Yes, this is totally unrelated to the Lions, and I don't care. I want to talk a little about Saturday's big game between Michigan and Michigan State. If you don't like this being on this site, screw you and don't click the link to go to this story from now on.

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Well 2010 hasn't gone anywhere as well as I thought it would. I never expected to get more than 7 wins this season, but I had hoped that we'd play a little better. Playing only a half of football with your team's starting QB may have something to do with that, but shit happens and I'm not blaming injuries for our poor performance. I still have hope there will be great things to come out of the season and we could even make a miracle run possibly, or at least steadily improve throughout the remainder of the season. However, sitting through these two games, I can't help but look towards 2011 just a little. It's kind of nice to watch the games and be able to point out just a few positions that need drastic improvement, rather than nearly the whole team.

Below is my critique of how the Lions have played overall and which players (and/or coaches) are on the hot seat to make 2011s roster:  

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Just a quick question for POD nation: Does anybody know how Restricted Free Agent Compensation works after the draft? If you wanted to sign a RFA that hasn't signed his tender offer from the team, would the compensation just be next a 2011 instead, or would it work differently?

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With some pretty heavy events unfolding over the last few days before the draft, things are starting to reveal themselves, or so it seems to the untrained professional such as myself. A number of things could be said about the Rams/Skins and Lions/Eagles/Broncos trades but lemme give you my perspective on what I think is shaping up.

A) The Lions probably would pick Suh if he was available at #2. As much as it pains me to say, no visit really dampened my hopes for Berry at #2.

B) The Rams said all along they were going to bring Bradford in for a last-minute private workout and with today's news that they traded their best DT away to the Redskins, I believe they are prepared to take Suh #1 overall.

C) The Washington Post came out with an article, though not binding it is certainly interesting, saying the Skins could still be in the Sam Bradford Hunt.

D) If the Rams do in fact take Suh #1, are the Lions content with settling for Gerald McCoy or Russell Okung, as I belive these are the only two players "valuable enough" to select at #2.

My answer is no, the Lions aren't. It's my belief the Lions will strongly look to Mayhew Washington for Haynesworth and (too lazy to look it up but that OLB that is all over this site in such proposed trades) now that they have they're guy for the 3-4. I'll just guess and say a 3rd rounder and 7th rounder and $8 million as well as swapping 1st rounders. This gives Washington the opportunity to really solidify the QB position for the next 15-20 years with McNabb allowing Bradford the chance to ease into the role.With the Lions moving back to #4, the options really open up. I'd guess Tampa Bay would take McCoy, as he fits perfectly into the Tampa 2 scheme. So the Lions options could be Berry, Okung, Williams or another trade down, which should draw much more interest than the #2 pick. My preference would be to draft Berry here or to risk the Chiefs going elsewhere and trading with Seattle for the #6 and a 3rd rounder for the #4 pick where they could select Okung to replace the retired Walter Jones. Either way I would think the Lions are looking to get Berry if we have Haynesworth. Then that gives us the chance to go either OLB or T or RB or CB in the 2nd - 4th rounds.

I think this would greatly improve our team, giving us a chance to make a run on what a lot of people (myself not included) have called a weak schedule.

Could be a dream scenario but it definitely isn't impossible with what's played out recently.

per ESPN: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/news/story?id=5085644

Adam Shefter reports that the Denver Broncos will be trading star disgruntled wide receiver Brandon Marshall to the Miami Dolphins for this year's 2nd rounder and next year's second rounder. Let me be the first to say "well shit".

I would have loved seeing Marshall in HBAS for that price. Marshall is tied with two other players for having 3 100-catch seasons in a row and is only one off from, wait for it, THAT'S RIGHT! None other than our own Herman Moore. Oh, by the way, he's only been in the league for 4 years. Would have been unbelievable help for Staff.

But I think we all knew we'd never get him, so can't pine over it. But anyways, nice to see the NFL's Big Ten team get a little help. Henne has to be doing backflips right now.  

