Mr.TaterSalad

Acknowledge Me!

I was reading through his NFL scouting report and it said that Mahogany has chance to be a backup with upside early in his career. He also seems like a power run blocker. So maybe in the right system he can become a starter. Here's to hoping that's the case.

I guess I need the Motown KGB to enlighten us as to how many times we're allowed to talk about a particular player then. I'll go back and check my handbook.

Yes, I have a few different disappointments, though not major ones, from this offseason as a whole. First is from free agency and not the draft itself. I still would like someone to ask Brad Holmes, Dan Campbell, and/or Aaron Glenn why they targeted Carlton Davis and traded a draft pick to acquire him versus going after Kendall Fuller. From scouting reports and stats I've read, and the poor man's eye test of watching football, Fuller is the better of the two players and is better in man coverage. As well, Fuller isn't any more expensive than Davis was. In-fact, when you account for the value of draft capital, he's actually a better value. I would have rather had Fuller + 3rd round pick than Davis. Regarding the draft, my disappointments, though minor, were around not addressing the interior of the offensive line by picking a future starter, not drafting any WR at all, and not drafting a kicker. They have two interior guards over 30 years old. One of whom is 34 and on a one year deal in Zeitler. The other is 31. They also have a center, who while not old, has been playing banged up and bruised this past season. I really would have liked to have come out of this draft with a Zach Frazier, Cooper Bebe, Jackson Powers-Johnson, Zak Zinter type of IOL. Someone who can sit behind Zeitler or Ragnow for a year and then take over for one of them next year. I guess I am more surprised than mad that they didn't take an IOL who projects to be a future starter. I would have loved to have seen them take a big-bodied, X WR in this draft. Even if that guy projects to be a late round project, I would have liked to have gotten a deep threat, contested catch type of player. I still feel X receiver is a need for this offense, though not a glaring one if Jamo steps up. A couple of guys I would have considered in the 3rd or 4th rounds would have been Troy Franklin and Jalen McMillen. Last is the lack of taking a kicker in the 7th round. Some competition at camp for Michael Badgley would have been nice. I don't dislike Badgley and don't think he's a terrible kicker, but bringing someone else in would have been nice. All and all, I am very happy with what Brad Holmes and co. did this offseason. Even the disagreements or disappointments I have are very minor compared to drafts and ghosts of GMs past. Once again, there were no Charles Rogers, Mike Williams, Jordan Dizon, Eric Ebron, Jahlani Tavai type of terrible picks that makes me angry or walking away hating the draft. Nor were there any free agent moves or trades that left me upset or full of despair. This was a very good draft for the first two rounds and a very good offseason as a whole by Holmes and the Lions.

I guess we're rolling with Badgley unless we sign a UDFA or bring in a camp body.

So no WR and no kicker in this draft. I really hope Michael Badgley isn't their only plan at kicker.

FINALLY, an interior offensive lineman. Glad to see it. I was hoping we'd get a potential future starter much sooner than this.

Just Brad Holmes type of player. As injury value special.

As long as he's not this season's Gabe Wright.

Still no IOL and still no WR drafted.

Can he play goalie by chance?

I see the new jerseys are now available for custom jerseys. I'm looking at get a custom home jersey for one of the role players or obscure players on the roster. I'm thinking of getting either Nate Sudfeld, Iffy Melifonwu, Frank Ragnow, or Dan Skipper. I've got a small collection of role players like Kirk Maltby, Darren Helm, Joel Zumaya.

I am disappointed that we haven't addressed the interior of the offensive line or WR. Consider we have a 34 year old guard in Kevin Zeitler,a 31 year guard in Graham Glasgow, and a banged up 29 year old Center in Frank Ragnow I was really hoping to pickup at least one potential, future starter on the interior of this offensive line. That is one of our biggest needs at this point and something that has gone unaddressed.

I have Martin Mayhew flashbacks with this trade of a future 3rd rounder to get the tackle prospect Giovanni Manu in the 4th round. This guy was essentially taken with a 3rd round pick. I feel like he has to be a starter at RT to replace Sewell when he eventually slides over to replace Taylor Decker. So he should be our future starting right RT after this year or next. The good thing is, given that we don't need to to start right away, he have some time to develop and learn from two of the best tackles in the league. The dude looks like a beast given his size and has a great RAS score. He seems like a very athletic tackle for his large frame and size. So hopefully he can learn, grow, and be brought along to be a starter.

I would imagine Higgins wants both #1 WR target share and salary too.

See, this is where I have a little consternation with what Holmes did. I would have saved the pick and signed Kendall Fuller. Miami only had to give him a 2 deal worth $16.5 million and I would have done that deal for a better corner and not had needed to surrender that pick. I'm not upset at all and am I'm very happy with what Holmes has done in this draft and off season overall. I would have done this differently though.

I will say that I'm slightly concerned about our offensive line depth given our age and injury history. I was really hoping to add a top tier guard or center in the early rounds of this draft.

Um, wow, I did not see that coming. They are really doubling down in the secondary after last year. I really would have liked to have seen an IOL here. Oh well.

I think it's Cooper Beebe, the guard Doom from Kansas State.

AD Mitchell gone too. Would have been an a nice X Receiver for us.

There goes Zach Frazier. Give me Cooper Bebee now.

Newton to Washington. That's a solid pick from their new regime.

I bet Buffalo gets him here.

Given their respective day one draft moves, who are you more concerned about as competition for next year, Bears or Vikings?

I'd be elated if they could find a way to trade back and still get a player like Cooper Beebe at the interior OL.