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I’m not sure I would have done that with Hurts yet. I get it, because the price was only going to go up. But he had the most talented roster in the NFC last season. Can he lead a less talented team to the same destination?

This. I think it would be overthinking things to take Wilson over Anderson. Stare at numbers long enough and they'll tell you anything you want. Anderson's tape speaks for itself. I also think it would be very silly for any team to take Carter over Anderson, considering most considered Anderson a better prospect even before Carter's numerous issues arose.

I haven’t made a Charlie Campbell post in at least a week or so, soooo… The reason I like his mocks and analysis is because while it flies under many radars, but is notoriously accurate at the end of the day. Last draft, his last mock went something like 9/9 to start, which is pretty rare, as much as these are made. He put out his updated mock today. It goes Young/Stroud/Wilson/Richardson/Carter to start, with the Lions landing Anderson. In his full six-round mock, the Lions end up with Will Anderson (EDGE, Alabama), Bijan Robinson (RB, Texas), Sam LaPorta (TE, Iowa), Jack Campbell (LB, Iowa), Cam Mitchell (DB, Northwestern), Riley Moss (CB, Iowa), Dorian Thompson-Robinson (QB, UCLA), Chandler Zavala (OG, NC State), and Jordan McFadden (OG, Clemson). For me, the only way that could get any better would be if we landed Washington instead of LaPorta, but otherwise that’d be a damn near perfect outcome.

This is pretty much how it is done. The rules say that it's the home team until lineup cards are exchanged, but in practicality it's the home team along with MLB, in some amount of consultation with the visiting team. Likewise with umpires. They're not making decisions to postpone (after cards are exchanged) in a vacuum.

If I thought Carter was the next Suh or Donald, I might be able to look past the character issues. I think his talent and ceiling is being overstated in a draft class that is largely missing that high end talent. I would be shocked if the Lions took him. I’m hoping the Seahawks take him at 5, because I don’t think he’s being considered at 6.

I get it from their perspective, in buying low on a player who at one time had immense potential. But that was a lot of time and one Achilles ago.

I think the general national reaction to the Okudah trade doesn’t recognize just how poorly he played down the stretch. He had stretches where he looked okay, but he also got absolutely burned over the top on some plays where he was completely lost.

If the Lions are interested in moving up, I would definitely try to do it before the night of the draft. Between the Tepper-led Panthers and the revolving door in Houston, it’s far from a given that Stroud and Young go 1 and 2. And if either are there at 3, the price will go up.

This combined with their infatuation for Anzalone.

Levi played in 15 games in 2021... If you want to say he has been productive in zero games for the Detroit Lions, I'll agree with you.

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I agree. I think the Patrick Mahomes effect has made lot of teams get shiny object syndrome around the Lamar Jacksons, Deshaun Watsons, and Joe Burrows of the league. But you can win a lot of games with Matt Ryan, Jared Goff, or (probably) CJ Stroud.

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Stroud comp-ing to Goff is overly simplistic, but the style of “pro style” pocket passer (like Ryan, Brady, Goff, and Stroud) is going the way of the dodo bird in favor of athlete-first passers. I think Stroud’s abilities were under-utilized by an Ohio State team that played 11 cupcakes in a 13-game schedule, and I think he is more mobile than he is given credit for. He’s not going to be a Lamar Jackson or Justin Fields, but I think he has an ability to keep plays alive with his feet. If the Lions moved to #3 and he slipped, I would strongly consider him.

It’s definitely possible. I don’t think it would have happened here though.

Okudah is an unfortunate story that is emblematic of the prior regime. A bad pick, combined with awful coaching, put together with poor injury luck. He wasn’t a guy from this regime, and it was time to move on. I do wish all the best for Okudah in the future. Seems like a great guy who never really had a chance here.

In fairness, Holmes likely would have gotten a lot more for Slay…. Or not had to trade him in the first place.

If you had asked me last week what I thought we would get in an Okudah trade I would have guessed a conditional 6th. I thought he was a possible training camp cut. With Holmes’ track record, I think I like the chances of a 5th rounder he selects working out as much as I thought Okudah would have been extended. I’ll take the pick.

I don't think there is any way they pickup the option. They may still extend him after the fact if he proves to earn his long-term spot on the team. But the odds of him being worth $11.5MM are extremely low.

I don’t think the Lions will draft a QB in the 1st round this year, but I also don’t think that this is indicative of that. This team is vastly different than the one Holmes took over in 2020.

That’s some damn good scouting. How have you not been picked up by a team yet? 😉

I can’t remember who it was but one of the beat writers wrote on Twitter that if the Lions traded up, the subsequent five minutes while everyone wondered who it was for would be among the most chaotic moments in Lions history. I’m pretty neutral on the Richardson topic. I like Stroud a lot, I’m not sold on Young, and I don’t like Levis, but Richardson is hard for me. They have the right guys in the organization to make that kind of decision. If they want to take him at #6 though to be the guy in 2024 or 2025, I don’t have a problem with them wanting him at #3.

I would be surprised if the Lions *weren’t* one of those teams. I don’t think the Cardinals are mulling anything. They’re holding out to draft day and hoping the price increases.

That’s like 4x more than what I would pay for a diva 30yo wide receiver who has not played a full NFL season since 2019.

Depends on what their other offers are. I think there is an assumption that the Colts, Raiders, and Titans want it, but the demand might not be there.