Jason_R

Impressive puck skills by Kasper.

Brad: “I can’t stop cooking!”

JA-RED GOFF! JA-RED GOFF!

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2024/05/10/detroit-lions-dan-campbell-miss-rookie-minicamp-personal-reasons/73636035007/ MCDC to miss rookie minicamp. 😬

The guy has career earnings of $2.5 million. Which means after taxes and agent fees he’s earned about a million. Now, instead of letting Pat Mahomes set him up for life, he’s going to have to spend most of the rest of his money on lawyers and he is one more incident from being unsignable.

And they saw the top two CBs on their board as the draft’s best in run support, in addition to their coverage skills. BTW, haven’t they heard this is a passing league? 😉

Cheaper than Reynolds.

He knows his seat is already warm with the vets and will only get hotter, even though this season was their ceiling.

I can’t believe I forgot that one!

It would be so great if he comes to camp next year and wins a job.

Injured playing Guitar Hero? Kicking an octopus? Chasing Joseph Fauria’s fake dog down the fake stairs?

We saw what happened with Mike Mayock. And if you’re Chicago, with the 1st and 9th picks in a QB rich draft it is impossible that you don’t win the draft. Can they turn it into a winning football team? Let’s see.

Yes, that was the point. For the record, I hope Goff gets paid. He came to a bad, bad football team after a bad breakup with the team that drafted him. He looked bad at the start of his tenure but almost everyone around him was bad. He is every bit as much of this turnaround as St. Brown, Sewell, and Hutch.

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

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.

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.

Oddly, all were related to Cam Sutton.

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.

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/

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