Mr.TaterSalad

A caller on 97.1 brought this up and wondered if the Marvin Jones signing was Holmes response to knowing this was coming down on Jamo.

For sure on the first art. You can't be a Pete Rose and bet on games in the league you are currently involved with. As to the second part, it's a stupid and illogical to have a rule that defines where you bet. Especially when you consider the league makes millions and millions from the sports betting apps. Of course though, it's the Lions players who this happens to.

None of us can be fully sure, but I think it makes a top-tier playmaker like Bijan more appealing. We know, thanks to the Jamo trade, that Brad Holmes likes elite playmakers when he identifies them. If Holmes and the front office have Robinson identified as one of the few elite playmakers in this draft they may not care as much about positional value and just go and get him.

Does this qualify as an SOL moment?

That's the hypocrisy of it all. These sports betting apps are all big time, big money sponsors for the NFL, their games, and their teams.

IDK if what Jamo did counts as a "character concern" so to speak, but does this make the Lions more apprehensive now to draft Jalen Carter? They are bringing this up on 97.1 now.

That's good to know that at least he won't be missing practice reps in addition to game time.

Then do you trade for Hopkins or someone else or just ride the wave of 6 games with who you got and maybe a 3rd or later round pick?

It's a significant concern for sure. In the case of Ebron though there was also concerns regarding his maturity and ability to run routes, which I don't believe is there for Johnston. But yes, I am concerned with his 11% college drop rate.

Looks like Cephus and Moore have been released.

Quentin Johnston come on down at #18.

We have to get another receiver in there now. We can't start out the season with Marvin Jones as our #2.

Bijan Robinson was born four years after fax machines became non-essential forms of communicating with your employer.

I guess given Holmes' statement on Carter that he is on their draft board and is under legitimate and real consideration. If Holmes feels comfortable taking Jalen Carter after the interview than I will trust him to do so. I still have Nick Fairley-esque concerns about him, but I trust this front office and coaching staff enough to make the right call on taking Carter. I don't believe them drafting Carter will be one of those Mayhew taking Titus Young or Bob Quinn "I've never watched more game tape on anyone than Teez Tabor" type of moments. In Holmes I trust and so if Carter is the pick I will feel satisfied with it.

You're a player or two away from being the lead dog in the NFC next year. I'm drafting someone who I think can come right in, contribute at a high level now, and still be a great player overtime. That's Will Anderson, that's Tyree Wilson, maybe that's Jalen Carter, Devon Witherspoon, or Christian Gonzalez. I don't think that is any of the QBs. They won't be serious contributors for a year or more. With Goff being one of the 7-8 best QBs in the NFL the past year and a half, I see no reason to run him out of town as many tried doing, most notably me, with Stafford for half a decade. I see no reason to pass on a player who can elevate us to the top now in favor of a QB unless you believe Goff can't sustain the high level of play he's shown on field.

I watched a small bit of RFK's announcement and is his voice always that horse? Maybe he has covid?

I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy!

I will laugh my ever loving ass off if we swing a trade for a player myself and others originally wanted in 2021. Also, this is a good lesson in why a win now team, with a good enough QB to win, shouldn't surrender first round picks for the latest hot name QB. I wonder how much better San Francisco's roster would be if they had drafted Penei Sewell, Ja'Marr Chase or Micah Parsons. I can't believe I'm saying this though because I was always someone chasing after the latest and greatest rookie QB and wanted Trey Lance in the 2021 draft. It's not to say you never draft a rookie QB, but for a good team, with a good QB, to surrender a lot of first round draft capital to go and do it, it doesn't always make sense to do so.

We have a chance to be a special team next year. As good or better than the 1991 team that went 12-4 and probably one of, if not the best, Lions team, in many of our lives. The #6 pick needs to be used on an impact player who can both start right away and make an impact on this team next year. A player that can elevate our team to the next level. You don't use the #6 pick to draft a backup, only to decide which QB you want later. Arizona used their #10 1st round pick on Josh Rosen and traded him a year later for significantly less value than what they acquired him for.

At first I thought about Kahn and thought for sure he'd be a Democrat because he's an immigrant with an accent. Then I remember he is from Laos and that is a communist country. So I could see Kahn being similar to many of the Republican Cuban Hispanics in Florida and conflating public assistance programs with a communist military junta and state secret police.

Wasn't Peggy a public school teacher? Wouldn't she be a union member? I agree that Dale and Bill would be full MAGA. Probably Boomhower too.

NFL.com Scouting Report on CJ Stroud from Greg Zierlein is literally our QB. So drafting Goff's replacement to hope he ends up exactly like Jared Goff.

Hank Hill likely would not support a 23% sales tax on propane and propane accessories. That said, something tells me Hank would probably wear a MAGA hat. Homer Simpson too. I'd at least hope Hank had the good decency to still love his son Bobby once he found out about Bobby's sexuality.

We had a President called D*ck.

The party of fighting inflation's answer to fighting inflation and lowering costs is to add a 23% consumption/sales tax on everything you purchase. Can't wait to see the price of eggs or a carton of milk after this passes. This will be a great message for 2024, take away your Social Security, take away your Medicare, make you work for Medicaid benefits so when you have cancer you can keep working, and now, pay a 23% consumption tax on everything you buy. Sounds like a winning message to me.