Motown Bombers

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

The offense was 5th in the league and Goff was top 10 and a Pro Bowler. Meanwhile the defense ranked 28th and for a stretch was worst in NFL history but sure we're in a situation where we can draft a QB. I would also add that Quinn was in his 1st year as GM when Goff was drafted and when Stafford signed his contract. They were coming off a 9 win season just like they are now so there was faith in the GM at the time. Stafford's contract was running out. He had two years left when Goff was drafted. Same as Goff has now. Stafford was the same age as Goff is now when Goff was drafted. Stafford was similarly coming off a good rebound season after a few sub par seasons.

Using this logic, the Lions should have traded a bunch of picks in 2016 for Goff, sat him in 2016 behind Stafford, and then traded Stafford before the 2017 instead of signing him to an extension. Rinse and repeat with Goff in 2018. Got to have those rookie contracts.

The being cheap at the most important position on the field is another of my favorites.

I old enough to remember another Lions QB who supposedly couldn't beat good defenses.

Goff also made multiple Pro Bowls and a Super Bowl before coming to the Lions so his body of work isn't just a half of season with the Lions.

So which half was the easy half? Goff posted a 99.9 QB rating in games 1-4, 81.9 in games 5-8, 104 in 9-12, and 107 in 13+. Games 5-8 he had some real clunkers against the Patriots and Cowboys but had a really good game against Miami and a meh game against Green Bay than he won. Seems like it came down to two bad games. Seems like the argument that Goff was bad in two games so we should draft a QB is not a good one. Meanwhile Anthony Richardson had 4 games where he completed 60% of his passes but he runs fast.

I like the argument because the Lions won't be drafting this high because they have a good QB and will be winning games so they won't be drafting high to draft a QB.

Goff has an optics problem. The way he departed the Rams he had a lot of labels and some people made up their mind in 2021 on Goff. No way there would be a pro Richardson crowd if he didn't have all the athletic measurables. I would love to see the person who would be a pro 53% pocket passer.

It's not that Calvin Johnson retired, it's that he still expects to get paid and acts like a petulant child over it. Calvin Johnson decided to take the huge contract WCF and the god forsaken franchise offered him instead of doing what Suh did and sign elsewhere.

I read again what the Lions did to Charles Rogers and it makes me even madder at Calvin Johnson. The Lions filed a grievance with Rogers for violating his contract for being suspended for drugs, drugs in which the Lions team doctors gave him. They took him to court and won a $6.1 million judgement. Johnson, meanwhile, had $113 million in career earnings, was the highest paid receiver ever at the time, and quit in the middle of the contract and thinks he's entitled to money he didn't earn. He can get lost.

Buzz on Twitter right now there is an active shooter at the University of Oklahoma.

Jesus, they keep making it worse.

There's literally nothing Democrats can do.

I don't get invited by anybody to Easter anymore since I refer to it as walking dead day and watch The Walking Dead during Easter.

I haven't seen Dolly Parton say anything about the Tennessee three yet. I wonder if she does speak out critically, will the Republicans retaliate against Dollywood like Desantis did with Disney?

I don't know, the Titans look like they are staring down a rebuild. DT tend to age better than other positions so he will likely still be highly productive at the end of the contract when the Titans are coming out of a rebuild but he also could have been a trade chip to get a QB.