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That really makes the regular season less relevant. All you need to really worry about is winning the division.

I think the Rams can get a late 1st for Ramsey. They aren't saving a lot of cap space so it's not like there is motivation there to move him. It would only be if Ramsey wants out and is becoming a locker room issue in which case you may want to be cautious.

It does change that because if you burn a 1st round pick this year on a QB, you can't just go to Goff next year and say yeah we always believed you were our guy, sign an extension. if Goff does, you then spent a 1st rounder on a backup QB. It's not a big deal if people aren't sold on Goff. It's weird though when someone wants to draft Richardson but doesn't want to replace Goff, essentially making Richardson the backup, but you don't want that either but backup QB is one of the team's biggest needs. That aside, I have a low opinion of Richardson because I think people are just enamored with his physical ability when he hasn't proven he can actually play the position. I mean it's cool he can throw a deep pass with ease with no pads or a pass rush or a covered receiver. It's like the Malik Willis tape from last year when fans through out the idea of him being drafted 2nd and he didn't go until the 3rd round.

Goff completed 60% of his passes on a 1-11 Cal team. Scanning that roser and it looks like the only NFL talent at receiver was Richard Rodgers.

If you draft him in the 1st round, he needs to be the starting QB by year 3. Goff is only under contract for two years and he probably isn't going to want to re-sign with the Lions because he has to constantly look over his shoulder. It would be the same situation as the Rams.

No see he's not saying to replace Goff but he's also saying to draft a QB but your not drafting him to be a backup. It's convoluted logic so tread lightly because he'll throw a tantrum and ignore you.

You're adding a backup QB with the 1st round pick. Same old Lions.

The young pre-injury Culpepper was pretty good. He really looked like he was going places. However Culpepper was a much better college passer than Richardson.

Culpepper had a 73% completion percentage his final year in college. That's 20% higher than Richardson.

I was thinking of the cap implications from the Rams side and not the Lions side. He appears to have an enormous dead cap hit. It looks like they could trade him for minimal cap space. It's looking like the Rams are staring down the barrel of a rebuild so they may not care carrying a lot of dead cap much like the Lions did at the beginning. The Lions could easily restructure his contract and Goff's to create cap space.

Rumors are Jalen Ramsey and the Rams may be parting ways. Not sure how that is going to work since he has an enormous contract but if he becomes available he becomes an interesting target.

I can't even think of a QB who was as inaccurate as Richardson and was successful. The closest one is Josh Allen who still wasn't as bad as Richardson. Michael Vick is another one and he turned out to be a 56% passer in the NFL. That was good enough when Vick played but this is a passing league and you have to be more accurate.

Hopefully that wasn't too obnoxious for you.

Guy who will shoot himself if the Lions trade up to draft a RB wants to draft a QB in the 1st round to be a running back.

LOL Justin Fields completed 70% of his passes his senior year and had a career 68% completion percentage as a two year starter and he still can't throw in the NFL.

Richardson is the Malik Willis of this draft except he played in the SEC. It would be same old Lions to draft a QB based on a skills competition. A college QB who completed 53% of his passes. Draft him at 18 but you're not replacing Goff.

I double dipped on CB. I don't watch a lot of college football so most were guesses.

More of the Lions past in case you were wondering what Joey Harrington is up to.

The thing with Calvin Johnson is she has tried to get him his money and he refuses to work with the team. Sheila can't just write him a check. I really hope Calvin Johnson goes away. He quit. He isn't entitled to that money. The Lions already paid him $113 million. I could care less if he is involved with the team. I don't watch the draft wishing Calvin Johnson was there to announce a draft pick. Maybe when St Brown quits at age 30 they handle it different.

Stafford missed the final 8 games of 2019 in which they went 0-8 so there was a built in excuse.

Sheila didn't take over ownership until June. By then training camp was getting ready to start. I think you have to roll with Patricia and Quinn and see. I don't know how much say she had prior, but if you let Quinn do the draft in 2020 you have to let him start the season.

I guess I feel in general that defensive coordinators are less important than offensive coordinators. I also feel Dan Campbell is a good recruiter and can recruit a good defensive coordinator. Even if Campbell was more involved in the offense, there is something good going on between Campbell, Johnson and Goff. I also think it's not going to be long before teams come for their position coaches to elevate as coordinators.

I have moved Levi into draft bust but I'm still going to give him every opportunity to make the roster in training camp. Paschal was injured for much of the season and showed some ability when healthy. I think he still remains an important piece of what they are doing.

I feel like Richard was linked before to Campbell and the Lions. I feel like he was a candidate for defensive coordinator or secondary coach. Those Seahawks defenses he coached were pretty good with a pretty dominant secondary. I'll be honest. Aaron Glenn is more easily replaced than Ben Johnson. I feel confident the Lions could replace Johnson but the chemistry between your QB and playcaller is probably the most important relationship in football. I feel like if someone offered a 3rd round pick for Glenn I wouldn't hesitate to take it. I would for Ben Johnson.