2023 NFL Draft Weekend Thread

[Mitchrapp]

DIV is wide open they can do this!

I'm still not sure they can win 9 games again but we can hope.

 

[tomdalton22]

Sounds like I was pretty consistent with my analysis. Yay me!

yes...a 2 down LB AT BEST...if you do get in in the 3rd it's a solid value. :clap:

 

[boogerlovejoy]

yes...a 2 down LB AT BEST...if you do get in in the 3rd it's a solid value. :clap:

I don?t think he?s a 1st round pick. But, it doesn?t mean he isn?t good and that Detroit won?t have a great draft.

 

[LKP]

?I?m not sure people that follow (just) the NFL realize what Jahmyr Gibbs is going to be for Detroit. Think about what Detroit did last year, offensively. And now you get that weapon. Think Alvin Kamara. Think Christian McCaffrey. That?s who (Gibbs) is. This guy isn?t just a running back that can run routes. He can line up in the slot and run like a wide receiver. I mean, he is a matchup nightmare. And then he can get physical. He?s a 200-pound back, he can run between the tackles, so that was a great pick.

Gibbs from Kirk Herbstreit.

MUN. Matchup Nightmare. Woooooooooo

 

[tomdalton22]

MUN. Matchup Nightmare. Woooooooooo

IIRC, the last guy you claimed to be the Lion's MUN was Eric Ebron :clap:

 

[503]

What we all saw coming

Sources: The #Lions are receiving trade calls on running back D?Andre Swift, whose representatives have been in contact with the team about potentially moving to a new team. With Detroit drafting Jahmyr Gibbs, the talented Swift appears poised to leave Detroit.

 

[tigermud]

IIRC, the last guy you claimed to be the Lion's MUN was Eric Ebron :clap:

Yes LKP match up nightmare should be removed from your lexicon permanently. You are not allowed to say that again after the last time.

 

[LKP]

Yes LKP match up nightmare should be removed from your lexicon permanently. You are not allowed to say that again after the last time.

Herbstreit said it. I just quoted him

 

[tigermud]

Herbstreit said it. I just quoted him

still.. shouldn't even roll off your finger tips at all. LOL.

 

[tomdalton22]

I don?t think he?s a 1st round pick. But, it doesn?t mean he isn?t good and that Detroit won?t have a great draft.

this is also true. I think it will hard for the Lions to have a "bad" draft with the amount of high picks they have. I just think you are leaving value on the table when you reach for players. So far, they have reached for both players.

All that said, there are sill going to be very good players to be had in the 2nd round.

Just looking at the current ESPN 2nd round mock

34 Mayer, TE (I think I might go Brian Branch here)
48 Adetomiwa Adebawore, DE
55 Kelee Ringo, CB

 

[Mitchrapp]

Now watch Swift stay healthy and outperform our new guy.. Its happening, its the Lions way.

 

[tomdalton22]

Now watch Swift stay healthy and outperform our new guy.. Its happening, its the Lions way.

I wouldn't be surprised if they trade him for a contingent 2024 pick based on snaps or games played.

 

[mhughes0021]

I'm notoriously the rb and LB Round 1 hater.... but you know what. If you got yourself 2 starters.... then that's all that matters.

Sure Gibbs will split time with Montgomery. You could see all of last season Duce was trying to get swift to run with more toughness... never happened. And let's be real... swift is dynamic but he makes the wrong cut...
Alot!

2 starters from rd 1 is better than any other team can claim. I've also bitched about our LBs... so I can't really hate that they're trying to fix it.

 

[atxlion82]

I'm notoriously the rb and LB Round 1 hater.... but you know what. If you got yourself 2 starters.... then that's all that matters.

Sure Gibbs will split time with Montgomery. You could see all of last season Duce was trying to get swift to run with more toughness... never happened. And let's be real... swift is dynamic but he makes the wrong cut...
Alot!

2 starters from rd 1 is better than any other team can claim. I've also bitched about our LBs... so I can't really hate that they're trying to fix it.

Wow?who is this new Hughes

 

[gotime909]

I miss and moan about the Lions because they gave me Barry Sanders and nothing else ..

But they've never been good enough to set the expectations that you have. I just don't get it.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm notoriously the rb and LB Round 1 hater.... but you know what. If you got yourself 2 starters.... then that's all that matters.

Sure Gibbs will split time with Montgomery. You could see all of last season Duce was trying to get swift to run with more toughness... never happened. And let's be real... swift is dynamic but he makes the wrong cut...
Alot!

2 starters from rd 1 is better than any other team can claim. I've also bitched about our LBs... so I can't really hate that they're trying to fix it.

That's a contradiction if I ever heard one.. If you have two starters, sure Gibbs won't start. Lol. You need

 

[Mitchrapp]

But they've never been good enough to set the expectations that you have. I just don't get it.

You mean this team has higher expectations than the last 30 teams have had? That's what I don't get, based on what..

 

[mhughes0021]

That's a contradiction if I ever heard one.. If you have two starters, sure Gibbs won't start. Lol. You need

Its really not a contradiction at all. Every single team has a 2back system now... if not more.

 

[mhughes0021]

Pretty obvious holmes is patching holes as the main priority. That said be on the look out for S, DT, RG, TE and QB picks over the next couple days.

 

[503]

Sean Payton was Campbell?s mentor. Campbell was w Payton and the Saints during Kamara?s best years and learned how to utilize that type of RB.

Who is Gibbs player comparison?Alvin Kamara

I?m not a huge fan of calling picks reaches. If there?s a player you like and want, you better grab him when you have the opportunity. All it takes is one team to have the same view of that certain player.