Motown Bombers

This would be a good time to draft a CB. The rookie would step in and be #3 or 4 on the team. You then sign either Mosely or CJGJ to an extension and elevate the rookie.

Also, Mike Hughes signed with Atlanta and the Lions have CJGJ who will probably hybrid between safety and CB.

They still have Jerry Jacobs and Will Harris.

The pick made sense at the time. The Lions had a need and Okudah was drawing comparisons to Patrick Peterson. I think injuries more than anything done him in. CBs just don't come back from Achilies tears.

The Lions already had the 3rd most cap space in the league. They didn't need cap space unless of course they are planning something but I'm not sure what that would be at this point.

Would have preferred to keep him for that return.

Can put the Okudah talk to rest.

Worth noting the one blue state on this list has loose gun laws.

Can't wait until Fox News plays video of the 1968 riots and talk endlessly about crime in Obama's Chicago.

They have it in the one completely safe blue state in the Midwest and not Detroit or going back to Milwaukee. I would have chosen Atlanta, Houston or Phoenix.

His 1st year was the COVID year where training camp was limited. On top of that he had Patricia as coach and injuries. His second year was completely lost. Last year was basically his rookie year. This year he is expected to be CB1. I think it's very likely his option is declined but I think there is some confusion. He is under contract for this year and the Lions have the 3rd most cap space right now in the league. His 5th year option is for 2024.

I'm not sure if Hooker will even be there at 18. I would rather use a 1st round pick on Hooker. If one of the biggest reasons is that coveted rookie contract, you will want that 5th year option especially since Hooker likely won't even play year one. Hooker seems like a good fit for Tennessee at 11.

The stars are aligned to draft the 4th or 5th best QB available. When you have a good QB, which I think Goff falls into that category, you hold onto them. I had the same opinion with Stafford. Like Brad Holmes said, it's a lot easier to get worse at QB. The team isn't at a point where you can just make luxury picks. They are a 9 win team and ascending. I see taking a QB is the same as prime Cabrera looking at a fastball down the middle for strike one. The QB isn't going to do anything for you in year one and you take a massive risk that he won't be worse than Goff.

Yeah but you can draft one now since QBs are more mobile now. It's the new trend. You're free to stop being obnoxious.

When the NFL replaces OT with a skills competition that involves the QB running a 40 yard dash, I'll regret not having Richardson.

You can still draft a QB but only if they run fast and are very inaccurate.

No, we can only draft QBs when we have multiple 1st round picks and an already established youngish QB who we don't want to pay.

Your baseball analogy makes no sense. Why is hitting a HR on a 3-0 count the equivalent of drafting a QB? Why not swing for a HR in Bijan Robinson? I was talking about when they drafted and then when they signed Stafford which was 2017.

We can only draft QBs now if we have multiple 1st round picks.

Can you assure me that a rookie QB will be nearly as good as Goff in 2022? Can you assure me that in four years if the rookie is as good as Goff he will not ask for a very large contract? Can you assure me that a rookie will not have a career ending injury? What I can say is that Goff has played at a high level like this over multiple seasons in the NFL on very good offenses that went deep in the playoffs. I can also say that Goff has been very durable throughout his career missing minimal time due to injury. These assurance are just silly. There's a lot more risk moving from a known commodity like Goff to a rookie. I never said anything about the 2015 season. I said Stafford was signed coming off a 9 win season. Your logic makes no sense. Because the Lions weren't stacked with picks and Quinn was new (Holmes only has one more year of experience) that the Lions should just say fuck it and give Stafford the largest contract ever. The Rams didn't have two first round picks when they traded for Goff.

The 2011 Tigers started 3-7 and finished the season with 95 wins and an ALCS appearance.

Well I'm sure the 4th or 5th best QB in this draft is more talented than our current QB who was drafted number one overall an scouted by our GM.

Justin Fields was sitting there for them to draft and they leapt out of their chairs for Sewell and now they are going to take a worse prospect at QB after Goff is much better than he was in 2020?

The college prospect is always more talented than your current QB.