Calvin Johnson it is (for now)

[rasul]

So does this mean that in 2 years, we are going to be trading Calvin Johnson for a 5th rd. pick?

Why do we even play the draft? The Lions have a better chance of getting the #1 pick in the NBA draft then they do of improving this team with Millen at the helm.

Why would we pick another wide-out? Last I checked, that was the ONLY thing that didn't need improvement from last year.

[chibearsfan]

Didn't you guys already have two 6'5" freakishly athletic recievers lining across each other? not to be rude but I think Millen should have done a better job to trade this pick becuase there are many teams who want calvin johnson. I think you guys would have been better off trading down for Gaines or Landry.

[PistonFan4Life]

Didn't you guys already have two 6'5" freakishly athletic recievers lining across each other? not to be rude but I think Millen should have done a better job to trade this pick becuase there are many teams who want calvin johnson. I think you guys would have been better off trading down for Gaines or Landry.

Not to sound like an ignorant fan or anything, but don't be hating the Lions for taking the #1 talent in this years draft. We now have possibly the best 1/2 punch at WR with a decent QB, we have a great offensive coordinator in Martz, your looking at the best offense now I think in the NFC North. I don't think Adams would've been a bad addition, but I think CJ was the best route to go for the time being. I know I'm going to be laughed at as well, but I think bringing in CJ gives the Lions a chance to average 35+ points a game and win 8-9 games this year, and this is coming off a team when we looked at our schedule last week, we weren't sure we could win any. With a healthy team theres finally some light at the end of the tunnel.

[srt4b]

LMMFAO @ another WR!!!! hahhahahah Millen is just **** with us now. I love it, this guy does whatever the **** he wants.....and gets away with it. He is probably getting a 30 year extension right now. hahahahaaa!!@@!! He thinks he is on a Yahoo! fantasy draft, not the ACTUAL NFL Draft!!! What a joke!!! The Lions have surpassed thr Clippers as the worst franchise in Sports history.

[ajaX82]

Michigan Live - The Lions announced that Calvin Johnson will wear No. 81, the number Mike Williams was supposed to wear this season (after they took No. 88 away from him because they retired Charlie Sanders' old number).

via the wiretap

81 and 11 making play after play all year long (in a losing effort of course)

[Vinnie's Microwave]

I do not have a warm fuzzy about this years draft so far. I have heard Salisbury call the Lions the winners so far in the draft. I have also read two articles that call them the losers of the draft. I am torn - I thought we should have traded the pick for a stockpile of picks. But then Millen gave away draft picks to trade up to get this DE from Hawaii that was a third round pick to begin with - and they got him in the 2nd round.

[PistonFan4Life]

I do not have a warm fuzzy about this years draft so far. I have heard Salisbury call the Lions the winners so far in the draft. I have also read two articles that call them the losers of the draft. I am torn - I thought we should have traded the pick for a stockpile of picks. But then Millen gave away draft picks to trade up to get this DE from Hawaii that was a third round pick to begin with - and they got him in the 2nd round.

Come on guys, there were a lot of routes we could have gone in this years draft, but to pass on the #1 talent and possibly one of the best WRs in ages could've been a disaster. One of the biggest problems other than the OL not looking great is the fact that we only had 1 really good WR. Defenses could eat that alive, I think your going to see a very well rounded offense this year that will put up quite a few points, its just a matter of whether or not the defense can stop the other teams. But you have to admit, no more double coverage on Roy will open things up for this team and once the receivers have to be respected then the oppositions defense can't just have their focus on doubling on Roy and then line up the rest of their defense to stop the run.

Now I know a lot of you are saying we didn't need another WR, but we really did. Millen screwed up taking Rogers and even a bigger mistake taking Mike Williams who had been out the prior year. Rogers was never the #1 prospect and got a lot of love for being the hometown guy, well that was a proven mistake. Mike Williams on the other hand was always slow, what Millen was thinking when he made that pick with that risk just makes ya wonder. But now we have possibly the best 1/2 punch, time to sit back and wait for the new season to get here, but enjoy it guys, it should be fun to watch this offense for the first time in a long time.

[Vinnie's Microwave]

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Come on guys, there were a lot of routes we could have gone in this years draft, but to pass on the #1 talent and possibly one of the best WRs in ages could've been a disaster. One of the biggest problems other than the OL not looking great is the fact that we only had 1 really good WR. Defenses could eat that alive, I think your going to see a very well rounded offense this year that will put up quite a few points, its just a matter of whether or not the defense can stop the other teams. But you have to admit, no more double coverage on Roy will open things up for this team and once the receivers have to be respected then the oppositions defense can't just have their focus on doubling on Roy and then line up the rest of their defense to stop the run.

Now I know a lot of you are saying we didn't need another WR, but we really did. Millen screwed up taking Rogers and even a bigger mistake taking Mike Williams who had been out the prior year. Rogers was never the #1 prospect and got a lot of love for being the hometown guy, well that was a proven mistake. Mike Williams on the other hand was always slow, what Millen was thinking when he made that pick with that risk just makes ya wonder. But now we have possibly the best 1/2 punch, time to sit back and wait for the new season to get here, but enjoy it guys, it should be fun to watch this offense for the first time in a long time.

I agree with most of your thoughts - but Barry Sanders recently suggested that the Lions draft all OL for the entire draft. Most people say he was kidding, but was he? There is something to be said of a guy that rushed for 2,000 yards with the Lions, and is one of the best running backs of all-time saying we need OL.

