depends on the price.
if hopkins is a one year rental, the price should be low, like a 5th round pick. sutton's price would be higher but he's younger. still, he's awfully pricey. maybe #55. more likely #81.
i'd rather deal #18 for simmons.
only issue would be whether you want to invest that much of your cap in simmons. i cant imagine a deal would get done until tennessee sees who is available at 6.
you figure the lions freed up all that cap space for something...
how do we know he has a history of not practicing or playing hard? internet rumors?
tryavon walker and jordan davis were high first rounders last year and carter was better than both of them at georgia.
if there is fire behind the smoke, they probably wont take him. but he is the best player in the draft by most accounts. having the best player in the draft fall to you for a second year in a row would be manna from heaven for the lions.
did you think sauce gardner was "sauce gardner pro bowl cb" at this time last year?
i'd be happy with christian gonzalez, will anderson, tyree wilson, or jalen carter at 6.
in other words, what he did off the field didnt matter to the lions then and didnt matter now.
these are young men, theyre gonna do dumb shit. can they play football well? that's the concern.
so a guy who played amazing for two seasons and dominated the best league in college football is off the board because he was overweight at his pro day after going through a pretty trying period in his life.
i really think that's not as big of a deal as youre making it out to be. but we'll see.
i feel better about our talent because i feel better about the people in charge now.
at the end of the day, they have to find a brayden point and hope cossa is vasilevsky. they struck out on vrana - who seems to look just fine in st louis, btw. i really want to know what happened here to ruin that relationship.