The second pick is in and SB Nation's Lions community, Pride of Detroit, has selected...
The Lions have already added defensive tackle Corey Williams via a trade with the Browns and defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch via free agency. Adding Suh would not only give Lions fans great faith in the defensive line, but it would be another step in overhauling the entire defense and continuing to add talent to the team.
The addition of Suh would complete Detroit's revitalization of its defensive tackle rotation. He projects as an immediate star and will be a difference maker for Detroit. This is the obvious choice, and a good one.
From Corn Nation's Suh player profile:
Suh would be effective in the 3-4 as as end, but a waste as a nose tackle. He doesn't have the bulk, and it would be a waste of his speed. He'd be better off as a defensive tackle in a 4-3. He regularly dominated games as a senior, despite being double-teamed in every game. His hits were vicious, as was his ability to quickly recognize plays.
This is probably the right pick but there's another side of me that thinks they could have gone another direction.
The Lions overhauled their defensive line, as POD notes, so their need for a dominant defensive tackle wasn't as dire as it was prior to free agency. In addition to that, the Lions just invested $41 million guaranteed into QB Matt Stafford and they're going to protect his blind side with....Jeff Backus?
With that said, Suh is a "can't-miss" prospect and defensive tackles don't come along very often so it's hard to argue with it.
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Lions and Tigers and Suh, Oh My
I can certainly see both sides of the coin – draft Suh and have one of the best (in theory) defensive lines around. Or, draft Okung (LT) to protect your QB. Or, trade down and perhaps get better value, if not a better player, and perhaps more picks in a defense deep draft class.
While I have no knowledge of what the Lions front office is thinking, I had the pleasure of visiting Pride of Detroit recently, and at least from a fan perspective, the choice is clearly and overwhelmingly on the side of “Draft Suh”
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by upamtn on Mar 24, 2010 7:32 PM EDT reply actions
I can see both sides to the argument
DTs don’t come along very often so take one when you can. On the other hand, protecting your most valuable asset is important as well.
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by Joel Thorman on Mar 24, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Thing about that is...
Schwartz loves Jeff Backus and thinks he had a pro bowl year in 2009. People say that they could move him to LG and draft Okung, but what’s to say Backus will be effective at a position he’s never played. More than anything, I don’t necessarily see the Lions drafting Backus’ replacement just yet based on how highly they think of him.
Then again, that could all be a smokescreen, so who knows.
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by Sean Yuille on Mar 25, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
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