Official Draft Discussion Thread

[Prowler]

Probably that quality offense players go early, and they believe that they can develop quality defenders out of late rounders. Have them in reserve roles for a year or two and then develop later.

[Fred Savage]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Probably that quality offense players go early, and they believe that they can develop quality defenders out of late rounders. Have them in reserve roles for a year or two and then develop later.

Well put. I am a fan of Broyles but the injury thing is a huge turn off. What's the point of having these great value playmaker picks if they cant play?

Whoa, who is this Josina Anderson chick? She looks like a frog. And Rachel Nichols looks as satanic as ever.

[Fred Savage]

I kinda like that corner from VT who just got busted for weed. He could be developed into something. Hosley?

[WMD]

I don't even know who to hope for now.. Iloka I guess?

[Silver & Blue]

Originally Posted by Fred Savage

I kinda like that corner from VT who just got busted for weed. He could be developed into something. Hosley?

I would actually be in favor of picking him in the third round. He is a great zone corner and does fairly well in man coverage.

[Prowler]

I'm cool with Brandon Boykin, Josh Norman, Lamar Miller, Bobby Massie, Ben Jones, Sean Spence, and Cam Johnson.

[Fred Savage]

Originally Posted by Prowler

I'm cool with Brandon Boykin, Josh Norman, Lamar Miller, Bobby Massie, Ben Jones, Sean Spence, and Cam Johnson.

Agreed, although I dont like Boykin, Sean Spence might be had in the 4th. Think Josh Norman would be the pick, heard we like him.


I am a pretty big Iloka fan. Have been for sometime, Phillip Blake too. We still have a chance to make some good picks. Thanks to some of these teams really bunzing. Jacksonville picks a punter in the 3rd? ahahahah

[Fred Savage]

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf...lained_by.html

[Silver & Blue]

Finally a CB.

[WMD]

Well I knew that would happen when I randomly looked at a CB's name to put in that post earlier..

[boknows34]

Dwight Bentley

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2012/profil...ley?id=2533024

Still think they could have taken Konz in the 2nd and had Broyles drop to them in the 3rd.

[Fred Savage]

Originally Posted by boknows34

Dwight Bentley

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2012/profil...ley?id=2533024

Still think they could have taken Konz in the 2nd and had Broyles drop to them in the 3rd.

Like the pick. I agree, think they could have gotten Broyles later, oh well cant make them all.

[Asteinebach]

Originally Posted by boknows34

Dwight Bentley

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2012/profil...ley?id=2533024

Still think they could have taken Konz in the 2nd and had Broyles drop to them in the 3rd.

Konz has injury concerns. That's why he slipped. In the 3rd round, all we really had to choose from was Nickel/Dime CB's. Boykin would've been better but Bill Bentley is not a bad player. Smallish, but he's got great playing speed.

I'm just so disappointed with Ryan Broyles pick. Shane P Hallam was in chat trying to justify it, but it couldn't be done. Passing on Lavonte David, Josh Robinson, Vinny Curry, and Casey Hayward was a mistake.

[WMD]

It's one of those picks you'll have to talk yourself into liking. It's not that bad. He's a good player at least.

[Scotty D]

Our WR depth is pretty bad actually. One injury and we take a major hit. GB took Jordy when they had a full stable of WRs. I'll take it over a RB.

[WMD]

Originally Posted by Scotty D

Our WR depth is pretty bad actually. One injury and we take a major hit. GB took Jordy when they had a full stable of WRs. I'll take it over a RB.

I figure we'll go with Calvin/Burleson/Titus/Broyles and then dump Burleson after this season... at which point we'll probably pick a 6'4" red zone WR in the 3rd.

[Scotty D]

We were also deeper in round 2 than Lions fans are used to. It was nice picking in those top 10 or so picks after round 1.

[Silver & Blue]

I like the Broyles pick from a pure talent perspective. But from an overall perspective of his draft stock I truly believe that we could have snatched him up in the 4th round. So I do believe we overreached if we are talking about his actual draft stock. But hopefully he ends up being good and I remember saying the exact thing Scotty said about if one of our top three receivers goes down with an injury we would be in trouble. So I definitely wanted a fourth WR just not this early. Although Broyles will probably replace Burleson sometime in the future and maybe become a #2 receiver eventually.

[DoWnThEfiElD]

Originally Posted by Silver & Blue

I like the Broyles pick from a pure talent perspective. But from an overall perspective of his draft stock I truly believe that we could have snatched him up in the 4th round. So I do believe we overreached if we are talking about his actual draft stock.

I have to believe that they had some inside info that he potentially wouldn't be there when they picked next. I'm warming up to the pick more and more because our depth was real bad. Mayhew and Schwartz both being "defensive guys" must have thought that is where better value was.

I am wondering if Mayhew, being a former DB, is too critical when analyzing these guys and tends to underrate them. I doubt it, but you never know.

[georgiafan]

center ben jones from Uga would make sense in round 4

[Asteinebach]

I like Terrell Manning or Ronnell Lewis for round 4. Possibly David Molk in round 5. But these will be our last two meaningful draft picks. So Whatever they do, I'd like to see a combination of any LB, DL, OL or Safety.

[Fred Savage]

Phillip Blake, Ben Jones or Geore Iloka in round 4 for me. For some reason I am high on George Iloka think he could be good if given a year to develop.

[Xiomera]

I want a Safety, Running Back and Linebacker today. Or else.

[Xiomera]

Traded down 9 slots, picked up a 6th rounder. I'll take it. At this point, it's almost quantity over quality since all of these guys are basically lottery tickets.

[Xiomera]

Keyshawn Martin from MSU just went #121. I'll be very curious to see if he turns out better than Ryan Broyles. I'm not a Spartans fan, but I've always thought Martin could make an excellent pro. He'd be a stud return man.