Hey what's happening Cardinal fans? I'm from the Pride of Detroit site and I have Arizona for our community mock draft. So instead of me searching back through all of your fanposts and comments since the season ended (as I'm sure if you're anything like us over on POD, then you've definitely been talking about the draft since the Super Bowl ended), I'm just going to throw together a poll of different players to put together a "big board" for the pick.

I've put together a list o 17 or so players based on possibility of landing at #26 and team need.

It's kind of interesting to pick with more than one team ahead of you. There's a million possibilities of who could fall to #26...at POD, we only have a few "real" prospects, maybe not even a few (Suh). So I thank you Cardinal fans, and out of respect I have to say that even though most people on our site think Calvin Johnson is the best WR in the game, I've always known that title certainly is better suited for Larry Fitz.

MY (unrealistic) hopes for the rest of the offseason:

Trade: 

#2 pick, 2011 5th round and Dewayne White to Seattle for #6, #14 and #141 picks

#14, Maurice Morris and 2011 4th round pick (from Seattle) pick to Houston for #20, #82 and #152

#34, #82 and #135 picks to New England for #22 and #120 pick 

Resign:

Casey Fitzsimmons and William James

Free Agency:

RB Thomas Jones 3 year/$15 million ($9/$3/$3)

LB Keith Bullock 2 year/$6 million (4/2)

QB Charlie Batch 2 year/$6 million (4/2)

CB Marlin Jackson 4 year/$12 million (6/3/3)

Draft:

--- 1st Round

#6 (from Seattle) Eric Berry S/Tennessee

#20 (from Seattle) Kyle Wilson CB/Boise State

#22 (from New England) Brandon Graham DE/Michigan

--- 2nd Round

none (#34 to New England)

--- 3rd Round

#66 Best Guard Available (Jon Asamoah/Illinois, Mike Johnson/Alabama, Vladmir Ducasse/Massachusetts)

--- 4th Round

#101 A.J. Jefferson/Fresno State  

#120 (from New England) LaGarrette Blount RB/Oregon

--- 5th Round

(# 135 to New England)

# 141 (from Seattle) Linval Joseph DT/East Carolina University

# 152 (from Houston) Danario Alexander WR/Missouri

--- 6th Round

# 174 Rodger Saffold OT/OG/Indiana 

--- 7th Round 

# 218 (from Cleveland)  Josh Hull ILB/Penn State

In my opinion, these moves represent a significant amount of wheeling and dealing, but could be possible in this crazy uncapped, trade-happy offseason that has been evident so far. Since the combine is over and free agency has moved teams into a general direction and also created some other interesting situations, such as the Lions releasing our top two corners from last season in Buchanon and James. We haven't made a big move to get a respectable replacement yet and God knows he isn't already wearing Honolulu Blue and Silver, so I've concluded we're going to get a CB early, and J.Schwartz and the rest of the coaches touted Wilson highly during the Senior Bowl. So that's the main drive behind the New England trade, especially considering N.E. is famous for loving to move down in the draft for more picks.

The Seattle trade has been discussed frequently here and I think you throw Dewayne White and another pick in and it really gives them a reason to move up, that is unless they move this pick to Denver for Brandon Marshall, whom I wished the Lions had the luxury to go after this season. Although I'm actually not sure if the Marshall thing would affect this year or not. I had thought that I read all of the compensatory picks pertain to 2011, but I keep hearing about Seattle's two picks when people talk about it on ESPN. Either way it's probably a long shot anyways at this exact trade happening, but remember this is MY offseason plan.

The Houston trade makes a little sense because they still need a running game and Morris can contribute to that, we won't need him as Blount, Brown and Dorsey can carry the load until Smith returns to strengthen the group even more. But also is the thought that the Texans are knocking on the doorstep of the NFLs top teams, but just maybe need that little better player at #14 than what's left at #20, maybe like C.J. Spiller as their 1/2 punch with Morris or Joe Haden to sure up an open slot left by Dunta Robinson's departure. Either way, also unlikely but yet again MY offseason.

