Mr.TaterSalad

Gusty call in the QB Draw there. I would have punted there.

Vin Diesel is up there with John Travolta in my mind.

Would any of the recent officiating and instant replay changes have effected the Lions in a postitive manner anytime in recent memory when they were jobbed by the refs? The battled ball in Seattle, 10 second runoff against Atlanta, the Brandon Pettigrew picked up flag, Dez Bryant running onto the field to scream at an official without his helmet on, Calvin and the process of the catch, Devin Taylor's "facemask" on Aaron Rodgers resulting in a free play, Jim Schwartz errant use of the challenge flag, Demarius Thomas' fumble that was ruled down, Justin Forsett down by contact but scores a TD anyways?

I feel Kansas City was fortunate to win two weeks ago against Cincinnati. I feel they were outplayed for most of that game and down the stretch a few bad calls and a dumb mistakes cost Cincinnati the game. I actually feel the Eagles have more fire power on offense and a defense that can get after or containMahomes better than Cinnci could. I think Eagles by a TD to 10 points.

Setting: 2/12/2023 6:30pm EST on FOX Site: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ Opening Spread: Eagles -1.5 versus Chiefs +1.5 All-Time Series Record: 4-5 Chiefs over the Eagles Last Meeting: 42-30 victory by Kansas City in October of 2021 Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach: Andy Reid (10th season as Head Coach, 117-45 record, 4th Super Bowl appearance) Franchise Super Appearances: 5 times (1967 (L), 1970 (W), 2020 (W), 2021 (L), 2023) Quarterback: Patrick Mahomes (3rd Super Bowl appearance) Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach: Nick Sirianni (2nd season as Head Coach, 23-11 record, 1st Super Bowl appearance) Franchise Super Appearances: 4 times (1981 (L), 2005(L), 2015 (W), 2023) Quarterback: Jalen Hurts (1st Super Bowl appearance)

Jaamal Williams averaged 4.1 YPC, 17 TDs and had a 1,000 yard season. He was only 73 total rushing yards behind Christian McCaffery and 55 total rushing yards behind Aaron Jones. McCaffery averaged .6 YPC more than Williams and Jones 1.2 YPC more. We consider them "obviously better" backs than Williams, but statistically speaking last year, he held his own and was respectable in comparison. I think for one more season, assuming the wheels don't fall off the bus, we can possibly rely on Williams as feature back. Doesn't mean I'm sold on the idea either, nor am I against a taking a back with out 2nd round pick. Hence why I drafted Gibbs in my mock yesterday. I don't think though that I want to burn our 1st round pick on Bijan Robinson though. That's a little too much of a reach when talented guys are typically found all over the draft.

How many bigs does it take to score a basket? What is the point of trading one of our only shooters in Bey for another big who was a top of the draft bust? Also, how many teams have started rebuilding after us but are in a better position then where Weaver has us now? OKC, Cleveland, and now both maybe both Utah and San Antonio.

Sebastian Janikowski disagrees with the above statement.

Isn't Williams, at least for next year, our feature, every down back in the offense? I agree that we need a long term replacement for Swift. But with Williams operating as the feature back, don't we need a pass catching specialist out of the backfield? I think Sharpe fits that role well, at least on paper.

Especially with Swift not being able to stay on the field and Williams being our every down back now, I think adding a pass catching threat out of the backfield like Sharpe would be a big plus for this offense. A Theo Riddick like player in this offense, with Ben Johnson calling the shots, opens up a lot of different play designs and sets we can run.

I will not say it . . . I will not say it . . . I will no . . . What if he's the next Darren Sproles with his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so he probably is not. But I still like what I see out of Spears and him possibly being a 5th/6th round pick for us.

Keep this kid in mind for the Lions. Tulane RB Tyjae Spears. This guy is fast, shifty, has great hands, runs routes like a WR. https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Tyjae-Spears-RB-Tulane

I do look at what Cincinnati has with their three headed monster at WR with Chase, Higgins, and Boyd and think we could have a version of what with Williams, St.Brown, and Chark. That is really appealing to have on the field because it really could put an opposing secondary on their toes about how they're able to cover us. That said, I really feel torn on this one because I do think Dean would come in here an instantly elevate the play of this defense and turn our secondary around, give us stability at the corner position for the foreseeable future, and free up what we can do draft wise.

I like what they have going on offense and how Chark and Goff connected towards the latter half of the season. I'd like to keep the cohesion going on offense. That said, if we could get Dean by sacrificing Chark to do it, I'd probably be ok with that. Getting an arguably top 10 Corner in Dean probably would have a bigger impact than what Chark gives us on offense. Dean probably locks died the CB1 spot for the next 4-5 years.

Do you consider an older, James Bradberry-type player getting 2 @ $24mil total a splurge then that Holmes is going to avoid? I think we have the chance to go all in next year and be a top-tier team in the NFC. No reason to be conservative and play it safe this offseason IMO. As far as the Cominsky contract, it was just a shot in the dark. If the number is closer to your projection I think I'd still be willing to pay that given his value to the team this past season.

