2015 NFC North

[mraynrand]

[pbmax]

Time to bring in Joe Philbin! Or Al Golden! Mike Sherman!

Even better!

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/02/07/report-lions-hiring-jim-bob-cooter-as-qb-coach-despite-arrests/

Jim Bob Cooter!

Cooter was arrested in 2006 for DUI, but he was arrested again for a more serious – and bizarre – offense in 2009. According to WVLT in Knoxville, Tenn., Cooter was charged with aggravated burglary after allegedly getting into bed with a woman after climbing into the window of her apartment and stripping down to his underwear. The woman called the police, who arrested Cooter, and he was released on a $10,000 bond the next day.

[mraynrand]

Not too serious. ^^^ But what everyone wants to know is did he poop in a laundry basket?

[smuggler]

Is Sullivan's career in jeopardy? Sure sounds like it if they took out one of his spinal column disks...

[Freak Out]

Detoilet is reaching Cleveland sad status....

[run pMc]

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/02/07/report-lions-hiring-jim-bob-cooter-as-qb-coach-despite-arrests/

I like this part, totally out of context, but still:

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had a close relationship with Cooter

I can't wait for Buck and Aikman to refer to him as Coach Cooter on TV.

[Rastak]

Is Sullivan's career in jeopardy? Sure sounds like it if they took out one of his spinal column disks...

Yea, it's possible. I guess I know now why they traded a competent linebacker for an undrafted rookie. Although there are two points to be made. Replacement Joe Berger has been playing very well and according to one report, although LB Gerald Hodges was pretty quick and making some plays, he made too many mistakes and Zimmer wanted him out.

[Rastak]

Detoilet is reaching Cleveland sad status....

Through quarters 2 & 3 sunday they had as many yards as the Vikings had sacks. 7.

[Fritz]

Detoilet is reaching Cleveland sad status....

Good news about Detroit - if you're a Packer fan. The team president, Tom Lewan, goes back almost 20 years with the Lions. I heard a Detroit reporter say yesterday that he is "like a son" to the Fords.

This would appear to mean that the guy who brought you Matt Millen and Martin Mayhew will still be around to throw Caldwell under the bus after the season in order to keep his job. And if Mayhew can ingratiate himself in the same way, the Lions will be the Lions for years to come.

[Pugger]

Good news about Detroit - if you're a Packer fan. The team president, Tom Lewan, goes back almost 20 years with the Lions. I heard a Detroit reporter say yesterday that he is "like a son" to the Fords.

This would appear to mean that the guy who brought you Matt Millen and Martin Mayhew will still be around to throw Caldwell under the bus after the season in order to keep his job. And if Mayhew can ingratiate himself in the same way, the Lions will be the Lions for years to come.

We can only hope.

[mraynrand]

Good news about Detroit - if you're a Packer fan. The team president, Tom Lewan, goes back almost 20 years with the Lions. I heard a Detroit reporter say yesterday that he is "like a son" to the Fords.

This would appear to mean that the guy who brought you Matt Millen and Martin Mayhew will still be around to throw Caldwell under the bus after the season in order to keep his job. And if Mayhew can ingratiate himself in the same way, the Lions will be the Lions for years to come.

It's still easier to blame Stafford.

[mraynrand]

Through quarters 2 & 3 sunday they had as many yards as the Vikings had sacks. 7.

They could bring Kitna back for another episode of Jailbreak.

[smuggler]

Is Mayhew really that bad? I don't think so... Not at player acquisition.

Coaching has been a problem for Detroit, for sure. But, I think the president and (perhaps) ownership have just as much influence on HC as the GM in a lot of places.

[Fritz]

Is Mayhew really that bad? I don't think so... Not at player acquisition.

Coaching has been a problem for Detroit, for sure. But, I think the president and (perhaps) ownership have just as much influence on HC as the GM in a lot of places.

Here's his draft history.




PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2015 1 28 Laken Tomlinson G 2015 0 0 0 7 Duke
2015 2 54 Ameer Abdullah RB 2015 0 0 0 7 62 222 1 13 113 1 Nebraska
2015 3 80 Alex Carter CB 0 0 0 Stanford
2015 4 113 Gabe Wright DT 2015 0 0 0 6 Auburn
2015 5 168 Michael Burton FB 2015 0 0 0 7 3 2 0 2 9 0 Rutgers
2015 6 200 Quandre Diggs CB 2015 0 0 0 7 Texas
2015 7 240 Corey Robinson T 2015 0 0 0 1 South Carolina
Misc Passing Rushing Receiving

Year Rnd Pick Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2014 1 10 Eric Ebron TE 2015 0 0 0 2 18 45 516 4 North Carolina
2014 2 40 Kyle Van Noy LB 2015 0 0 0 1 14 1.0 BYU
2014 3 76 Travis Swanson C 2015 0 0 0 3 23 Arkansas
2014 4 133 Nevin Lawson DB 2015 0 0 0 0 7 Utah St.
2014 4 136 Larry Webster DE 2014 0 0 0 0 0 Bloomsburg
2014 5 158 Caraun Reid DT 2015 0 0 0 1 17 1.0 Princeton
2014 6 189 T.J. Jones WR 2015 0 0 0 0 5 1 -3 0 1 11 0 Notre Dame
2014 7 229 Nate Freese K 2014 0 0 0 -1 3 Boston Col.
Misc Passing Rushing Receiving

