Titus Young to be cut by the RAMS today

[johnny2x2x]

Based on last year it looked like Leshour was getting out played by Bell.

Maybe that's the key to building a successful franchise, don;t look to the draft, but scour the local security guard ranks for NFL players. This is the draft before last and we only have 2 players left, that is insane.

 

[mhughes0021]

Maybe that's the key to building a successful franchise, don;t look to the draft, but scour the local security guard ranks for NFL players. This is the draft before last and we only have 2 players left, that is insane.

last years draft wasnt any better.

1st round fullback
2nd round 4th string wr
3rd round 160 lb cb
4th a 3rd string DE that they tried at OLB but then put back at DE
5th tahir frikken whitehead lmao
5th a kid from albion that couldnt hang so he sat on IR all year
a 6th round cb....awesome
travis lewis

 

[Diggler Cometh]

last years draft wasnt any better.

1st round fullback
2nd round 4th string wr
3rd round 160 lb cb
4th a 3rd string DE that they tried at OLB but then put back at DE
5th tahir frikken whitehead lmao
5th a kid from albion that couldnt hang so he sat on IR all year
a 6th round cb....awesome
travis lewis

Are you really complaining about 4th-7th rd picks not getting pt?

 

[johnny2x2x]

last years draft wasnt any better.

1st round fullback
2nd round 4th string wr
3rd round 160 lb cb
4th a 3rd string DE that they tried at OLB but then put back at DE
5th tahir frikken whitehead lmao
5th a kid from albion that couldnt hang so he sat on IR all year
a 6th round cb....awesome
travis lewis

Depressing. Why do we think 2013 will be any better? We still don't know how to evaluate talent a draft players who can actually contribute.

 

[mhughes0021]

Are you really complaining about 4th-7th rd picks not getting pt?

whitehead didnt even see the field on ST for most the year and people on this board are penciling him as a starter at OLB lmao. All the dude did was cheer for Ashlee Palmer after he made a tackle.

 

[LKP]

Ashlee Palmer can replace Levy. He did well in Levy's absence last year. Get Durant back and roll with Lewis, Palmer or Whitehead. Giving up on any of those LBs because we lost Levy is crazy. A Moises Foikou or Phillip Wheeler could be an upgrade over Levy based on how they played last year.

 

[cheeno]

Ashlee Palmer can replace Levy. He did well in Levy's absence last year. Get Durant back and roll with Lewis, Palmer or Whitehead. Giving up on any of those LBs because we lost Levy is crazy. A Moises Foikou or Phillip Wheeler could be an upgrade over Levy based on how they played last year.

Wow so many options!

 

[motorcitym]

http://youtu.be/mk48xRzuNvA

 

[Mitchrapp]

Not sure what that video has to do with Titus outside the name. Unless you think a British gang will beat the crap out of him and he becomes a hall of famer after that?

 

[mhughes0021]

Are you really complaining about 4th-7th rd picks not getting pt?

i bet i could have picked people that would have saw PT last year. What about the PT we got from our rds 1-3 picks? a safety in any round 2-5 would have played over wendling/silva.

1 Mercilus DE
2 David OLB
3 TY Hilton WR
4 jared Crick DE
5 Cyrus Gray RB
....would have eliminated about 5 needs we have this offseason. I mocked mercilus, david and gray in several of my pre draft mocks last year so the "after the fact" argument wont work

 

[Mitchrapp]

4th round picks should get PT and lots of it.

 

[LKP]

The Lions had no need to draft a DE at the time in 2012. KVB, Avril and Young all taking a nose dive is rather shocking in 2012. And no way to tell how Mercilus would do with his hand in the dirt in Detroit's scheme. I'll take Reiff all day with Gosder's free agency.

David is a good pick, but Durant and Levy isn't the same as Burleson situaiton with Broyles. Durant and Levy had low cap numbers. They were high on Levy after 2011 as well.

Hilton they had Young in April, before the sucker punch. And Young was coming off a good rookie season. Could be more efficienct but he made some big plays and does have talent.

4th round too early to give up on Lewis. Crick hasn't exaclty lit the world on fire either.

 

[mhughes0021]

The Lions had no need to draft a DE at the time in 2012. KVB, Avril and Young all taking a nose dive is rather shocking in 2012. And no way to tell how Mercilus would do with his hand in the dirt in Detroit's scheme. I'll take Reiff all day with Gosder's free agency.

David is a good pick, but Durant and Levy isn't the same as Burleson situaiton with Broyles. Durant and Levy had low cap numbers. They were high on Levy after 2011 as well.

Hilton they had Young in April, before the sucker punch. And Young was coming off a good rookie season. Could be more efficienct but he made some big plays and does have talent.

4th round too early to give up on Lewis. Crick hasn't exaclty lit the world on fire either.

mercilus pick saves you 10.6 mil last year and allows you to fill other needs in FA with that money too. Instead we filled 0 holes. Love reiff too...but would i have missed him if we didnt have him last year. No....i wouldnt have missed his 5 snaps a game. The BPA crap hasnt worked....its gotten us very deep in a select few positions. Unfortuantely now.....theres about 15 other positions that need to be addressed cause we neglected them for way too long.

