quickly as they did the WR room.