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And for simply reporting the truth. We should kick them out of the UN Security Council. Too late... we let Putin take over the "presidency" of the UN Security Council. WTF?!?!?!

Positioning = rookie mistakes. Get that out of his system this year so he'll do better next year...

Skating? Or Simon is getting out-physicaled...?

The flipside to that was that he also tended to maintain control of the puck versus getting knocked off the puck/ or was able to find holes to skate through... we'll see how that fares in the NHL when he gets his chance up there... most likely next year though, not this year.

Replacement level player. And frustrating one at that... Hope Springs Eternal!!!

It's going to come down to lotto luck this year though. Which I absolutely hate. Otherwise... they are picking 7th or 8th - good player range but not in top 3 talent range...

Well... They are doing their best!!!

Smart choice to just get the vaccine. But then... Canadiens are smarter than Americans, right? Wouldn't you agree? 😉

Yes. And the loud-mouthed A-Hole Anti-vaccers dominating the headlines would certainly make an impression on both the uninformed and on Dems in particular... who knew the Anti-vaccers were just playing stupid political games with a pandemic. Anti-vaccers are at 50% hospitalization risk because of no vaccinations...? Seems absolutely reasonable to me.... and I'm an Independent. Now I didn't verify anything... but that seems like a good guess.

Basically this is a graph... Of a poll... Of everyone's WAG. It says nothing whatsoever about how well-informed a person is, or not. That's just a guess on your part, that a Dem wasn't properly informed. This is not a poll of who was well-informed, who was misinformed, who was doing the informing. It's peoples' perceptions. And since the loudest voices were Republican F.U. Vaccine (& FU Democrats) voices, and people knew that the aged were getting hammered... That seems like not a bad guess for someone who is not analyzing a table of actual results/ risks/ exposures/ hospitalizations, etc... If I had to WAG, I'd say 50% of the unvaccinated were a hospitalization risk as well. Just on a WAG.

I've done this at least a few times as well... I don't know why I keep confusing Hanas and Mazur but... I have...

Sounds like you're just making shit up. IMO. Respectfully.

But that hasn't translated to the NHL yet and he's running out of time.

FTFY. (PS: maybe everything blows up all to hell this year and we drop to 58-ish wins. But that's predicting absolutely everything to go bad that could possibly go bad, worse than even last year in which this did occur; and is a definite ANOMALY prediction and not a "logical" expected outcome...)

I went with .500 early on and I'm still going to stick with that... But 75-ish wins, plus or minus a few... is probably a lot more realistic. I'd be extremely pleased if we got to 75 or better as, IMO, quite a lot of things would have to go right for us to hit that mark.

That, and IIRC... I mean correct me if I'm wrong... But both Campbell and Holmes have stated that they pay attention to positional value. And Guards are not 1st round positional value unless it's at the end of the first and some dominant guard. I also believe they've stated numerous times, that they use the top of the draft to hunt for playmakers and/or game-breaking playmakers. That means OT's, QB's, pass-rushers, WR's, CB's, and RB's. And because this game has devalued RB's so much, probably not RB's either. But these are Holmes/ DC's OWN WORDS... and I think that Holmes is a... Man of his Word. 😉

I just said that I am not RELYING on any janky draft sites... I am RELYING on Holmes/ Campbell's stated draft philosophies/ actual draft history/ actual scouts and interviews and visits with players, etc... The only ACTUAL thing I may rely on, and this also would be a Holmes/ Campbell thing... is if they had this so under wraps that they were actually interested in Sko and scouting him but nothing publicly, like public interviews/ visits. Certainly NOT that, oh, Birkett & Rogers mocked him so they must be interested in him. No, their mocks don't hold water. IMO. However... the "possibility" that the Lions were hiding/ disguising their interest is a much more credible take to me, if that was the direction they were going.

