1984Echoes

I don't think 1992 qualifies. We had a lot of really nice and/or great players... but with Fontes still the coach, we just really seemed to always be just squeaking by. And our QB's were always OK, but nothing great... Optimistic/ hopeful/ and even when we got Scott Mitchell there was some hope there (at least his first year or so before he imploded)... but I never felt the Lions were going to be GREAT!!! You felt that way in 1992? Wasn't Peete our starting QB at that point in time...? I don't think MB is all that closer with 2015... we were getting pretty good under Caldwell but I never felt a sense of greatness. 11 wins was nice in 2014 but... if anything, the closest I felt was after Schwartz got us to 10 wins in 2011 because of some of the great players we had on the team... but then we imploded after that as well... This just feels... more real, and more long-term competitiveness, at a high level, to me. I never felt long-term with Fontes or Caldwell, and Schwartz was suspect too after his and the teams' meltdowns in the 2011 playoffs. High hopes, but some worries... Just my 2 cents.

In every post you make: you continuously champion fascism. Russian fascism. So my conclusion is you hate America, you hate democracy, you want the Constitution overthrown and replaced by a dictatorship. Similar to Rusiia. I have that correct, don't I?

I think we had discussed this a few months ago when the question was asked where are we going to get additional lithium and these other scarce materials and we both answered that the materials are everywhere; the investments only needed to be made into locating and extracting these materials... and the answer was poorly received. And... Looky here... We were absolutely 100% correct. I never thought otherwise...

You really hate Ukrainians, freedom, and democracy... don't you?

Lions are looking good for the draft and looking good for this year... When was the last time anyone in Detroit thought we could be having a great season...? 1958?

I see I'm the 10th version of that so... a little slow to the game as I'm catching up here...

No... It says $500K TOTAL... in per game bonuses. I take that to mean he can earn 500/17 = ~30K PER GAME for a TOTAL of $500K. That's how I read it at least...

Any free agents anyone is still interested in...? I'd be interested in Marcus Peters as CB depth... I think he had a "down" year last year by his and the Ravens' standards but... I think he'd do great on the Lions, both for leadership and experience as well as ability... Just my 2 cents...

Then it's not GOT.

And Trump follows Cohn's MO, as he was taught... to the letter.

I definitely had this guy on my later round picks radar... 5th round...

I want him to do a Game of Thrones perp walk tour through New York City, San Francisco, Detroit, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Washington DC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and San Diego... Naked. Am I a bad person for wanting that (not to watch it, just to want it...)?

I want him to ask "Please can I get Russia?" He thinks (A) He can get a Trump Tower Moscow and Trump Tower St. Petersburg over there, and (B) MAGA will call him a martyr for being exiled to Russia and start a revolution in America to reinstate him as dictator for life. He can return in triumph. (at least in his mind...).

Great minds and all...

Right next to Nixon's Vietnam deal in 1968...

On board with that plan...

But not guaranteed the #1 pick. How I love the draft lotteries so much. We'll pick 4th.

They need to issue several hundred additional ICC warrants to anyone in the Russian command structure, from top-to-bottom, that did nothing to stop these war crimes... including bombing hospitals and civilian residential areas... so all air force and artillery command as well as ground forces commanders for the murder, rape and kidnapping crimes: https://news.yahoo.com/know-un-report-outlining-russian-175721375.html

Agree 100% And to RM's point on not relying on a rookie as the backup, especially Hooker with his ACL... I agree... But I also wouldn't exclude drafting one of them based on that reason. I'd be OK with drafting one of them if Holmes grabs one; but ALSO would still want a better backup than the Blough and Boyle show we were treated to last year. I have no idea if Sudfeld can actually play a decent QB since he's thrown close to zero passes in his career. Or at least not very many. But he's going to sign soon also... with us or someone else? If it's another team we are left with "nothing" again as backup QB? I doubt Bridgewater would sign here to be a backup. But great if he does. But seriously Holmes... wtf? You can't do the same thing as last year on a QB. And you even SAID so...

So true... So disgusting. Beyond disgusting. What words even exist to describe this behavior? Grotesque? Despicable? Contemptible? I don't know which one to use anymore...

In other words, we're in the same situation as last year when we had crap as our backup QB until we picked up Sudfeld, another team's wasted 6th round pick that was slightly better than crap? Holmes promised us better than that this year. To me, that means Richardson in the 1st or Hooker in the 2nd... right?

I think a warrant for Trump's arrest would work differently... IMO.

Good, put it on record... It says something at least... Rather than all the whispers in the international arena.

And ended up with significantly less than what the Lions offered...

I don't believe that he is. No thanks. I'd be extremely pleased with getting one of Anthony Richardson (I'll take the lotto ticket here... if Holmes decides he's the right guy), Bijan Robinson, Tyree Wilson, Myles Murphy, or Christian Gonzalez at #6. I would be extremely displeased if we trade up for Anderson, and it's not even close.