Jason_R

Injuries happen but with the new defensive additions, including Reader, there is not really a weak unit. 

19 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

If you're Chark it'd probably be nice to win a game or two and be thrown to by Goff instead of Bryce Young too.

Or, you know, maybe win a Super Bowl. 

Any WR they may sign will be no better than the sixth offensive option, behind Montgomery, Gibbs, ASB, LaPorta, and Williams. They’ll be fighting with Kalif Raymond for three targets a game. 

I’d guess Brad has given Chark’s agent suggested terms on a one year deal, but both parties are waiting for the market to settle after the draft and before training camp. But Chark developed a rapport with Goff and it would be surprising if there wasn’t mutual interest. I would love to see him back. 

Goff struggled when protection broke down or players missed blocking assignments. But he knows where to go with the ball when the blitz is coming. 

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

I feel like this staff has a plan for players and they are patient. I don't think anyone would have been shocked if Melifonwu did not make the roster out of training camp. The coaching staff was patient and committed to converting him to safety and it paid off. 

Yes, and they have been players, so they rarely put players in roles they can't handle. And if they do, like with Cam Sutton last year, they back him up publicly when he is seen to be in over his head. What a massive change between that turd Patricia and the MCDC regime. 

9 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

DPD said two arrests and two juvenile detentions all weekend. That's incredible. Detroit should be proud.

Oddly, all were related to Cam Sutton. 

1 hour ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Good find. That would make him the potential RG of the future, Mahogany the tentative LG, with some flexibility if it's not working (considering Glasglow is effectively signed through 2025), and leaves the door open to re-signing Decker. We will need to find a Center at some point, but if Ragnow stays healthy he is signed through 2026 (with an easy out after 2025).

If I had to guess though, they're going to play it slow with Manu. Let him develop and let his skills tell you what he can do. Hope you get a starting guard but if he's got the quickness, let yourself be surprised with a franchise tackle. If he needs more than a year and Zeitler leaves, maybe Mahogony can play RG in 2025, or you sign another one-year guard.

Can you imagine 6’7” 350 pulling across the formation with speed? He will block guys into another dimension. 

Franchise altering draft for sure. 

Taking nothing away from McNeil, who went from good to great, but Detroit has drafted a lot of players who were OK just skating by on talent and who did not make the extra effort to become great. I’m sure it didn’t hurt McNeil to have tone-setting, culture-changing players like Sewell and St. Brown and others to set expectations. 

13 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

RE: Manu pick. The guy doesn't get that Holmes wants a winning team more than once. Manu is exactly the kind of investment that a strong existing roster allows the luxury of. If he is a good player in 2 or 3 yrs, Holmes will be a genius again.

This report says they view him as RG. Maybe if he works out at RG they would eventually kick him out to RT then move Sewell to LT. 

https://atozsports.com/detroit/if-this-guy-was-at-a-divsion-one-school-hed-be-a-first-round-draft-pick-get-to-know-new-lions-offensive-lineman-giovanni-manu/

9 hours ago, Jason_R said:

“Holmes watched the tape and loved the physical traits at 6-foot-7, 351 pounds but with athletic traits that would have put him in the 90 percentile among tackles at the Combine.”

https://www.detroitlions.com/news/key-questions-how-does-holmes-feel-about-lions-depth-at-cb-following-nfl-draft

I've seen pics of this guy now. 350 pounds but probably 12% body fat. Never seen anything like it. The closest comp to his body type is the giant statues on Easter Island.

Brad is playing 4D chess here. Not only will the guy take over the left tackle position, he'll also take over left guard at the same time. 

“Holmes watched the tape and loved the physical traits at 6-foot-7, 351 pounds but with athletic traits that would have put him in the 90 percentile among tackles at the Combine.”

https://www.detroitlions.com/news/key-questions-how-does-holmes-feel-about-lions-depth-at-cb-following-nfl-draft

Well, if the worst thing we can say about a draft is that we didn’t pick a kicker, we truly have come a long way. 

Manu is this season’s Brodric Martin. 

I heard Arnold get interviewed on SiriusXM “Moving the Chains” before the draft. Pat Kirwan tests these kids to see how far he can take them with schematic questions. Sometimes it is not far. But he pressed Arnold a long way and raved about his football knowledge. That’s when I started to hope that maybe it might happen. 

7 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

we’re questioning Holmes?  Do it at your own risk.

Questioning? I hope he uses the other four draft picks on CBs. 

Got their two top ranked CBs in the draft. 

This team will be significantly better than the one that went to the NFC Championship game last year. 

8 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

I disagree that it wasn't a position of need. It was a position of need when they had Sutton and Davis. They lose Sutton and it became a bigger position of need. The Lions also have no depth at safety after Joseph and Melifonwu. Now they can move Branch to safety. 

That's why I put need in "". The point was that it would be easy for the media or fans to complain that the team doesn't "need" (in "") a CB because they just drafted one, traded for another, and re-signed Moseley. But Brad is so secure that he doesn't give that stuff a second thought. And yes, I agree that when you are rolling out five or six DBs, and you factor in injuries, there is almost always a need here. 

Let's replay the NFC Championship game now. 

This is the pick of a guy who DNGAF. He is very secure in his status with the front office, he is very secure in his relationship with the coaching staff, and he is very secure in the roster he has constructed. All of these allow him to take a player at a position they don’t “need” but who fits their player profile perfectly. 

All your cornerback are belong to me. 

1 minute ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Roger Goodell just shook my hand.

I yelled out “I love you Roger!” And he said “weren’t you the one booing me earlier?”

He reported that he shook the hand of TP Fan.