 

[LKP]

mercilus pick saves you 10.6 mil last year and allows you to fill other needs in FA with that money too. Instead we filled 0 holes. Love reiff too...but would i have missed him if we didnt have him last year. No....i wouldnt have missed his 5 snaps a game. The BPA crap hasnt worked....its gotten us very deep in a select few positions. Unfortuantely now.....theres about 15 other positions that need to be addressed cause we neglected them for way too long.

You are on drugs if you think Avril should have been replaced by Mercilus going into last year. Here's your problem, you don't think in terms of what Mayhew would be thinking at the time of the 2012 draft. Avril was a playmaker in 2011 plus got good pressure in 2010 and the Lions did everything possible to keep a playmaker DE on the team. It's a fact and the right call at the time. Mercilus and let Avril walk, he would have been laughed at by all 31 other GMs. It's very unfortunate
Avril "tricked" Mayhew and Avril had a very average 2012 season along with Young and KVB taking a nose dive. KVB you could see coming somewhat but not Avril or Young. Plus you are making grand assumptions of what Mercilus could do for this team.

 

[Mitchrapp]

You are on drugs if you think Avril should have been replaced by Mercilus going into last year. Here's your problem, you don't think in terms of what Mayhew would be thinking at the time of the 2012 draft. Avril was a playmaker in 2011 plus got good pressure in 2010 and the Lions did everything possible to keep a playmaker DE on the team. It's a fact and the right call at the time. Mercilus and let Avril walk, he would have been laughed at by all 31 other GMs. It's very unfortunate
Avril "tricked" Mayhew and Avril had a very average 2012 season along with Young and KVB taking a nose dive. KVB you could see coming somewhat but not Avril or Young. Plus you are making grand assumptions of what Mercilus could do for this team.

That's what good teams do, prepare. You draft him and rotate and he gets plenty of snaps moves into the starting job in 2013. Everyone and their mother knew Avril's last season here was 2012.

 

[tomdalton22]

mercilus pick saves you 10.6 mil last year and allows you to fill other needs in FA with that money too. Instead we filled 0 holes. Love reiff too...but would i have missed him if we didnt have him last year. No....i wouldnt have missed his 5 snaps a game. The BPA crap hasnt worked....its gotten us very deep in a select few positions. Unfortuantely now.....theres about 15 other positions that need to be addressed cause we neglected them for way too long.

Also, if they would have let Avril go they would have gotten some sort of compensation pick in the draft...right?

 

[boogerlovejoy]

That's what good teams do, prepare. You draft him and rotate and he gets plenty of snaps moves into the starting job in 2013. Everyone and their mother knew Avril's last season here was 2012.

So you are happy with last years draft then, right? Because that's what Mayhew did.....drafted Reiff and Broyles.....rotated them in and they got plenty of snaps. As you just said, that's what GOOD teams do.

And NO, nobody on this board KNEW Avril was gone after this year. There are a lot of old threads stating what people would give avril, what his market value is ect....... not one person said Avril wont be here.

 

[LKP]

So you are happy with last years draft then, right? Because that's what Mayhew did.....drafted Reiff and Broyles.....rotated them in and they got plenty of snaps. As you just said, that's what GOOD teams do.

And NO, nobody on this board KNEW Avril was gone after this year. There are a lot of old threads stating what people would give avril, what his market value is ect....... not one person said Avril wont be here.

Finally someone who gets it. Good post. And Avril was very much in the Lions long term plans. It amazes me how poor peoples memories can be sometimes. They offered him a 3 year deal in July. But Avril had outrageous demands.

Mayhew did everything right to try to keep him and offer him a good deal, Avril is the one who messed up with
1) outrageous demands (he was talking this season about getting paid like Mario Williams)
2) unexpected poor play in 2012 after two good seasons in 2010/2011 rushing the passer. 2011 he was a big playmaker and part of the Lions future. It is not Mayhew's fault Avril suddenly started sucking after 2 good seasons.

Now he's probably gone as his demands remain outrageous and his play dropped.

 

[LKP]

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/02/detroit_lions_martin_mayhew_wi.html

Looks like Mayhew still isn't on the Cliff is only here for 2012 plan

 

[Mitchrapp]

So you are happy with last years draft then, right? Because that's what Mayhew did.....drafted Reiff and Broyles.....rotated them in and they got plenty of snaps. As you just said, that's what GOOD teams do.

And NO, nobody on this board KNEW Avril was gone after this year. There are a lot of old threads stating what people would give avril, what his market value is ect....... not one person said Avril wont be here.

Dude, the guy is asking for a ton. If you thought he'd be back for 2013 - well what can I say - you're an ...

And yeah, though Reiff really didn't get the snaps he should have gotten. That's on Schwartz.