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Part of it too goes to the proverbial window of opportunity. Unless you have Patrick Mahomes, you are probably not going to be in the Conference Championship Game every season. There will be ebbs and flows to your success.. We are certainly entering a window in 2023. If Bijan gives us five Pro Bowl years, I don't think that's a wasted pick at all.

I would question it for similar reasons, but at the same time if the Marshall Faulk comparisons are what Holmes sees in Bijan, I wouldn’t fault him for just making the pick and flipping Swift for a late 2nd day or early 3rd day pick.

I still wouldn’t rule out Bijan at #6. If Will Anderson isn’t there and a trade isn’t available, I wouldn’t put it past Holmes to just take the best player on his board no matter what.

I expect they’ll stick pick up another in the draft as well. I don’t foresee Cephus making the roster and Jones is probably good for one season at most.

My guess is that his contract is the exact offer that was on the table for Chark.

I was at LCA last night with some buddies and it was very confusing when they announced the game misconduct… I looked it up on Twitter and showed the clip to my row and the row behind us and we were dying laughing.

There’s plenty of space on the outskirts of A2. Concordia owns more lane than they know what to do with. SHF lives in Ann Arbor, so that might make sense.

If they move it to Oakland County, is that property at the Summit Place Mall still vacant? Relatively close to Woodward and Birmingham/Bloomfield Hills players homes if that’s on their wish list.

My favorite Raiola memory is him getting into an argument and flipping off fans by the tunnel. The fans were in the right.

I’m not going to say you’re wrong, it’s your opinion and we just differ slightly. It’s certainly unique to be a hell no on an offensive lineman but to each his own.

Lalonde ejected lol

Two goals gift wrapped by NHL officiating. NFL refs have nothing on the NHL incompetence.

I wouldn’t call it atrocious but I don’t think it makes sense. Between Sko, Glasgow, and Vaitai, 2/3 aren’t on the field and that’s a lot of wasted capital.

That’s not his first surgery on that ankle either. Big injury risk.

I think they’re already ahead of that by saying that Goff is aware of the Lions intentions. Rodgers learned the Packers were taking Love on draft day along with everyone else. Presuming the Lions said “hey we love you, our plan is to win a lot of football games with you, but full disclosure, there is one guy who we would take at #6 if he is there that would involve us moving on from you in a year or two” I think it creates a whole new dynamic from the toxicity Green Bay invited but surprising their MVP QB with his replacement.

I’m a nerd. Don’t ask me for solutions, just data.

I actually misstated it. It was 5%, or 3/56 attempts. Still very very low. Braden Mann (NYJ) was a planned onside kick against the Browns. It was perfectly executed, but a Browns player still had a chance at it. Brandon McManus (DEN) was a planned onside kick against the Raiders. It didn’t make it ten yards but a defensive player jumped to catch it and tipped it. Riley Patterson (JAX) was a surprise onside kick against the Chiefs. Patterson himself recovered it. That was it though.

Something I hadn’t considered RE Lamar (maybe others have and I’m just slow)… I think it’s just as if not more likely that the volume of NFL agents are colluding against him as it is owners are. Agents control the media narrative to a large degree and it is in their interests to make Lamar’s situation look like a cluster so no one else seeking a market setting contract tries to represent themselves

FWIW the difference between #32 and #12 on the chart (610) is actually remarkably close to the difference between #6 and #3 (600). If it becomes a bidding war though, I think we agree that the ask could go sky high. I just don’t think it will.

How about tonight we trade #6, a 2nd round pick, and a 2024 3rd round pick to Arizona for #3 and DHop, and then on draft day when one of Stroud or Young slips to #3, we trade #3 to Indianapolis for the 2nd and 3rd round picks back. Big Brain.

The Lions traded up 20 spots last year in the first round and didn’t surrender a future 1st. It’s a bit much to say that 365 days later they would give up a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, future 1st, and future 4th for a 3-spot jump. For Arizona, yes it’s possible they will drive the price up by bidding the Colts, Raiders, and/or Titans against each other, but I don’t see it. I think at least two and possibly all three of those teams would be content to stay where they are at rather than trading serious value for the 3rd QB off the board. I think it would behove the Lions to engage Arizona in discussion about the #3 pick, but if there is a bidding war and the price is even remotely close to this I don’t think you even say goodbye, you just hang up.

I want what they’re smoking if they think jumping three picks costs that much.

Has Sutton ever had a competent QB throwing to him? His best season was in 2019, with 72 receptions for 1112 yards, and that was with a combination of Joe Flacco, Drew Lock, and Brandon Allen throwing to him… I think he could be a pretty good X in a better situation. That said, he would have been worth a throwaway pick but nothing substantial, and it sounds like they wanted something substantial.

I think the Titans are willing to move on from Willis already if the opportunity presents itself. If Richardson and/or Levis are there at 6, I would definitely approve of a 6 for 11 and Simmons trade. I don’t think it would take more. Everybody knows the Titans can’t afford him. Then go and get Bijan Robinson or Quentin Johnston at 11.

The question regarding onside kicks rests on how often people think they should convert and what should be valued to achieve it. Only 3% of onside kicks were successful in the regular season. I do think that’s too low. I don’t know if giving teams like the Chiefs (and hopefully the Lions?) an advantage by making it an offensive benchmark is the way to solve that though. I feel like there should be a happy medium with the kickoffs that both results in less injuries and allows for a larger chance of success in onside kicks.