Hongbit

This is an article on the Eagles approach to the deadline. These teams are very similar in both talent and current goals. The approach taken at the deadline by their GM was very different. Definitely worth a read to understand the thinking behind a team that took another route than Brad. It also goes into the tactic of being able to acquire players without actually losing any draft capital. Very shrewd way of working the deadline. https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardmegdal/2025/11/06/how-philadelphia-eagles-howie-roseman-won-the-nfl-trade-deadline/

Not a single person in this thread has ever suggested the Lions trade for Cam Robinson.

I really hope this young roster is ready for the all out intensity of something as important as The NBA CUP!!! In addition to the money, the winning team this year gets to have their least favorite beat writer killed.

I disagree with pretty much all of this but that’s ok. It’s your opinion and it’s not wrong but a different way of looking at the same thing. I don’t for one second question Brad’s desire to win and to win now. I have a little different opinion on his decision to roll with what they have as the choice to improve. I don’t think it’s improving. Miles Frazier has not done anything since being drafted. The 3 day Rookie minicamp is all that he’s done. He’s a green as they come. I’m not sure you can count on him to even be on an active gameday 48, much less actually play. That seems like a massive reach. We will see. As I said earlier, it’s very possible they don’t need to improve and what they have is good enough. I think it could be, assuming nobody else gets injured on OL or god forbid #97 is unable to go for any period of time. We will see. Maybe it’s because of the market but he’s left the team without any safety nets and they are very vulnerable at a few key positions. It may turn out to be a calculated risk that turns out perfectly but end of the day it’s his call and his ass on the line. We will see.

I’m not blaming Holmes for not making a move but I don’t think he deserves any praise for not making any. He has his reasons and they very well may be justified but it’s a bottom line job, and the bottom line is that he chose to not improve this team.

Teams rarely made trades during the season. It’s only a recent phenomena where a bevy of trades happen in year. I wouldn’t have traded a first for any interior lineman. Maybe not as much as most of the league, first round picks still have lots of value for the Lions. You don’t just give them away for a player that’s worth a 3rd or 4th. Thats not smart business for the future.

My prediction is the Mets making an offer that Scott can’t refuse this winter. They probably will bicker forever about Nolan McLean. Scott will stand firm. The Mets will stand firm and eventually counter with way more than they should to keep McLean out of it. Mets won’t treat this as a rental deal. Steve Cohen would make the deal knowing that he’ll pay whatever Boras wants in FA. Cohen’s ego is so big that he can’t even imagine losing Skubal in a money deal. He may even make an offer so over the top before FA that Boras has no choice but to sign it and not take Skub to market.

It’s week 10. Not week 17. A few of those teams with question marks will likely have solved them and be playing at a contender level. A few of them will not and will stumble in and then out of the playoffs. Depth on both lines was a lingering problem last year and eventually played a big part in the Lions elimination. They haven’t really solved this problem and I hope it doesn’t bite them again.

All those teams are out of it and sold other players. Not a stretch to assume a good offer gets it done. None of these guys were worth a late first but we had other picks that could’ve got it done. I do think there’s some credence to the point that bad teams are a little less likely to weaken their lines in an attempt to protect their young QB’s.

That’s very possible. That would suck to lose them. I’d be willing to take that risk if Branch, Laporta, and let’s say Maxx Crosby got them to the Super Bowl this year or next.

I would have 100% traded 2 firsts for a player that is all pro level. I’m not sue that would’ve been Sauce Gardner. I would’ve done it for Maxx Crosby or Trey Hendrickson. I would trade 3 firsts and even more later round picks for Myles Garrett.* *I’m confident that Brad and Co. are so good at drafting and managing the cap, they could do what nobody has ever done before and figure out how to have 2 DE paid that much and still keep a championship contender under the cap. As for iOL - Saints Cesar Ruiz, Wyatt Teller and Joel Bitonio from the Browns, John Simpson from the Jets are just a few that would’ve been available for draft picks the Lions wouldn’t have missed.

Thinking they didn’t have a potential problem because mid-season stats were good has been the demise of many very talented teams. You have always got to be trying to get better. I do agree that the coaches need to get better. The screens are perfect when you call them into a blitz. Jared and Morton need to do a better job of getting them in and out of these plays at the right time. Flores had their number on Sunday. He was like a hot roller at the craps table.

This is not the proper response. You are supposed to say the left only won because Trump wasn’t on the ballot and then post a horrific 9/11 meme with a crossed out never forget.

He was someone’s base coach right now. Maybe the Cubs

I remember his name is pronounced like the nuclear weapon and not the breakfast area.

I’m not telling anyone who thinks differently, they are wrong. They aren’t. I’m not wrong either. They are just a different opinions on subject whose answer looks like it will never be known. {I really hope it does get answered and I turns out I was wrong}

Remember when the Rams traded for Von Miller at the deadline and he they went on to win the Super Bowl and he was the MVP?

I’d argue the Lions need think more about winning a Super Bowl right now and less about what future roster needs may or may not be.

This team is a Super Bowl contender right now. They are not that far away. They had the opportunity and the resources to get better today. They chose to stand pat. They could’ve taken a shot on someone today and not sell away any part of their future. This is such a talented roster with much of the core locked up. They have a unique advantage of not needing late first and second round picks nearly as much as many other teams. These picks are a commodity that the rest of the league need to value much more than the Lions. It can be great advantage to cash in some of this equity now rather than making picks in April. Both Dallas and Indy overpaid today and also used picks they really shouldn’t be getting rid of. I’m not saying the Lions should’ve made either of those trades but the Lions aren’t in the same position as those teams. I’m sure they found the asking price much too high but they could’ve easily afforded losing those picks for different players that met their needs.

Maybe they won’t even need to use a draft pick to find their QB

I was wrong to call him young but he hasn’t played a full time role like this in over 5 years.

Not deep enough at Edge. Muhammad has been nice overall but he’s still a young player and we will see if he can maintain consistency all year. It’s a long season and teams scout you differently when you have tape and play well. I don’t see Davenport as reliable even if he’s back and “healthy”.

Maybe. The public doesn’t really know what was offered and who was really available. Technically, every player in the league is available if someone wants to grossly overpay and make a ridiculously one sided deals

I respectfully disagree they don’t need help on DL. They need another Edge which I still refer to as part of the DL. I have no knowledge of what is out there or what the asking price is.

It wouldn’t be to say they did something. They legitimately need help at OL and DL.