As for the draft, these are players I think rank on a best player available and later more need specific, but still always FITTING the Lions team and schemes (such as no 290 lb. DT or slow pussy CB or slow unagressive S and so on). I've taken into account countless hours of watching and rewatching the combine, looking over scouting reports, taking into account their college, who was around them in college, intangibles Schwartz and Mayhew have targeted, defensive schemes, etc., etc., etc. So this is my best guess at who we could be targeting (although they're probably not counting on 10 draft picks as I am with these trades) and where their draft stock should be barring any crazy pro days.

Prospective lineup:

QB: Stafford, Batch*, Stanton

RB: Smith, Blount*, Brown, Dorsey

FB: Felton

TE: Pettigrew, Heller, Fitzsimmons

WR: C. Johnson, Burleson, Williams, Northcutt, Alexander*

T: Backus, Cherilus, Saffold*, Jansen

G: Peterman, Johnson*, Jansen, Ramirez?, doesn't matter

C: Raiola, Gandy

DE: Graham*, Vanden Bosch, Avril, Hunter, McBride

DT: Hill, Williams, Joseph*, Cohen, Fluellen

OLB: Peterson, Sims, Levy, Follett, 

MLB: Levy, Bullocks*, Hull*

CB: Wilson*, Jackson*, Jefferson*, King, James (really don't know what's going on here, hoping they got a plan though) 

S: Delmas, Berry*, M. White, Bullocks

K: Hanson

P: Harris

KR: Burleson, Williams, Wilson

PR: Wilson, Burleson, Brown

LS: Muhlback

Lemme know what you think... 

Bored as fuck at home coughing my lungs up... and saw this-

From the ESPN Insider (yes i know it's unreliable but):

Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Rams assistants were calling in to Philly to ask about Vick, and during his lap around Radio Row at the Super Bowl, Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo seemed genuinely interested in acquiring Vick, per Miklasz. With the word that Marc Bulger might not be long for St. Louis, this has increased speculation that the Rams are heavily in play for No. 7.

The headline on the front-page link also said "Rams -- Vick at QB, Suh at DT?"

I'm hoping to God that this happens as it would hopefully lead us to getting Berry.

But only time will tell.

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I know it's early and much too speculative, but could this year's draft be the best one ever? There are countless talents in every position with the exception of QB, although I do think Claussen or Bradford could pan out in the NFL.
On top of it all, Jim Schwartz himself said there are tons of great juniors coming out this year. I think he said something like usually there is only one good junior for every three that come out, but this year there are 5 good ones out of every 6.

This leads me to my main question: Should the Lions trade down out of number 2 and trade off guys like Peterson, Sims and White to stockpile as many picks as possible? It would undoubtedly probably lead to another 3-5 win season but would definitely give us a long-term solution.

I personally don't think we should trade out of number 2 unless Suh goes 1st overall. But if he does, I'd like to see us trade down to no higher than 26 overall and get a couple of 2nd's or a 2nd and third with it.

Whaddya think?

Players I'd get no matter what it takes:

DT Suh (obviously), DE Brandon Graham, CB Kyle Wilson, OG Mike Iupati, WR Gilyard and RB LaGarrett Blount and CB Donovan Warren.

Mayhew needs to look seriously to the Denver Broncos before somebody else jumps on this. But reportedly (via ESPN Insider) Denver is open to offers for Elvis Dumervil and Brandon Marshall. I think this could be our golden parachute out of the Bobby Layne/Barry Sanders/Matt Millen (whichever you prefer) curse era and into a bit of respectability.

I think we could package Peterson, 1st rounder, 4th rounder and White to swing this deal. Obviously that would leave us with a little hole as far as the Suh/McCoy etching if we keep our first rounder, but we could go after a FA, perhaps Casey Hampton, to fill the void. Mayhew, Schwartz and Gunther aren't too keen on Suh or McCoy anyways, from what is being said, so I can't see much problem there.

I think then we should also definitely make a run at Ray Edwards too.

Then just fill, backup QB, backup RB, LG, RG, and CB thru FA and the draft and we're in contention instantly IMO.

