Motown Bombers

Glover Quin was taken with the 112th pick and DeAndre Levy take with the 76th. No need to draft LB or S this high.

Goff doesn't even need to throw it deep even. Williams has the ability to take slants or out routes to the house.

That's the thing, teams will drop safeties to cover the deep threat leaving the underneath open for Hockenson and St Brown.

Josh Reynolds averaged 16 yards per reception with Goff throwing to him. Regardless of Goff, whoever replaces him benefits from having a dynamic receiver like Williams.

He existed the last half of last season.

Certainly. When he had one in Brandin Cooks, Cooks put one of the best years of his career. A guy who get separation is exactly what Goff needs. He isn't a gun slinger like Stafford who can thread the needle. I mean, it's not like a rookie replacement won't be able to use him.

It's weird to me the same person who thinks it's a luxury for this team to trade up and get Williams is the same one who was more than willing to trade 32 and 34 for Deebo and give him a big contract.

Calvin Johnson was the 2nd overall pick.

Ok.

I can't believe there are some people who didn't want to lose the 66th pick. Kellen Mond was drafted 66th last year. Some of the same people who wanted the Lions to trade for Deebo didn't want to move up for Williams.

Should the Lions go after Lamar Jackson? He's going to be a free agent and appears unhappy with the Ravens. Surely the Ravens will franchise him at the end of the season so maybe the Lions can work out a trade similar to the Stafford deal where they send Goff and some picks to Baltimore on the condition Jackson agrees to an extension. The Lions offense will be intriguing for Jackson. A very good offensive line, two good receivers plus a potential third if Chark has a good season and they re-sign him, a good TE, and a solid running game.

If it weren't for the refs, the Cowboys would have accounted for the Lions only two playoff wins.

They may just put Williams on the PUP list.

It may even help Chark as teams will roll safety coverage to Williams to prevent the deep ball.

I think it's been reported that Williams was upset three receivers were drafted ahead of him.

The thing for me with Jacksonville is that they threw around a lot of money on good but not great players. It's really the same thing Quinn did but the Lions under Quinn were a lot closer to contention.

Here's another way to frame the trade.

When was the last time the Lions traded up like this in the 1st round? I feel like they traded from the early 2nd to late 1st to draft Best and I believe that trade was with Minnesota or to get ahead of Minnesota.

They're good receivers but they aren't game breakers. Williams when healthy has the potential to dictate coverage. Teams will have to drop a safety back to avoid getting beaten over the top leaving the underneath open for St Brown, Swift and Hockenson. He's a threat even when he isn't getting the ball. The Lions haven't had a receiver who other teams had to game plan around since Calvin Johnson.

Had Williams not left on a cart, he wouldn't have been available. Even a 90% Williams can probably blow the top off of most defenses. The Lions need playmakers. They still have a 2nd round pick to boot with the guy who has made a living drafting good players in the middle rounds.

I wouldn't say pissed but I wouldn't care for either move. I'm kind of intrigued to draft Willis at 46 if he's available but not as a future QB but more of a Taysom Hill type with the potential of being the future QB. The Lions could also be trend setters by going to a more college type system of playing different QBs. It probably wouldn't work but it would be an interesting experiment.

Let's draft the guys who were beaten up and diem the field instead of the guy who dominated them.