HAPPY DRAFT DAY!
A day we can hopefully all come together, indoors, apart from each other and enjoy some semblance of normalcy in enjoying a live as close as we can get right now to a sporting event.
CBS mock draft has 1 good guy going in the 1st round.
Cesar Ruiz to the NY Giants (in a mock trade from San Fran)
1 good guy going in the 2nd round.
Josh Uche to the NY Jets.
What say you on this glorious day? Will the Lions disappoint once again? Surprise picks? What will be feasting on? Our preferred beverage of choice?
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:12 AM ^
I say all this as it is about to thunderstorm in Nashville but can't nobody rain on my parade! Because my parade is indoors...in my living room...on a TV...showing an event which is also indoors.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:14 AM ^
REAL SPORTS COVERAGE ON TV TONIGHT!
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:15 AM ^
Draft Herbert to really screw up the other teams.
The Lions would make a killing in trades once their prized possession is off the board.
If no trade, then we have a QB of the future.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:16 AM ^
Fun Fact: When Tua Tagovailoa gets drafted today he’ll be the only left handed QB in the NFL, and the first since 2017.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:50 AM ^
Cade McNown 2.0
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:23 AM ^
Blake Bortles is out of the league?
April 23rd, 2020 at 12:42 PM ^
Bortles throws right handed.
Then he should try throwing with his left.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:34 AM ^
Heard something interesting the other day about how top left handed athletes get steered into baseball instead of other sports (mainly QBs in Football and to a lesser extant Basketball).
It does seem strange that there are hardly any left handed QBs in the NFL and who were the best lefties in the last 20 years in the NBA? Harden, Ginobili, Bosh?
April 23rd, 2020 at 12:38 PM ^
I've seen estimates that only something like 10% of the population is left hand dominant globally, with some larger percentage having some degree of mix-handedness to some extent or another. If that's accurate, it's less surprising to me given the rarity of becoming an NFL qb in general. Being left handed doesn't provide you any real advantages in football and in fact complicates some aspects of the game.
Becoming a NFL qb is rare. Being left handed is rare. makes sense that being a left handed NFL qb is very rare.
April 23rd, 2020 at 12:49 PM ^
That, and teams also spend a lot of time and money building their O Line, specifically LT, to protect a right handed qb’s blind side. Taking on a lefty has a ripple effect. I guess that speaks to you saying it complicates some aspects of the game.
As long as they don’t play catcher! Makes throw outs almost impossible if the batter won’t get out of the way (which he doesn’t have to if he’s coached well). I don’t think there are any active lefty catchers today honestly.
Lefty pitcher is gold as we know.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:18 AM ^
Cannot wait to see how my beloved Lions fuck it up again.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:53 AM ^
They'll somehow trade down before somebody trades up to 2 for a QB, thereby missing out on Chase Young. Crestfallen at the turn of events, they'll then trade down again and select OL and WR with their first two picks.
April 23rd, 2020 at 12:42 PM ^
Trying so hard to follow the Patriot Way. I say they reach for Aaron Hernandez.
I started to chuckle at first to your post but then it hit me that you're probably right
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:26 AM ^
It'll be fun to see these guys play in 2021.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:28 AM ^
I already have my 6 pack ready to down when the Lions take Derrick Brown at 3
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:39 AM ^
I got downvoted too. It appears we have someone young enough to still have hope when it comes to the Detroit Lions. It's so, so sad.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:42 AM ^
LMAO!!! I want to love the Lions, but they make it soo hard... I know they'll do something to screw this up. They'll probably end up with a left-handed QB that spends his rookie season on IR...
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:46 AM ^
It's not necessarily that they will do something to screw it up. It's that, no matter what they do, it will inevitably end up being wrong -- even where, if another team did it, that player would be a surefire hall-of-famer.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:47 AM ^
Seeing how Stafford will end the season on IR too, Tua will get great coaching from the sideline.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:16 AM ^
Armando Salguero from the Miami Herald says he's heard the Lions are prepping for tonight as if they'll be picking 5th. Sounds like the trade down with Miami that everyone has been talking about for months may actually happen.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:46 AM ^
Ive looked at way too much NFL draft coverage the last couple weeks with the lack of anything else that isnt corona being talked about anywhere.
That said the Lions and media have switched up their narrative in the last week or so when it comes to a trade. I believe the Tua slide is more than a smoke screen, or a smoke screen good enough to fool the Lions, and Quinn is not going to trade down. So in pure Lions fashion were either going to get a Top 10ish talent in Okudah or a top 15ish talent in Brown. Of course the Lions end up picking 3rd in a draft with two truly elite prospects.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:46 AM ^
Dolphins trade farm to washington....lions get chase young
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:46 AM ^
What grade do you give Sonny Weaver, Jr. on the 2014 draft and why?