Just think, Stafford to Calvin and Marshall, two of the freakiest athletic receivers to play the game. I wouldn't sleep for days if we pulled something like that off.

I know it's dreams but it's something to think about for a new day under a new regime, possibly.

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in a perfect world (if I were GM lol):

My plan--

-The trade above

-Sign Casey Hampton

-Sign one of the top 3 guards

-Sign a backup QB

Draft:

2nd-CB

3rd-SS

5th-G

6th-RB

7th-DE

Starting lineup:

O-Staff, Morris(Smith), Felton, Pettigrew, Calvin, Marshall, Backus, LG**,Raiola, RG**, Cherilus

D-Dumervil, Hill, Hampton, Hunter(Avril), Sims, Foote, Levy, Buchanon, **2nd rounder, Delmas, **3rd rounder

K-Hanson,  Harris,

KR-Williams, Brown, Buchanon

I mean so far without paying attention I know we are out Granderson, the best centerfielder in the game, and Jackson, an all star and player who improves every year, as well as probably Lyon, not a big deal but still talented, and Rodney, 1 blown save and the BEST changeup in the game to boot and a great setup guy too.  Not to mention multi-gold glove winner Placido Polanco. I mean shit, there's a core for an expansive team for crying out loud. Plus whatever else I've missed. I've also heard talks of Inge on the way out. I mean WTF. Best defensive third baseman in the league. Oh yeah Thames, who Zack Greinke mentioned as one of the toughest hitters he faced all year in an interview with MLB network after his Cy Young win.

Now I'm not all complaint here. I figured our lineup would look something like Avila and Laird 50/50 catching, Cabby 1st, Sizemore and Polanco 50/50 at 2nd, Everett and Santiago 50/50 at SS, Inge 3rd, Raburn and Guillen 50/50 at left Grandy in center and Ordo and Clete in right. If anything I was hoping we'd pick up a Matt Holliday or semi-sure hitter. 

I mean we finished a normal-sized arm (polanco just short of the single up the middle in last game) out of the playoffs in a year when we had absolute crazy shit happen. People were awesome then terrible. And I don't mean like normal swings. We had a pile of injuries beyond belief. 

I just seems like we had a really strong core of talent and it's all been blown to shit — Granderson, Inge, Cabby, Jackson, Porcello, Verlander, Rodney, Zumaya (ehhhh maybbbbe him) all seem like special talents that get you to lots of championships. Then look at our farm system full to the brim with power starting and relief talent and a slew of decent power guys also down there. I'd of been much more content not doing anything this offseason and just keeping the same exact team. If you had to lower the payroll, maybe Illitch should have just sold Little Caesar's. Nobody likes that shit anyways. Worst pizza ever. The spices are good but sauce and cheese is a joke.  Anyways, lemme know what you think.

I'm sitting around today wondering why the hell I had the luck of being raised in a state with a collapsing economy with no light at the end of the tunnel, with everything going wrong in the country in the peak of my life (24-years-old) ... no jobs, shitty health care (couldn't get it if i wanted), and on and on ... why I get the added pleasantry of the having the Lions as my home team. I've been a sports nut my whole life. I played football, baseball, soccer, hockey, basketball, bowling in organized leagues and many other in unorganized fashion.

Football has been the biggest sport in my life though. Ever since I was young I remember devoting the WHOLE weekend to football, playing or watching. I remember the obvious good times with Barry and the gang and even managed to stay ignorantly positive, enthusiastic and hopeful through the after-Barry years when we were touting James Stewart, Germane Crowell, Stoney Case and Cory Schlesinger as our prime weaponry.

But the thing I keep replaying in my head over and over and can't help but wonder if things had been a little different, what would have happened...

That situation is two years ago, when we led the division after 8 games, then collapsed from rising threat to laughing stock of the WORLD.  

Now I'm not gonna say we weren't a worse team than we let on those first 8 but I do believe there was a key to the fall. That key was Calvin Johnson. Once again, I remind you this is in no way blaming Calvin for what happened, I'm blaming the circumstances.

