Jason_R

I guess Carter is off their draft board.

Looks like 12 and 34.

He is also floating the rumor that Tyree Wilson's foot surgery didn't take and at least one team drafting in the top ten dropped him off their board. Let's hope that is the Lions. We do not need to take another injured DL with a top pick.

Yes, and Chicago has two firsts next year. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the ammunition that may make it possible to interfere with their draft plans in 2024?

Most of the TE to Detroit talk is from national media who only know a few things about the Lions, one of which is the Hockenson trade. I don’t believe that Holmes thinks the position is a weakness, but it is a deep TE draft and if a TE ends up being the BPA they will take him. If Carter is on the board at 6, I haven’t heard anything that would make me not take him. Witherspoon seems like a great fit, but I’m not thrilled about him at 6. I feel better about Gonzalez’s physical tools at 6 (but still not great), but he doesn’t seem to be as good of a fit as Witherspoon. If Bijan is there at 18, the defense has improved enough through FA and pick #6 to take him.

You're exactly right. Stafford dragged McVay across the finish line. That Super Bowl season pushed off what would likely have been an early flame out to McVay's head coaching career. It is still easy to imagine McVay flaming out if he has another disappointing season next year, or wearing out his welcome if his coaches or players turn on him as it seems was about to happen at the end of last season.

Yes he is probably the best coach ever but no he is not the same guy now as he was 10, 15, 20 years ago.

Unfortunate for him, but when they signed Payne to the big extension it seemed like an indication they had chosen him over Young as the anchor of their DL.

They’ll call it the Jameson Williams Rule.

Plus in Week 7 we'll be adding another first round pick in Jameson Williams. 😵‍💫

“Do you have six pairs in a size fifteen?”

Maybe meathead Dan Campbell is really secretly very smart and likes to be able to draw from the best minds as he develops game plans and strategies for getting the most out of his young players. Having a guy like John Fox in the press box is a no-lose situation.

😶😶😶

I don’t want Johnston. I’d be mildly disappointed with Gonzalez at 6 and disappointed with Witherspoon there. But sign me to for Witherspoon or Porter at 18. At 6 it has to be DL. Carter or Wilson. But if they do something crazy like take Bijan there I’ll be intrigued.

Wow. Great news.

I had just joined the board a few months before. I didn’t know that members made this plaque but thank you, and deep respect, to all involved.

And Jim Miller made the pick! He should know better.

Moving the Chains mock draft on now has Richardson lasting to 18 and Detroit taking him. No.

I’ll put it this way. Nothing I’ve seen about Carter at this point would make me remove him from my draft board. If they do their evaluation and decide to pick him, I won’t have a problem with it.

Sprinted to the phone!

Lions have nine picks in this draft. Something tells me they don’t want to go home with nine guys. They need starters at DT and X receiver, future starters at CB and RG, and a rotational RB to pick up for Swift. That’s five picks, which would fit into their first three rounds. Depending on how the board falls they may pick up depth at LB, TE, or DB, but they have four late round picks that they can use to jump around the board and target they guys they like.

https://www.walterfootball.com/nflhotpress/article/Cardinals-Trying-Hard-to-Drum-Up-a-Trade-Market Charlie Campbell quotes anonymous sources who say the Cardinals don’t have as much demand for their pick as has been reported.

There will always be a place in this league for a guy who can stand in the pocket and throw for 4500 yards, year after year.

Holmes playing 6D chess. Everyone else is eating the checkers.

Yeah it’s a shame it worked out this way for Okudah and the Lions but they were never going to pick up his option and this trade saves them the drama of ongoing questions about it. If Darius Slay got a 3rd and a 5th, a 5th for Okudah is reasonable.