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Scout what? The way he holds a clipboard?

If Holmes really likes a LT in the first round, he should draft him. Let him sit on the bench. The Lions have no backup for Decker so it really is a need.

The problem is, you don't know if Love is any good because he hasn't played. He would only play unless Rodgers is injured for an extended period of time or you bench Rodgers. If Rodgers had injury issues or was benched for being ineffective, then Rodgers wouldn't have trade value. The Packers have been Super Bowl contenders two of the three seasons Love has been in the league. The Packers have come up short in the playoffs while their 1st round pick has been on the bench.

Here's the thing with the Packers, they tried to get cute with it again. They traded up for Love 3 years ago. He has 83 pass attempts in 3 seasons and has an 0-1 record so he didn't even win the one game Rodgers missed. He's going into year four and Rodgers very likely will come back. Green Bay now has to decide whether to pick up a 5th year option on a QB who has started one game in three years. Wouldn't Tee Higgins look better for Green Bay? Whose going to trade for Love? Does he have trade value? I can't imagine a team would trade a 1st round pick for a QB who hasn't played in three years.

So far Holmes has drafted McNeil, Joseph and Melifonwu in the 3rd round. Two of those look to be solid starters. Your more likely to find players like a starting caliber guard like Jonah Jackson than a QB better than Goff. Even if the guard is a backup, he's more likely to get playing time than a backup QB. I would be willing to bet more QBs bust in the 3rd round than other positions.

Lots of people like to site the Chiefs so lets look at them. First off, Goff is simply better than Smith. Kansas City traded for Smith when he was 29. Goff is 28. After one season, they signed him to a 4 year extension. He played four seasons in Kansas City before they drafted Mahomes. He wasn't brought over to be a bridge. They drafted Mahomes when Smith was 33. I would consider signing Goff to a 5 year total contract right now reworking the final two years of his contract to create more cap space. That would take him to age 33. Around age 32 you evaluate if he is still the future QB and either sign him to another contract or draft your future QB. You can also consider 7 years with the final two years being non guaranteed. If Goff goes down for 6 weeks, you really think a rookie, especially a project one like Richardson, is going to just step in and keep you afloat? If your goal is to keep the team competitive for the playoffs, you sign a veteran. I don't think it's asinine to draft a QB 6th overall when you have a 28 year old QB is top 10. It's same old Lions to create a QB controversy and draft a backup in the 1st round. They draft a QB in the 1st round and that is an undeniable signal they don't think Goff is the guy and you create a situation like Goff had with the Rams. No team drafts QBs that high when they have a good young QB. This sudden backup QB hysteria is odd given Goff's durability and the fact that other teams like KC don't just go out and draft backups. My question is, how does this development work? What happens in two years if Goff is still playing well and the Lions are having playoff success? You pull the plug on Goff and hope the rookie is ready? It worked with Mahomes but man alive you better not go through life thinking you can just draft the next Mahomes.

So you draft a QB in the 1st round and Goff continues to play well, then what? Do you let him walk? You draft a QB, especially in the 1st round, if you don't think your current QB is the future QB.

I don't like these mid round development QBs because they rarely pan out and you have GM that is finding starter quality talent in the mid rounds. I would take St Brown, McNeil or Jospeh over Willis or Ridder. Like Mike Ermentrout once said, no half measures. Either you think Goff is the guy and you ride with him or you draft his replacement in the 1st round.

When Stafford was 28, he was worse than Goff and not many people were saying the Lions needed to draft a new QB. Well there were probably some who felt the Lions should have traded up that year to draft Goff.

But they have a top QB now...

Here's another narrative buster regarding Goff: "Goff led the NFL with 1,635 passing yards when blitzed this season. His 13 touchdowns were second behind only Patrick Mahomes (16). Goff had a 106.8 passer rating when teams attempted to blitz him." https://www.detroitlions.com/news/2022-position-breakdown-quarterbacks-goff-sudfeld

The Vikings drafted Kellen Mond in the 3rd round last year. He attempted two passes last year as a backup to the backup and is already out of the league. Really important Minnesota used a 3rd round pick to draft a backup QB since Kirk Cousins has never missed a game due to injury since becoming a full time starter in 2015.

Well one is the Lions and I'm guessing the other is the Packers as I don't think Rodgers missed a game.

A lot of people had Rodgers as the best player in the draft and he slid to 24. The Packers also had Favre who was very wishy washy and getting up in age. Favre was entering his age 36 season.

This whole need for a backup QB is one of the more bizarre twists of the offseason. The Bengals backup QB is Brandon Allen. A 30 year old who was drafted by Jacksonville in the 6th round and is on his 3rd team. Joe Burrow has had serious injury in his career. He's not even as durable as Goff.

Rodgers was backup for 3 years but he was drafted for the purposes of replacing Favre but you don't want to replace Goff. We need Richardson for those all important kneel downs and handoffs in blowouts.

The Lions top need, who at one point had a historically bad defense, is a position that played 9 snaps last year and didn't attempt a single pass.

So you want to draft a backup QB with the 6th overall pick? Richardson is going in the 1st round. You don't draft backups in the 1st round. Oh well guess I'll never know since you took your ball and went home.

Making the most money on a bad team isn't always the best option. Just ask Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson.

Sure seems like you are.

That's fine. You want to replace Goff with Riochardson but don't disguise it as the Lions need a backup QB.

Fine, then sign a veteran. You said to draft Richardson which would require the Lions to draft him in the 1st round. You don't draft a backup QB in the first round. You draft your future QB in the 1st round which means you don't think Goff is the future QB. Goff didn't miss a single snap last year. He has only missed three games due to injury the past six years. Backup QB is in no way one of their top needs.

The Jets are a team that's made for a veteran QB to walk into and succeed. I'm just leery about Brady. he's 46 at some point the decline is going to come and come quickly just like when Peyton Manning and Drew Brees suddenly fell off cliffs. I don't think Geno and the Jets would be interested in a reunion. I could see Derek Carr as a strong possibility.

That Jets rookie class is pretty good especially at the top. I really like what the Jets are doing it's just that Zach Wilson blows.

Ranking the top draft classes from the 2022 NFL season | NFL News, Rankings and Statistics | PFF Lions ranked 3rd. Kerby Joseph graded pretty well but there was strong competition at Safety this year. The Lions ranked 3rd without getting much from Williams which was expected and Paschal being injured.