Mr.TaterSalad

I want an OT in the first round. I want this line to get back to being the elite offensive line it was back from 2022-2024. I also think they very well COULD draft an OT in the first round. But could is different than will. I maintain that I think Brad and Dan's plan is to take the best player available on their board, who fits what they are looking for, at a position of relative need. Which means I don't think it is certain they will draft an OT in the first round. They aren't going to reach for an OT just to take one. They also aren't doing something absurd like ranking Ty Simpson or Jeremiah Love on their board and drafting a QB or a RB either. I do believe they will have certain position groups (OT, DE, DT, LB, CB, S) that they look at as core needs and then rank the players from there. Once they do put their final big board together and rank those players, I think like always, they're going to stick to their board and not reach on a player just for the sake of filling a position need. Some Lions fans seem to think it is an open and shut case that they will take an OT and that other positions groups are absolutely out of the question. Myself and others aren't so certain about that being the case. If they have a DE, DT, LB, CB, S on their board that they like more and have rated higher than one of the available OT prospects, they will take their player over the OT. They are going to draft for the talent, scheme, and culture fit they like over just taking an OT because we think they need one. Based on what Brad has said thus far this offseason I do think they look at Larry Borom as their starting RT. Maybe that's all just a deflection and Brad has to say that so as not to tip his draft had or whatever. Though, I don't see how Brad saying anything one way or the other about Borom at all tops his draft hand. But some here seem to think it does. But I think Brad meant what he said about Borom and that it is highly probable he ends up their starting RT and they don't draft one in the first round. Again, I want them to draft a tackle in the worst way. I want a Monore Freeling, Blake Miller, or Caleb Lomu. But if they have a Caleb Downs, Mansoor Delane, Kendrick Faulk, Zion Young, Jacob Rodriguez, whoever ranked ahead of a OT prospect who is available when they pick, I think they could draft that player from that particular position group.

Rakestraw tore his ACL at Missouri too, so it wasn't just the sports hernia injury that he had.

Nothing espouses the teaching of Jesus Christ quite like an Easter Sunday quote from Donald Trump. But hey, this is what the people voted for and at least he isn't some black woman in The White House. What a disgusting ****ing human being this guy is.

I wouldn't play Lendeborg the rest of tonight. Get him ready for the game on Monday. This one is over barring an all time collapse by Michigan. Even when Yaxel hasn't been on the court Michigan is still dominating.

Michigan's defense is incredible tonight. They are giving no second chance points and are scoring every possession they get after an Arizona bucket.

Just wild how awful our goal differential is this season overall, but especially over the past month.

The one real nice thing to see is everytime Arizona looks like they are going on a run and getting back into it, Michigan tamps it down and takes back control of the game. Dominate defense thus far by Michigan.

Yaxel looking like he won't be returning, certainly not this half.

Lions have drafted several players with injury histories that include or go beyond just an ACL injury. I am talking about injuries that kept the player out at least half a season or more in college and/or had multiple injuries during their career. Three of the players they drafted did have ACL injuries in college. They drafted the following players who had some sort of injury history in college. Antoine Green - Broken leg and collar bone Christian Mahogany - ACL Hendon Hooker - ACL Ennis Rakestraw - ACL and shoulder Josh Paschal - Cancer (no disrespect intended, but it is a risk) Levi Onwuzurike - Back Mekhi Wingo - Undisclosed injury Miles Fraizer - Knee

I did a mock draft today using the ESPN NFL Mock Draft simulator. I tried to balance out what I wanted the team to do and what I felt Brad, Dan, and the front office would do. I did no trades in this mock and used every pick we had. I anticipate we will be trading up several times in the draft, but this one I did not. 1st: Monroe Freeling/T-Georgia 2nd: Gave Jacas/DE-Edge-Illinois 4th: Toriano Pride Jr./CB-Missouri 4th: Roman Hemby/RB-Indiana 5th: Louis Moore/S-Indiana 6th: Scooby Williams/DT-Texas A&M 6th: Bauer Sharp/TE-LSU 6th: Collin Wright/CB-Stanford 7th: Harrison Wallace III/WR-Ole Miss

You can forget drafting Fano or Freeling or Miller if we draft a tackle. This Oregon kid tore his ACL.

