PB! So glad to see you back. And you picked up right where you left off - hitting on all cylinders.
By the by, the Lions also just traded next year's third to move into the fourth this year and draft a gigantic player (offensive line) from another country or continent. He might end up being good, but I like to see our division opponents trading away future resources. It makes me happy.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
The way this draft is ending, draft class seems a bit weaker than usual. The 85 superbowl champions and our never won a superbowl rivals done went P/K and trans Atlantic when they had very few picks.
Only the Bears would draft a QB with the first pick of the draft and draft a punter in the 4th round.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
Originally Posted by Joemailman
now that's effen funny!
I really wish some of these GM’s had a sense of humor- really, the Tampa Bay GM couldn’t humor us all by picking that AJ Tampa guy, that corner from Iowa State or something? Come on, man!
Right now Lions’ fans are swaggering around like the Super Bowl is in the bag.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Final Body Count:
CHI:
R1 - Williams (QB), Odunze (WR)
R3 - Kiran Amangadjie (OT, Yale)
R4 - Taylor (PUNTER, Iowa)
R5 Booker (Edge, Kansas)
DET:
R1- Arnold (CB)
R2 - Rakestraw (CB, Missouri)
R4 - Manu (OT, British Columbia), Vaki (RB, Utah)
R6 - Mingo (DT, LSU), Mahogany (G, Boston College)
MINN:
R1- McCarthy (QB), Turner (Edge)
R4 - Jackson (CB, Oregon)
R6 - Rouse (OT, Oklahoma), Reichard (K, Alabama)
R7 - Jurgens (C, Wake Forest), Drake-Rodriguez (DT, Texas A&M Commerce)
Okay - just found out Detroit also shipped out next year’s fourth to get a running back this year. So if I am reading this correctly, the Lions have no third or fourth round picks next year.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Detroit traded their 2025 3rd rounder to the Jets and their 2025 6th rounder to the Browns.
However, they were carrying Philly's 2025 4th rounder, Tampa's 2025 6th rounder, and Dallas' 2025 7th rounder.
Assuming they traded only one of the 2025 4ths, they would still have either their own or Philly's.
https://www.tankathon.com/nfl/full_draft
MEANWHILE, Minny has only their 1st, two 5ths, and a 7th in 2025.
It’s supposed to be a shallow draft with so many juniors going back as seniors with the NIL/Portal system getting them paid. Next year those guys will be seniors so even if next years juniors stay, there will be the seniors who came back coming out anyway.
Long story short, next year we should see a deep draft again.
But as for this year, our competition all had either 1 or two picks in the first three rounds where the draft was supposed to be strong. We had 5.
Overall, if Gute had a good weekend, or even an average weekend, we had a lot of firepower and should get more quality players than most teams and have an advantage in improvement.
Formerly known as JustinHarrell.
Curious what those of you more in the know than I am think about the Loins' two corners, Arnold and Rakestraw.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Both have very tenacious personalities. Arnold has good length and is a good tackler. They should be happy with him. I think Rakestraw might be too slow for the pro game, but time will tell
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