Valenti and Rico were dogging out Big Ten Corners on yesterday's show saying they don't play any real QBs or passing attack offenses in the Big Ten outside of Ohio State and Maryland. I disagree with them in the thought that the play and experience from a Big Ten CB won't translate to Sundays in the NFL. In my uneducated opinion though, I disagree with what Valenti and Rico were saying about Big Ten CBs. While I think Witherspoon is probably gone by the time we pick at 18, I like what I've watched from Joey Porter Jr. and would be just as happy to get him as I would Witherspoon. Porter is a tall Corner at 6'2 and is rangy with a long wingspan and good speed to be able to keep up with NFL WRs. He's got all the measurables and intangibles you can't teach and enough talent to be molded into a solid starter I feel. https://thedraftnetwork.com/sr-prospect/joey-porter-jr-3518bfad-5043-4113-bb01-6745e47f45e0/ https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Joey-PorterJr-CB-PennState

Same for me and probably a lot of Lions fans. We'd be poking a lot of eyes out from the excitement if that was our offseason haul. Again, I would prefer Jamel Dean over Bradberry because he is younger and more productive. But we're going to have to break the bank I feel to either get Dean away from Tampa Bay or outbid another team.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2023-free-agent-rankings-free-agency PFF has contract projections for their top 100 free agents. All of my other numbers were based off of prior contracts and the contractual value of players in that same range.

Reynolds or Jackson will be bumped to being the practice squad back.

So I ran a mock off-season of sorts using this cap simulator from Over the Cap and the PFF Mock Draft Simulator. My numbers are probably nowhere close to accurate and I have zero idea who we are and aren't resigning. So this is a shot in the dark. After resigning all of our own guys we have $22,027,438 in cap space or free agents and draft picks. That number went down by $12 million after making a big splash signing of James Bradberry at Corner. In the mock draft, Jalen Carter fell to me and so there was no way I wasn't drafting him. Cut Pre 6/1: Romeo Okawara - Saves $7.5 approx. million in cap space Michael Brockers - Saves approx. $10 million in cap space Charles Harris - Saves approx. $4 million in cap space Cut Post 6/1: Halapoulivaati Vaitai - $9.5 million in cap space *I thought about trying to restructure Vaitai's deal to so we could extend out the cap hit for this season. I wouldn't be opposed to him returning at all given the right cap number. Resigned: Nate Sudfeld (QB) - 1 year, $1.08 million with $1.08 million guaranteed Jamal Williams (RB) - 3 Years, $12.5 million with $8.25 million guaranteed Justin Jackson (RB) - 1 year, $1.25 million with $1.25 million guaranteed Craig Reynolds (RB) - 1 year, $980,000 with $980,000 guaranteed DJ Chark (WR) - 3 years, $35 million with $24 million guaranteed Brock Wright (TE) - 3 years, $7.5 million with $4 million guaranteed Shane Zylsta (TE) - 2 years, $1.25 million with $600,000 guaranteed Matt Nelson (LT) - 1 year, $1 million with $1 million guaranteed Dan Skipper (C/G) - 1 year, $900,000 with $900,000 guaranteed Evan Brown (C/G) - 3 years, $7.5 million with $4 million guaranteed Tommy Kraemer (G) - 1 year, $850,000 with $850, guaranteed Isiah Buggs (DE) - 2 years, $3 million, with $600,000 guaranteed John Cominsky (DT) - 2 years, $4 million with $2 million guaranteed Josh Woods (LB) - 1 year, $1.25 million with $1.25 million guaranteed Mike Hughes (CB) - 2 years, $1.625 million with $425,000 guaranteed DeShaun Elliot (S) - 2 Years, $3 million with $1 million guaranteed CJ Moore (S) - 1 year, $825,000 with $825,000 guaranteed Bobby Price (S) - 1 year, $925,000 with $925,000 guaranteed Not re-signed: Alex Anzalone, Amani Oruwariye, Anthony Pittman, Austin Bryant, Benito Jones, Chris Board, Michael Badgley, Scott Daly, Ross Pierschbacher, Will Harris Big Splash Free Agent: James Bradberry (CB) - 2 years, $24 million with $16.5 million guaranteed *I wanted Jamel Dean here but the asking price, per PFF, looks to be around $17 million/per year with a $47.5 million guaranteed price tag. I didn't have the cap space to offer Dean that type of deal and so I opted for the cheaper, older, less talented but still very good James Bradberry instead. Draft:

I didn't realize Brandi Carlile was opening for Pink. I could care less about Pink for the most part but am tempted to go just to see Carlile whom I love.

Does it concern anyone that Bijan Robinson was largely invisible and ineffectual against the two best teams he played all year? He had only 12 attempts and 29 yards against TCU with 2.4 YPC and then 21 attempts 57 yards with 2.7 YPC against Alabama. No TDs in either game.

Bill Bonds is a Detroit icon that only we can understand, relate to, laugh with, and roll our eyes at. I doubt there were many major news markets that had a guy as open, honest, and expressive as Billy was.

Does having a Hall of Fame Running Back retiring via a fax count as uniquely Detroit?