Detroit Lions Draft Needs
“Hey, We’re Only 20 Some Guys Away From a Superbowl!” – Kevin Ferguson, Lead Blogger for Side Lion Report.
I was asked e to write a few paragraphs to address the Lions needs in regards to the NFL Draft. I then laughed because its much, much easier to address what my team doesn’t need. A wide receiver. We have Calvin Johnson and he is a stud, a clear cut superstar, but that’s about it.
At runningback we have Kevin Smith. At moments, he looked brilliant. But when you’re 0-16, teams don’t respect you so should I pull out all the stats on “who was on defense” when he broke free an bought us some chunk yardage? Thats the deal with bad teams; Your vision is distorted because you can’t see the bigger picture. You can’t tell what’s going on when other teams do not view you as legitimate competition. Coaching wise or Defense and Offense were handled terribly, worst in the league and as the books will tell you, worst in history.
So the needs of the Detroit Lions boils down to the entire defensive core and the entire offensive core aside from Johnson and Smith. I will say keep Dan Orlovsky as I feel we can use a passer that doesn’t turn the ball over. He won’t win you the game, but he won’t lose it for you either and at this point it’s as good as we can do. We have to address the offensive line as it is terrible and our Center Raiola is undersized, we don’t have a tight end worth mentioning and there are going to be no returns at wide receiver aside from Calvin. Defensively, we can’t shore up our nose tackles easily as Marinelli had like 10 guys on roster and its proven to be a cap disaster. Our DE’s are terrible, we have no line backers and our cornerbacks suck while our safeties are non existent. They can all be replaced and the stats support this. Had they given up like 10 more points they would have managed to be the worst defense in the history of the sport of football. So they are the second worst defense in the history of the sport; We can live without all of them.
EVERY SINGLE POSITION ON THIS 0-16 LIONS TEAM IS UP FOR GRABS.
LB Aaron Curry (Wake Forest)
"EVERY SINGLE POSITION ON THIS 0-16 LIONS TEAM IS UP FOR GRABS"
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Dan the man had one of the worst turnovers in football historywhat are you talking about? running out the endzone
He also hit Calvin from that very same place for a touch down. Orlovsky is not perfect, but he is good enough for now. I don't always blame the QB when the line can't hold jack and the defense is the second worst in the history of the sport.
The Team was bad and therefore would allow bad things. Would the endzone thing have happened if the guys around him weren't terrible and Calvin wasn't double/triple covered? QB is a position that needs to be addressed, but in time. There are greater needs at the moment.
I couldn't agree more with you Kevin. The lions need a QB but not this draft. Shore up the lines and get backass to the Guard position and maybe he can block with a man on either side of him. If you give Orlovsky time he looked pretty good in the pocket with only one receiver out there. Hoping for 4 wins next year.
It all starts up front !!!!! Do the Lions really need to destroy another QB
The Lions need about everything but if you don't have a franchise QB and you have the opportunity to get one, you have to do it. Stafford is a stud. I am no fan of UGA but I do follow SEC football and Stafford is the best QB since Manning to play in the SEC. That includes Cutler who is in the Pro Bowl this year.
The Lions just need to beef up their OL. With a supreme OL.. any QB should have enough time to complete an accurate pass. Although, their defense definitely needs to do their part in winning games as well. I say take Andre Smith, and Laurinaitus in 1ST.. and possibly the next best OL or best DT or DE available in the 2nd round. Maybe they would start winning games!!!
Andre Smith would be a terrible choice. If he can't get ready for the combine, how do you expect him to be ready to actually earn the millions that a first round draft choice would command. Since defense is the key to winning on an annual basis, I would recommend at least two defensive players in the first round. Then start to peck away at the Offense.
The lions should fix the O line in the first round. Culpper isn’t great but we can get the kid from ball state in the third and give him a couple years to develop. Or trade the #1 overall for Jay Cutler he may be available. The point is there are 3 better QB’s coming out next year and we’ll have a top 3 pick again.
The lions couldn,t stop any team last season.Go defense the best player in the draft A. Curry. Then go OT and DT. Best available. defense wins games.Pittsburgh#1defense with a so so offense.