Lions cut 4.

[wheels002]

DE Ronnell Lewis, WR Cody Wilson, CB Myron Lewis and S Chris Hope.


I thought Hope would make the team over Spievey.

 

[lgolfer]

DE Ronnell Lewis, WR Cody Wilson, CB Myron Lewis and S Chris Hope.


I thought Hope would make the team over Spievey.

The article I read said signing Mathis made Hope expendable. But I'd prefer that Spievey doesn't get any playing time.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Lewis is a surprise, you don't expect a 4th round pick with a year with the team under his belt to get cut.

 

[schles192]

Lewis is a surprise, you don't expect a 4th round pick with a year with the team under his belt to get cut.

Not really a surprise, he had that off field incident and was buried on the depth chart. More of a sign of our depth than his play. Cut him early so he can get a shot to make another team.

 

[wheels002]

Lewis is a surprise, you don't expect a 4th round pick with a year with the team under his belt to get cut.

Thats always been an issue with the Lions are draft picks past the first are gone after 2-3 years. And in the Millen years even the first rounders were gone. The great teams can draft talent in the later rounds.

 

[cheeno]

Rounds 4 through 7 are for whichever college staff gets them drunkest at their pro day...or Mike Thomas plus a million dollars. That year it was Oklahoma.

 

[inkfreq]

Plenty of guys bust. In fact, the first round has about a 50% bust rate across all teams.

The difference between Mayhew and Millen is that when a guy busts, we can cut him a year later because we have enough depth to do so. We don't have to hang on tohim as a starter for three years (cough: Ernie Sims).

Cutting a 4th rounder after a year, to me, is a sign of strength in drafting, not weakness.

 

[motown1958]

I have no problem with any of the cuts so far. Lewis was made expendable Taylor started playing so well. Deep right now at DE looking at Ansah, Idonije, Jones, Taylor, Young.

 

[cheeno]

Plenty of guys bust. In fact, the first round has about a 50% bust rate across all teams.

The difference between Mayhew and Millen is that when a guy busts, we can cut him a year later because we have enough depth to do so. We don't have to hang on tohim as a starter for three years (cough: Ernie Sims).

Cutting a 4th rounder after a year, to me, is a sign of strength in drafting, not weakness.

Yeah it's much better cutting a draft pick due to depth than drugs, crime, insanity, or general all around suckiness.

 

[tonyballs]

Thats always been an issue with the Lions are draft picks past the first are gone after 2-3 years. And in the Millen years even the first rounders were gone. The great teams can draft talent in the later rounds.

Happens to EVERY team in the NFL, not just the Lions

 

[tonyballs]

Plenty of guys bust. In fact, the first round has about a 50% bust rate across all teams.

The difference between Mayhew and Millen is that when a guy busts, we can cut him a year later because we have enough depth to do so. We don't have to hang on tohim as a starter for three years (cough: Ernie Sims).

Cutting a 4th rounder after a year, to me, is a sign of strength in drafting, not weakness.

Great point, ink.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Plenty of guys bust. In fact, the first round has about a 50% bust rate across all teams.

The difference between Mayhew and Millen is that when a guy busts, we can cut him a year later because we have enough depth to do so. We don't have to hang on tohim as a starter for three years (cough: Ernie Sims).

Cutting a 4th rounder after a year, to me, is a sign of strength in drafting, not weakness.

I disagree, 4th round guys are supposed to stick and provide depth, and if you're lucky be good players for you. What's important about having draft picks contribute is that you get them on the cheap for their rookie contracts, instead we have 2 FAs in Jones and Idonije that we are paying a heck of a lot more to fill out our roster. Taylor probably took his spot though so I get where people are coming from.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I agree, Johnny. We all know that there are draft busts, 1st round to 7th round. And its very high and all teams have 'em.

That being said, why are we always on the "bust" part of it? To continue to be good, year after year, you need guys that are drafted in round 4 or round 5 or undrafted that become good players. Just now and then, damn. When is it our turn..?

 

[inkfreq]

I agree, Johnny. We all know that there are draft busts, 1st round to 7th round. And its very high and all teams have 'em.

That being said, why are we always on the "bust" part of it? To continue to be good, year after year, you need guys that are drafted in round 4 or round 5 or undrafted that become good players. Just now and then, damn. When is it our turn..?

Waddle and Fauria are turning heads. Our turn might be right now.

 

[LKP]

For every 4th-7th round guy you know is good, there a ton that suck.

Lions have some undrafted and later guys working out. Joique Bell, Willie Young. People need to calm down. Not every draft pick works out and the Lions do have some that do. Plus draft well early and make good free agent signings/trades.

 

[inkfreq]

Expectations are high in Detroit, and we don't get to say that very often. Those expectations didn't drop any because a 4th round pick got beaten out and released.

Did he work hard enough? Was he a head case in camp? Lots of reasons this could have happened.

 

[LKP]

Lewis off field might be a factor too. One less guy on the team that got arrested. He didn't fit the size and length of the DE switch they have made.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Waddle and Fauria are turning heads. Our turn might be right now.

I hope your right..

 

[johnny2x2x]

For every 4th-7th round guy you know is good, there a ton that suck.

Lions have some undrafted and later guys working out. Joique Bell, Willie Young. People need to calm down. Not every draft pick works out and the Lions do have some that do. Plus draft well early and make good free agent signings/trades.

It's the Lion's horrible draft history that gets people all up in arms. A 4th round boom or bust won't make or break us, that's for sure, but to paint having another draft bust as a good thing is a stretch.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Bell and Young get brought up..Bell we didn't draft (that's the point). To be honest, what has Young done? He was part of 11 tackles all of last year. In 11 games. He's almost non existence.