Bly traded to Denver for Tatum Bell and draft pick

[Fritz]

If they got Foster than maybe Detroit will actually do something smart in the draft and draft Calvin Johnson. But I hope not.

[red]

ok, PFT says that they have confirmed its

bell, foster AND 5th round pick

for bly

[Rastak]

ok, PFT says that they have confirmed its

bell, foster AND 5th round pick

for bly

I think Detroit did ok on that deal.....


Is it possible for a guy that fumbles to stop?


Cough "tiki and ahman" cough cough.

[ND72]

I think detroit did very well with this trade...except now there is a GLARING hole on their defense.

[Rastak]

I think detroit did very well with this trade...except now there is a GLARING hole on their defense.

Indeed......maybe a FA or a 2nd round pick could be used to fill that hole.....

[HarveyWallbangers]

Pretty even trade. Detroit has no CBs and has Kevin Jones at RB though, so that perplexes me. You know any move Millen makes is going to blow up in his face.

[ND72]

Pretty even trade. Detroit has no CBs and has Kevin Jones at RB though, so that perplexes me. You know any move Millen makes is going to blow up in his face.

again...Kevin Jones MIGHT not be back right away next season. He had that major foot injury, they are hoping he can recover in time to play next year...BUT. Millen is just covering his butt.

[Rastak]

Pretty even trade. Detroit has no CBs and has Kevin Jones at RB though, so that perplexes me. You know any move Millen makes is going to blow up in his face.

again...Kevin Jones MIGHT not be back right away next season. He had that major foot injury, they are hoping he can recover in time to play next year...BUT. Millen is just covering his butt.

Exactly...Jones may not come back from what I hear.....or it may be a year from now....

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the lions came out a few weeks ago and said he might miss the whole season, then jones came out a day or two later and said he had no idea where that came from, because he's on schedule and should be ready to go by camp

so it sounds like no one has a clue whats going on with jones. which should be no surprise considering he's a lion

[Rastak]

the lions came out a few weeks ago and said he might miss the whole season, then jones came out a day or two later and said he had no idea where that came from, because he's on schedule and should be ready to go by camp

so it sounds like no one has a clue whats going on with jones. which should be no surprise considering he's a lion

Or more likely considering the injury. I'm not sure the color of his jersey factors into this.,...

[BooHoo]

I wonder if millen is OK, this seems so intelligent and unlike him.

Millen must have step out of the office for a few minutes and the only smart guy in the organization (maintenance worker) made the deal.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Hadn't read that Foster was thrown in. Knowing the injury to Jones is serious and that they got Foster plus a pick, I think Millen did a good job. Foster is young yet, and has started for Denver for awhile. He's a big, not very mobile guy who was an awkward fit for Denver's scheme. In Detroit's system I think he can become a solid starter. Good trade.

[digitaldean]

AND....Greg Foster was the Broncos starting RT last season...maybe this signals they won't draft Thomas either......

And Bates is NOT the DC. He is the Defensive Consultant. Slowick is the DC in Denver.

I stand corrected. Bates is the assistant head coach/defense and SLOW is the DC. My bad.

I assume that Shanny won't let the D get as chaotic as GB's was under Slow's tenure, because he has Bates to oversee it.

[motife]

Ron Wolf said one of the reasons he quit is because it was impossible to trade anymore, because of the salary cap acceleration of the now obligatory signing bonuses.

It appears with the huge increase in the salary cap, that instead of throwing money at a non-descript free agent pool, with perhaps only 5 blue chip players available this year, trades are coming back.

Teams are using up trading more readily because of cap room, and reluctance to over spend on middle to low range talent.

I think we'll see a lot more blockbuster trades in future.

[Fritz]

Let me try this from another angle: Detroit gave up a pro-bowl quality cornerback for a running back whom the Detroit radio reporters all said was not expected to carry the full load when Jones got back (supposedly by mid-season), and a right tackle who started 13 games, but did not start three others (but NOT due to injury).

So Tatum Bell will be their change of pace back, the right tackle is huge (338) and not a guaranteed quality starter, and though Deteroit gets a fifth round pick they also give up their sixth.

Maybe that's not so great. Detroit may have gotten some depth but not high quality talent.