buddha

i dont necessarily think the league should do anything for what players do in their private lives. that's why we have a criminal and civil justice system. unless the player is deemed to be a threat to others in the organization, what they do on their time is their own business. but i am an outlier in this, for sure.

what about cephus? he was accused, denied it, went to criminal court and won an aquittal. is that enough? watson was sued in civil court, then criminal charges were taken to two grand juries, both of which did not choose to indict him. what's the difference? because a jury believed cephus and not the women? a grand jury didnt think watson committed a crime, so should be be suspended for effectively two years? billups came into the league in 97 and was accused of rape the same year. should he have been suspenses for a year because someone accused him of rape? its a difficult question to answer for any league.

if you do, you'll have to sign him to a huge deal. darius leonard money. not sure you want to put that kind of money in the basket of an off ball linebacker. which is probably why the bears are shopping him. resource allocation. the bears will have the most cap space in the league next year and they arent going to use it on him. the lions seem like they will have cap space; however, a lot of it is going to be used up with raises coming to players already on the roster. not sure you want to spend $20m per year and $55m guaranteed on a linebacker in today's nfl. otoh, smith is one of the best lbs in the league and fills a definite position of need. bears will want a #2 pick, of course. would you give up a 2 and a 5? or a 3?

how about quintez cephus? are you ok with him being on the lions? chauncey billups with the pistons?

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nbc? hmmm....maybe notre dame is coming?

i think the players will be judged by the court of public opinion no matter what they are accused of doing. that's how it works now.

does that make you joan of arc? being burned alive for saying god told you to make Avila king of the tigers? 84echoes, our very own la pucelle.

what if player a is accused of a crime but then exonerated by a grand jury? does he still get suspended?

how is david chadd still employed by the tigers?

if they brought up thompson, half the board would be bitching that he was taking at bats from baddoo. lol.

i dont think we need a change of manager, i think we need a new gm. that said, if you bring in someone from another organization that likely means a new field manager too. as much as i think hinch ks a good manager, its much more important to get the gm right and if we have to sacrifice aj to get that done, so be it.

AJ's agent getting out in front of this mess?

DD and old man illitch would do it.

manning had a great start and hasnt gotten injured yet. that's what really matters today.

i would do it in a heartbeat.

btw, the last time the tigers had two top 10 prospects, it was cameron maybin and andrew miller. that got us cabrera, but how did those guys turn out? one eventually turned into a top reliever after being a bust as a starter and the other was a fringe major leaguer for a decade who never lived up to his potential. would you trade greene and tork for juan soto?

i trust yzerman a lot more than avila. and in fairness, if the wings get as many injuries as the tigers, we'll be in for bedard. (and then end up drafting 7th)

i know youre serious by the amount of ALL CAPS you use. 🙂

from the guy who said derrick hill was jacque jones...

but you dont have any reason why you think its better other than you want to think its better. there is only one person on this site that knows anything about prospects and that's micro. the rest of just look at box scores and twitter highlights. and that's great. were fans. but we dont know. i trust the people who do this for a living and their opinions on the tigers' players outside of the top 5 picks is that they are flawed and not likely to make it. you can say that about most franchises too. we just focus on detroit. its ok to have hope, but realize that's what it is: hope. that's all i have too. but i'm 50 and a lions fan so all my hope has been crushed into bitter disappointment that i transfer to every franchise other than the red wings. lol.

exactly. especially since the guys they have brought up to the majors have done poorly. these are young players who need time. give it to them.

too many good vibes for the lions. espn had their statistical projection for offensive lines up the other day. lions were ranked 26th. bears, headed by the amazing riley rieff, were 15th. im not a big lions homer, but i think that's cause for a re-evaluation of your algorithm.

you should learn how to read a joke and not get all pissy about it.