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:47 AM ^
Probably a minority opinion here, especially given lack of relevant lives sports, but I’ve never been able to get into the draft. It’s the same talking heads saying the same thing as they have for a couple months, mixed in with a few minutes of interesting moves by teams.
Basically I just root for Michigan players to land in good places.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:03 AM ^
I am looking forward to the draft. I think Jon Runyon in the late rounds might be a steal for a team. If he never starts you at least have a smart backup that can play R/L guard or right tackle. I am looking forward to seeing which team picks him.
Big Mike O will also be interesting to see where he lands and how he is used.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:07 AM ^
Mike O is a guy who you could actually see being an NFL starter down the road. All the physical traits are there if someone can get the mental and technical part of his game to click. Hes one of those UDFA who actually has the tools to put it together and have a career. Or you'll just simply never hear of him again.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:13 AM ^
I need this... all the glory and over-drama of American capitalism will be a refreshing change from being a news junky
the draft has always been like a Detroit Lion Superbowl to me
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:13 AM ^
Will the Lions disappoint once again?
It's not will they, it's how badly.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:20 AM ^
Will the Detroit Lions pull another draft like TE Hockinson of last year? They are full of surprises and often prove the draft pundits wrong. We'll know soon.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:43 AM ^
Still angry about that.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:22 AM ^
Happy "how will the Lions fuck it up again" Day
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:30 AM ^
The PFF mock I watched yesterday had Uche going to the Patriots in the first, then Caesar going with the last pick in the first round. Go Blue!!
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:31 AM ^
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:36 AM ^
Best case for the Lions is to trade with Miami and still get Okudah or Simmons and pick up Miami’s 26th pick and use it to snag Taylor, who should be on the board still. Use the 2nd round pick to take the best available OT, which the draft is loaded with this year.
Worst case for the Lions is they trade with the Patriots and take it up the ass.
Most likely is no trades and get Okudah, though I think Simmons has a higher ceiling.
Worst case for the Lions is they trade with the Patriots and take it up the ass.
I think the worst case scenario for the Lions is to trade with nobody and still take it up the ass.
It was just reported that Miami is attempting to trade for the Lions 3rd pick while still keeping their 5th pick.
yeah, the Lions will fuck this up.
April 23rd, 2020 at 12:31 PM ^
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest the possibility the Lions neither need, want, nor draft Tua with the #3 pick. There are several teams that desperately wish to trade up, and trade the farm for that pick, and since the Lions have needs everywhere, I think they're likely to trade and draft half a roster instead. I think the only way the Lions use the #3 pick is if, for some crazy reason, the Redskins don't draft Young.
April 23rd, 2020 at 12:43 PM ^
I'm sure the Lions will make the wrong pick again, like they have for decades. I'm sure they will draft someone who should of went in the 3rd round as their 1st round pick.
If the Lions are smart, they'll entertain offers to trade down if they're there. I'd see if the Dolphins or Chargers want to get into a bidding war over getting into that #3 spot for Herbert, move down to #5 or #6, and likely still grab your guy in Okudah anyway. But its the Lions so they'll probably draft Sean McKeon at #3 overall and call it an evening.
I'm thinking we will see quite a few trades up into the top-10 tonight. There's going to be a run on OL tonight, and I could see a team like Tampa trading up to make sure they get one of the four best guys so they can protect Brady. I could see Atlanta trading up as well to make sure they get one of the top two DL on the board or a corner, and I also wouldn't be surprised to see Tua drop into the teens. I think teams are more concerned about his injuries than most realize.
I bet Cesar goes in the 20s tonight, and I did see a mock somewhere of the Packers taking DPJ in the first, based off of his combine results, but I'm guessing Cesar is the only Wolverine hearing his name called tonight. I bet we hear Uche's and DPJ's name tomorrow.
Thank God the NFL draft wasn’t cancelled. I’m going to watch the shit out of it.
Me too. I’m working on a full blown tailgate for just my wife and I. I’ll be drunk in a few hours.
Ratings are going to be far and away the highest they have ever been. I'll be really curious to see what the viewership numbers are when this is all said and done.
If Tua cant stay healthy with a pro line at Bama, he is going to live on the IR in the pro's. I don't like any of the QB's, average arms. Get the corner from Ohio or Young.
Go Blue!
Very curious to see where Peoples-Jones ends up. Patterson, too.