Lions sacks in 2007 (63) Colts sacks (15). Yes - the Colts have many weapons. The Lions do not have one position that is settled. Even our strongest positions (LT - Backus and DL - Shaun Rogers) have question marks. Backus makes loads of money to be an average tackle while Shaun does not have the desire to play for Detroit and takes plays off.

I just feel that the Lions missed this one. I can't blame Millen for everything. When Charles Rogers was drafted I was geeked. When Mike Williams was drafted I was excited that he dropped to us. I would have drafted Teddy Lehman and Boss Bailey in the same spots that Millen did. I can fault him for hiring the previous two coaches, and for not hiring the right people to develop these players. I am excited now about Calvin Johnson, but we have so many other needs.

At one point the Lions had eleven draft picks piled up last night and we just pissed them away by trading up to get players that would have been available anyway. I don't know guys - like I said - not getting a warm fuzzy.

[PistonFan4Life]

I agree with most of your thoughts - but Barry Sanders recently suggested that the Lions draft all OL for the entire draft. Most people say he was kidding, but was he? There is something to be said of a guy that rushed for 2,000 yards with the Lions, and is one of the best running backs of all-time saying we need OL.

Lions sacks in 2007 (63) Colts sacks (15). Yes - the Colts have many weapons. The Lions do not have one position that is settled. Even our strongest positions (LT - Backus and DL - Shaun Rogers) have question marks. Backus makes loads of money to be an average tackle while Shaun does not have the desire to play for Detroit and takes plays off.

I just feel that the Lions missed this one. I can't blame Millen for everything. When Charles Rogers was drafted I was geeked. When Mike Williams was drafted I was excited that he dropped to us. I would have drafted Teddy Lehman and Boss Bailey in the same spots that Millen did. I can fault him for hiring the previous two coaches, and for not hiring the right people to develop these players. I am excited now about Calvin Johnson, but we have so many other needs.

At one point the Lions had eleven draft picks piled up last night and we just pissed them away by trading up to get players that would have been available anyway. I don't know guys - like I said - not getting a warm fuzzy.

In regards to only drafting for the OL I hope that Barry was kidding, if there were a few great ones I would've been all for it, but I think Joe Thomas is going to be a good one, but not great. At #2 you need a player that can be the face of the franchise and I think when it boiled right down to it only 2 players were draftable at that spot. One was CJ, the other went to Oakland with the first pick. I would've much rather traded the 2nd round pick to get back into the first round to grab Staley, who cares that we got Stanton, the kid might do well here, but with the WRs we got now any QB should be able to throw the ball to one of them. We do still need someone to protect our QB, guess we have to hope that the guys we got in free agency pan out for us.

I couldn't agree with you more on the fact that we just messed up on trading up to get players we probably could have gotten anyhow, that was just stupid on Millens part as always though. This team still has a lot of holes, and I couldn't agree with you there more, but I think the offense was a quick fix and even if this year is a disaster again, as long as CJ shows that he's half as great as they're making him sound to be then we can put all our focus the next couple years on building around this Cover 2 defense.

[cb4_89]

Um what the **** are some of you complaining about?


You jut drafted the Lebron James of Wide Receivers. This isn't your average receiver. If he doesn't become the best receiver in the game in 2 years he will be a bust. Thats how good he is. Who cares about the other holes?

You couldn't have made this team a playoff team with any player in this draft. So why not take a 1600 yeard receiver that will be one of the most marketable players in the league?

[Vinnie's Microwave]

Um what the **** are some of you complaining about?


You jut drafted the Lebron James of Wide Receivers. This isn't your average receiver. If he doesn't become the best receiver in the game in 2 years he will be a bust. Thats how good he is. Who cares about the other holes?

You couldn't have made this team a playoff team with any player in this draft. So why not take a 1600 yeard receiver that will be one of the most marketable players in the league?

I hope you are right.

[srt4b]

Um what the **** are some of you complaining about?


You jut drafted the Lebron James of Wide Receivers. This isn't your average receiver. If he doesn't become the best receiver in the game in 2 years he will be a bust. Thats how good he is. Who cares about the other holes?

You couldn't have made this team a playoff team with any player in this draft. So why not take a 1600 yeard receiver that will be one of the most marketable players in the league?

We have been hearing this for 4 straight WRs now.

[GJense4181]

I'm peeved that we didn't trade up for Brady Quinn in the first round.
I'm also upset that we didn't take a linebacker the entire draft when David Harris was available and Paul Posluzny could have been had.
I do not like the fact that we took Drew Stanton in the 2nd when he probably would have fallen to the third.
and every player after our first two picks are virtual unknowns to me.

That being said, our first pick in the draft MORE than makes up for everything else. I was SO worried that Millen would take Gaines Adams.

[uniballer]

I really Like the pick.


i thonk 3 WR sets or williams, johnson, and furrey can really cause problems for opposing team


However we still have huge holes in the O line and on defense as well as our running back situation not to mention our QB's are less then stellar


i was really hoping the lions would trade down to get Brady Quinn or draft Trent Edwards.


i really like the draft picks this year but this team has way too many holes to fill

[GJense4181]

Calvin signed. Now he can finally join his teammates in camp.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti ... 048/SPORTS

[bstein14]

So far two games, two touchdowns, and two solid efforts all around for The Megatron