If you remember, the first few games of the season our offense looked like the Colts, well not the Colts but at least TCU. We put up 36, 21, 20 and 37 in the first four games and Kitna didn't have a game under 245 in passing yards. He even had a 446er in there. What I remember was that was this was Rod Marinelli's 2nd year manning the helms our offense was clicking on all cylinders, except one that is.

After the first four games, we had a 3-1 record with a blowout loss to Philly (If you remember, Kevin Curtis ran up and down the field on us for about 1000 yards receiving). Roy Williams and Kitna were hitting on all cylinders and Furrey and McDonald were fitting in nicely working the seams and underneath stuff. Our run game was nowhere to be found but that didn't really hurt our offense because we were so good passing in the second year with Martz as offensive coordinator.

A little niche in Martz's offense was if you get a hot receiver, go back to him until they stop him. Roy Williams was really taking to this quite well and was in top shape. I remember so many great catches and runs after catches that I hadn't really seem as a dimension from another receiver before. His hands were above average then, he ran like the wind, didn't give up on routes and shined beautifully in the first four games. But then something happened that I blame partially for his and the teams fallout — the fans and pundits started in on the Calvin Johnson era and demanded more playing time and to throw him in there.

While it didn't seem like a bad idea, even to me, it led to increased pressure to get him the ball, indirectly taking balls away from Roy and subsequently beginning the end for both him and Kitna, as well as the rest of the offense, mostly. 

Nothing from that point on clicked the rest of the season. We were blown out in Washington and managed to scrape together two more wins before disappearing into mediocrity and ultimately down right awfulness. Roy and Kitna never recovered the rhythm they had and if one concentrated you could see Roy giving way emotionally and physically in presence to Calvin to take over as the main guy.

It's hard to have two top level receivers on one team, ask Ochocinco or TO or Boldin or Marvin Harrison. To be a great receiver you have to always want the ball and want to push your team. But if there are two franchise receivers they aren't both going to get a significant number of balls thrown their way and eventually one will get significantly more or less depending on the quarterback relationship. QBs tend to subliminally pick favorite targets and with the shallow psyche of a receiver that only leads to destruction as was the case with Roy.

Like I said before, I don't put much thought behind it, but it does make you wonder for sure.

I think maybe had Calvin not been demanded to produce right away and had been eeked into the offense throughout the course of the year, things could have been a bit different. I'm not sure if anything could have kept the offense from imploding but who knows.

What do you guys think? Let me know in the comment section. 

Hey everyone, I'm not sure how official this is, but under the depth chart section on detroitlions.com it's all filled out with this year's players and may offer some perspective on how the coaches are evaluating this year's crop of players. If nothing else, it is just kind of fun to see a 2009 depth chart as Schwartz says we won't be seeing a real one until he says so. Here is the link: http://www.detroitlions.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=16&top=21&level=2.  A few notables are that both new veteran tackles (salaam and jansen) are on the second team; dewayne white is on the second team; and culpepper SEEMS to be leading the qb race. Remember though, this is probably just the web site guy's guess as to a depth chart so no hurt feelings.
Also, every player with an injury has been put last on the depth chart.

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder, the Lions official website DetroitLions.com is doing their own fan poll to see who fans want (Aaron Curry) and voting closes at 3 p.m. est today.

22,000+ have already voted and apparently you can vote as much as you'd like because I've voted over 100 times myself.

I don't have anything else to say, this thing told me I had to have at least 75 words so I'm just typing this to get there.

Welcome to my mock draft. I didn't want to be as boring as everyone else so I really thought about what I would do philosphy-wise if I was GM of these teams. I know a few picks might surprise you.

My mock draft:

1. Detroit Lions: MLB Aaron Curry, WF - An opportunity to build through the draft the "right way." Detroit cannot afford to chance anything like spending $30 million on a franchise quarterback and have him get hurt because of an under-talented team.

