Motown Bombers

Just keep drafting QBs. Eventually one is bound to turn out good, and if they do, keep drafting them because eventually you'll have to replace them.

When Alex Smith was the same age as Goff, Kansas City traded a 2nd round pick for him and signed him to an extension. It was years later before they drafted Mahomes.

Your logic appears to be to find a castoff QB like Steve Young or Brett Favre. Is there a QB that was castoff from his team, maybe one where the team paid a 1st round pick to make him go away? Hmmm can't think of a QB that fits.

All of them except for Bledsoe are older than Goff and Brady was a 6th round pick. That is such an outlier and no QB drafted in the 6th round has done anything similar. If Holmes drafts Richardson 6th and his 53% completion doesn't work in the NFL and Goff continues to play at this level for another team, then there is certainly a point. The Lions would be the Bucs in the Young comparison and the team that acquires Goff would be the 49ers.

I'm surprised Elon Musk hasn't wiped these tweets from the server yet. Guess the cat is out of the bag now.

Maybe you should think about the teams that let Young and Favre get away and how they didn't identify the QBs they had.

I was talking the Favre to Rodgers transition but yeah Atlanta drafted Favre in the 2nd round and then gave him away after one season. A waste of a pick.

Don't draft a QB when you have a 28 year old Pro Bowl QB. Brett Favre was 36 when they drafted Rodgers. He had flirted with retirement. Tom Brady was a 6th round pick who has a 3rd string QB. It wasn't some genius plan. The Patriots got lucky.

Glad you brought up Steve Young. The 49ers didn't draft Steve Young. He played in the USFL and then was on Tampa. He was then traded to the 49ers because Tampa drafted Testeverde. That worked out well for Tampa.

Well your welcome to leave the conversation then.

Or hopefully we have a front office who can identify the next Drew Brees. Keep in mind that Holmes was part of the front office that identified Goff as the best QB in the draft and traded multiple picks for.

Drafting a backup QB in the first round may be even dumber than drafting a QB for cap space. If you are drafting a QB in the first round, you are drafting him to replace Goff. Sooner rather than later.

And Goff has been resurrected but that's not good enough for some people.

Orlovsky was also drafted at a time when everybody thought they would be drafting the next Brady. What a time that was.

I mean, I originally said the Lions could have drafted Goff and not signed Stafford to an extension. It's a similar comparison but yeah they likely wouldn't have signed Kitna if they drafted Rodgers. Guess it's better to play in the fantasy world where the Lions draft Mahomes.

Holmes passed on a QB who was better than Richardson to draft a tackle.

Well this doesn't make any sense since Rodgers was drafted while Stafford was still in high school and Jon Kitna was on the Bengals at the time. When Goff was drafted, that a year before Stafford signed his extension. Think of the cap savings!

Brad Holmes was in the room that drafted Goff and the guy that drafted Mahomes drafted Baker Mayfield. Ligthning doesn't strike twice and the grass isn't always greener.

Once upon a time the Lions could have drafted Goff and played him on a rookie contract instead of extending Stafford.

Everybody thinks they are going to draft the next Mahomes.

Honestly, the Geno Smith contract doesn't seem that bad. It was a tough situation because you don't just want him to walk. It seems like Seattle tied themselves to Geno for two years at roughly the rate of the franchise tag. If he's the real deal, you have him for three years, if not, you're only committed to two years and Seattle is in good shape cap wise. Without knowing the specifics, I actually like the deal. I think the risk was worth taking. On a side note, I'm just surprised Pete Carrol didn't get more consideration for coach of the year. Making a star out of Geno Smith and getting to the playoffs when you were expected to be terrible, I think he should have got as much consideration as Daboll.

A lot of people suggested (not just on this forum) drafting a QB because of the cap savings. That's what started this whole thing about having to pay Goff $40+ million. It would be stupid to draft a QB for cap space. It would be same old Lions to draft a QB because you don't want to pay your QB. Like I've said, you get a temporary cap savings in years where the Lions have a ton of cap space. You still have to sign the rookie QB if he is good. I'm assuming we want the Lions to draft a good QB.

No it doesn't. You also have the option of not drafting a QB. If you do not draft a QB, you can save cap space in year one by restructuring Goff. If you do draft a QB, you basically take that option off the table and end up with more cap space tied to a QB in year one. Years 2-4, when the Lions have tons of cap space, you would most likely save cap space with a rookie QB. You get temporary cap relief at a time the Lions don't need it.

It's off the table if you draft a QB. Perhaps you should read the rest of the post. Retructuring Goff would save cap space in 2023 but it would commit you to Goff for two years. I'm assuming if you to draft a QB for cap savings over Goff you want to move on as soon as possible.