Speaking of Ebron...

[tonyballs]

I bitch about the lions....who suck ass and consistently fail at being a relevant organization. Heck, espn does a piece specifically on 0-2 teams and we're not even mentioned once lmao.

You bitch about me everyday. A person you don't even know on a message board.

Who sucks at life?

#dropmike

Damn son.....#dropmike?? Retard, you can't even get that right!!!...lol. Mic....mic.....it's mic. M. I. C. Ok? Lol

ESPN?! Oh shit....they're the bro bible of sports, right? Lol. I don't give 2 fucks what ESPN has to say or not say about the Detroit Lions, you nimrod. They're completely irrelevant in the conversation.
I call you out on your bullshit. My life is good, loser. Family, job, house, cars....i'm set. I come on these boards and usually hit it pretty hard during the season....it's fun. You live on these boards 24/7, 12 months out of the year. So, you probably have no friends. I'm almost certain you don't have an old lady....your negativity would drive her to put a gun in her mouth. This message board and especially YOU have no bearing on my life whatsoever. You thinking that just proves how much of an egotistical fkn asshole you really are....lol.

#Mictrashed.........<<<<that's how it's done

 

[mhughes0021]

Damn son.....#dropmike?? Retard, you can't even get that right!!!...lol. Mic....mic.....it's mic. M. I. C. Ok? Lol

ESPN?! Oh shit....they're the bro bible of sports, right? Lol. I don't give 2 fucks what ESPN has to say or not say about the Detroit Lions, you nimrod. They're completely irrelevant in the conversation.
I call you out on your bullshit. My life is good, loser. Family, job, house, cars....i'm set. I come on these boards and usually hit it pretty hard during the season....it's fun. You live on these boards 24/7, 12 months out of the year. So, you probably have no friends. I'm almost certain you don't have an old lady....your negativity would drive her to put a gun in her mouth. This message board and especially YOU have no bearing on my life whatsoever. You thinking that just proves how much of an egotistical fkn asshole you really are....lol.

#Mictrashed.........<<<<that's how it's done

My bullshit?

What have i said this year that is inaccurate? Name 1. Go....

 

[tonyballs]

My bullshit?

What have i said this year that is inaccurate? Name 1. Go....

Well, for starters.....saying that Ebron hasn't improved is one. Yes or no?

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm sorry, typo or not but that was pretty funny "Drop Mike." Lol.

 

[mhughes0021]

Well, for starters.....saying that Ebron hasn't improved is one. Yes or no?

improved at what?

Are his hands improved?....pretty sure he proved that's not the case. He double catches everything thrown his way and dropped a 3rd down pass already.

Is his blocking improved? hes a TE ....that doesn't block. So id say...probably not?

Has he caught more passes than previous games last year? Sure....but lets put that into context a bit. Stafford threw 53 fucking PASSES last week lmao. he caught what? 6? That's like 11% of his throws. In a game we were getting clown stomped by the Queens. Yippie. That's about as useful as Stafford completing a bunch of passes in garbage time.

His TD was a nice individual play. he almost dropped it lol...but it ended in being a nice play.

 

[LKP]

Ebron improved completion %, TDS and YPC so far. And his drop % is less per target.

 

[tomdalton22]

Ebron has been better so far. However, a skill player taken in the top 10 is expected to be a difference maker. So far, he has not been a difference maker.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Ebron has been better so far. However, a skill player taken in the top 10 is expected to be a difference maker. So far, he has not been a difference maker.

He needed to be Gronk v2.0 in order to justify us taking him there. We had WAY bigger needs on both sides of the ball, and passed on much better talent in the process. I'm happy that Ebron actually has a pulse this year, but we probably would have been better off taking any of the next ten or so guys picked, probably more than that. Ebron may not end up being our Darko, but it was still a bad pick with little chance of ever justifying itself.

 

[tomdalton22]

He needed to be Gronk v2.0 in order to justify us taking him there. We had WAY bigger needs on both sides of the ball, and passed on much better talent in the process. I'm happy that Ebron actually has a pulse this year, but we probably would have been better off taking any of the next ten or so guys picked, probably more than that. Ebron may not end up being our Darko, but it was still a bad pick with little chance of ever justifying itself.

I agree 100%. I wanted Martin or Donald there. I was also OK if they took a CB. TE was last on my wish list!

