To everyone who says Ebron can be like Graham

[michiganalex]

they better go DB or OLB with this pick or fans will throw up collectively

 

[lgolfer]

they better go DB or OLB with this pick or fans will throw up collectively

or DE. If they got Ealy, Crichton, or Kareem Martin I'd be pretty happy too

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm not really bothered by the fact they picked quick..just like tonight, either wait and hope your guy is there or trade up and grab him..and they grabbed him.

 

[inkfreq]

Ink, I'll tell you why I'm bothered. It shows you the pure inability for this franchise to do their due diligence. There was apparently no effort (going off the allotted time they used for the pick) in calling other people.

According to what has been said, plan A was trading up for Watkins. He was too expensive.

Plan B was Barr. He was gone.

Plan C was Ebron.

... Why wait at all? He IS your plan B. He's your elite prospect. You take him. You dont' get fancy. You don't deal. You take YOUR guy.

 

[grandy]

On if he tried to move up in the draft: "When you say that, we certainly talked about moving up with other teams. We talked about moving back with other teams. We didn't find a deal that made sense for us going either direction, so we stayed there at 10. We did have conversations about moving up, and we didn't."

http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2014/5/9/5699708/2014-nfl-draft-martin-mayhew-eric-ebron-pick

 

[dtroitlionsfan951]

A tight end pick doesn't erase the need at wr. We are still one injury away from kris Durham. I've said it a million times, good passing teams stack up. Classic case is New Orleans. Graham, Colston, Kenny stills showed promise, they have all kinds of running backs. And they go with Brandin cooks. Don't be surprised to see Denver and Green Bay pick wideouts sometime today also.

Shocker, they both did exactly what I said in round two.

 

[everyoneneedsasmil]

If Ebron can catch like the elite TEs today, he's a fine enough pick. I don't expect him to be Graham or Gronkowski, because those guys have redefined the position. But if he can be Jordan Cameron (Browns), that's huge. Ebron's a great athlete and we still have Pettigrew in to block, so we can probably line him up as a WR half of his snaps and exploit size mismatches.

 

[cheeno]

If Ebron can catch like the elite TEs today, he's a fine enough pick. I don't expect him to be Graham or Gronkowski, because those guys have redefined the position. But if he can be Jordan Cameron (Browns), that's huge. Ebron's a great athlete and we still have Pettigrew in to block, so we can probably line him up as a WR half of his snaps and exploit size mismatches.

Jordan Cameron was selected 102nd.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Jordan Cameron was selected 102nd.

He's making a comparison between players abilities, what the fuck does it matter where he was drafted?

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Shocker, they both did exactly what I said in round two.

Clearly, both of those franchises don't believe enough in their quarterback. What does it say about a guy when you have to surround him with top level talent for him to produce?

 

[boogerlovejoy]

According to what has been said, plan A was trading up for Watkins. He was too expensive.

Plan B was Barr. He was gone.

Plan C was Ebron.

... Why wait at all? He IS your plan B. He's your elite prospect. You take him. You dont' get fancy. You don't deal. You take YOUR guy.

It's only ok if you use your entire clock.

If you don't, you aren't doing your due diligence.

 

[mhughes0021]

He's making a comparison between players abilities, what the fuck does it matter where he was drafted?

value...something this organization pisses away year after year. ill never understand the idea of just throwing picks away. Best, Leshoure, Whitehead, Thomas, now Van Noy...its just the weirdest way of "building" from 0-16. That's atleast 5 decent picks...POOF....gone....while youre trying to build a team that you received when coming off an 0-16 season. An 0-16 team should value these picks like gold. we don't....which is why we pick in the top 10 every year and the second someone gets a boo boo our season goes down the drain cause we have no depth.

You cant compare Jordan Cameron and Jimmy grahams production to Ebrons....ever. Cause they got great value with those picks by finding hidden gems. we spent the #10 overall pick on ebron....therefor he will NEVER EVER be an underpaid hidden gem that we got great value on and/or coached up to be one of the best in the league. On the contrary, if Ebron doesn't become the best in the league....he will be viewed as a bust....and yet just another on the looooong list of failed offensive weapons mayhew has tried to draft.

 

[Mitchrapp]

It's only ok if you use your entire clock.

If you don't, you aren't doing your due diligence.

Says who? Are they suppose to wait there silently in hopes someone might give then a future 1st round pick..we pick CJ rather quick too, maybe they should have waited :ugh:

 

[mhughes0021]

Says who? Are they suppose to wait there silently in hopes someone might give then a future 1st round pick..we pick CJ rather quick too, maybe they should have waited :ugh:

he was being sarcastic lol. hes a firm supporter of turning cards in faster than anyone else in the nfl...ever.

 

[Mitchrapp]

he was being sarcastic lol. hes a firm supporter of turning cards in faster than anyone else in the nfl...ever.

I turned my sarcastic meter off earlier..thank you ' hughes.

 

[kdp80]

value...something this organization pisses away year after year. ill never understand the idea of just throwing picks away. Best, Leshoure, Whitehead, Thomas, now Van Noy...its just the weirdest way of "building" from 0-16. .

Van Noy was a wasted pick?? That's rich Hughes, even for you. No more crack for you, go to bed

 

[boogerlovejoy]

value...something this organization pisses away year after year. ill never understand the idea of just throwing picks away. Best, Leshoure, Whitehead, Thomas, now Van Noy...its just the weirdest way of "building" from 0-16. That's atleast 5 decent picks...POOF....gone....while youre trying to build a team that you received when coming off an 0-16 season. An 0-16 team should value these picks like gold. we don't....which is why we pick in the top 10 every year and the second someone gets a boo boo our season goes down the drain cause we have no depth.

You cant compare Jordan Cameron and Jimmy grahams production to Ebrons....ever. Cause they got great value with those picks by finding hidden gems. we spent the #10 overall pick on ebron....therefor he will NEVER EVER be an underpaid hidden gem that we got great value on and/or coached up to be one of the best in the league. On the contrary, if Ebron doesn't become the best in the league....he will be viewed as a bust....and yet just another on the looooong list of failed offensive weapons mayhew has tried to draft.

I can't compare players abilities if they are drafted in different rounds? Wow.....that's just stupid.

Just......wow.

You used to post some semi intelligent shit from time to time.......it's just comedy now. Good work!

Give me some more of your wonderful nuggets of wisdom!

 

[inkfreq]

So I guess by this logic, Calvin Johnson will never be a great value because he was drafted #2 overall?

Okay, I accept that, but great value doesn't win championships. Great players do.

I've heard a lot of people the last few days saying Ebron drops too many passes, he doesn't have good hands, etc...

Drops are a really subjective measure. Depending on where you look for stats, last season Calvin had an 11% drop rate... or he had a 5.1% drop rate.

If you want to know about the man's hands, and what he can do on a field, just watch some of these grabs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GgY1-xjk4E

 

[mhughes0021]

Van Noy was a wasted pick?? That's rich Hughes, even for you. No more crack for you, go to bed

you guys didn't get anything I just said. We wasted value on those picks by trading up. I love Van Noy.....but we could have got him 5 picks later without pissing away our 4th round pick. That's losing value. Not the pick itself.

 

[mhughes0021]

I can't compare players abilities if they are drafted in different rounds? Wow.....that's just stupid.

Just......wow.

You used to post some semi intelligent shit from time to time.......it's just comedy now. Good work!

Give me some more of your wonderful nuggets of wisdom!

you cant compare their value. And ya....if you are comparing a rookies abilities whos never seen the field....to jimmy graham....then yup...youre pretty much an idiot. you used to post....wait...nevermind.....you never posted anything remotely close to being intelligent.