2. St. Louis Rams: WR Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech - The Rams dropped the last part of the long-time two-headed monster that was Bruce and Holt recently, leaving the team with no real #1. The Rams have Steven Jackson to carry the load, but if they want him after another 2 seasons, they can't keep riding him like they are. Rams go same philosophy as Lions...draft talent.

3. Kansas City Chiefs: DE Brian Orakpo, Texas - KC wants Curry here but he's too good to pass up for the Lions. They missed Jared Allen very much last season and realize what a difference a top DE can make.

4. Seattle Seahawks: QB Matthew Stafford, Georgia - The Seahawks can't pass the chance to have a prospect like this. There's no denying Stafford has all the tools to play, and under Hasselbeck for a year or two could really be a big payoff for the Hawks.

5. Cleveland Browns: DT BJ Raji, Boston College - Shaun Rogers isn't fitting in too well in Cleveland, and already requested a trade, but I think it's settled down. Even so this makes sense as far as that goes and even if there isn't a trade it gives the Browns a solid duo. Talent pick again.

6. Cincinnati Bengals: OT Jason Smith, Baylor - The Bengals need to protect Palmer so he can get Ocho the ball. This gives the Bengals a solid piece to the OL.

7. Oakland Raiders: OT Eugene Monroe, Virginia - Now that the Raiders have a formidable trio of offensive weapons in Russell, McFadden, and Walker, they need some way to stop defenses from obliterating their backfield.

8. Jacksonville Jaguars: WR Jeremy Maclin, Missouri - The Jaguars have been in need of a real playmaker at receiver and Maclin fills that void.

9. Green Bay Packers: DE Everette Brown, Florida - Aaron Rogers took a lot of blame for last season that wasn't due to him. Defense needs a boost and Brown is a start.

***Washington Redskins*** trade the 13th pick overall and the 80th pick overall to San Francisco 49ers for 10th pick overall.

10. Washington Redskins: OT Andre Smith, Alabama - The skins don't take any chances of hoping Smith falls farther than 10th and make this trade.

11. Buffalo Bills: CB Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio St. - Bills fill a vacancy left by Nate Clemons' departure last season.

12. Denver Broncos: QB Mark Sanchez, USC - Cutler calls pour in from Tampa, Detroit, and Chicago.

13. San Francisco 49ers: OLB Aaron Maybin, Penn St. - 49ers get Willis a worthy smash brother.

14. New Orleans Saints: OLB Clay Matthews, USC - Best defensive prosepect available.

15. Houston Texans: WR Percy Harvin, Florida - Texans need an explosive, quick little receiver to complement Andre.

16. San Diego Chargers: DE Tyson Jackson, LSU - One of the few needs for the Chargers. Wanted Harvin.

17. New York Jets: CB Vontae Davis, Illinois - The lacking secondary has killed the Jets; they finally address it.

18. Chicago Bears: FS Sean Smith, Utah - The loss of Mike Brown doesn't  hurt the Bears as they add the 6'4" safety.

***Tampa Bay*** trades the 19th overall pick to Denver Broncos for QB Jay Cutler and 6th round pick. 

19. Denver Broncos: DT Peria Jerry, Mississippi - Broncos go to defense, where they need to focus the most.

20. Detroit Lions: OT Michael Oher, Mississippi - Detroit gets a solid OL, which they desperately need.

21. Philadelphia Eagles: OT Eben Britton, Arizona - McNabb needs some protection.

22. Minnesota Vikings: WR Hakeem Nicks, UNC - Gives them a duel-threat capability.

23. New England Patriots: RB Beanie Wells, Ohio St. - Maroney has been injury-prone. Bellichick likes a 2-back system anyways.