 

[dubbsco]

He will turn out better than Mike Williams, but the draft pick had that air of "we are the smartest guys in the room, look at what we are doing." The pick had Millen written all over it.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

I agree 100%. I wanted Martin or Donald there. I was also OK if they took a CB. TE was last on my wish list!

I wanted an OL (Lewan or Martin), a DB (Fuller or Clinton-Dix), or a WR (OBJ, Cooks, or Benjamin, I think were the ones left) there. I didn't want Donald, thought he was too small. Hell, I would have taken a QB (Bridgewater, Garoppolo, or Carr) over a TE. That is the one spot we shouldn't have been drafting.

 

[tomdalton22]

I wanted an OL (Lewan or Martin), a DB (Fuller or Clinton-Dix), or a WR (OBJ, Cooks, or Benjamin, I think were the ones left) there. I didn't want Donald, thought he was too small. Hell, I would have taken a QB (Bridgewater, Garoppolo, or Carr) over a TE. That is the one spot we shouldn't have been drafting.

I wasn't that high on Lewan...I think I was wrong.

 

[LKP]

We don't really know how Donald, OBJ and Lewan would do here.

Maybe we don't trade for Ngata with Donald.

Maybe we use a TE later and don't have Abdullah on the roster because of that.

Maybe Lewan sucks in our scheme at right tackle.

Maybe OBJ wouldn't get the targets here like he does in New York

 

[cheeno]

I would take all those potential scenarios over the current one.

 

[LKP]

People would be complaining about Lewan getting beaten at RT, Donald getting eaten by doubles and OBJ having bad stats in Detroit

Ebron was the pick. Nobody cares who you would have picked. Ebron is improving.

 

[mhughes0021]

People would be complaining about Lewan getting beaten at RT, Donald getting eaten by doubles and OBJ having bad stats in Detroit

Ebron was the pick. Nobody cares who you would have picked. Ebron is improving.

Lewan would play FB year 1 and would just be learning the position going into this year. We do our best to stifle growth here in Detroit.

 

[LKP]

Lewan would play FB year 1 and would just be learning the position going into this year. We do our best to stifle growth here in Detroit.

Man Ram is playing well over Laken. And Laken did play. Backus/Gosder played well in 2012 over Reiff. Its' good not to rely on rookies right away.

Or you get a rookie Slay type situation.

Ebron improved.

 

[dubbsco]

Glad to see a 32 year old sub-par offensive lineman is better than your 1st round pick.

By the way, rookies CAN contribute and be great in this league in year 1. It happens. Just not in this organization.

 

[tonyballs]

improved at what?

Are his hands improved?....pretty sure he proved that's not the case. He double catches everything thrown his way and dropped a 3rd down pass already.

Is his blocking improved? hes a TE ....that doesn't block. So id say...probably not?

Has he caught more passes than previous games last year? Sure....but lets put that into context a bit. Stafford threw 53 fucking PASSES last week lmao. he caught what? 6? That's like 11% of his throws. In a game we were getting clown stomped by the Queens. Yippie. That's about as useful as Stafford completing a bunch of passes in garbage time.

His TD was a nice individual play. he almost dropped it lol...but it ended in being a nice play.

I already told you what he improved at. He came into the season in better shape and with a better attitude. Stafford is actually looking his way too. He had 10-11 targets last week. His numbers are better than last year at the start. That's called "improving". All you do is reflect the negative into everything...lol. Lions were down tho.....he bobbled the ball tho....he doesn't block tho. Are you seriously the most depressed human being on earth or what?? lol. You can't argue that he hasn't looked better at least just a little, but you will!!!! That's you!!

Oh, and you were also wrong about Levy. That's TWO.

 

[tonyballs]

Glad to see a 32 year old sub-par offensive lineman is better than your 1st round pick.

By the way, rookies CAN contribute and be great in this league in year 1. It happens. Just not in this organization.

That's where you're wrong...dead wrong. ManRam has the experience. Tomlinson was a late pick and will improve. Let him get his feet wet. Not every 1st rd pick is ready day 1. You would like it to be, but sometimes these rookies are not quite ready. Not every team plays their 1st rd draft picks right away as starters. It's actually ok for a kid to go through some growing pains and watching/learning from the sidelines. Would you rather see him out there getting beat like a drum and his confidence go out the window?? Maybe you would...idk!! lol. he'll get better