Jaden Ivey is one step away from the Westboro Baptist Church.

One of my big questions for Yzerman would be why waste a first round pick on an AHL player? Is Cossa really that bad of a player that he couldn't have been on the big league roster this year?

LOL!

What's entertaining about going 0-16 other than the excitement of your GM finally getting canned?

Yes drafting well helps and it is the main reason they've done very well. But some of their free agent signings and trades helped too. They made big signings of Saquan Barkley, Bryce Huff, CJGJ, and Devin White in 2024 along with Torrey Smith and Alshon Jeffery in 2017. They also traded for AJ Brown as you mentioned in 2023, Kevin Byard in 2023, and Ronald Darby in 2017.

I'm going to watch this and the main broadcast. I'm glad CBS/TNT made the call and is taking the time out to do something like this. In all seriousness, and no disrespect to C-Webb, I do look forward to checking out the Fab Five broadcast.

This too. Going all in isn't all bad. If you look at teams like the Eagles and Rams, they are clear, recent examples of success for going all in. The Rams won one Super Bowl right off the bat doing it and damn near made another one this year. The Eagles have won two Super Bowls with a more aggressive approach. I remember hearing at stat somewhere that talked about how most Super Bowl teams spend up to the cap in the year they make/win a Super Bowl.

This doesn't paint an entirely accurate picture for several reasons. One, guys will retire and/or get cut/traded and come off the books financially. In the case of cutting guys, some of that will indeed impact their cap number. Moving on from guys like Barnes and McNeill are two examples of higher dollar players that, if moved on from, can reduce their cap crunch. Two, there will be more restructures, pushing these voided year numbers out further. St. Brown, Sewell, Hutch all could be restructured. Three, and perhaps most importantly, is the cap will most certainly continue to go up. Today the salary cap is $301 million, 5 years ago it was $182.5 million. It is projected to be nearly $400 million by Spotrac come 2030. So while these numbers look rough and while we're third on the list overall for voided years, the aforementioned changes would almost certainly make this chart look different and perhaps better in 3-4 years time.

Elliot Cadeau was stretchered out today on an ambulance at the practice facility. They are saying it might be an allergic reaction to something. But it looks like he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Not what we needed before the Final Four game. I really hope he is ok first and foremost.

In the last the seasons Clark played one mostly full season, last year, playing 15 games. He blew out his ACL and didn't play in 2023. He injured his ankle in 2024 and finished the season on IR playing only 11 games that year. I don't know that I'd call him injury prone, but playing one full season in the past three given that he is 30 years old concerns me at least a tiny bit.

I'm the last the seasons Clark played one mostly full season, last year, playing 15 games. He blew out his ACL and didn't play in 2023. He injured his ankle in 2024 and finished the season on IR playing only 11 games that year. I don't know that I'd call him injury prone, but playing one full season in the past three given that he is 30 years old concerns me at least a tiny bit.

Incredible and sad to see. It's sad that both Tiger and JD's lives have been out of control at times. If Daly had Tiger's discipline when he was a younger man he could have been the best golfer on tour. Daly has all the natural talent in the world. It appears though that over the past decade, Tigers has little more discipline than Daly at this point.

It's a very bad look when you're the only ones doing it. If this were standard practice in the NFL it would be a nothingburger. But it appears we are the only ones doing this in the NFL. We already had to overcome the stigma of being owned by the worst ownership group in sports history. Shelia has worked hard to overcome that. But now to add the cheap moniker onto this organization, it's simply a bad look.

Until we get some answers either post draft or post June 1st cuts, there are a few things that worry me. This being one of them. The Derrick Barnes is probably the worst one Brad has given out. I too worry about his abilities to be a coverage-style LB and keeping up with guys in space who are faster than him. I also worry that they look at Larry Borom as their starting RT and will pass on drafting one in the first round in favor of another position.