Jason_R

Who wants to live in real life when you can imagine what might happen if you open the mystery box!

Like designed QB runs in September and October that lead to trips to the injured list in November and December.

I'd rather they take Richardson than trade for Lamar. And I'd be distraught if they took Richardson.

Yes, if the Jets get Rodgers they will be legitimate Super Bowl contenders.

I hope this turns into a quarter century of Green Bay in QB purgatory. These idiots have botched this situation and deserve to be remembered for it.

He’s the only one. He had three good seasons out of nine, with two dismal seasons trying to hang on in Carolina. Other than the three good seasons he went 37-58-1. But hey, he was a QB, and he was in a box. 🤷🏻‍♂️

QBs who get hit like RBs have a short shelf life. This is another reason not to go for Richardson.

Ok. I don’t really care about Wood. The point was about Quinntricia.

It was sarcasm for the “system QB” crowd.

I won't be happy until my team finds a box with a QB in it who burns the playbook on day one of training camp. "Systems? I don't need your stinking systems." I want my team's QB to climb out of his box every Sunday, get down on one knee in every huddle, draw a brand new play in the dirt with his finger, then take the snap and start chucking it around the field. That's when I'll really know if he is more than just a system QB.

Who the hell does Goff think he is asking to run plays he is comfortable with? And what kind of stupid sonofabitch is Johnson to let him get away with it? Morans. /s

Whatever one might say about Wood, my takeaway is that anyone and everyone seems to go out of their way to say how much they hated Quinntricia. This level of hate, and this breach of customary decorum is unusual. Typically, when a regime fails, people treat it as the less said the better. But everyone really hated Quinntricia so much that they can’t let it go or feel obligated to distance themselves. Quinntricia’s failure was remarkably thorough.

Couldn’t they make that text any bigger?

The metaphysics of QB evaluation. Closely related to the metaphysics of the catch, AKA “How long must the WR dance on the edge of the side line?”

I am in the “Goff is good enough” camp, not the “there might be a QB in that box” camp. I believe the Lions front office is in the “Goff is good enough” camp, and all of their talk about QBs is a mix of due diligence, smoke screen, and exploration of alternatives for QB2. So I don’t think for a second that any of this will actually happen. The issue is the “there might be a QB in that box” crowd doesn’t account for the fact that they are calling for the replacement of real people with real contracts, real agents, doing real business. You want to replace a Pro Bowl QB? Fine, he has leverage too.

Again, I don’t see the Athletic reporting Holmes’s statement from a month or so ago that it is easier to get worse at the QB position than to get better.

Everybody is seeing what they want to see in this Rorshach test. The "there might be a QB in that box" crowd reads the Athletic article and starts salivating about picking Richardson -- maybe even trading a boatload of picks (to Chicago?) for the privilege! -- because "there might be a QB in that box." The Goff is good enough crowd reads the Athletic article and agrees, yes, the team is in the market for a backup QB. They also rightly point out that you don't pick a backup QB in round 1. On that point, MB is right. If you pick a QB in the first round you are telling Goff his days are numbered. OK, fine, he's a big boy making big boy money and maybe he should just deal with it. But I wouldn't be surprised and I wouldn't blame him if he requested a trade immediately.

Holmes: "I think it's a lot easier to get worse at quarterback than to get better at quarterback in this league." I would not be surprised if Goff is still QB of the Lions on his 35th birthday.

Early last season when it looked like Goff’s regression was worsening, I said I wouldn’t be surprised if the Lions signed the resurgent Geno then drafted AR to sit behind him. It wouldn’t be a total shock if Seattle did that. Deal is reported as 3 years, $105 million with $52 million in first year guarantees. It probably amounts to something like a two-year $65 million contract if Seattle chooses to move on before year three. Wouldn’t Schneider and Carroll love to make a star out of Geno then a super star out of AR just to rub Wilson’s face in the dirt?

The funniest outcome would be Rodgers going to the Jets and winning the Super Bowl while the Jordan Love Packers finish the season at the bottom of the league.

Maybe. Again, I don't expect it but if Stroud falls into their laps it's anyone's guess.

I think this will be one of the most interesting and consequential drafts for Detroit in years. Would it surprise me if they stayed safe at 6 and picked Gonzalez/Wilson/Murphy? No. Would it surprise me if they stayed there and picked Skoronski? No. Would it surprise me if they traded back to 9 or 11 and picked up a third second-round pick in a draft that is not top-heavy but deep? No. Would it surprise me if Stroud or Anderson fell to 6 and they picked him? At this point, no. And if the chips fall so they pick Stroud, would it surprise me if they trade Goff for another 1st round pick? No, not really. I think they really like him, but if Stroud falls into their lap maybe they take him and use Goff's salary to sign a top tier CB and DT along with some more depth pieces. Just feels like this draft might be really, really wild for Lions fans.

I meant Anthony Richardson, not Bijan Robinson. Before the draft most mocks had him in the middle of the first round, too late to impact Detroit’s first pick. I saw one post-combine mock with Richardson going at 7. But at this point I just can’t imagine him lasting that long. And I saw another mock where he went one and Stroud went at 7. I guess I’m starting to feel more optimistic that Richardson’s rise will result in options for Holmes to deal.

After the combine, is there any chance that Richardson will last past the sixth overall pick?

I’d be happy with 18, concerned at 6. But I’m not convinced of the value of anyone likely to be there at 6.