mock draft time
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:20 pm
i guess this should be on the lions and not ot on pistons...
i feal like creating a mock lion draft so ill post mine here.
2 things:
1) i will assume no trades. specifically at #1, since usually its not easy to get out of it and i think this year it will be especially hard unless someone really lights it up.
2) i will try to go off public consensus as to who will be available where. im mostly using espn, but since i lost my insider access ill have to use other sources as well.
rd 1
1) trading out of here is obvious, but if we cant i go with the aaran curry. an olb from wake is definitly unusual for the #1 pick, but i hate the idea of going QB here, and i dont think the top OT's merit a top selection either, not when we could a comparable player at 20. if curry is the real deal, than take him. a dominant LB can have as much impact on the game as any other player. and it fills a need (we actually have a need at all but 2 positions, in my book).
20) michael oher. the latest buzz is scouts are souring on him. i remember reading http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magaz ... wanted=all , when it came out, so im definitly partial. but if hes got the talent, and his character issues arent the normal guns and b****** stuff that is typical, i'd rather go high reward / risk on a kid like this. hopefully the coaches can coach him up. i think he is different than the typical malcontents that flame out, especially in detroit.
rd 2)
1) best player available. im looking for DE here though. for argument's sake, tyson jackson from lsu.
rd 3)
picks 1 and 20
i would look at michigan's dt taylor here. he had a mediocre senior season, but coming in he was being called one of michigan's most talented DT's ever. im willing to give him a pass on the fiasco that was the michigan season, and risk that he will make a solid pro.
with the other pick i'd look at 2 qb's: nate davis (ball state) and john wilson parker (alabama). nate davis right now is a hot sleeper pick that may climb up the board. i would concider taking him with either of our 3rd rounders. it would be nice to get a quality skill position player back to back years in the 3rd round (kevin smith last year).
i also like wilson, but not as much. he seemed to have a nice arm at alabama, though i guess he might be in for a culture shock going from alabama's OL to detroit's. i dont think he could play next year for the lions
if neither we could definitly go guard here and solidify the OL.
beyond that its a total crapshoot. we need to get atleast 4 starters out of this draft, and atleast one probowler. with the crap we have on this team, 4 should be easy.
with this draft hopefully we can make the OL atleaast avg, and also build a foundation for the defense. i think the secondary is almost irrelivent if you cant stop the run and have a good pass rush. once you have those things, you start worrying about the secondary. the best cb's are hopeless against a good qb with time, so it wont matter who we have out there unless the other stuff comes first.
i feal like creating a mock lion draft so ill post mine here.
2 things:
1) i will assume no trades. specifically at #1, since usually its not easy to get out of it and i think this year it will be especially hard unless someone really lights it up.
2) i will try to go off public consensus as to who will be available where. im mostly using espn, but since i lost my insider access ill have to use other sources as well.
rd 1
1) trading out of here is obvious, but if we cant i go with the aaran curry. an olb from wake is definitly unusual for the #1 pick, but i hate the idea of going QB here, and i dont think the top OT's merit a top selection either, not when we could a comparable player at 20. if curry is the real deal, than take him. a dominant LB can have as much impact on the game as any other player. and it fills a need (we actually have a need at all but 2 positions, in my book).
20) michael oher. the latest buzz is scouts are souring on him. i remember reading http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magaz ... wanted=all , when it came out, so im definitly partial. but if hes got the talent, and his character issues arent the normal guns and b****** stuff that is typical, i'd rather go high reward / risk on a kid like this. hopefully the coaches can coach him up. i think he is different than the typical malcontents that flame out, especially in detroit.
rd 2)
1) best player available. im looking for DE here though. for argument's sake, tyson jackson from lsu.
rd 3)
picks 1 and 20
i would look at michigan's dt taylor here. he had a mediocre senior season, but coming in he was being called one of michigan's most talented DT's ever. im willing to give him a pass on the fiasco that was the michigan season, and risk that he will make a solid pro.
with the other pick i'd look at 2 qb's: nate davis (ball state) and john wilson parker (alabama). nate davis right now is a hot sleeper pick that may climb up the board. i would concider taking him with either of our 3rd rounders. it would be nice to get a quality skill position player back to back years in the 3rd round (kevin smith last year).
i also like wilson, but not as much. he seemed to have a nice arm at alabama, though i guess he might be in for a culture shock going from alabama's OL to detroit's. i dont think he could play next year for the lions
if neither we could definitly go guard here and solidify the OL.
beyond that its a total crapshoot. we need to get atleast 4 starters out of this draft, and atleast one probowler. with the crap we have on this team, 4 should be easy.
with this draft hopefully we can make the OL atleaast avg, and also build a foundation for the defense. i think the secondary is almost irrelivent if you cant stop the run and have a good pass rush. once you have those things, you start worrying about the secondary. the best cb's are hopeless against a good qb with time, so it wont matter who we have out there unless the other stuff comes first.
