Ramirez getting reps at center

[kingofdetroit57]

The only difference is that starting with this offseason there is at least the slim chance of change. Millen was the low point, but even the when they cleaned house with him, they just started it all over with Millen's proteges. Mayhew and Lewan are gone. The coaches will eventually all be gone (I have to imagine Caldwell is only staying due to the lack of other options). Even old man Ford is out of the picture (not that Martha is a guarantee to be any better).

Next year is the first time in... perhaps ever, that a real rebuild can happen. That doesn't mean I have faith in Martha or junior, but hell, they could get lucky and stumble into a good GM, who could in turn pull in some actually competent coaches. Who knows.

The continual attachment to failures is what I'm getting at. I might start believing when Sheldon White, our terrible scouts, and the rest of the rotten core are gone too.

 

[af1991]

Forecast for the game actually does look promising. Sunday, 3pm: 55 degrees, winds at 10mph.

Fucking Lions are going to blow their best chance weather wise in years. Guess none of us should be surprised.

Rain, sleet, snow, or tropical sunshine....the Lions haven't won in GB since 1991!

 

[inkfreq]

Geez can we just make you the GM? I think that's a more concrete plan than we have had at any time over the past decade and a half. Unless you count, "do ya love football, son?", "BPA", and "YouTube whack off time" as plans.

One thing the military taught me.. it's better to have a bad plan than no plan.

A consistent I have seen among the best teams in football is that they have a strategy when it comes to the draft like it's written down, scripted, and only rarely do they deviate.

The Pats always try to move back and acquire additional picks.

The Ravens almost always target defensive guys.

Green Bay typically tries to take away the pass (secondary), rush the QB (D-Line), or protect the QB (O-line)

It's not anywhere near as simple as any of that, but there is a methodology to what they do.

Let's be honest... "Draft the best QB on the board with each of our first three picks" has got to be a better strategy than the scattershot bullshit we've seen.. because at least it IS a strategy.