Year Rnd Pick Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2013 1 5 Ezekiel Ansah DE 2015 0 0 0 15 37 21.5 BYU
2013 2 36 Darius Slay DB 2015 0 0 1 8 36 3 Mississippi St.
2013 3 65 Larry Warford G 2015 0 0 2 14 33 Kentucky
2013 4 132 Devin Taylor DE 2015 0 0 0 4 36 5.0 South Carolina
2013 5 165 Sam Martin P 2015 0 0 0 6 39 2 2 27 0 0 2 3 0 Appalachian St.
2013 6 171 Corey Fuller WR 2015 0 0 0 2 22 17 273 1 Virginia Tech
2013 6 199 Theo Riddick RB 2015 0 0 0 3 35 41 122 1 74 660 6 Notre Dame
2013 7 211 Michael Williams TE 2015 0 0 0 0 6 2 19 0 Alabama
2013 7 245 Brandon Hepburn LB 2014 0 0 0 0 0 Florida A&M
Misc Passing Rushing Receiving

Year Rnd Pick Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2012 1 23 Riley Reiff T 2015 0 0 3 18 54 Iowa
2012 2 54 Ryan Broyles WR 2014 0 0 0 3 21 32 420 2 Oklahoma
2012 3 85 Bill Bentley DB 2014 0 0 0 3 18
2012 4 125 Ronnell Lewis LB 2012 0 0 0 0 8 Oklahoma
2012 5 138 Tahir Whitehead LB 2015 0 0 1 10 53 2 Temple
2012 5 148 Chris Greenwood DB 2012 0 0 0 0 Albion
2012 6 196 Jonte Green DB 2013 0 0 0 4 24 1 1.0 New Mexico St.
2012 7 223 Travis Lewis LB 2015 0 0 0 2 34 1.0 Oklahoma
Misc Passing Rushing Receiving

Year Rnd Pick Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2011 1 13 Nick Fairley DT 2015 0 0 2 16 52 14.0 Auburn
2011 2 44 Titus Young WR 2012 0 0 2 8 26 4 31 0 81 990 10 Boise St.
2011 2 57 Mikel Leshoure RB 2013 0 0 1 5 17 217 807 9 34 214 0 Illinois
2011 5 157 Doug Hogue LB 2011 0 0 0 1 13 Syracuse
2011 7 209 Johnny Culbreath OL 2011 0 0 0 0 0 South Carolina St.
Misc Passing Rushing Receiving

Year Rnd Pick Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2010 1 2 Ndamukong Suh DT 2015 3 4 5 60 84 1 38.0 Nebraska
2010 1 30 Jahvid Best RB 2012 0 0 1 13 22 0 1 0 0 0 255 945 6 85 774 3 California
2010 3 66 Amari Spievey DB 2012 0 0 2 12 35 5 1.0 Iowa
2010 4 128 Jason Fox T 2015 0 0 0 4 27 Miami (FL)
2010 7 213 Willie Young DE 2015 0 0 0 13 68 17.0 North Carolina St.
2010 7 255 Tim Toone WR 2012 0 0 0 0 0 Weber St.
Misc Passing Rushing Receiving

Year Rnd Pick Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2009 1 1 Matthew Stafford QB 2015 0 1 5 54 84 2019 3362 23580 143 94 175 547 11 2 -3 0 Georgia
2009 1 20 Brandon Pettigrew TE 2015 0 0 6 21 87 297 2927 16 Oklahoma St.
2009 2 33 Louis Delmas DB 2014 0 0 6 26 78 7 6.0 West. Michigan
2009 3 76 DeAndre Levy LB 2015 0 0 6 43 90 12 3.5 Wisconsin
2009 3 82 Derrick Williams WR 2010 0 0 0 0 18 1 4 0 9 82 0 Penn St.
2009 4 115 Sammie Lee Hill DT 2014 0 0 3 20 87 7.0 Stillman
2009 6 192 Aaron Brown RB 2011 0 0 0 2 22 45 189 0 18 138 1 TCU
2009 7 228 Lydon Murtha T 2011 0 0 0 2 9 Nebraska
2009 7 235 Zack Follett LB 2010 0 0 0 2 17 California
2009 7 255 Dan Gronkowski TE 2010 0 0 0 1 14 9 69 0 Maryland
Misc Passing Rushing Receiving

Year Rnd Pick Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2008 1 17 Gosder Cherilus T 2015 0 0 7 44 110 Boston Col.
2008 2 45 Jordon Dizon LB 2009 0 0 0 2 28 1.0 Colorado
2008 3 64 Kevin Smith RB 2012 0 0 2 19 54 598 2346 17 123 1082 5 Central Florida
2008 3 87 Andre Fluellen DT 2015 0 0 0 6 75 4.5 Florida St.
2008 3 92 Cliff Avril LB 2015 0 0 5 36 111 1 56.0 Purdue
2008 5 136 Kenny Moore WR 2010 0 0 0 1 14 6 59 0 Wake Forest
2008 5 146 Jerome Felton FB 2015 0 1 2 2 94 44 155 0 39 312 0 Furman
2008 7 216 Landon Cohen DT 2014 0 0 0 2 21 Ohio
2008 7 218 Caleb Campbell DB 2011 0 0 0 0 2 Army

[smuggler]

They got stung a bit with injuries (Jahvid Best, Ryan Broyles) and a flat out player with the mind of a child (Titus Young). Still, it could definitely be worse.

2013: Ansah/Slay/Warford is the kind of draft that turns teams into contenders. But, somehow, they can't do anything with it.