And I'm not RELYING on them. They are a simple counterpoint to your mocks. Also... Wait, what were you saying about PFF, that it's not a credible talent evaluator? That you've never heard of them? I can assure you PFF is a better talent evaluator than Birkett or Rogers. I am RELYING on what Holmes/ Campbell say and do. I am relying on multiple sources, including talent evaluators and NFL scouts who flat-out state that Sko won't cut it as an OT in the NFL that he'll be a guard. Jason R is speculating that Sko will be a multi-year Pro-Bowl RT? Talk about blowing smoke up peoples' ass... And as for Birkett/ Rogers... sure... the Lions aren't going to release their draft strategy to the public because they very well could lose a guy that they are targeting but hey... (whisper, whisper, whisper... let's LEAK this to Birkett and Rogers because that is an AWESOME draft strategy!!!) Again... this is your source? Beat writers, who if they leaked team strategy to the public that was under wraps, would have their access...? The team finds out who leaked proprietary strategy that they absolutely want kept under wraps and... what happens to that person? That makes TOTAL sense to me. So yeah... good work there guys.

PS: That's not smoke. That's Birkett blowin' smoke up everyone's ass... Which does NOT count as smoke coming from the Lions. Don't you guys know the difference?

Complete and total speculation with no evidence whatsoever of any ACTUAL Lions actions. I'm done. You guys got nuthin'. Absolute Nuthin'.

If I had to rank them: 1) 3-tech DT. 2) RB 3) CB 4) LB 5) WR 6) Backup QB 7) Backup OL 8 ) Safety? TE? Just guessing on need/ rank... and I think these have nothing to do with when a guy/ position is drafted by the Lions... WR could easily be a 1st rounder and RB a 3rd rounder... I think OL, TE, Safety, and LB'er are not 1st round considerations... but that's just me...

PS: I would list their needs as (not in any order): a) 3-technique DT (they have run-stuffers at DT but no one as a pass-rusher from the inside which is why I am limiting it to a 3-DT...). I would also list a DE that can swing into the 3-tech spot on passing downs as a possibility... I don't think DE is a need but the right guy who can play all over the D-Line I think would be considered. Not two D-Lineman, but 1 who fits either definition... IMO. b) X-Receiver - I think any round could be a consideration... c) Backup QB, if they decide to draft one, or better if they wanna go after an AR or Levis... But unknown as to their actual priority here... Could end up with nothing from the draft here...? we'll see. d) Backup O-lineman... could be just about anything as I opined above... e) A CB to develop? For depth... I think so at the very least. A lot of good ones in this draft so... one would think. f) Depth Safety? Maybe...? g) RB - Swift's health is just too spotty to rely on. I think a backup RB is a must. Round could be anything from the 1st to the 6th so wide open IMO... h) LB'er - I'm looking for a coverage LB'er... the LB corps seems weak so one would think at least one gets drafted... i) TE? I don't really see a huge need here but everyone else seems to think it's a need so I'll just list it here... I have no idea what DC/ Holmes think...

I don't think it's RG-Only anymore as they have both Glasgow and Vatai. I think they'll still draft at least one O-Lineman but it will be someone who can play multiple positions... OG & C, or both LT & RT, or T&G. I mean, they are looking at Avila (likely 2nd round Guard) and I don't know what the other mid-round lineman can do that they've brought in... But let's say Vatai gets hurt and Glasgow takes over... need another Glasgow type if that happens. The guy I like in that vein is Joe Tippman, who can play all over the line, has started at Center and Guard... etc. Or, they draft Avila in the 2nd and if Vatai goes down they try out Avila first as a starter before resorting to Glasgow...? Just speculatin'...

Mock drafts? That's your source? How about Holmes/ Campbell's ACTIONS? How about Holmes STATEMENTS and past draft history? Don't you think that's a BETTER source than some mock drafters from the News & Free Press? I mean, seriously, that's IT? I don't need to write any letters to any editors... Anyone who RELIES on mock drafters is entirely laughable in its own right and doesn't even deserve a response... So that's it for me. This entire discussion is beyond laughable... to me.

PS: The Lions have had or will have SIX O-Lineman in for visits. NONE of them are 1st round rated. All are 2nd/ 3rd round guys. Wanna find me some smoke... somewhere, ANY where? That makes anyone think the Lions are considering a 1st round O-Lineman? I'm waiting....