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My own rule is that you can't grade a draft for 3 years. So - Grading the Detroit Lions 2020 draft Round 1 - Jeff Okudah D (I think having Matt Patricia as a coach hurt him a lot, we only got glimpses of his potential, I think he could bounce back in Atlanta Round 2 - D'Andre Swift. B If it wasn't for injuries, This would be an A+ Round 3 - Julian Okwara C He's only shown glimpses, but I wouldn't call him a bust yet. Round 3 - Jonah Jackson A A very very nice find. One of Quinn's best picks. Round 4 - Logan Stenberg D Even for a 4th rounder he hasn't been much. 4 starts. None of them impressive Round 5 - Quintez Cephus. F Had talent, but couldn't stay health and then he ended his career gambling Round 5 - Jason Huntley F 18 rushes in his career, for the Eagles Round 6 - John Penisini D (couldn't give him an F because he's a 6th rounder and actually played a little) Round 7 - Jashon Cornell F Played in 1 game I will give this draft a C+. Which is great for that regime. I will always feel bad for Okudah. He was drafted too high and played for a ****ty coach in a ****ty culture. Hard to shake that bad start.

I started a Live as-it-happens thread.............

I don't know, I think a live reaction thread should be it's own thread.

Well, maybe we should to the right thing and give PR a couple of Senators and a couple of House Reps. D.C. should have at least one Senator too.

Hates the media but can't control his craving for attention. Every time he opens his mouth, I love Kerby Joseph more.

Yes, this is the Osmonds. Hard to believe

He said "She's not my type". What I hear when he says that is "but it she was........." And he once mistook her for his own wife Marla Maples. So maybe she's exactly "his type" Did you "move on her like a bitch", Donald? Did she just let you?

He could literally stand there and say "I r*ped the h*ll out of her" and it would not cost him a single voter. After all, she's just a libtard woman.

Is Bill Belichick really the best coach ever? I'll make the case that he has not done anything without Tom Brady, even in mid career, when Tom went down in the first game for the season, that was the one year when they did not win the division (in Bill's defense they did go 11-5 with Matt Cassell, but finished in 2nd place). Plus there is another thing to consider. The cheating. We know he's been caught a few times, but to me, I think he was a serious cheater. I believe this because he got caught taping Bengals practices...........the Bengals were the worst team in football at the time. If he's cheating against the worst team, wouldn't it stand to reason he's cheating against the good ones? Plus there has been an issue with communications devices (QB headsets) failing to work at Foxboro. If the visitors devices go down, they have to cut off the home team's as well. But don't you think that the Patriots would have some sort of plan for that, a contingency because they KNOW this will happen in certain close games. Teams have talked about their headsets malfunctioning at that stadium and it always seems to happen in close games, too. You could say Bill & Brady needed each other, but Brady kind of showed that wasn't really true as he won a Super Bowl with a second-level head coach and offensive coordinator that might have been overrated due to Brady. Plus you look at the Bill Belichick coaching tree. Not very successful, in fact, wrought with failure, as we know all-too-well ! Bill is being watched now, he can't get away with the crap he used to and wouldn't you know, the Patriots haven't been very successful. Was Bill's genius his coaching or his scheming? (and I don't mean game-plan scheming). I am shocked he hasn't walked away yet. He's like an SNL skit, running on long after the joke was over. He's looking like Miggy last few years. The AFC East is licking their chops right now, ready to bury them in last place. It would take an epic failure by one of those teams to not have that happen. I think he's a good coach, but I think he's a bit of a fraud too. I think Chuck Noll was probably the best coach of all time. Tom Landry's up there too. Vince Lombardi's name is on the trophy, but his brief stint in Washington wasn't very successful. Noll took over the Steelers at a time when the Steelers were a very Lionesque joke and turned them around in 3 years and put them on a permanent path of relevance, long after his departure.

Alice Sweet has a question about her tomatoes................

Game Day Foley back out in the 9th.

Tork has figured it out

That's gonna be my nickname for him now. Game Day Foley.

It's Phillip Morris Night in Milwaukee, apparently.

When pitchers come back from TJ surgery, their arms are stronger than before and the breaking pitches will break differently and it takes time to adjust. I wouldn't worry too much, Spence was kind of expected to go through this.

I thought that hit over the yellow line at first

Oh, what's it matter..........the weather is going to be like this for at least the next week and a half. Why go out? Why do anything? This sucks.

Thomas has GOT to go https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-megadonor-harlan-crow-clarence-thomas-business-supreme-court_n_64483712e4b03c1b88c9cdbe

I disagree. Nevin can play defense adequately. From the numbers JH Malloy can't play third or left very well. So if he was to be called up it would be as a DH. They are pretty desperate for an on-base person, whether or not he plays the field doesn't really matter right now. Watching Miggy is sad. Hate to see him go out like this.

Well, hate to agree with Lynn, but Jose is 40 now. He made it. This would be an excellent time for the team and Miguel to come to an agreement - that back looks awfully sore, you might need to rest it for 4 months or so. I really want to see Malloy at the top of the lineup. Miggy is the one blocking him. A mild "sprain" would help both Miggy and the Tigers.

We were supposed to suck, so about where expected.....................Imagine being a White Sox fan right now ! LOL LOL>