Yes! We did Detroit! Ha Ha Ha (tongue sticking out at you with thumbs implanted into my cheeks, while my other 18 fingers wiggle at you!) We got Matthew Stafford! Mr. Late Night, with appearances on Fallon, Letterman, and I think Chelsey Lately ( E!), is now Mr. Lion. Welcome to the class of former Mr. Lion QB's, (Pete, Ware, and Harrington).
However, my excitement doesn't fall there. As documented, Stafford was not who I thought the Lions should invest into. My excitement lays with the Lions finally following the "plan". Lions staff laid out a full fledged plan, compared to Millen' previous drafts of throwing darts at the board, hoping the BEST athlete would pan out. This year stated they'd draft the anti-Millen, a player who fits their needs and system. Did anyone see Jesus in that draft? I don't think David Cooperfield was in the third round. Did Barry Sanders re-enter the draft after visiting the fountain of youth (I am sure he'd hold out if the Lions drafted him).?
So back to the plan, come on, you know we both thought taking a TE in the second round and another TE in the 7th was the apart of the plan. I am proud of the Lions taking 2 TE's in this year draft, which was supposedly one of best TE drafts in many years and one of the weakest OB drafts. If I were GM, CEO, Pres. or whatever I would of formulated my plan around one of the best aspect of the offense, the TE. Take a good look at our WR on the roster now, Travis Taylor (9 yrs.), Bryant Johnson (7 yrs.), and Ronald Curry ( 8 yrs.) are our most experienced WR's contract wise. With that loaded WR core there was no need to deepen or even risk a higher WR pick, with a young WR.
Especially when the young guns are Free Agent Demir Boldin, Eric Flower (1), Chris Hannon (1), Steve Sanders (1), Franklin Williams (2), Adam Jennings (4), and Calvin Johnson (3)! So, let's get some up the middle guys catching and pass blocking guys in the draft. We needed TE to replace Jake Nordin (1), Sean Conover (4), Will Heller (8), Casey FitzSimmons (B.C.) and no better then a second round pick and seventh round pick to back the other small school TE we have out of Bucknell and Nothern Ill. P.S., I heard either TE was that outstanding at blocking, which I guess is fine for a young QB or old.
Did you know the Falcons are laughing at us and thanking us! The Lions had the first pick of day two, but the Lions followed the plan and thought to trade it. It was predicted for us to pick Lawrence Sidbury DE, but we traded. Well, he fell to the fourth round and to the Falcons. Yeah, it didn't make sense to me either to draft a DE to upgrade the Lions DE's of; Ikaika Adma Francis (3 Hawaii), Cliff Avrill (2 Purdue), Rudolph Hardie ( 1 Howard), Dewyone White (7 ), and Jared DeVires (11 Iowa). Why did I put there colleges? Well, it's supposedly one of the biggest down falls to Sidbury was he playes at Richmond. Richmond played on a highly competitive team that won and he dominated.
Then all the talk down here is how the Falcons ( Matt Ryan, shhhhhh) stole this pick! I hope our new WR out of PSU lifts our specials teams! I don't think this new Falcon Admin. has a clue how to change a franchise. Oh, hold up, wait a minute, they do!
Since the Lions had no choice really to take Stafford, I don't blame them. After numerous discussion with Lions' fans, I think we are all in agreeing. We've have come to accept this pick. If he pans out great, if not, oh well! I don't blame the Lions for this pick this year and I don't think it should be held against them if he doesn't pan out. No other team would trade to get him because they didn't want to pay him what we did. It's ridiculous he has the highest guaranteed money ever. I wish I'd get paid that money guaranteed without ever teaching a kid to read. Imagine a school district paying a teacher a sum of money without doing a damn thing. You really think a community would go for that? That's another point, however.
Well, I just hope this plan isn't similar to how the Ford's are planning on saving their most important franchise. Don't worry Stafford and our 2 new TE's, the Lion's have been failures for years, but Ford Detroiter's haven't!