24. Atlanta Falcons: TE Brandon Pettigrew, Oklahoma St. - Ryan is heard screaming from his house.

25. Miami Dolphins: DE Michael Johnson, Georgia Tech - A huge talent that could wreak havoc.

26. Baltimore Ravens: CB Darius Butler, Connecticut - Samari Rolle is gone so this makes sense.

27. Indianapolis Colts: MLB Brian Cushing, USC - Somebody to help Sanders out.

28. Philadelphia Eagles: MLB James Laurinitis, Ohio St. - The speedy linebacker should help solidify a good Eagles team.

29. New York Giants: CB Alphonso Smith, WF - Giants few weakness points.

30. Tennessee Titans: DT Ron Brace, BC - Fill Haynesworth's absence.

31. Arizona Cardinals: RB Knowshon Moreno, Georgia - Cards can't believe he fell this far.

32. Pittsburgh Steelers: SS Patrick Chung, Oregon - Ryan Clark is getting older.

Round two will be posted sometime tomorrow...

The off-season's far from over and the draft alone is a month away, but Lions fans are starting to get a clearer picture of our whole new regime of management, coaches and players.

There's absolutely no way of telling if these moves will transpire into wins on the field, and I'm sure with each move speculation will start heating up, even after a 0-16 season, but I have to say it seems to be in a good direction.

The Redding/Peterson trade was a win in my book for the Lions, even with parting with the 5th round pick. Julian Peterson brings a winning background, that veteran leadership, and can still play with the best of them at OLB, although for how long is anybody's guess at 31. Redding might turn out to be the player we signed to fat contract two years ago, but he wouldn't revert to the player in this atmosphere in Detroit having been through it already. It's much liklier for this to be a good turning point in his career.

This does present a problem with my draft plan though, as I wanted the Lions to take Curry and Maualuga or Laurinitis, but I'm not upset at all by it. I still hope we take Curry number one, and in turn, take a LT at 20 instead of picking up one in free agency. While we're on the subject, I also said the Lions should take FS CJ Spillman at 33, but I'm not seeing him on any of the three-round mocks so far. I still think he's top 64 material, ala Combine, scouting report on NFL.com, etc., but the lack of being a household name must be hurting his stock...that or everyone posting 3-round mocks is retarded.

This is where Cutler comes in...

I, like everyone in Michigan, am hoping for the Lions to make a move here, even if it involves one of our top three picks as long as it's worth it on paper.

So, in one scenario, I'd say the Lions should try to move pick 33 and 86 in turn for Cutler and Denver's 4th round pick, assuming they have one (I don't do any statistic research so bare with me if I sound like a dick). That gives us Spillman at 66, as long as I continue to be wrong on his stock, and then we can get either a RG, a fat frackin D-tackle, a sleeper QB.

The other scenario would be the same except for trading Stanton instead of pick 66.

Even still, if that did happen close to the same way, I still am not retracting my statement about getting hyped about the Lions until I see wins.

Has anyone heard or happen to know yet, if Schwartz has settled on a base defense yet? I know he said he was evaluating players first and seeing what happens with free agency and stuff, but has he leaked anything yet that's final?

By the way, I'm new to the blogging world, but does Wayne Fontes seriously run waynefontes.com? Once again, I don't like researching things, so I hope someone just knows.

This is my first time ever even being on the site so I'm just going to give ya a quickie to start off. I'll think of some crap to feed ya by Monday, so lemme just say no matter what the Lions do in terms of acquiring players I think would be realistically beneficial to this team, I still will not put my word on the line they'll make the playoffs this season. That doesn't mean it might not happen via miracle Falcons and Dolphins last year, but I'm not holding my breath until I see results. No more hype for me. Wins and Losses. Not progress being made in another epicly-disheartening-mind boggling loss. I think my voicebox has been permanently damaged from the past nine seasons of agonizing screams I unleashed on my television set directed at terrible quarterbacks, O-lines and pathetically-weak and fundamentally-stupid defenses.

So in short, I wish the Lions well as always, and I will be overflowing this site with pretty much useless mush consisting of commentary, depth charts, draft plans, coaching strategies, player strategies and personnel packages and well as overall directional paths I think would best suit the Lions actions, as obviously I have no ties to the organization and have no possible idea or say in what they will ultimately do.

So here, I leave you with a draft scenario poll...tell me what ya think in comment if you have an honest and realistic rebutal. Don't just say "uhh we need a quarterback and junk." I'll make fun of you. Seriously.