But it’s still early days isn’t. I liked to have a guy on a D-line that other teams will be frightened of. The OT spot is also one of concern, not to mention CB, but I just like Suh. But that may well change in the offseason.

6’5 365lbs. That is a big,big, run stopper in the middle. With alot of depth at both sides of the ball at the line position. I think the Lions can get an OT in the second round. I also would not mind Hardy at like th 5 thru 10 spot in the draft.

But, I sure am glad. We dont need to get a QB. I think it would be slim pickins next draft. Bradford injured. Tebow looks clueless in a pro style offense. Same for McCoy. If Jake Locker of Washington came out. I think he would be the first QB taken

DAN LEFEVOUR!

no, but i really like Suh as well..but Okung would make me happy as well.

….although I would also be very happy with Okung or Suh. Since the NFL rule change a couple years back, the “shutdown corner” is less of an absolute than it used to be (just ask Champ Bailey), and the role of safeties is increasing in importance (just ask Troy Polamalu, Bob Sanders, and Ed Reed). Many teams (like the Lions) are dumping the traditional SS (ask Roy Williams) for a pair of hybrid safeties that can play the pass better….like having 2 FS back there.

The upshot of all that is all 4 DB’s are important back there for pass defense, and one could even make the case that maybe a good safety is more important than a good CB now. The trick, of course, is that there are usually few really good CB’s, which is why they continue to be drafted high when they’re there……but they’re not always there. That seems to be the case this year, with possibly no CB’s in the consensus Top 15 (jury out on Joe Haden), and 2 or more safeties in the Top 15, including Berry, who many see as the Best Overall Player in the 2010 Draft (hint: Best Player Available……and we could use another S alongside Delmas).

Many holes to fill….S, CB, LT, DE, DT, G?, C?, OMG WR?. I don’t want to reach, so I’d prefer Berry, Okung, Suh (in that order), and hope to fill the rest later. Okung is tempting, though. Whether or not we pin our hopes on Okung, I suppose, depends on what quality there is in LT’s available from the 2nd Round on. I need to do more research on this.

regardless of need. I voted for Okung since our porous offensive line needs help but in all honesty we need help everywhere – including D-line and of course secondary.

Keep drafting playmakers and not for need and I think we should be all right until 2011.

Okung – LT, Berry – FS, Suh – DT, or McCoy – DT.

Players I do not want; Carlos Dunlap, James Hardy, Trent Williams, or Taylor Mays.

Also, I would only be in favour of trading down if we could still get one of the great four above. That would mean being second or third and trading down to fifth or sixth.

Culpepper gets a D-

Pass defense gets a F

Rushing game gets a D

Culpepper or the pass defense?

Makes my head hurt thinking about the answer.

Choosing what position to draft is “Millen”.

Don’t be millen, or even halfass millen.

Lions need to draft the top position player available.

ALA- STafford, Pett, and Delmas.

……..(and DE’s too, for that matter). Some things Schwartz has said so far this year about getting bigger and stronger, stopping the run, and tackling better…….all that implied that among other things, he might want big, strong, fat run-stuffing defensive tackles. I finally found a quote that addresses that directly. This from DC Gunther Cunningham:

But to those who say they should’ve drafted Michael Oher, keep in mind he’s not a left tackle. He’s a right tackle. And the Lions already have one of those in last year’s first-rounder Gosder Cherilus. You think they should’ve drafted a defensive lineman instead? Well, neither Peria Jerry or Ziggy Hood fit what this team wants out of its DTs. “What we’d like to evolve to,” Gunther Cunningham explained last week, “is to have two giant defensive tackles and two real fast defensive ends — then you can do anything you want.”

(hopefully I did the quote thing ok)
Here’s the article:
http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/lionsblog/index.php?blogid=1763

It also confirms what I had guessed about the DE’s. Many 4-3 defenses (not just the Tampa 2) prefer fast pass-rushing DE’s, especially as a complement to big DT’s (unlike the Tampa 2, which has very small, quick DT’s). I know in Madden I’ve had a lot of success with this big DT/fast DE formula.

I too would prefer a big fat run-stuffing DT (Cody if he falls to the 2nd Round) over a smaller pass-rushing specialist like McCoy. I only like Suh for 2 reasons: he already has excellent strength for his size, and his weight distribution is such that he has room to add weight (not so sure about McCoy). McCoy reminds me of Peria Jerry, Ziggy Hood, Landon Cohen, etc……..one-dimensional pass-rush specialist with a quick burst, but undersized and lacking the lower-body strength to consistently stop the run.

Mind you, I’d rather address other positions in the 1st Round, and hope Cody slides to the 2nd Round, or look for other possibilities at DT from the 2nd Round on. In other words, I’d rather take Cody in the 2nd than Suh in the 1st.

Sammy Lee Hill has great athleticism for his size and could be a mismatch as an oversized undertackle like Sean Rogers was (when he felt like it) in the Big Baby/Big Daddy combo with Dan Wilkinson a few years back….excellent at stopping the run. I’d love to see Terrence Cody and Sammie Lee Hill start next to each other at DT.

Let’s see teams run at that.